Page 2: Historical Events In February - 06

1778  England declares war on France on this day in history.   

1778  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

1788  Massachusetts becomes the sixth of the United States on February - 06.   

1788  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

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  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  On February - 06 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  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  US ship destroys Sumatran village in retaliation for piracy on February - 06.   

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

1836  HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reach Diemen's Land (Tasmania) on this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history birth of antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher   

1611  On this day in history birth of chongzhen Emperor, Emperor of China (d. 1644)   

1612  On February - 06 birth of antoine Arnauld, [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist   

1637  On February - 06 birth of toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan   

1639  On February - 06 birth of daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691)   

0743  On February - 06 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  Thurstan, archbishop of York, dies on this day in history.   

1378  On February - 06 death of jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (b. 1338)   

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

1515  Death of Aldus Manutius, Italian printer on this day in history.   

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

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