What happend on 1st February

31.01
02.02
1862

Julia Ward Howe's Battle Hymn of the Republic is published for the first time (Atlantic Monthly).

1861

American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States.

1814

Mayon Volcano, in the Philippines, erupts, killing around 1,200 people; most devastating eruption of Mayon Volcano.

1796

The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York.

1793

France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

1790

In New York City the Supreme Court of the United States convenes for the first time.

1788

Isaac Briggs and William Longstreet patent the steamboat.

1713

The Kalabalik or Tumult in Bendery results from the Ottoman sultan's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized.

1662

The Chinese pirate Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege.