February 6

Events

 * - defeats the combined army of  followers and s under  and  at.
 * - is elected.
 * - becomes  upon the death of his brother.
 * - : In the  and the  are signed by the  and  signaling official recognition of the new republic.
 * - becomes the sixth state to ratify the.
 * - grants the first   charter to a.
 * - The   with an army in order to liberate  from Spanish rule.
 * - Sir founds.
 * - The first 86 s sponsored by the  started a  in present-day.
 * - Signing of the, founding document of.
 * - The first show in the  The  opens ( in ).
 * - : gives the  its first victory of the war, by capturing, known as the.
 * - : The, a between the  and  is ratified by the.
 * - The international arbitration court at is created when the '  ratifies an   decree.
 * - becomes.
 * 1922  - The  was signed in, limiting the  of , , , , and.
 * - The goes into effect.
 * - . The leagues rally in front of the, an attempted  against the.
 * - : -  open in,.
 * - The Broker, a passenger train derails near . The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one of the worst rail disasters in American history.
 * - becomes  upon the death of her father . At the exact moment of, she was in a  at the  in.
 * -   at, ,.
 * - Eight players of Manchester United were killed in the.
 * - of  filed the first  for an.
 * 1959 - At, , the first successful test firing of a is accomplished.
 * - : Mission -  becomes the first person to hit a golf ball on the Moon.
 * - The, one of the worst s in history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65 mph and snowfall of 4" an hour.
 * - The people of the  have an official day celebrating their existence.
 * - A Birgen Air crashes into the, off the coast of  killing 189.
 * - is renamed.
 * - In, the prefect is assassinated in , presumably by.
 * - In, a suicide-attack in a metro kills 40 commuters, and injures a hundred and twenty-nine. The blast is blamed on  separatist groups.
 * - The becomes a minority  in Canada's Parliament, replacing the  after 13 years in power.  becomes the 22nd.
 * - One of the two s in history is mounted against the.

Births

 * -, Italian noblewoman (d. )
 * -, Portuguese writer (d. )
 * -, Emperor of China (d. )
 * -, German writer and scholar (d. )
 * -, (d, )
 * - (d. )
 * -, Swiss mathematician (d. )
 * -, General in the American Revolution (d. )
 * -, French anatomist and surgeon (d. )
 * -, founder of the (d. )
 * -, 3rd (d. )
 * -, scholar and statesman. (d. )
 * -, father of the in   (d. )
 * -, American Confederate general (d. )
 * 1833  -, Spanish novelist (b. )
 * -, Croatian singer (d. )
 * -, British actor (d. )
 * 1838  -, Chofetz Chayim (d. )
 * -, Slovenian physicist (d. )
 * -, German Archbishop of Cologne (d. )
 * -, Russian general (d. )
 * -, American physician, (d. )
 * -, New Zealand lexicographer (d. )
 * -, American baseball player (d. )
 * -, Jewish American mobster (d. )
 * -, Mexican actor (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, Chilean-born pianist (d. )
 * -, Polish leader (d. )
 * -, Italian politician (d. )
 * -, German author (d. )
 * 1910  -, Tunisian-born gangster (d. )
 * -, 40th (d. )
 * -, German mistress of (d. )
 * -, British anthropologist (d. )
 * -, American voice actor (d. )
 * -, British mathematician (d. )
 * -, Hungarian-born actress
 * -, German author (d. )
 * -, Australian cricketer
 * 1922  -, British actor
 * 1922  -, British television personality
 * -, English former footballer (d. )
 * -, Indonesian author (d. )
 * -, American cinematographer
 * 1926  -, American actor (d. )
 * -, French actor
 * -, American actor
 * 1931  -, American actress
 * -, Cuban revolutionary (d. )
 * 1932  -, French film director (d. )
 * -, British comedian (d. )
 * -, American voice actor (d. )
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1936  -, American businessman
 * -, American actor
 * 1939  -, Vice President of the
 * -, American news anchorman
 * 1940  -, British comedian
 * -, American actress
 * -, American gun-control activist
 * -, American singer
 * 1943  -, American actress
 * -, American actor
 * 1944  -, French politician
 * 1944  -, American singer and songwriter (d. ))
 * -, Jamaican musician (d. )
 * -, American politician
 * 1946  -, Canadian singer and songwriter
 * -, Irish film director
 * -, American singer
 * -, Brazilian footballer
 * 1951  -, French film actor (d. )
 * -, Argentine football coach
 * -, American journalist
 * -, American actress and comedienne
 * 1957  -, American actor
 * -, American actor
 * 1958  -, American actress (d. )
 * -, English record producer
 * -, American actress
 * -, American racecar driver
 * -, American singer
 * -, American entrepreneur
 * -, British singer
 * -, Japanese singer (d. )
 * 1967  -, American singer
 * -, Japanese composer
 * 1968  -, Colombian footballer
 * -, Danish footballer
 * 1970  -, American pornographic actress
 * -, American actress
 * 1971 - , Australian cricket player
 * 1971  -, American actor
 * -, American football player
 * -, Danish artist
 * 1975  -, Japanese singer
 * 1975  -, Australian swimmer
 * -, American gymnast
 * 1976  -, Singaporean Grand Prix driver
 * 1976  -, Swiss snowboarder
 * -, English-born footballer
 * -, Moldovan singer and musician
 * -, Japanese
 * 1980  -, Canadian actress
 * 1980  -, American politician
 * -, Swedish musician
 * 1981  -, American model
 * -, English actress
 * -, American football player
 * 1983  -, Canadian politician
 * 1983  -, Australian racing driver
 * -, English footballer
 * 1984  -, American pornographic actress
 * 1984  -, Estonian singer
 * -, American basketball player
 * 1985 - , Chinese swimmer
 * -, Zimbabwean cricketer
 * 1986  -, American actress
 * -, American dancer
 * -, Irish football

Deaths

 * -, Patriarch of Constantinople
 * -, wife of (b. )
 * -, Flemish composer (b. c. )
 * -, Italian printer
 * -, English legal scholar (b. )
 * -, French writer (b. )
 * 1593  -  (b. )
 * -, Italian scientist (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, English politician (b. )
 * -, English landscape gardener (b. )
 * -, Italian playwright (b. )
 * -, British army general and composer (b. )
 * -, Polish szlachcianka (b. )
 * -, French entomologist (b. )
 * -, British explorer (b. )
 * -, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * 1899  - Prince  (b. )
 * -, Nicaraguan writer (b. )
 * -, Austrian painter (b. )
 * -, Irish Republican and Gaelic footballer (b. )
 * -, Russian-Swiss painter (b. )
 * -, Alsatian chemist (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, English footballer (b. )
 * 1958  -, English footballer (b. )
 * 1958  -, English footballer (b. )
 * 1958  -, English footballer (b. )
 * 1958  -, English footballer (b. )
 * 1958  -, English footballer (b. )
 * 1958  -, English footballer and journalist (b. )
 * 1958  -, Manchester United club secretary
 * -, Moroccan politician
 * -, First President of the 1st Philippines Republic (b. )
 * -, French film actress (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, American film music composer and orchestra leader (b. )
 * 1981  -, Queen Consort of Greece (b. )
 * -, English writer (b. )
 * -, Salvation Army general (b. )
 * 1986  -, American architect (b. )
 * -, last person killed escaping over the Berlin wall (b. )
 * 1989  -, American historian (b. )
 * 1989  -, French filmmaker (b. )
 * -, Italian-born biologist, (b. )
 * 1991  -, American singer, comedian, and actor (b. )
 * -, American tennis player (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * 1994  -, American comic book writer (b. )
 * -, American poet (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Belgian racing driver (b. )
 * -, Austrian singer (b. )
 * 1998  -, American musician  (b. )
 * 1998  -, French vulcanologist and geologist (b. )
 * -, Filipino Communist revolutionary (b. )
 * 2001  -, Quebec journalist, editor and publisher (b. )
 * -, Austrian-born molecular biologist, (b. )
 * -, Russian pianist (b. )
 * 2005  -, American radio presenter (b. )
 * -, American baseball player (b. )
 * 2007  -, Canadian politician (b. )
 * 2007  -, American singer (b. )
 * 2007  -, American athlete (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * in ( and )
 * (National Holiday) in
 * (in Finland and Scandinavia)

Liturgical feasts

 * of the following s in the (per the ):
 * , patron saint of s
 * , patron saint of s
 * , patron saint of s


 * In the it is the  of: