24/02/0303 - 1st official Roman edict for persecution of Christians issued 16/02/0374 - 9th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 27/02/0837 - 15th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 28/02/0870 - 8th Ecumenical council ends in Constantinople 02/02/1461 - 2nd battle of St Alban's-Lancastrian defeat Yorkists 24/02/1530 - 1st imperial coronation by a Pope, Charles V crowned by Clement V 10/02/1535 - 12 nude anabaptists run through Amsterdam streets 27/02/1557 - 1st Russian Embassy opens in London, Russia and US sign trade agreement 11/02/1573 - 1st European, Francis Drake sees the Pacific (from Panama) 05/02/1644 - 1st US livestock branding law passed, by Connecticut 06/02/1651 - -7] Cardinal Mazarin flees Paris 16/02/1659 - 1st known check (ś400) (on display at Westminster Abbey) 20/02/1673 - 1st recorded wine auction held (London) 03/02/1690 - 1st paper money in America issued (colony of Mass) 04/02/1697 - 3 VOC-ships anchor at Dirk-Hartogeiland, Australia 04/02/1699 - 350 rebellious Streltsi executed in Moscow 20/02/1725 - 10 sleeping Indians scalped by whites in NH for ś100/scalp bounty 26/02/1732 - 1st mass celebrated in 1st American Catholic church, Philadelphia 08/02/1735 - 1st opera in US "Flora," opens in Charleston, SC 18/02/1735 - 1st opera performed in America, "Flora," in Charleston, SC 10/02/1749 - 10th (final) volume of Fielding's "Tom Jones" is published 28/02/1749 - 1st edition of Henry Fieldings' "Tom Jones" published 16/02/1751 - 1st publication of Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard" 25/02/1751 - 1st performing monkey exhibited in America, NYC (admission 1›) 15/02/1768 - 1st mustard manufactured in America advertised, Philadelphia 20/02/1768 - 1st American chartered fire insurance company opens (Penn) 17/02/1772 - 1st partition of Poland-Russia and Prussia, joined later by Austria 22/02/1775 - 1st US joint stock company (to make cloth) offers shares at ś10 17/02/1776 - 1st volume of Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of Roman Empire" published 22/02/1784 - 1st US ship to trade with China, "Empress of China," sails from NY 04/02/1787 - 1st Anglican bishops of NY and Pennsylvania consecrated in London 01/02/1788 - 1st US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs and Longstreet 04/02/1789 - 1st electoral college chooses Washington and Adams as Pres and VP 25/02/1791 - 1st Bank of US chartered 12/02/1793 - 1st US fugitive slave law passed; requires return of escaped slaves 25/02/1793 - 1st cabinet meeting (At George Washington's home) 11/02/1794 - 1st session of US Senate open to the public 14/02/1794 - 1st US textile machinery patent granted, to James Davenport, Phila 07/02/1795 - 11th Amendment to US Constitution ratified, affirms power of states 13/02/1795 - 1st state university in US opens, University of North Carolina 19/02/1797 - 1/3 of papal domain ceded to France 13/02/1799 - 1st US law regulating insurance passed, by Massachusetts 15/02/1799 - 1st US printed ballots authorized, Pennsylvania 25/02/1799 - 1st federal forestry legislation authorizes purchase of timber land 02/02/1802 - 1st leopard exhibited in US, Boston (admission 25›) 25/02/1803 - 1,800 sovereign German states unite into 60 states 18/02/1804 - 1st US land-grant college, Ohio University, Athens Ohio, chartered 21/02/1804 - 1st locomotive, Richard Trevithick's, runs for 1st time, in Wales 24/02/1807 - 17 die and 15 wounded in a crush to witness execution of Holloway, Heggerty and Elizabeth Godfrey in England 01/02/1810 - 1st insurance co managed by blacks (American Insurance Co of Phila) 28/02/1810 - 1st US fire insurance joint-stock company organized, Philadelphia 07/02/1812 - 8.2 earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri 23/02/1813 - 1st US raw cotton-to-cloth mill founded in Waltham, Mass 27/02/1813 - 1st federal vaccination legislation enacted 13/02/1816 - -14] Teatro San Carlo in Naples destroyed by fire 05/02/1817 - 1st US gas co incorporated, Baltimore (coal gas for street lights) 17/02/1817 - 1st US city lit by gas (Baltimore) 07/02/1818 - 1st successful US educational magazine "Academician," begins (NYC) 28/02/1819 - 1st public performance of a Schubert song, "Sch„fers Klageleid" 06/02/1820 - 1st organized emigration of blacks back to Africa (NY to Sierra Leone) 27/02/1827 - 1st Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans 28/02/1827 - 1st commercial railroad in US, Baltimore and Ohio (BandO) chartered 21/02/1828 - 1st American Indian newspaper in US, "Cherokee Phoenix," published 19/02/1831 - 1st practical US coal-burning locomotive makes 1st trial run, Penn 06/02/1832 - 1st appearance of cholera at Edinburgh, Scotland 13/02/1832 - 1st appearance of cholera at London 18/02/1834 - 1st US labor newspaper, "The Man," published, NYC 26/02/1834 - 1st US interstate crime compact (NY-NJ) ratified 24/02/1836 - 3,000 Mexicans attack 182 Texans at Alamo, lasts 13 days 08/02/1837 - 1st VP chosen by Senate, Richard Johnson (Van Buren admin) 25/02/1837 - 1st US electric printing press patented by Thomas Davenport 18/02/1841 - 1st continuous filibuster in US Senate began, lasting until March 11 15/02/1842 - 1st adhesive postage stamps in US (private delivery company), NYC 21/02/1842 - 1st known sewing machine patented in US, John Greenough, Wash DC 28/02/1844 - 12-inch gun aboard USS Princeton explodes 21/02/1846 - 1st US woman telegrapher, Sarah G Bagley, Lowell, Mass 04/02/1847 - 1st US telegraph co established in Maryland 02/02/1848 - 1st ship load of Chinese arrive in SF 26/02/1848 - 2nd French Republic forms 26/02/1848 - 2nd French Republic proclaimed 18/02/1849 - 1st regular steamboat service to California starts (or 02/28) 28/02/1849 - 1st boat load of gold rush prospectors arrives in SF from east coast 11/02/1851 - 1st cricket 1st-class game in Australia, Tasmania v Vic, Launceston 02/02/1852 - 1st British public men's toilet opens (Fleet St London) 11/02/1852 - 1st British public female toilet opens (Bedford Street London) 22/02/1854 - 1st meeting of Republican Party (Michigan) 22/02/1856 - 1st national meeting of Republican Party (Pittsburgh) 24/02/1857 - 1st perforated US postage stamps delivered to govt 11/02/1858 - 1st apparition of Mary to 14-year-old Bernadette of Lourdes France 25/02/1859 - 1st use of "insanity plea" to prove innocence 01/02/1860 - 1st rabbi to open House of Representatives, Morris Raphall of NYC 05/02/1861 - 1st moving picture peep show machine is patented by Samuel Goodale 06/02/1861 - 1st meeting of Provisional Congress of Confederate States of America 13/02/1861 - 1st military action to result in Congressional Medal of Honor, AZ 10/02/1863 - 1st US fire extinguisher patent granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia 01/02/1864 - 2nd German-Danish war begins 04/02/1864 - 24th Amendment abolishes Poll tax 06/02/1864 - -7] Skirmish at Barnett's Ford Virginia 21/02/1864 - 1st US Catholic parish church for blacks dedicated, Baltimore 21/02/1864 - -22] Battle at Okolona, Mississippi
13/03/1862 - Vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer 15/02/1910 - 9th earl of Jersey, English large landowner/art collector 27/02/1933 - 6th marquess of Bute, Scottish large landowner/bibliophile 05/04/1944 - Dave Holland, heavy metal rocker (Judas Priest-Breakin' the Law) 19/08/1945 - Ian Gillian, heavy metal rocker (Deep Purple-Knocking at Backdoor) 05/05/1948 - Bill Ward, Birmingham England, heavy metal drummer (Black Sabbath) 25/10/1948 - Rob Halford, Engl metal singer (Judas Priest-Sin After Sin) [or 8/25] 12/05/1950 - Billy Squier, Mass, heavy metal guitarist (Don't Say No) 27/04/1951 - Ace Frehley, Bronx NY, heavy metal rocker (Kiss-Beth, Frehley's Comet) 06/04/1952 - Udo Dirkshneider, heavy metal rocker (Accept-Balls to the Wall, Udo) 29/06/1953 - Don Dokken, heavy metal rocker (Dokken-Alone Again) 10/01/1955 - Michael Schenker, heavy metal rocker (MSG-Coming on Strong, Scorpions) 06/08/1956 - Vinnie Vincent, heavy metal rocker (Solo-Ashes to Ashes) 05/12/1957 - Phil Collen, English heavy-metal guitarist (Def Leppard-Love Bites) 13/04/1958 - Randy Piper, heavy metal rocker (Wasp-Wildchild) 07/08/1958 - Bruce Dickinson, heavy metal rocker (Iron Maiden-Run to Hills) 09/08/1958 - Greg Chaisson, heavy metal rocker (Badlands-Dreams in the Dark) 18/09/1958 - Lita Rossana Ford, London England, metal guitarist (Kiss Me Deadly) 03/07/1959 - Stephen Pearcy, LA Calif, heavy metal vocalist (RATT-Round and Round) 01/08/1959 - Joe Elliot, heavy metal vocalist (Def Leppard-Hysteria, Rock of Ages) 19/08/1959 - Steve Grimmett, heavy metal rocker 22/08/1959 - Juan Croucier, heavy metal rocker (Ratt-Round and Round) 19/06/1960 - Simon Wright, heavy metal drummer (AC/DC) 04/08/1960 - Robbin Crosby, heavy metal rock guitarist/vocals (Ratt-Round and Round) 12/08/1960 - Morty Black, heavy metal rocker (TNT-7 Seas) 15/08/1960 - Tommy Aldridge, heavy metal rocker (Ozzy-Diary of a Mad Man) 13/10/1960 - Joey Belladonna, Oswego NY, heavy metal vocalist (Anthrax-Protest) 12/04/1961 - D D Verni, heavy metal rocker (Overkill-Hello From the Gutter) 18/04/1961 - Kelly Hansen, heavy metal rocker (Hurricane-I'm on to You) 29/05/1961 - David Palmer, heavy metal drummer (ABC, AC/DC) 26/07/1961 - Gary Cherone, Boston, heavy metal vocalist (Extreme-More Than Words) 20/08/1961 - Rick Rael, heavy metal rocker 29/08/1961 - Tony MacAlpine, heavy metal rocker (Solo-Edge of Insanity) 31/08/1961 - David Chastain, heavy metal rocker (Chastain-Rule of Wasteland) 14/10/1961 - Mike Tramp, Denmark, heavy metal rocker (White Lion-Mane Attraction) 25/08/1962 - Vivian Campbell, heavy metal rocker (White Snake-Here I Go Again) 25/08/1962 - Mazzi Rawd, heavy metal rocker 18/11/1962 - Kirk Hammett, US heavy-metal guitarist (Metallica-Master of Puppets) 28/01/1963 - Danny Spitz, heavy metal guitarist (Anthrax-Protest and Survive) 04/03/1963 - Jason Newstedt, US heavy-metal bassist (Metallica-Kill 'em All) 10/04/1963 - Warren DeMartini, heavy metal rocker (Dokken-Alone Again, Ratt) 20/04/1963 - Kal Swan, heavy metal rocker 24/04/1963 - Joey Vera, heavy metal rocker (Armored Saint-Aftermath) 09/07/1963 - Frank Bello, US heavy metal bassist (Anthrax-Soldiers of Metal) 24/07/1963 - Paul Geary, Boston Mass, heavy metal drummer (Extreme-More Than Words) 03/08/1963 - James Hetfield, heavy metal rocker (Metallica-Helpless) 24/08/1963 - John Bush, US heavy metal singer (Anthrax-Armed and Dangerous) 31/08/1963 - Reb Beach, heavy metal rocker (Winger-17) 29/09/1963 - Les Claypool, US funk metal singer/bassist (Primus-Suck on This) 26/12/1963 - Lars Ulrich, Danish/US heavy metal drummer (Metallica-Kill 'em All) 31/12/1963 - Scott Ian, US heavy metal guitarist (Anthrax-I'm the Man) 06/04/1964 - Johnny Dee, heavy metal drummer (Britny Fox-Boys in Heat, King Kobra) 13/04/1964 - Bill D'Angelo, heavy metal rocker 13/08/1964 - Ian Haughland, heavy metal rocker (Europe-The Final Countdown) 10/04/1965 - Tim "Herb" Alexander, US funk metal drummer (Primus-Prok soda) 23/12/1965 - Eddie Vedder, heavy metal singer (Pearl Jam-Justine) 20/08/1966 - Dimebag Darrell, heavy metal guitarist (Pantera) 22/08/1966 - Mark Michaels, heavy metal guitarist (Teach Yourself Rhythm Guitar) 18/04/1967 - Jayce Fincher Jr, heavy metal bassist (Southgang-Tainted Angel) 22/07/1967 - Pat Badger, heavy metal bassist (Extreme-More Than Words) 15/09/1967 - Jerry Dixon, heavy metal bassist (Warrant-Cherry Pie) 17/10/1967 - Allen West, US metal guitarist (Obituary, Cause of Death) 24/08/1968 - Andreas Kisser, Brazilian heavy metal guitarist (Sepultura) 12/09/1968 - Larry Laronde, US funk metal bassist (Primus-Frizzle Fry) 25/01/1969 - Jesse Harte, Rome Ga, heavy metal vocalist (Southgang-Tainted Angel) 25/07/1969 - Trevor Peres, US, metal guitarist (Obituary-The End Complete) 14/11/1969 - Butch Walker, Rome Ga, heavy metal guitarist (Southgang-Tainted Angel) 28/01/1970 - Donald Tardy, US, death metal drummer (Obituary, Cause of Death) 30/08/1974 - Matt Bongiovi, heavy metal rocker (cousin of Jon Bon Jovi)
Deaths in Music
Results 1 - 5 of 5 for keyword(s) Metal
01/06/1926 - Vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer, dies at 64 06/02/1958 - 7 soccer players of Manchester United, die in an aircrash at Munich 19/03/1982 - Randy Rhoads, heavy metal guitarist (Ozzy Osbourne), air crash at 25 27/09/1986 - Cliff Burton, rock bassist (Metallica), dies in bus crash at 24 08/12/2004 - Dimebag Dayrl, heavy metal guitarist in band Pantera is shot and killed while performing onstage in Columbus Ohio by crazed fan Nathan Gale
