01 February - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, February 01 is the day number 32 in a given year. February 01 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
February 01 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 1327 | Fourteen-year-old Edward III became King of England, but the country was ruled by his mother, Queen Isabella, and her lover, Roger Mortimer. |
| 1329 | The Teutonic Knights succeeded in their siege of a fortress in Samogitia, Lithuania, and baptized the defenders in the Catholic rite. |
| 1717 | Henri de Aguesso's first appointment as chancellor of France. |
| 1732 | The Parliament of the Ratsbons accepted a practical ban. |
| 1783 | William Herschel announced Lambda Hercules as the star. |
| 1790 | The Supreme Court of the United States, the highest judicial body in the US and the head of thejudicial branch of the federal government, first convened at theMerchants' Exchange Building in New York City. |
| 1793 | French Revolutionary War: France declared war against Great Britain and the Netherlands. |
| 1797 | Lord Cornwallis was sworn in as Governor General of Bengal. |
| 1814 | The most destructive eruption of the Mayon Volcano occurred, killing over 2,000 people on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. |
| 1814 | The Mayon volcano erupted in the Philippines, killing about 1,200 people. |
| 1835 | Slavery was abolished in Mauritius. |
| 1842 | Willamette University was founded in Salem, Oregon. |
| 1856 | Auburn University was first hired as East Alabama Men's College. |
| 1881 | St. Stephen's College, the oldest college in Delhi, was established. |
| 1884 | The first fascicle of the Oxford English Dictionary, a 352-page volume that covered words from A to Ant, was published. |
| 1884 | The first volume of the Oxford Dictionary was published. |
| 1896 | Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème premiered at the Teatro Regio in Turin, Italy, eventually becoming one of the most frequently performed operas internationally. |
| 1898 | The first insurance policy was issued to a passenger insurance company in the US. |
| 1908 | Portugal King Carlos I) and his son Prince Louis Philippe were killed in Lisbon. |
| 1908 | King Carlos of Portugal and Infant Louis Philippe shot in Lisbon |
| 1913 | New York City's Grand Central Terminal was rebuilt and reopened as the world's largest railway station. |
| 1914 | Actor Avatar Kishan Hangal was born. |
| 1942 | Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States federal government, began broadcasting with programs aimed at areas controlled by the Axis powers during World War II. |
| 1946 | Norwegian leader Tregue Lai was elected the first Secretary General of the United Nations. |
| 1948 | The Federation of Malayalam was announced. |
| 1953 | More than 2500 people died in floods in the Netherlands, Belgium, England and Scotland, in which only 1836 people died in the Netherlands. |
| 1957 | Invented by German mechanical engineer Felix Wankel, the first working prototype of the Wankel rotary engine ran for the first time atthe research and development department of German manufacturer NSUMotorenwerke AG. |
| 1958 | Egypt and Syria united to form the United Arab Republic. |
| 1960 | Four African American students staged the first Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. |
| 1968 | The Government of Canada merged the Royal Canadian Navy,Canadian Army, and the Royal Canadian Air Force into a unifiedstructure, the Canadian Armed Forces. |
| 1974 | The capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, was declared a federal territory. |
| 1975 | The Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation was launched in the Philippines. |
| 1977 | The Indian Navy Coast Guard was formed. |
| 1978 | After having served 42 days in prison for the sexual assault ofa 13-year-old girl, Polish film director Roman Polanski skipped bail andfled the United States to France. |
| 1979 | Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned from exile and soon led the Iranian Revolution to overthrow the US-backed Pahlavi dynasty. |
| 1985 | Aeroflot Flight 7841 crashed shortly after takeoff from Minsk National Airport, killing fifty-eight people on board. |
| 1991 | The earthquake in Afghanistan and Pakistan killed around 1200 people. |
| 1992 | The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhopal court declares Warren Anderson, ex-CEO of Union Carbide, a fugitive under Indian law for failing to appear in the Bhopal disaster case. |
| 1992 | The United States Coast Guard first sent about 14,000 refugees from Haiti to the country. |
| 2000 | Scientists at the New Los Angeles National Laboratory in New Mexico announced the discovery of the genesis of the bacteria of Aedes. According to scientists, these microbes originated around 1930 AD. |
| 2003 | While returning from space to Earth orbit, the spacecraft Columbia crashed. All seven astronauts including Kalpana Chawla were killed in this accident. |
| 2004 | During the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, JanetJackson's breast was exposed by Justin Timberlake in what was laterreferred to as a 'wardrobe malfunction', resulting in an immediatecrackdown and widespread debate on perceived indecency in U.S.broadcasting. |
| 2006 | The United Airlines 250 Muslim pilgrims were crushed to death during the annual stoning of Satan Rituals in the Mena Valley at Saudi Arabia. |
| 2009 | Partriarch Kirill of Moscow was enthroned by the Russian Orthodox Church as Partriarch of The Russian Orthodox Church. |
| 2009 | Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir became Iceland's first female Prime Minister and the world's first openly gay head of government of the modern era. |
| 2009 | 97 Women's Australian Open: Serena Williams defeated Dinara Safina 6–0, 6–3). |
| 2010 | Barack Obama, the US president proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2011 which projects to be high record budget deficit of $1.6 trillion in fiscal 2010. |
| 2011 | Russia started to search for a missing military satellite that was launched into the wrong orbit. |
| 2012 | The parent company of America Airlines announced that they will cut 13,000 jobs or 15 % work force from their company. |
| 2012 | During a football match in Port Saeed, Egypt, 74 people were killed in the rioting. |
| 2012 | 73 people died in Egyptian football riots in Port Said. |
| 2013 | Ed Koch, former mayor of New York City, dies in Manhattan at the age of 88 by congestive heart failure. |
| 2013 | Hillary Clinton, U.S secretary of state steps down from her post. |
| 2014 | U.S state department completed a long delayed review of the Keystone XI Pipeline and they concluded that the Pipeline would not increase green house gas emission. |
| 2014 | Ban Ki Moon, United Nations secretary general appoints former Mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg as a UN special envoy for citied and climate changes. |
Famous Birthdays of February 01:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1874 | Hugo von Hofmannsthal / Author / Austria |
| 1932 | Hassan Al-Turabi / Politician / Sudan |
| 1687 | Johann Adam Birkenstock / Violinist / Germany |
| 1981 | Graeme Smith / Cricketer / South Africa |
| 1954 | Chuck Dukowski / Writer / United States of America |
| 1936 | Azie Taylor Morton / Politician / United States of America |
| 1904 | S.J. Perelman / Writer / United States of America |
| 1969 | Gabriel Batistuta / Footballer / Argentina |
| 1980 | Moisés Muñoz / Footballer / Mexico |
| 1796 | Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich / Poet / Switzerland |
| 1901 | Clark Gable / Actor / United States of America |
| 1882 | Louis St. Laurent / Politician / Canada |
| 1914 | A.K. Hangal / Actor / India |
| 1973 | Óscar Pérez Rojas / Footballer / Mexico |
| 1648 | Elkanah Settle / Poet / United Kingdom |
| 1901 | Frank Buckles / Soldier / United States of America |
| 1991 | Blake Austin / Rugby Player / Australia |
| 1983 | Anna Suzuki / Actress / Japan |
| 1663 | Ignacia del Espíritu Santo / Nun / Philippines |
| 1962 | Marie-Laure Dougnac / Actress / France |
| 1902 | Therese Brandl / Guard / Germany |
| 1898 | Leila Denmark / Author / United States of America |
| 1975 | Big Boi / Producer / United States of America |
| 1930 | Hussain Muhammad Ershad / Politician / Bangladesh |
| 1927 | Galway Kinnell / Poet / United States of America |
| 1851 | Durham Stevens / Lawyer / United States of America |
| 1934 | Nicolae Breban / Author / Romania |
| 1979 | Juan Silveira dos Santos / Footballer / Brazil |
| 1938 | Sherman Hemsley / Actor / United States of America |
| 1962 | José Luis Cuciuffo / Footballer / Argentina |
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