Page 2: Historical Events In February - 06

1778  On this day in history england declares war on France   

1778  On this day in history france officially recognizes the new nation known as the United States of America.   

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

1778  Ugo Foscolo, Italy, poet (Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis) on this day in history.   

1783  On this day in history lancelot "Capability" Brown, English architect (Kew), dies at about 67   

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

1788  On February - 06 massachusetts becomes the sixth of the United States.   

1788  On this day in history massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.   

1788  On this day in history mass becomes 6th state to ratify constitution   

1793  On February - 06 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 this day in history niels Schiorring, composer, dies at 54   

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

1804  On February - 06 ragnerus L van Andringa de Kempenaer, Dutch officer/swindler   

1804  On February - 06 joseph Priestley, Engl/US theologist/philosopher/chemist, dies at 70   

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

1807  John Reid, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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

1815  NJ issues first US railroad charter (John Stevens) on this day in history.   

1815  On this day in history nJ issues 1st US railroad charter (John Stevens)   

1818  On this day in history william Maxwell Evarts, (Union), died in 1901   

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 this day in history.   

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

1832  On this day in history uS ship destroys Sumatran village in retaliation for piracy   

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

1832  John Brown Gordon, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1904 on this day in history.   

1833  On this day in history james Ewell Brown "JEB" Stuart, Major General (Confederate Army)   

1834  William Dorsey Pender, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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1461  On this day in history birth of dzore Drzic, Croatian poet   

1564  On this day in history birth of christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist (Dr Faustus)   

1577  Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599) was born on February - 06.   

1608  On this day in history birth of antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher   

1611  On this day in history birth of chongzhen Emperor, Emperor of China (d. 1644)   

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

1637  Toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan was born on this day in history.   

1639  On February - 06 birth of daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691)   

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

0891  Photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies on this day in history.   

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  John Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79 on February - 06.   

1515  Death of Aldus Manutius, Italian printer on this day in history.   

1585  Death of Edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. 1518) on February - 06.   

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