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  France recognizes US, signs treaty of aid in Paris (First US treaty). England immediately declares war on France on this day in history.   

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  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  On February - 06 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  Pietro Rovelli, composer on February - 06.   

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

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

1807  On this day in history john Reid, composer, dies at 85   

1812  On this day in history carlo Goldoni, writer, dies at 104   

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

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

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

1819  Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds freeport harbor Singapore on this day in history.   

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  First appearance of cholera at Edinburgh, Scotland on February - 06.   

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

1832  On February - 06 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  HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reach Diemen's Land (Tasmania) on this day in history.   

1838  On this day in history henry Irving, [John H Brodribb], Engld, knighted 1895/actor (Hamlet)   

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

1612  Antoine Arnauld, [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist was born on February - 06.   

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

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

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

0891  Photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies on February - 06.   

1140  On February - 06 thurstan, archbishop of York, dies   

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 this day in history.   

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

1593  On this day in history death of emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517)