Page 2: Historical Events In February - 06

1778  On February - 06 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 this day in history.   

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  Massachusetts becomes the sixth of the United States on this day in history.   

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  Carlo Goldoni, Italian author (L'avaro), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1797  Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs on February - 06.   

1798  Niels Schiorring, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1802  On this day in history charles Wheatstone, English physicist/musician [or Feb 7]   

1804  Ragnerus L van Andringa de Kempenaer, Dutch officer/swindler on February - 06.   

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

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

1807  On February - 06 john Reid, composer, dies at 85   

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

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

1815  On February - 06 nJ issues 1st US railroad charter (John Stevens)   

1818  On this day in history william Maxwell Evarts, (Union), died in 1901   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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1461  On February - 06 birth of dzore Drzic, Croatian poet   

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

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

1608  On February - 06 birth of antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher   

1611  Chongzhen Emperor, Emperor of China (d. 1644) was born on February - 06.   

1612  Antoine Arnauld, [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist was born on this day in history.   

1637  Toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan was born on this day in history.   

1639  On this day in history birth of daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691)   

0743  Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, 10th Moslem caliph, dies at about 52 on February - 06.   

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

1140  On February - 06 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  John Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79 on February - 06.   

1515  Death of Aldus Manutius, Italian printer on February - 06.   

1585  Death of Edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. 1518) on this day in history.   

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