Page 2: Historical Events In February - 06

1778  On this day in history england declares war on France   

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

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 February - 06.   

1783  Lancelot "Capability" Brown, English architect (Kew), dies at about 67 on February - 06.   

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

1788  On this day in history 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 February - 06 mass becomes 6th state to ratify constitution   

1793  Pietro Rovelli, composer on this day in history.   

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  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  Joseph Priestley, Engl/US theologist/philosopher/chemist, dies at 70 on February - 06.   

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

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

1812  Carlo Goldoni, writer, dies at 104 on February - 06.   

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

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

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

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 February - 06.   

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 this day in history.   

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 February - 06.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1608  On February - 06 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  Toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan was born on this day in history.   

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

0743  On February - 06 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  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  John Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79 on February - 06.   

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

1585  On this day in history death of edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. 1518)   

1593  On February - 06 death of emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517)