February 6 All Events |
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| February 6th, 2046 (February 06 2046) | Event | Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio and Juba at Thapsus. | Julius Caesar Quotes |
| February 6th, 2008 (February 06 2008) | Death | John McWethy, American journalist (born in 1947) | |
| February 6th, 2008 (February 06 2008) | Death | Tony Rolt, English racing driver (born in 1918) | |
| February 6th, 2007 (February 06 2007) | Death | Lew Burdette, American baseball player (born in 1926) | |
| February 6th, 2007 (February 06 2007) | Death | Lee Hoffman, American author (born in 1932) | |
| February 6th, 2007 (February 06 2007) | Death | Len Hopkins, Canadian politician (born in 1930) | |
| February 6th, 2007 (February 06 2007) | Death | Frankie Laine, American singer (born in 1913) | |
| February 6th, 2007 (February 06 2007) | Death | Willye White, American athlete (born in 1939) | |
| February 6th, 2005 (February 06 2005) | Death | Lazar Berman, Russian pianist (born in 1930) | |
| February 6th, 2005 (February 06 2005) | Death | Karl Haas, American radio presenter (born in 1913) | |
| February 6th, 2004 (February 06 2004) | Event | In Russia, a suicide-attack in a Moscow metro kills 40 commuters, and injures a hundred and twenty-nine. The blast is blamed on Chechen separatist groups. | |
| February 6th, 2004 (February 06 2004) | Birth | Princess Louise of Belgium | |
| February 6th, 2002 (February 06 2002) | Death | Max Perutz, Austrian molecular biologist, Nobel laureate (born in 1914) | |
| February 6th, 2001 (February 06 2001) | Death | Filemon Lagman, Filipino Communist revolutionary (born in 1953) | |
| February 6th, 2001 (February 06 2001) | Death | Fulgence Charpentier, Quebec journalist (born in 1897) | |
| February 6th, 1998 (February 06 1998) | Event | Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport. | Ronald Reagan Quotes |
| February 6th, 1998 (February 06 1998) | Event | In Corsica, the prefect Claude Erignac is assassinated in Ajaccio, presumably by Yvan Colonna. | |
| February 6th, 1998 (February 06 1998) | Death | Falco, Austrian singer (born in 1957) | |
| February 6th, 1998 (February 06 1998) | Death | Carl Wilson, American musician (The Beach Boys) (born in 1946) | |
| February 6th, 1998 (February 06 1998) | Death | Haroun Tazieff, French vulcanologist and geologist (born in 1914) | |
| February 6th, 1997 (February 06 1997) | Death | Roger Laurent, Belgian racing driver (born in 1913) | |
| February 6th, 1996 (February 06 1996) | Event | A Birgen Air Boeing 757 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Dominican Republic killing 189. | |
| February 6th, 1996 (February 06 1996) | Death | Guy Madison, American actor (born in 1922) | |
| February 6th, 1995 (February 06 1995) | Death | James Merrill, American poet (born in 1926) | |
| February 6th, 1994 (February 06 1994) | Death | Joseph Cotten, American actor (born in 1905) | |
| February 6th, 1994 (February 06 1994) | Death | Jack Kirby, American comic book writer (born in 1917) | |
| February 6th, 1993 (February 06 1993) | Death | Arthur Ashe, American tennis player (born in 1943) | Arthur Ashe Quotes |
| February 6th, 1992 (February 06 1992) | Event | The Saami people of the Nordic countries have an official day celebrating their existence. | |
| February 6th, 1991 (February 06 1991) | Death | Salvador Luria, Italian biologist, Nobel laureate (born in 1912) | |
| February 6th, 1991 (February 06 1991) | Death | Danny Thomas, American singer, comedian, and actor (born in 1914) | |
| February 6th, 1989 (February 06 1989) | Birth | Craig Cathcart, Irish footballer | |
| February 6th, 1989 (February 06 1989) | Death | Andre Cayatte, French filmmaker (born in 1909) | |
| February 6th, 1989 (February 06 1989) | Death | Barbara Tuchman, American historian (born in 1912) | |
| February 6th, 1989 (February 06 1989) | Death | Chris Gueffroy, East German attempted defector (born in 1968) | |
| February 6th, 1989 (February 06 1989) | Death | Osbourne Ruddock, Jamaican Dub music performer (born in 1941) | |
| February 6th, 1988 (February 06 1988) | Birth | Allison Holker, American dancer | |
| February 6th, 1988 (February 06 1988) | Death | Nuno Oliveira, Bass Player (born in 1925) | |
| February 6th, 1987 (February 06 1987) | Event | Justice Mary Gaudron is appointed to the High Court of Australia, the first woman to be appointed. | |
| February 6th, 1986 (February 06 1986) | Birth | Alice Greczyn, American actress | |
| February 6th, 1986 (February 06 1986) | Birth | Brendan Taylor, Zimbabwean cricketer | |
| February 6th, 1986 (February 06 1986) | Death | Frederick Coutts, Salvation Army general (born in 1899) | |
| February 6th, 1986 (February 06 1986) | Death | Minoru Yamasaki, American architect (born in 1912) | Saki Quotes |
| February 6th, 1985 (February 06 1985) | Birth | Kris Humphries, American basketball player | |
| February 6th, 1985 (February 06 1985) | Birth | Yang Yu, Chinese swimmer | |
| February 6th, 1985 (February 06 1985) | Birth | Joji Kato, Japanese speedskater | |
| February 6th, 1985 (February 06 1985) | Death | James Hadley Chase, English writer (born in 1906) | |
| February 6th, 1984 (February 06 1984) | Birth | Darren Bent, English footballer | |
| February 6th, 1984 (February 06 1984) | Birth | Piret Jarvis, Estonian singer | |
| February 6th, 1983 (February 06 1983) | Birth | Brodie Croyle, American football player | |
| February 6th, 1983 (February 06 1983) | Birth | S Sreesanth, Indian cricketer | |
| February 6th, 1983 (February 06 1983) | Birth | Jamie Whincup, Australian racing driver | |
| February 6th, 1983 (February 06 1983) | Birth | Myron Wolf Child, Canadian politician | |
| February 6th, 1982 (February 06 1982) | Birth | Alice Eve, English actress | |
| February 6th, 1982 (February 06 1982) | Birth | Tank, Mandopop singer. | |
| February 6th, 1981 (February 06 1981) | Birth | Calum Best, American model | |
| February 6th, 1981 (February 06 1981) | Birth | Jens Lekman, Swedish musician | |
| February 6th, 1981 (February 06 1981) | Birth | Ty Warren, National Football League defensive lineman | |
| February 6th, 1981 (February 06 1981) | Death | Hugo Montenegro, American film music composer (born in 1925) | |
| February 6th, 1981 (February 06 1981) | Death | Frederika of Hanover, Queen Consort of Greece (born in 1917) | |
| February 6th, 1980 (February 06 1980) | Birth | Mamiko Noto, Japanese seiyu | |
| February 6th, 1980 (February 06 1980) | Birth | Kim Poirier, Canadian actress | |
| February 6th, 1980 (February 06 1980) | Birth | Luke Ravenstahl, American politician | |
| February 6th, 1979 (February 06 1979) | Birth | Dan Balan, Moldovan singer and former member of the band O-Zone | |
| February 6th, 1978 (February 06 1978) | Event | The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65 mph and snowfall of 4" an hour. | |
| February 6th, 1977 (February 06 1977) | Birth | Jason Euell, English-born footballer | |
| February 6th, 1976 (February 06 1976) | Birth | Tanja Frieden, Swiss snowboarder | |
| February 6th, 1976 (February 06 1976) | Birth | Colin Teo, Singaporean Grand Prix driver | |
| February 6th, 1976 (February 06 1976) | Birth | Kim Zmeskal, American gymnast | |
| February 6th, 1976 (February 06 1976) | Death | Vince Guaraldi, American musician (born in 1928) | |
| February 6th, 1975 (February 06 1975) | Birth | Brett Hawke, Australian swimmer | |
| February 6th, 1975 (February 06 1975) | Birth | Tomoko Kawase, Japanese singer | |
| February 6th, 1975 (February 06 1975) | Birth | Svend-Allan Sorensen, Danish artist | |
| February 6th, 1972 (February 06 1972) | Birth | David Binn, American football player | |
| February 6th, 1971 (February 06 1971) | Event | Apollo program: Apollo 14 MissionAlan Shepard becomes the first person to hit a golf ball on the Moon. | |
| February 6th, 1971 (February 06 1971) | Birth | Dana Eskelson, American actress | |
| February 6th, 1971 (February 06 1971) | Birth | Brad Hogg, Australian cricket player | |
| February 6th, 1971 (February 06 1971) | Birth | Brian Stepanek, American actor | |
| February 6th, 1970 (February 06 1970) | Birth | Per Frandsen, Danish footballer | |
| February 6th, 1969 (February 06 1969) | Birth | David Hayter, American Voice of Solid Snake | |
| February 6th, 1968 (February 06 1968) | Birth | Adolfo Valencia, Colombian footballer | |
| February 6th, 1968 (February 06 1968) | Birth | Akira Yamaoka, Japanese composer | |
| February 6th, 1967 (February 06 1967) | Birth | Anita Cochran, American singer | |
| February 6th, 1967 (February 06 1967) | Birth | Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer (Zard) (died in 2007) | |
| February 6th, 1967 (February 06 1967) | Death | Martine Carol, French film actress (born in 1920) | |
| February 6th, 1966 (February 06 1966) | Birth | Rick Astley, British singer | |
| February 6th, 1966 (February 06 1966) | Death | Narcisa de Leon, Filipino film mogul (born in 1877) | |
| February 6th, 1964 (February 06 1964) | Death | Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino general and President (born in 1869) | |
| February 6th, 1963 (February 06 1963) | Birth | Kevin Trudeau, American entrepreneur | |
| February 6th, 1963 (February 06 1963) | Death | Abd el-Krim, Moroccan politician | |
| February 6th, 1962 (February 06 1962) | Birth | Axl Rose, American singer (Guns N Roses) | |
| February 6th, 1961 (February 06 1961) | Birth | Bill Lester, American racecar driver | |
| February 6th, 1960 (February 06 1960) | Birth | Megan Gallagher, American actress | Gallagher Quotes |
| February 6th, 1959 (February 06 1959) | Event | Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments filed the first patent for an integrated circuit. | |
| February 6th, 1959 (February 06 1959) | Event | At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished. | |
| February 6th, 1959 (February 06 1959) | Birth | Ken Nelson, English record producer | |
| February 6th, 1958 (February 06 1958) | Event | Eight Manchester United players are killed in the Munich air disaster. | |
| February 6th, 1958 (February 06 1958) | Birth | Cecily Adams, American actress (died in 2004) | |
| February 6th, 1958 (February 06 1958) | Birth | Barry Miller, American actor | |
| February 6th, 1958 (February 06 1958) | Death | David Pegg, English footballer (born in 1935) | |
| February 6th, 1958 (February 06 1958) | Death | Tommy Taylor, English footballer (born in 1932) | |
| February 6th, 1958 (February 06 1958) | Death | Geoff Bent, English footballer (born in 1932) | |
| February 6th, 1958 (February 06 1958) | Death | Roger Byrne, English footballer (born in 1929) | |
| February 6th, 1958 (February 06 1958) | Death | Eddie Colman, English footballer (born in 1936) | |
| February 6th, 1958 (February 06 1958) | Death | Mark Jones, English footballer (born in 1933) | |
| February 6th, 1958 (February 06 1958) | Death | Frank Swift, English footballer and journalist (born in 1913) | |
| February 6th, 1958 (February 06 1958) | Death | Walter Crickmer, English football club secretary and manager | |
| February 6th, 1957 (February 06 1957) | Birth | Kathy Najimy, American actress and comedienne | Kathy Najimy Quotes |
| February 6th, 1957 (February 06 1957) | Birth | Simon Phillips. Drummer of Toto (band) | |
| February 6th, 1957 (February 06 1957) | Birth | Robert Townsend, American actor | |
| February 6th, 1955 (February 06 1955) | Birth | Michael Pollan, American journalist | |
| February 6th, 1952 (February 06 1952) | Event | Elizabeth II becomes Queen upon the death of her father George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a treehouse at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya. | |
| February 6th, 1952 (February 06 1952) | Birth | Ricardo Lavolpe, Argentine football coach | |
| February 6th, 1952 (February 06 1952) | Death | George VI of the United Kingdom (born in 1895) | |
| February 6th, 1951 (February 06 1951) | Event | The Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one of the worst rail disasters in American history. | |
| February 6th, 1951 (February 06 1951) | Birth | Marco Antonio, Brazilian footballer | |
| February 6th, 1951 (February 06 1951) | Birth | Margo, Irish singer | |
| February 6th, 1951 (February 06 1951) | Birth | Jacques Villeret, French film actor (died in 2005) | |
| February 6th, 1950 (February 06 1950) | Birth | Natalie Cole, American singer | |
| February 6th, 1950 (February 06 1950) | Death | Georges Imbert, Alsatian chemist (born in 1884) | |
| February 6th, 1949 (February 06 1949) | Birth | Jim Sheridan, Irish film director | |
| February 6th, 1946 (February 06 1946) | Birth | Jim Turner, American politician | |
| February 6th, 1946 (February 06 1946) | Birth | Kate McGarrigle, Canadian singer and songwriter | |
| February 6th, 1945 (February 06 1945) | Birth | Bob Marley, Jamaican musician (died in 1981) | Bob Marley Quotes |
| February 6th, 1944 (February 06 1944) | Birth | Christine Boutin, French politician | |
| February 6th, 1944 (February 06 1944) | Birth | Willie Tee, American singer and songwriter (died in 2007)) | |
| February 6th, 1944 (February 06 1944) | Birth | Michael Tucker, American actor | |
| February 6th, 1943 (February 06 1943) | Birth | Fabian, American singer | |
| February 6th, 1943 (February 06 1943) | Birth | Gayle Hunnicutt, American actress | |
| February 6th, 1942 (February 06 1942) | Birth | Sarah Brady, American gun-control activist | |
| February 6th, 1942 (February 06 1942) | Birth | James Loewen, American sociologist and historian | |
| February 6th, 1941 (February 06 1941) | Birth | Gigi Perreau, American actress | |
| February 6th, 1940 (February 06 1940) | Birth | Tom Brokaw, American news anchorman | |
| February 6th, 1940 (February 06 1940) | Birth | Jimmy Tarbuck, British comedian | |
| February 6th, 1939 (February 06 1939) | Birth | Mike Farrell, American actor | |
| February 6th, 1939 (February 06 1939) | Birth | Orlando Parga, Vice President of the Puerto Rico Senate | |
| February 6th, 1938 (February 06 1938) | Death | Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (born in 1860) | |
| February 6th, 1936 (February 06 1936) | Event | Olympic Games: Winter Olympic GamesIV Olympic Winter Games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. | |
| February 6th, 1936 (February 06 1936) | Birth | Kent Douglas, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| February 6th, 1936 (February 06 1936) | Birth | J. Howard Marshall III, American businessman | |
| February 6th, 1934 (February 06 1934) | Event | Far right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon in an attempted coup against the French Third Republic, creating a political crisis in France. | |
| February 6th, 1934 (February 06 1934) | Birth | Bernard Erhard, American voice actor (died in 2000) | |
| February 6th, 1933 (February 06 1933) | Event | The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution goes into effect. | |
| February 6th, 1933 (February 06 1933) | Birth | Leslie Crowther, British comedian (died in 1996) | |
| February 6th, 1932 (February 06 1932) | Birth | Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban revolutionary (died in 1959) | |
| February 6th, 1932 (February 06 1932) | Birth | Francois Truffaut, French film director (died in 1984) | |
| February 6th, 1931 (February 06 1931) | Birth | Rip Torn, American actor | |
| February 6th, 1931 (February 06 1931) | Birth | Mamie Van Doren, American actress | |
| February 6th, 1929 (February 06 1929) | Birth | Pierre Brice, French actor | |
| February 6th, 1929 (February 06 1929) | Birth | Oscar Sambrano Urdaneta, Venezuelan writer | |
| February 6th, 1927 (February 06 1927) | Death | Sam Maguire, Irish Republican and Gaelic footballer (born in 1879) | |
| February 6th, 1926 (February 06 1926) | Birth | Haskell Wexler, American cinematographer | |
| February 6th, 1926 (February 06 1926) | Birth | Walker Edmiston, American actor (died in 2007) | |
| February 6th, 1925 (February 06 1925) | Birth | Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesian author (died in 2006) | |
| February 6th, 1924 (February 06 1924) | Birth | Billy Wright, English former footballer (died in 1994) | |
| February 6th, 1922 (February 06 1922) | Event | Achille Ratti becomes Pope Pius XI. | |
| February 6th, 1922 (February 06 1922) | Event | The Washington Naval Treaty was signed in Washington, DC, limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy. | |
| February 6th, 1922 (February 06 1922) | Birth | Bill Johnston, Australian cricketer | |
| February 6th, 1922 (February 06 1922) | Birth | Patrick Macnee, British actor | |
| February 6th, 1922 (February 06 1922) | Birth | Denis Norden, British television personality | Denis Norden Quotes |
| February 6th, 1918 (February 06 1918) | Birth | Lothar-Gunther Buchheim, German author (died in 2007) | |
| February 6th, 1918 (February 06 1918) | Death | Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter (born in 1862) | |
| February 6th, 1917 (February 06 1917) | Birth | Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian-born actress | Zsa Zsa Gabor Quotes |
| February 6th, 1916 (February 06 1916) | Birth | John Crank, British mathematician (died in 2006) | |
| February 6th, 1916 (February 06 1916) | Death | Ruben Dario, Nicaraguan writer (born in 1867) | Ruben Dario Quotes |
| February 6th, 1914 (February 06 1914) | Birth | Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor (died in 2005) | |
| February 6th, 1913 (February 06 1913) | Birth | Mary Leakey, British anthropologist (died in 1996) | |
| February 6th, 1912 (February 06 1912) | Birth | Eva Braun, German mistress and wife of Adolf Hitler (died in 1945) | Adolf Hitler Quotes |
| February 6th, 1911 (February 06 1911) | Birth | Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States (died in 2004) | Ronald Reagan Quotes |
| February 6th, 1910 (February 06 1910) | Birth | Irmgard Keun, German author (died in 1982) | |
| February 6th, 1910 (February 06 1910) | Birth | Carlos Marcello, Tunisian-born gangster (died in 1993) | |
| February 6th, 1910 (February 06 1910) | Death | Alfonso Maria Fusco. Beatified Italian Roman Catholic priest and founder (b.1839) | |
| February 6th, 1908 (February 06 1908) | Birth | Amintore Fanfani, Italian politician (died in 1999) | |
| February 6th, 1905 (February 06 1905) | Birth | Wladyslaw Gomulka, Polish leader (died in 1982) | |
| February 6th, 1903 (February 06 1903) | Birth | Claudio Arrau, Chilean-born pianist (died in 1991) | |
| February 6th, 1902 (February 06 1902) | Birth | George Brunies, American musician (died in 1974) | |
| February 6th, 1901 (February 06 1901) | Birth | Ben Lyon, American actor (died in 1979) | |
| February 6th, 1900 (February 06 1900) | Event | The international arbitration court at The Hague is created when the Netherlands Senate ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree. wow | |
| February 6th, 1899 (February 06 1899) | Event | Spanish-American War: The Treaty of Paris (1898), a peace treaty between the United States and Spain is ratified by the United States Senate. | |
| February 6th, 1899 (February 06 1899) | Birth | Ramon Novarro, Mexican actor (died in 1968) | |
| February 6th, 1899 (February 06 1899) | Death | Leo von Caprivi, Chancellor of Germany (born in 1831) | |
| February 6th, 1899 (February 06 1899) | Death | Prince Prince Alfred of Edinburgh (born in 1874) | |
| February 6th, 1897 (February 06 1897) | Birth | Louis Buchalter, Jewish American mobster (died in 1944) | |
| February 6th, 1895 (February 06 1895) | Birth | Babe Ruth, American baseball player (died in 1948) | Babe Ruth Quotes |
| February 6th, 1894 (February 06 1894) | Birth | Eric Partridge, New Zealand lexicographer (died in 1979) | |
| February 6th, 1892 (February 06 1892) | Birth | William Parry Murphy, American physician, Nobel laureate (died in 1987) | |
| February 6th, 1887 (February 06 1887) | Birth | Josef Frings, German Archbishop of Cologne (died in 1978) | |
| February 6th, 1875 (February 06 1875) | Birth | Leonid Gobyato, Russian general (died in 1915) | |
| February 6th, 1862 (February 06 1862) | Event | American Civil War: Ulysses S. Grant gives the United States its first victory of the war, by capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee, known as the Battle of Fort Henry. | Ulysses S. Grant Quotes |
| February 6th, 1855 (February 06 1855) | Death | Josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (born in 1791) | |
| February 6th, 1853 (February 06 1853) | Birth | Ignacij Klemencic, Slovenian physicist (died in 1901) | |
| February 6th, 1843 (February 06 1843) | Event | The first minstrel show in the United States The Virginia Minstrels opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City). | |
| February 6th, 1840 (February 06 1840) | Event | Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, founding document of New Zealand. | |
| February 6th, 1838 (February 06 1838) | Birth | Sir Henry Irving, British actor (died in 1905) | |
| February 6th, 1838 (February 06 1838) | Birth | Yisrael Meir Kagan, Chofetz Chayim (died in 1933) | |
| February 6th, 1834 (February 06 1834) | Birth | Ema Puksec, Croatian singer (died in 1889) | |
| February 6th, 1834 (February 06 1834) | Death | Richard Lemon Lander, British explorer (born in 1804) | |
| February 6th, 1833 (February 06 1833) | Birth | James Ewell Brown Stuart, American Confederate cavalry general (died in 1864) | James Brown Quotes |
| February 6th, 1833 (February 06 1833) | Birth | Jose Maria de Pereda, Spanish novelist (died in 1906) | |
| February 6th, 1833 (February 06 1833) | Death | Pierre Andre Latreille, French entomologist (born in 1762) | |
| February 6th, 1832 (February 06 1832) | Birth | John Brown Gordon, general, U.S. Senator, and Governor of Georgia | |
| February 6th, 1820 (February 06 1820) | Event | The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society started a settlement in present-day Liberia. | |
| February 6th, 1819 (February 06 1819) | Event | Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds Singapore. | |
| February 6th, 1817 (February 06 1817) | Event | The Argentinian San Martin crosses the Andes with an army in order to liberate Chile from Spanish rule. | |
| February 6th, 1816 (February 06 1816) | Death | Maria Ludwika Rzewuska, Polish szlachcianka (born in 1744) | |
| February 6th, 1815 (February 06 1815) | Event | New Jersey grants the first American railroad charter to a John Stevens. | John Hart Quotes |
| February 6th, 1811 (February 06 1811) | Birth | Henry George Liddell, father of the Alice in Alice in Wonderland (died in 1898) | |
| February 6th, 1807 (February 06 1807) | Death | John Reid, British army general and composer (born in 1721) | |
| February 6th, 1793 (February 06 1793) | Death | Carlo Goldoni, Italian playwright (born in 1707) | |
| February 6th, 1788 (February 06 1788) | Event | Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution. | |
| February 6th, 1783 (February 06 1783) | Death | Capability Brown, English landscape gardener (born in 1716) | |
| February 6th, 1778 (February 06 1778) | Event | American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic. | |
| February 6th, 1775 (February 06 1775) | Death | William Dowdeswell, English politician (born in 1721) | |
| February 6th, 1757 (February 06 1757) | Birth | Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Polish scholar and statesman. (died in 1841) | Julian Quotes |
| February 6th, 1756 (February 06 1756) | Birth | Aaron Burr, 3rd Vice President of the United States (died in 1836) | Aaron Burr Quotes |
| February 6th, 1748 (February 06 1748) | Birth | Adam Weishaupt, founder of the Bavarian Illuminati (died in 1811) | |
| February 6th, 1744 (February 06 1744) | Birth | Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist and surgeon (died in 1795) | |
| February 6th, 1740 (February 06 1740) | Death | Pope Clement XII (born in 1652) | |
| February 6th, 1732 (February 06 1732) | Birth | Charles Lee, General in the American Revolution (died in 1782) | |
| February 6th, 1695 (February 06 1695) | Birth | Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (died in 1726) | |
| February 6th, 1685 (February 06 1685) | Event | James II of England and VII of Scotland becomes King upon the death of his brother Charles II. | |
| February 6th, 1685 (February 06 1685) | Death | King Charles II of England (born in 1630) | |
| February 6th, 1665 (February 06 1665) | Birth | Anne of Great Britain (died in 1714) | Anne of Great Britain Quotes |
| February 6th, 1664 (February 06 1664) | Birth | Mustafa II, Ottoman Sultan (d, 1703) | |
| February 6th, 1639 (February 06 1639) | Birth | Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (died in 1691) | |
| February 6th, 1617 (February 06 1617) | Death | Prospero Alpini, Italian scientist (born in 1553) | |
| February 6th, 1611 (February 06 1611) | Birth | Chongzhen Emperor, Emperor of China (died in 1644) | |
| February 6th, 1608 (February 06 1608) | Birth | Antonio Vieira, Portuguese writer (died in 1697) | |
| February 6th, 1593 (February 06 1593) | Death | Jacques Amyot, French writer (born in 1513) | |
| February 6th, 1593 (February 06 1593) | Death | Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (born in 1517) | |
| February 6th, 1585 (February 06 1585) | Death | Edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (born in 1518) | |
| February 6th, 1577 (February 06 1577) | Birth | Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (died in 1599) | |
| February 6th, 1515 (February 06 1515) | Death | Aldus Manutius, Italian printer | |
| February 6th, 1497 (February 06 1497) | Death | Johannes Ockeghem, Flemish composer (born in c. 1410) | |
| February 6th, 1378 (February 06 1378) | Death | Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (born in 1338) | |
| February 6th, 0891 (February 06 0891) | Death | Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople | |
