Historical Events In February - 06

1778  On this day in history england declares war on France  

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

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

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  On February - 06 niels Schiorring, composer, dies at 54  

1802  On February - 06 charles Wheatstone, English physicist/musician [or Feb 7]  

1804  On this day in history ragnerus L van Andringa de Kempenaer, Dutch officer/swindler  

1804  On this day in history joseph Priestley, Engl/US theologist/philosopher/chemist, dies at 70  

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

1807  On this day in history 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  On this day in history nJ issues 1st US railroad charter (John Stevens)  

1818  William Maxwell Evarts, (Union), died in 1901 on this day in history.  

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 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 February - 06.  

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

1832  On February - 06 uS ship destroys Sumatran village in retaliation for piracy  

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

1832  On this day in history 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 February - 06 william Dorsey Pender, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1863  

1836  On February - 06 hMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reach Diemen's Land (Tasmania)  

1838  On February - 06 henry Irving, [John H Brodribb], Engld, knighted 1895/actor (Hamlet)  

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1461  Dzore Drzic, Croatian poet was born on this day in history.  

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

1577  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of antoine Arnauld, [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist  

1637  On this day in history 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 February - 06.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1515  On this day in history death of aldus Manutius, Italian printer  

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)