Historical Events In February - 06

1778  On this day in history england declares war on France   

1778  France officially recognizes the new nation known as the United States of America on February - 06.   

1778  On February - 06 france recognizes US, signs treaty of aid in Paris (First US treaty). England immediately declares war on France.   

1778  On February - 06 ugo Foscolo, Italy, poet (Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis)   

1783  On February - 06 lancelot "Capability" Brown, English architect (Kew), dies at about 67   

1785  Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83), dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1788  Massachusetts becomes the sixth of the United States on this day in history.   

1788  On February - 06 massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.   

1788  Mass becomes 6th state to ratify constitution on February - 06.   

1793  On this day in history pietro Rovelli, composer   

1793  On this day in history carlo Goldoni, Italian author (L'avaro), dies at 85   

1797  Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs on this day in history.   

1798  On February - 06 niels Schiorring, composer, dies at 54   

1802  On this day in history charles Wheatstone, English physicist/musician [or Feb 7]   

1804  Ragnerus L van Andringa de Kempenaer, Dutch officer/swindler on February - 06.   

1804  Joseph Priestley, Engl/US theologist/philosopher/chemist, dies at 70 on February - 06.   

1807  Hans Matthison-Hansen, composer on this day in history.   

1807  On February - 06 john Reid, composer, dies at 85   

1812  On February - 06 carlo Goldoni, writer, dies at 104   

1815  NJ issues first US railroad charter (John Stevens) on February - 06.   

1815  On February - 06 nJ issues 1st US railroad charter (John Stevens)   

1818  William Maxwell Evarts, (Union), died in 1901 on this day in history.   

1819  On this day in history sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds freeport harbor Singapore   

1820  86 free black colonists sail from New York NY to Sierra Leone, Africa on this day in history.   

1820  On February - 06 1st organized emigration of blacks back to Africa (NY to Sierra Leone)   

1830  Marcellus Monroe Crocker, Brig gen (Union volunteers), died in 1865) on February - 06.   

1832  On this day in history first appearance of cholera at Edinburgh, Scotland   

1832  US ship destroys Sumatran village in retaliation for piracy on this day in history.   

1832  1st appearance of cholera at Edinburgh, Scotland on this day in history.   

1832  On February - 06 john Brown Gordon, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1904   

1833  James Ewell Brown "JEB" Stuart, Major General (Confederate Army) on this day in history.   

1834  On February - 06 william Dorsey Pender, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1863   

1836  On February - 06 hMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reach Diemen's Land (Tasmania)   

1838  Henry Irving, [John H Brodribb], Engld, knighted 1895/actor (Hamlet) on February - 06.   

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1461  Dzore Drzic, Croatian poet was born on February - 06.   

1564  On February - 06 birth of christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist (Dr Faustus)   

1577  On February - 06 birth of beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599)   

1608  On February - 06 birth of antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher   

1611  Chongzhen Emperor, Emperor of China (d. 1644) was born on February - 06.   

1612  On this day in history birth of antoine Arnauld, [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist   

1637  Toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan was born on February - 06.   

1639  On this day in history birth of daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691)   

0743  On this day in history hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, 10th Moslem caliph, dies at about 52   

0891  On February - 06 photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies   

1140  On this day in history thurstan, archbishop of York, dies   

1378  On this day in history death of jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (b. 1338)   

1497  On February - 06 john Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79   

1515  On this day in history death of aldus Manutius, Italian printer   

1585  On February - 06 death of edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. 1518)   

1593  On February - 06 death of emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517)