Historical Events In February - 06
Thursday, 28 March 2024
1778 England declares war on France on February - 06.
1778 On February - 06 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 On this day in history ugo Foscolo, Italy, poet (Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis)
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 this day in history.
1788 On February - 06 massachusetts becomes the sixth of the United States.
1788 Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution on this day in history.
1788 Mass becomes 6th state to ratify constitution on February - 06.
1793 Pietro Rovelli, composer on February - 06.
1793 On this day in history carlo Goldoni, Italian author (L'avaro), dies at 85
1797 On this day in history joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs
1798 Niels Schiorring, composer, dies at 54 on February - 06.
1802 Charles Wheatstone, English physicist/musician [or Feb 7] on this day in history.
1804 On February - 06 ragnerus L van Andringa de Kempenaer, Dutch officer/swindler
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 Carlo Goldoni, writer, dies at 104 on this day in history.
1815 NJ issues first US railroad charter (John Stevens) on this day in history.
1815 NJ issues 1st US railroad charter (John Stevens) on February - 06.
1818 On February - 06 william Maxwell Evarts, (Union), died in 1901
1819 Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds freeport harbor Singapore on February - 06.
1820 86 free black colonists sail from New York NY to Sierra Leone, Africa on February - 06.
1820 1st organized emigration of blacks back to Africa (NY to Sierra Leone) on this day in history.
1830 On February - 06 marcellus Monroe Crocker, Brig gen (Union volunteers), died in 1865)
1832 First appearance of cholera at Edinburgh, Scotland on February - 06.
1832 On this day in history uS ship destroys Sumatran village in retaliation for piracy
1832 1st appearance of cholera at Edinburgh, Scotland on February - 06.
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 February - 06.
1834 On this day in history william Dorsey Pender, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reach Diemen's Land (Tasmania) on February - 06.
1838 On February - 06 henry Irving, [John H Brodribb], Engld, knighted 1895/actor (Hamlet)
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