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 this day in history 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 February - 06.   

1783  On February - 06 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  Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution on this day in history.   

1788  On February - 06 mass becomes 6th state to ratify constitution   

1793  On February - 06 pietro Rovelli, composer   

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

1797  On February - 06 joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs   

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 this day in history ragnerus L van Andringa de Kempenaer, Dutch officer/swindler   

1804  Joseph Priestley, Engl/US theologist/philosopher/chemist, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1807  On this day in history hans Matthison-Hansen, composer   

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

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  William Maxwell Evarts, (Union), died in 1901 on February - 06.   

1819  On February - 06 sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds freeport harbor Singapore   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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  Dzore Drzic, Croatian poet was born on this day in history.   

1564  Christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist (Dr Faustus) was born on this day in history.   

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 February - 06 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  On February - 06 birth of toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan   

1639  Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691) was born on February - 06.   

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

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

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

1378  Death of Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (b. 1338) on this day in history.   

1497  On this day in history john Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79   

1515  On February - 06 death of aldus Manutius, Italian printer   

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

1593  Death of Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517) on February - 06.