Historical Events In February - 06

1778  On February - 06 england declares war on France   

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

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  Lancelot "Capability" Brown, English architect (Kew), dies at about 67 on February - 06.   

1785  Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83), dies at 48 on February - 06.   

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

1788  Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution on February - 06.   

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

1793  Pietro Rovelli, composer on February - 06.   

1793  Carlo Goldoni, Italian author (L'avaro), dies at 85 on February - 06.   

1797  Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs on February - 06.   

1798  Niels Schiorring, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1802  Charles Wheatstone, English physicist/musician [or Feb 7] on February - 06.   

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

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

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

1815  NJ issues 1st US railroad charter (John Stevens) on this day in history.   

1818  On February - 06 william Maxwell Evarts, (Union), died in 1901   

1819  Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds freeport harbor Singapore on February - 06.   

1820  On February - 06 86 free black colonists sail from New York NY to Sierra Leone, Africa   

1820  On this day in history 1st organized emigration of blacks back to Africa (NY to Sierra Leone)   

1830  On February - 06 marcellus Monroe Crocker, Brig gen (Union volunteers), died in 1865)   

1832  On February - 06 first appearance of cholera at Edinburgh, Scotland   

1832  US ship destroys Sumatran village in retaliation for piracy on February - 06.   

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 February - 06.   

1833  On February - 06 james Ewell Brown "JEB" Stuart, Major General (Confederate Army)   

1834  William Dorsey Pender, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 on February - 06.   

1836  HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reach Diemen's Land (Tasmania) on February - 06.   

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

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

1564  Christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist (Dr Faustus) was born on February - 06.   

1577  Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599) was born on this day in history.   

1608  Antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher was born on this day in history.   

1611  On February - 06 birth of chongzhen Emperor, Emperor of China (d. 1644)   

1612  Antoine Arnauld, [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist was born on this day in history.   

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

1639  Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691) was born on this day in history.   

0743  Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, 10th Moslem caliph, dies at about 52 on February - 06.   

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

1140  Thurstan, archbishop of York, dies on this day in history.   

1378  On February - 06 death of jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (b. 1338)   

1497  John Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1515  Death of Aldus Manutius, Italian printer on February - 06.   

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)