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What happened on February 6
On February 6 history recorded 46 notable events. 160 people who left a mark were born on this day, and 117 died. Here is the full almanac.
- 46events
- 160births
- 117deaths
- 14observances
Highlights
Highlights
590Vistahm and Vinduyih deposed their brother-in-law Hormizd IV, King of Kings of the Sasanian Empire.
Vistahm or Bistam, was a Parthian dynast of the Ispahbudhan house, and maternal uncle of the Sasanian king of kings of Iran, Khosrow II. Vistahm helped Khosrow regain his throne after the rebellion of another Parthian noble Bahram Chobin, of House of Mihran, b
1579Domingo de Salazar, a Spanish Dominican friar, was appointed the first bishop of Manila.
Domingo de Salazar was a Catholic Dominican prelate who served as the first Bishop of Manila (1579–1594), which was then newly-annexed to the Spanish Empire.
1778France and the United States signed the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and the Treaty of Alliance, respectively establishing commercial and military ties between the two nations.
The Treaty of Amity and Commerce established formal diplomatic and commercial relations between the United States and France during the American Revolutionary War. It was signed on February 6, 1778, in Paris, together with its sister agreement, the Treaty of A
February 6
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IV century
- 337
337Election of Pope Julius I.
VI century
XVI century
XVII century
XVIII century
- 1778
1778American 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. - 1778
1778New York became the third state to ratify the Articles of Confederation. - 1788
1788Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
XIX century
- 1806
1806Battle of San Domingo: British naval victory against the French in the Caribbean. - 1819
1819The Treaty of Singapore was signed by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Hussein Shah of Johor, and Temenggong Abdul Rahman, and it is now recognised as the founding of modern Singapore. - 1820
1820The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society depart New York to start a settlement in present-day Liberia. - 1833
1833Otto becomes the first modern King of Greece. - 1840
1840Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony. - 1843
1843The first minstrel show in the United States, The Virginia Minstrels, opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City). - 1851
1851The largest Australian bushfires in a populous region in recorded history take place in the state of Victoria. - 1862
1862American Civil War: Forces under the command of Ulysses S. Grant and Andrew H. Foote give the Union its first victory of the war, capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee in the Battle of Fort Henry. - 1865
1865The municipal administration of Finland is established. - 1899
1899Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate. - 1900
1900The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international arbitration court at The Hague, is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
XX century
- 1918
1918British women over the age of 30 who meet minimum property qualifications, get the right to vote when Representation of the People Act 1918 is passed by Parliament. - 1919
1919The five-day Seattle General Strike begins, as more than 65,000 workers in the city of Seattle, Washington, walk off the job. - 1922
1922The Washington Naval Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy. - 1934
1934Far-right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon in an attempted coup against the French Third Republic, creating a political crisis in France. - 1944
1944World War II: The Great Raids Against Helsinki begins. - 1951
1951The Canadian Army enters combat in the Korean War. - 1951
1951The 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. - 1952
1952Elizabeth II becomes Queen of the United Kingdom and her other Realms and Territories and Head of the Commonwealth upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a tree house at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya. - 1958
1958Eight Manchester United F.C. players and 15 other passengers are killed in the Munich air disaster. - 1959
1959Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit. - 1959
1959At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished. - 1973
1973The Ms 7.6 Luhuo earthquake strikes Sichuan Province, causing widespread destruction and killing at least 2,199 people. - 1976
1976In testimony before a United States Senate subcommittee, Lockheed Corporation president Carl Kotchian admits that the company had paid out approximately $3 million in bribes to the office of Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka. - 1978
1978The 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 four inches an hour. - 1981
1981The National Resistance Army of Uganda launches an attack on a Ugandan Army installation in the central Mubende District to begin the Ugandan Bush War. - 1987
1987Justice Mary Gaudron becomes the first woman to be appointed to the High Court of Australia. - 1989
1989The Round Table Talks start in Poland, thus marking the beginning of the overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe. - 1996
1996Willamette Valley Flood: Floods in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, United States, causes over US$500 million in property damage throughout the Pacific Northwest. - 1996
1996Birgenair Flight 301 crashed off the coast of the Dominican Republic, killing all 189 people on board. This is the deadliest aviation accident involving a Boeing 757. - 1998
1998Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport. - 2000
2000Second Chechen War: Russia captures Grozny, Chechnya, forcing the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria government into exile.
XXI century
- 2006
2006Stephen Harper becomes Prime Minister of Canada. - 2012
2012A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits the central Philippine island of Negros, leaving 112 people dead. - 2016
2016An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes southern Taiwan, killing 117 people. - 2018
2018SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, a super heavy launch vehicle, makes its maiden flight. - 2021
2021U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken suspends agreements with Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras to send asylum seekers back to their home countries. - 2023
2023Two earthquakes measuring Mww 7.8 and 7.5 struck near the border between Turkey and Syria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XII (Extreme). The earthquakes resulted in numerous aftershocks and a death toll of 57,658 people.
Best known
Born on February 6
Best known
Died on February 6
743Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik
Umayyad caliph from 724 to 743
797Donnchad Midi
8th-century Irish monarch
891Photios I of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 858 to 867 and from 877 to 886
1215Hōjō Tokimasa
1st Shikken of the Kamakura shogunate
1378Joanna of Bourbon
Queen consort of France from 1364 to 1378
1411Esau de' Buondelmonti
Despot
Holidays and observances
- Christian feast day: Amand
- Christian feast day: Dorothea of Caesarea
- Christian feast day: Hildegund, O.Praem.
- Christian feast day: Jacut
- Christian feast day: Mateo Correa Magallanes (one of Saints of the Cristero War)
- Christian feast day: Mél of Ardagh
- Christian feast day: Paul Miki and Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan
- Christian feast day: Relindis (Renule) of Maaseik
- Christian feast day: Vedastus
- Christian feast day: February 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (United Nations)
- Ronald Reagan Day (California, United States)
- Sami National Day (Russia, Finland, Norway and Sweden)
- Waitangi Day, celebrates the founding of New Zealand in 1840.
Frequently asked questions
What happened on February 6?
46 documented historical events happened on February 6, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Vistahm and Vinduyih deposed their brother-in-law Hormizd IV, King of Kings of the Sasanian Empire. On the same day, in another year: Domingo de Salazar, a Spanish Dominican friar, was appointed the first bishop of Manila. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
Who was born on February 6?
160 people with a Wikipedia article were born on February 6, including Roman Czerniawski, Ronald Reagan, Eva Braun. The list spans every era and every field — art, science, politics, sport, entertainment — ordered by year of birth, from the earliest to the most recent. The six featured people are those most has been written about: the ordering uses the length of their Wikipedia article as an indicator of prominence. For each one you find their occupation, year of birth and a link to the full biography.
Who died on February 6?
117 people with a Wikipedia article died on February 6, including Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, Donnchad Midi, Photios I of Constantinople. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
What is celebrated on February 6?
14 observances are celebrated on February 6 around the world: Christian feast day: Amand, Christian feast day: Dorothea of Caesarea, Christian feast day: Hildegund, O.Praem., Christian feast day: Jacut, Christian feast day: Mateo Correa Magallanes (one of Saints of the Cristero War), Christian feast day: Mél of Ardagh. The list gathers national holidays, international days and religious or civil observances falling on this date in different countries, as recorded on Wikipedia. Some are fixed and recur on the same day every year; others depend on the local calendar. Each links to the article explaining its origin and meaning.
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