Page 2: Historical Events In February - 06

1778  England declares war on France on February - 06.   

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

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 February - 06.   

1783  Lancelot "Capability" Brown, English architect (Kew), dies at about 67 on this day in history.   

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

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

1798  On this day in history niels Schiorring, composer, dies at 54   

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 this day in history.   

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

1807  John Reid, composer, dies at 85 on February - 06.   

1812  Carlo Goldoni, writer, dies at 104 on this day in history.   

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

1815  NJ issues 1st US railroad charter (John Stevens) on February - 06.   

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

1819  On this day in history sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds freeport harbor Singapore   

1820  On this day in history 86 free black colonists sail from New York NY to Sierra Leone, Africa   

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

1830  Marcellus Monroe Crocker, Brig gen (Union volunteers), died in 1865) on February - 06.   

1832  On this day in history first appearance of cholera at Edinburgh, Scotland   

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

1832  1st appearance of cholera at Edinburgh, Scotland on February - 06.   

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  On February - 06 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 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 this day in history birth of christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist (Dr Faustus)   

1577  On February - 06 birth of beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599)   

1608  Antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher was born on February - 06.   

1611  On this day in history 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  On this day in history hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, 10th Moslem caliph, dies at about 52   

0891  On this day in history photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies   

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

1378  On this day in history death of jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (b. 1338)   

1497  On February - 06 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.