Events

Pre-1600

* 1579 – The

Archdiocese of Manila In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

is made a diocese by a papal bull with

Domingo de Salazar Domingo de Salazar (1512 – 4 December 1594) was a Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Manila (1579–94) ''(in Latin)''1685 –

James II of England and VII of Scotland James VII and II (14 October 1633 16 September 1701) was King of England and King of Ireland as James II, and King of Scotland as James VII from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685. He was deposed in the Glorious Re ...

is proclaimed

King King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...

upon the death of his brother Charles II. * 1694 – The warrior queen

Dandara Dandara (full name in Portuguese: ''Dandara dos Palmares'') was an Afro-Brazilian warrior of the colonial period of Brazil and was part of the Quilombo dos Palmares, a settlement of Afro-Brazilian people who freed themselves from enslavement, ...

, leader of the runaway slaves in

Quilombo dos Palmares Palmares, or Quilombo dos Palmares, was a ''quilombo'', a community of escaped slaves and others, in colonial Brazil that developed from 1605 until its suppression in 1694. It was located in the captaincy of Pernambuco, in what is today the B ...

, Brazil, is captured and commits suicide rather than be returned to a life of slavery. * 1778 –

American Revolutionary War The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a major war of the American Revolution. Widely considered as the war that secured the independence of t ...

: 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 – New York became the third state to ratify the Articles of Confederation. * 1788 –

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

becomes the sixth state to ratify the

United States Constitution The Constitution of the United States is the Supremacy Clause, supreme law of the United States, United States of America. It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, in 1789. Originally comprising seven ar ...

. * 1806 –

Battle of San Domingo The Battle of San Domingo was a naval battle of the Napoleonic Wars fought on 6 February 1806 between squadrons of French and British ships of the line off the southern coast of the French-occupied Spanish colonial Captaincy General of Santo Do ...

: British naval victory against the French in the Caribbean. * 1819 – Sir

Thomas Stamford Raffles Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles (5 July 1781 – 5 July 1826) was a British statesman who served as the Lieutenant-Governor of the Dutch East Indies between 1811 and 1816, and Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen between 1818 and 1824. He is ...

founds

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

. * 1820 – The first 86

African American African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ens ...

immigrants sponsored by the

American Colonization Society The American Colonization Society (ACS), initially the Society for the Colonization of Free People of Color of America until 1837, was an American organization founded in 1816 by Robert Finley to encourage and support the migration of freebor ...

depart New York to start a

settlement Settlement may refer to: *Human settlement, a community where people live *Settlement (structural), the distortion or disruption of parts of a building * Closing (real estate), the final step in executing a real estate transaction *Settlement (fin ...

in present-day

Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...

. * 1833 –

Otto Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', '' Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded f ...

becomes the first modern

King of Greece The Kingdom of Greece was ruled by the House of Wittelsbach between 1832 and 1862 and by the House of Glücksburg from 1863 to 1924, temporarily abolished during the Second Hellenic Republic, and from 1935 to 1973, when it was once more abolishe ...

. * 1840 – Signing of the

Treaty of Waitangi The Treaty of Waitangi ( mi, Te Tiriti o Waitangi) is a document of central importance to the History of New Zealand, history, to the political constitution of the state, and to the national mythos of New Zealand. It has played a major role in ...

, establishing New Zealand as a British colony. * 1843 – The first

minstrel show The minstrel show, also called minstrelsy, was an American form of racist theatrical entertainment developed in the early 19th century. Each show consisted of comic skits, variety acts, dancing, and music performances that depicted people spec ...

in the United States, The

Virginia Minstrels The Virginia Minstrels or Virginia Serenaders was a group of 19th-century American entertainers who helped invent the entertainment form known as the minstrel show. Led by Dan Emmett, the original lineup consisted of Emmett, Billy Whitlock, ...

, opens (

Bowery Amphitheatre The Bowery Amphitheatre was a building in the Bowery neighborhood of New York City. It was located at 37 and 39 Bowery, across the street from the Bowery Theatre. Under a number of different names and managers, the structure served as a circus, m ...

in New York City). * 1851 – The largest

Australian bushfires Bushfires in Australia are a widespread and regular occurrence that have contributed significantly to shaping the nature of the continent over millions of years. Eastern Australia is one of the most fire-prone regions of the world, and its p ...

in a populous region in recorded history take place in the state of

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

. * 1862 –

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...

: Forces under the command of Ulysses S. Grant and Andrew H. Foote give the

Union Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Union (band), an American rock group ** ''Un ...

its first victory of the war, capturing

Fort Henry, Tennessee The Battle of Fort Henry was fought on February 6, 1862, in Stewart County, Tennessee, during the American Civil War. It was the first important victory for the Union and Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in the Western Theater. On February 4 an ...

in the

Battle of Fort Henry The Battle of Fort Henry was fought on February 6, 1862, in Stewart County, Tennessee, during the American Civil War. It was the first important victory for the Union and Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in the Western Theater. On February 4 a ...

. * 1899 –

Spanish–American War , partof = the Philippine Revolution, the decolonization of the Americas, and the Cuban War of Independence , image = Collage infobox for Spanish-American War.jpg , image_size = 300px , caption = (clock ...

: The

Treaty of Paris Treaty of Paris may refer to one of many treaties signed in Paris, France: Treaties 1200s and 1300s * Treaty of Paris (1229), which ended the Albigensian Crusade * Treaty of Paris (1259), between Henry III of England and Louis IX of France * Trea ...

, a

peace treaty A peace treaty is an agreement between two or more hostile parties, usually countries or governments, which formally ends a state of war between the parties. It is different from an armistice An armistice is a formal agreement of warring ...

between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the

United States Senate The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and pow ...

. * 1900 – The

Permanent Court of Arbitration The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) is a non-UN intergovernmental organization located in The Hague, Netherlands. Unlike a judicial court in the traditional sense, the PCA provides services of arbitral tribunal to resolve disputes that aris ...

, an international arbitration court at

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital o ...

, is created when the

Senate of the Netherlands The Senate ( or simply ' , literally "First Chamber of the States General", or sometimes ' ) is the upper house of the States General, the legislature of the Netherlands. Its 75 members are elected on lists by the members of the twelve States-P ...

ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.

1901–present

* 1918 – British 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 In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: representing the electorate, making laws, and overseeing the government via hearings and inquiries. Th ...

. * 1919 – The American Legion is founded. * 1919 – The five-day

Seattle General Strike The Seattle General Strike of 1919 was a five-day general work stoppage by more than 65,000 workers in the city of Seattle, Washington from February 6 to 11. Dissatisfied workers in several unions began the strike to gain higher wages, after t ...

begins, as more than 65,000 workers in the city of

Seattle, Washington Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region ...

, walk off the job. * 1922 – The

Washington Naval Treaty The Washington Naval Treaty, also known as the Five-Power Treaty, was a treaty signed during 1922 among the major Allies of World War I, which agreed to prevent an arms race by limiting naval construction. It was negotiated at the Washington Nav ...

is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States,

Britain Britain most often refers to: * The United Kingdom, a sovereign state in Europe comprising the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands * Great Britain, the largest island in the United King ...

, Japan, France, and Italy. * 1934 –

Far-right leagues The far-right leagues (french: ligues d'extrême droite) were several French far-right movements opposed to parliamentarism, which mainly dedicated themselves to military parades, street brawls, demonstrations and riots. The term ''ligue'' was ...

rally in front of the

Palais Bourbon The Palais Bourbon () is the meeting place of the National Assembly, the lower legislative chamber of the French Parliament. It is located in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, on the '' Rive Gauche'' of the Seine, across from the Place de la Con ...

in an attempted coup against the

French Third Republic The French Third Republic (french: Troisième République, sometimes written as ) was the system of government adopted in France from 4 September 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco-Prussian War, until 10 July 1940 ...

, creating a political crisis in France. * 1951 – The

Canadian Army The Canadian Army (french: Armée canadienne) is the command responsible for the operational readiness of the conventional ground forces of the Canadian Armed Forces. It maintains regular forces units at bases across Canada, and is also res ...

enters combat in the

Korean War , date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...

. * 1951 – ''The Broker'', a

Pennsylvania Railroad The Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark PRR), legal name The Pennsylvania Railroad Company also known as the "Pennsy", was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was named ...

passenger train derails near

Woodbridge Township, New Jersey Woodbridge Township is a township in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is both a regional hub for Central New Jersey and a major bedroom suburb of New York City in the New York metropolitan area located within the ...

. The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one of the worst rail disasters in American history. * 1952 –

Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during ...

becomes

Queen of the United Kingdom The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the constitutional form of government by which a hereditary sovereign reigns as the head of state of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies (the Bailiw ...

and her other Realms and Territories and

Head of the Commonwealth The head of the Commonwealth is the ceremonial leader who symbolises "the free association of independent member nations" of the Commonwealth of Nations, an intergovernmental organisation that currently comprises 56 sovereign states. There is ...

upon the death of her father,

George VI George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952. He was also the last Emperor of I ...

. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a

tree house A tree house, tree fort or treeshed is a platform or building constructed around, next to or among the trunk or branches of one or more mature trees while above ground level. Tree houses can be used for recreation, work space, habitation, a hang ...

at the

Treetops Hotel Treetops Hotel was a hotel in Aberdare National Park in Kenya near the township of Nyeri, 1,966 m (6,450 ft) above sea level on the Aberdare Range and in sight of Mount Kenya. First opened in 1932 by Eric Sherbrooke Walker, it was bu ...

Kenya ) , national_anthem = "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...

. * 1958 – Eight

Manchester United F.C. Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United (often stylised as Man Utd), or simply United, is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The club competes in the Premier League, ...

players and 15 other passengers are killed in the Munich air disaster. * 1959 –

Jack Kilby Jack St. Clair Kilby (November 8, 1923 – June 20, 2005) was an American electrical engineer who took part (along with Robert Noyce of Fairchild) in the realization of the first integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments (TI) in 1 ...

Texas Instruments Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) is an American technology company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, that designs and manufactures semiconductors and various integrated circuits, which it sells to electronics designers and manufacturers globa ...

files the first

patent A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention."A ...

for an integrated circuit. * 1959 – At Cape Canaveral,

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished. * 1973 – The 7.6 Luhuo earthquake strikes Sichuan Province, causing widespread destruction and killing at least 2,199 people. *

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

– In testimony before a

subcommittee,

Lockheed Corporation The Lockheed Corporation was an American aerospace manufacturer. Lockheed was founded in 1926 and later merged with Martin Marietta to form Lockheed Martin in 1995. Its founder, Allan Lockheed, had earlier founded the similarly named but ot ...

president

Carl Kotchian Archibald Carlisle Kotchian (July 17, 1914 – December 14, 2008), known as Carl or A.C., was an American business executive who served as the president of Lockheed Corporation. His admission of paying millions of dollars in bribes to foreign go ...

admits that the company had paid out approximately $3 million in bribes to the office of Japanese Prime Minister

Kakuei Tanaka was a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1947 to 1990, and was Prime Minister of Japan from 1972 to 1974. After a power struggle with Takeo Fukuda, he became the most influential member of the ruling Liberal ...

. * 1978 – The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst

Nor'easter A nor'easter (also northeaster; see below), or an East Coast low is a synoptic-scale extratropical cyclone in the western North Atlantic Ocean. The name derives from the direction of the winds that blow from the northeast. The original use ...

s in

New England New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It is bordered by the state of New York to the west and by the Canadian provinces ...

history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65 mph and snowfall of four inches an hour. * 1981 – The

National Resistance Army The National Resistance Army (NRA), the military wing of the National Resistance Movement (NRM), was a rebel army that waged a guerrilla war, commonly referred to as the Ugandan Bush War or Luwero War, against the government of Milton Obote, and l ...

Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The sou ...

launches an attack on a Ugandan Army installation in the central

Mubende District Mubende is a district in the Central Region of Uganda. The town of Mubende is the site of the district headquarters. The district was reduced in size in July 2005 with the creation of the Mityana District and reduced again in 2019 with the creat ...

to begin the

Ugandan Bush War The Ugandan Bush War, also known as the Luwero War, the Ugandan Civil War or the Resistance War, was a civil war fought in Uganda by the official Ugandan government and its armed wing, the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA), against a number ...

. * 1987 – Justice

Mary Gaudron Mary Genevieve Gaudron (born 5 January 1943), is an Australian lawyer and judge, who was the first female Justice of the High Court of Australia. She was the Solicitor-General of New South Wales from 1981 until 1987 before her appointment to ...

becomes the first woman to be appointed to the High Court of Australia. * 1988 – Michael Jordan makes his signature

slam dunk A slam dunk, also simply known as dunk, is a type of basketball shot that is performed when a player jumps in the air, controls the ball above the horizontal plane of the rim, and scores by shoving the ball directly through the basket with one ...

from the free throw line inspiring

Air Jordan Air Jordan is an American brand of basketball shoes produced by American corporation Nike. The first Air Jordan shoe was produced for Hall of Fame former basketball player Michael Jordan during his time with the Chicago Bulls in late 1984 an ...

and the Jumpman logo. * 1989 – The Round Table Talks start in Poland, thus marking the beginning of the overthrow of

communism Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...

in Eastern Europe. * 1996 – Willamette Valley Flood: Floods in the

Willamette Valley The Willamette Valley ( ) is a long valley in Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The Willamette River flows the entire length of the valley and is surrounded by mountains on three sides: the Cascade Range to the eas ...

Oregon Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho. T ...

, United States, causes over US$500 million in property damage throughout the

Pacific Northwest The Pacific Northwest (sometimes Cascadia, or simply abbreviated as PNW) is a geographic region in western North America bounded by its coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains to the east. Tho ...

. * 1996 –

Birgenair Flight 301 Birgenair Flight 301 was a flight chartered by Turkish-managed Birgenair partner Alas Nacionales from Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic to Frankfurt, Germany, via Gander, Canada, and Berlin, Germany. On February 6, 1996, the 757-200 ope ...

crashed off the coast of the

Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with ...

, killing all 189 people on board. This is the deadliest aviation accident involving a

Boeing 757 The Boeing 757 is an American narrow-body airliner designed and built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The then-named 7N7, a twinjet successor for the 727 (a trijet), received its first orders in August 1978. The prototype completed its mai ...

. * 1998 – Washington National Airport is renamed

Ronald Reagan National Airport Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport , sometimes referred to colloquially as National Airport, Washington National, Reagan National Airport, DCA, Reagan, or simply National, is an international airport in Arlington County, Virginia, across ...

. * 2000 –

Second Chechen War The Second Chechen War (russian: Втора́я чече́нская война́, ) took place in Chechnya and the border regions of the North Caucasus between the Russian Federation and the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, from August 1999 ...

: Russia captures

Grozny Grozny ( rus, Грозный, p=ˈgroznɨj; ce, Соьлжа-ГӀала, translit=Sölƶa-Ġala), also spelled Groznyy, is the capital city of Chechnya, Russia. The city lies on the Sunzha River. According to the 2010 census, it had a po ...

, Chechnya, forcing the separatist

Chechen Republic of Ichkeria The Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (; ce, Нохчийн Республик Ичкери, Nóxçiyn Respublik Içkeri; russian: Чеченская Республика Ичкерия; abbreviated as "ChRI" or "CRI") was a ''de facto'' state that ...

government into exile. * 2006 – Stephen Harper becomes

Prime Minister of Canada The prime minister of Canada (french: premier ministre du Canada, link=no) is the head of government of Canada. Under the Westminster system, the prime minister governs with the Confidence and supply, confidence of a majority the elected Hou ...

. * 2012 – A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits the central Philippine island of

Negros Negros is the fourth largest and third most populous island in the Philippines, with a total land area of . Negros is one of the many islands of the Visayas, in the central part of the country. The predominant inhabitants of the island region a ...

, leaving 112 people dead. * 2016 – An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes southern Taiwan, killing 117 people. * 2018 – SpaceX's

Falcon Heavy Falcon Heavy is a partially reusable heavy-lift launch vehicle that is produced by SpaceX, an American aerospace manufacturer. The rocket consists of two strap-on boosters made from Falcon 9 first stages, a center core also made from a Falc ...

, a super heavy

launch vehicle A launch vehicle or carrier rocket is a rocket designed to carry a payload ( spacecraft or satellites) from the Earth's surface to outer space. Most launch vehicles operate from a launch pads, supported by a launch control center and ...

, makes its maiden flight. * 2021 – U.S. Secretary of State

Antony Blinken Antony John Blinken (born April 16, 1962) is an American government official and diplomat serving as the 71st United States secretary of state since January 26, 2021. He previously served as deputy national security advisor from 2013 to 2015 a ...

suspends agreements with Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras to send asylum seekers back to their home countries.

Births

Pre-1600

885 Year 885 ( DCCCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Summer – Emperor Charles the Fat summons a meeting of officials at Lobith (moder ...

–

Emperor Daigo was the 60th emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 醍醐天皇 (60)/ref> according to the traditional order of succession. Daigo's reign spanned the years from 897 through 930. He is named after his place of burial. G ...

of Japan (d. 930) * 1402 –

Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse Louis I of Hesse (german: Ludwig) (6 February 1402 - 17 January 1458), called "the Peaceful", was Landgrave of Lower Hesse (Hesse) from 1413 to 1458. He was born at Spangenberg, the son of Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse and Margaret, the dau ...

, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 1458) * 1452 –

Joanna, Princess of Portugal Joanna of Portugal (6 February 1452 – 12 May 1490; pt, Santa Joana Princesa, ) was a Portugal, Portuguese regent princess of the House of Aviz, daughter of List of Portuguese monarchs, King Afonso V of Portugal and his first wife Isabel of ...

(d. 1490) * 1453 –

Girolamo Benivieni Girolamo Benivieni (; 6 February 1453 – August 1542) was a Florentine poet and a musician. His father was a notary in Florence. He suffered poor health most of his life, which prevented him from taking a more stable job. He was a leading m ...

, Florentine poet (d. 1542) * 1465 –

Scipione del Ferro Scipione del Ferro (6 February 1465 – 5 November 1526) was an Italian mathematician who first discovered a method to solve the depressed cubic equation. Life Scipione del Ferro was born in Bologna, in northern Italy, to Floriano and Filip ...

, Italian mathematician and theorist (d. 1526) * 1536 –

Sassa Narimasa , also known as Kura-no-suke (内蔵助), was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku through Azuchi–Momoyama period.">DF 7 of 80">"Asa ..., where he was in the rear guard. In 1575, Narimasa fought at the Battle of Nagashino">DF 7 of 80/nowiki>">D ...

, Japanese samurai (d. 1588) * 1577 –

Beatrice Cenci Beatrice Cenci (; 6 February 157711 September 1599) was a Roman noblewoman who murdered her father, Count Francesco Cenci. She was beheaded in 1599 after a lurid murder trial in Rome that gave rise to an enduring legend about her. Life Beatri ...

, Italian murderer (d. 1599) * 1582 – Mario Bettinus, Italian mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (d. 1657)

1601–1900

* 1605 – Bernard of Corleone, Italian saint (d. 1667) * 1608 –

António Vieira Pedro António Vieira (; 6 February 160818 July 1697) was an Afro-Portuguese Jesuit priest, diplomat, orator, preacher, philosopher, writer, and member of the Royal Council to the King of Portugal. Biography Vieira was born in Lisbo ...

, Portuguese priest and philosopher (d. 1697) * 1611 –

Chongzhen Emperor The Chongzhen Emperor (; 6 February 1611 – 25 April 1644), personal name Zhu Youjian (), courtesy name Deyue (),Wang Yuan (王源)，''Ju ye tang wen ji'' (《居業堂文集》), vol. 19. "聞之張景蔚親見烈皇帝神主題御諱字德� ...

of China (d. 1644) * 1612 –

Antoine Arnauld Antoine Arnauld (6 February 16128 August 1694) was a French Catholic theologian, philosopher and mathematician. He was one of the leading intellectuals of the Jansenist group of Port-Royal and had a very thorough knowledge of patristics. Cont ...

, French mathematician, theologian, and philosopher (d. 1694) * 1643 –

Johann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg Johann Kasimir Kolbe, ''Graf'' von Wartenberg (6 February 1643, in Wetterau – 4 July 1712, in Frankfurt am Main) was the first ever Minister-President (effectively Prime Minister) of the kingdom of Prussia, and the head of the " Cabinet of Th ...

, Prussian politician, 1st

Minister President of Prussia The office of Minister-President (german: Ministerpräsident), or Prime Minister, of Prussia existed from 1848, when it was formed by King Frederick William IV during the 1848–49 Revolution, until the abolition of Prussia in 1947 by the All ...

(d. 1712) * 1649 – Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp, German noblewoman (d. 1728) * 1664 – Mustafa II, Ottoman sultan (d. 1703) * 1665 –

Anne, Queen of Great Britain Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) was Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland from 8 March 1702 until 1 May 1707. On 1 May 1707, under the Acts of Union, the kingdoms of England and Scotland united as a single sovereign state known as ...

, Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland (d. 1714) * 1695 –

Nicolaus II Bernoulli Nicolaus II Bernoulli, a.k.a. Niklaus Bernoulli, Nikolaus Bernoulli (6 February 1695, Basel, Switzerland – 31 July 1726, St. Petersburg, Russia) was a Swiss mathematician as were his father Johann Bernoulli and one of his brothers, Daniel Be ...

, Swiss-Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1726) *

1719 Events January–March * January 8 – Carolean Death March begins: A catastrophic retreat by a largely-Finnish Swedish- Carolean army under the command of Carl Gustaf Armfeldt across the Tydal mountains in a blizzard kills around 3,7 ...

– Alberto Pullicino, Maltese painter (d. 1759) * 1726 – Patrick Russell, Scottish surgeon and zoologist (d. 1805) * 1732 – Charles Lee, English-American general (d. 1782) * 1736 –

Franz Xaver Messerschmidt Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (February 6, 1736 – August 19, 1783) was a German-Austrian sculptor most famous for his "character heads", a collection of busts with faces contorted in extreme facial expressions. Early years Born February 6, 17 ...

, German-Austrian sculptor (d. 1783) *

1744 Events January–March * January 6 – The Royal Navy ship ''Bacchus'' engages the Spanish Navy privateer ''Begona'', and sinks it; 90 of the 120 Spanish sailors die, but 30 of the crew are rescued. * January 24 – The Dag ...

–

Pierre-Joseph Desault Pierre-Joseph Desault (6 February 1738 – 1 June 1795) was a French anatomist and surgeon. Biography Pierre-Joseph Desault was born in Vouhenans, Franche-Comté. He was destined for a career in the Church, but his own inclination was towards the ...

, French anatomist and surgeon (d. 1795) * 1748 –

Adam Weishaupt Johann Adam Weishaupt (; 6 February 1748 – 18 November 1830)''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'Vol. 41, p. 539Engel, Leopold. ''Geschichte des Illuminaten-ordens''. Berlin: H. Bermühler Verlag, 1906.van Dülmen, Richard. ''Der Geheimbund der Ill ...

, German philosopher and academic, founded the

Illuminati The Illuminati (; plural of Latin ''illuminatus'', 'enlightened') is a name given to several groups, both real and fictitious. Historically, the name usually refers to the Bavarian Illuminati, an Enlightenment-era secret society founded on ...

(d. 1830) * 1753 –

Évariste de Parny Évariste Desiré de Forges, vicomte de Parny (6 February 17535 December 1814) was a French poet. Biography De Parny was born in Saint-Paul on the Isle of Bourbon (now Réunion); he came from an aristocratic family from the region of Berry, ...

, French poet and author (d. 1814) * 1756 – Aaron Burr, American colonel and politician, 3rd

Vice President of the United States The vice president of the United States (VPOTUS) is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The vice ...

(d. 1836) * 1758 –

Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz ( , ; 6 February 1758 – 21 May 1841) was a Polish poet, playwright and statesman. He was a leading advocate for the Constitution of 3 May 1791. Early life Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz was born 6 February 1758 in Skoki, nea ...

, Belarusian-Polish poet, playwright, and politician (d. 1841) * 1769 –

Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn Ludwig Georg Thedel Graf von Wallmoden (6 February 1769 – 22 March 1862) was an Austrian General of the Cavalry, best known for his training of light infantry and the refinement of the Tirailleur system. As a grandson of George II of Great B ...

, Austrian general (d. 1862) * 1772 – George Murray, Scottish general and politician,

Secretary of State for War and the Colonies The Secretary of State for War and the Colonies was a British cabinet-level position responsible for the army and the British colonies (other than India). The Secretary was supported by an Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies. Hi ...

(d. 1830) * 1778 –

Ugo Foscolo Ugo Foscolo (; 6 February 177810 September 1827), born Niccolò Foscolo, was an Italian writer, revolutionary and a poet. He is especially remembered for his 1807 long poem ''Dei Sepolcri''. Early life Foscolo was born in Zakynthos in the Io ...

, Italian author and poet (d. 1827) * 1781 –

John Keane, 1st Baron Keane Lieutenant-General John Keane, 1st Baron Keane (6 February 1781 – 24 August 1844) was an Irish soldier in the British Army. Early life John Keane was born in Waterford, Ireland, on 6 February 1781; he was the second son of John Keane and Sa ...

, Irish general and politician, Governor of Saint Lucia (d. 1844) *

1796 Events January–March * January 16 – The first Dutch (and general) elections are held for the National Assembly of the Batavian Republic. (The next Dutch general elections are held in 1888.) * February 1 – The capital ...

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John Stevens Henslow John Stevens Henslow (6 February 1796 – 16 May 1861) was a British priest, botanist and geologist. He is best remembered as friend and mentor to his pupil Charles Darwin. Early life Henslow was born at Rochester, Kent, the son of a solicit ...

, English botanist and geologist (d. 1861) * 1797 –

Joseph von Radowitz Joseph Maria Ernst Christian Wilhelm von Radowitz (6 February 1797 – 25 December 1853) was a conservative Prussian statesman and general famous for his proposal to unify Germany under Prussian leadership by means of a negotiated agreemen ...

, Prussian general and politician,

Foreign Minister of Prussia This article lists Foreign Ministers of Prussia. After the creation of the German Empire in 1871, the Imperial Chancellor was normally also Foreign Minister of Prussia. However, during the chancellorship of Prince Hohenlohe (1894–1900), the po ...

(d. 1853) * 1799 –

Imre Frivaldszky Dr Emerich Frivaldszky von Frivald (6 February 1799 in Bacskó, Hungary (now Bačkov, Trebišov District, Slovakia) – 19 October 1870 in Jobbágyi, Hungary), known as Imre Frivaldszky, was a Hungarian botanist and entomologist. Biography Bor ...

, Hungarian botanist and entomologist (d. 1870) * 1800 –

Achille Devéria Achille Jacques-Jean-Marie Devéria (6 February 180023 December 1857) was a French painter and lithographer known for his portraits of famous writers and artists. His younger brother was the Romantic painter Eugène Devéria, and two of his six ...

, French painter and lithographer (d. 1857) * 1802 –

Charles Wheatstone Sir Charles Wheatstone FRS FRSE DCL LLD (6 February 1802 – 19 October 1875), was an English scientist and inventor of many scientific breakthroughs of the Victorian era, including the English concertina, the stereoscope (a device for di ...

, English-French physicist and cryptographer (d. 1875) * 1811 – Henry Liddell, English priest, author, and academic (d. 1898) * 1814 – Auguste Chapdelaine, French missionary and saint (d. 1856) * 1818 –

William M. Evarts William Maxwell Evarts (February 6, 1818February 28, 1901) was an American lawyer and statesman from New York who served as U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Attorney General and U.S. Senator from New York. He was renowned for his skills as a li ...

, American lawyer and politician, 27th

United States Secretary of State The United States secretary of state is a member of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States and the head of the U.S. Department of State. The office holder is one of the highest ranking members of the president's Ca ...

(d. 1901) * 1820 –

Thomas C. Durant Thomas Clark Durant (February 6, 1820 – October 5, 1885) was an American physician, businessman, and financier. He was vice-president of the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) in 1869 when it met with the Central Pacific railroad at Promontory Sum ...

, American railroad tycoon (d. 1885) * 1829 –

Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer (6 February 1829 – 7 February 1914) was a French architect. He won the prix de Rome and designed several public buildings in France, particularly in Paris, four of which have been designated ''monuments historiqu ...

, French architect, designed the

La Santé Prison La Santé Prison (named after its location on the Rue de la Santé) (french: Maison d'arrêt de la Santé or ) is a prison operated by the French Prison Service of the Ministry of Justice located in the east of the Montparnasse district of the ...

and

Saint-Pierre-de-Montrouge Saint-Pierre de Montrouge () is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Petit-Montrouge quarter of the 14th arrondissement of Paris. It was built from 1863, during Hausmann's redesign of the city, by Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer, the architect ...

(d. 1914) * 1832 –

John Brown Gordon John Brown Gordon () was an attorney, a slaveholding plantation owner, general in the Confederate States Army, and politician in the postwar years. By the end of the Civil War, he had become "one of Robert E. Lee's most trusted generals." Af ...

, American general and politician, 53rd Governor of Georgia (d. 1904) * 1833 –

José María de Pereda José María de Pereda (born 6 February 1833, Polanco, Cantabria – died 1 March 1906, Polanco) was a modern Spanish novelist, and a Member of the Royal Spanish Academy. Life Pereda was educated at the Institute Cántabro of Santander, whence ...

, Spanish author and academic (d. 1906) * 1833 – J. E. B. Stuart, American general (d. 1864) * 1834 –

Edwin Klebs Theodor Albrecht Edwin Klebs (6 February 1834 – 23 October 1913) was a German-Swiss microbiologist. He is mainly known for his work on infectious diseases. His works paved the way for the beginning of modern bacteriology, and inspired Louis ...

, German-Swiss pathologist and academic (d. 1913) * 1834 – Ema Pukšec, Croatian-German soprano (d. 1889) * 1834 – Wilhelm von Scherff, German general and author (d. 1911) * 1838 –

Henry Irving Sir Henry Irving (6 February 1838 – 13 October 1905), christened John Henry Brodribb, sometimes known as J. H. Irving, was an English stage actor in the Victorian era, known as an actor-manager because he took complete responsibility ( ...

, English actor and manager (d. 1905) * 1838 –

Israel Meir Kagan Rabbi Yisrael Meir ha-Kohen Kagan (January 26, 1838 – September 15, 1933), sobriquet, known popularly as the Chofetz Chaim, after Chofetz Chaim, his book on lashon hara, who was also well known for the Mishna Berurah, Mishnah Berurah, his book ...

, Lithuanian-Polish rabbi and author (d. 1933) * 1839 –

Eduard Hitzig Eduard Hitzig (6 February 1838 – 20 August 1907) was a German neurologist and neuropsychiatrist of Jewish ancestryAndrew P. Wickens, ''A History of the Brain: From Stone Age Surgery to Modern Neuroscience'', Psychology Press (2014), p. 226 b ...

, German neurologist and psychiatrist (d. 1907) * 1842 –

Alexandre Ribot Alexandre-Félix-Joseph Ribot (; 7 February 184213 January 1923) was a French politician, four times Prime Minister. Early career Ribot was born in Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais. After a brilliant academic career at the University of Paris, where h ...

, French academic and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1923) * 1843 –

Inoue Kowashi Viscount Inoue Kowashi was a Japanese statesman of the Meiji period. Biography Early life Inoue was born into a '' samurai'' family in Higo Province (present-day Kumamoto Prefecture), as the third son of ''Karō'' Iida Gongobei. In 1866 ...

, Japanese scholar and politician (d. 1895) * 1843 –

Frederic William Henry Myers Frederic William Henry Myers (6 February 1843 – 17 January 1901) was a British poet, classicist, philologist, and a founder of the Society for Psychical Research. Myers' work on psychical research and his ideas about a "subliminal self" ...

, English poet and philologist, co-founded the

Society for Psychical Research The Society for Psychical Research (SPR) is a nonprofit organisation in the United Kingdom. Its stated purpose is to understand events and abilities commonly described as psychic or paranormal. It describes itself as the "first society to co ...

(d. 1901) * 1845 –

Isidor Straus Isidor Straus (February 6, 1845 – April 15, 1912) was a Bavarian-born American Jewish businessman, politician and co-owner of Macy's department store with his brother Nathan. He also served for just over a year as a member of the United State ...

, German-American businessman and politician (d. 1912) * 1847 –

Henry Janeway Hardenbergh Henry Janeway Hardenbergh (February 6, 1847 – March 13, 1918) was an American architect, best known for his hotels and apartment buildings, and as a "master of a new building form — the skyscraper." Life and career Hardenbergh was born in ...

, American architect, designed the Plaza Hotel (d. 1918) * 1852 –

C. Lloyd Morgan Conwy Lloyd Morgan, FRS (6 February 1852 – 6 March 1936) was a British ethologist and psychologist. He is remembered for his theory of emergent evolution, and for the experimental approach to animal psychology now known as Morgan's Canon, a pr ...

, English zoologist and psychologist (d. 1936) * 1852 –

Vasily Safonov Vasily Ilyich Safonov (russian: Васи́лий Ильи́ч Сафо́нов, link=no, ; 6 February 185227 February 1918), also known as Wassily Safonoff, was a Russian pianist, teacher, conductor and composer. Biography Vasily Safonov, or ...

, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1918) * 1861 – Nikolay Zelinsky, Russian chemist and academic (d. 1953) * 1864 –

John Henry Mackay John Henry Mackay, also known by the pseudonym Sagitta, (6 February 1864 – 16 May 1933) was an egoist anarchist, thinker and writer. Born in Scotland and raised in Germany, Mackay was the author of '' Die Anarchisten'' (The Anarchists, 1891) a ...

, Scottish-German philosopher and author (d. 1933) * 1866 – Karl Sapper, German linguist and explorer (d. 1945) * 1872 –

Robert Maillart Robert Maillart (16 February 1872 – 5 April 1940) was a Swiss civil engineer who revolutionized the use of structural reinforced concrete with such designs as the three-hinged arch and the deck-stiffened arch for bridges, and the beamles ...

, Swiss engineer, designed the

Salginatobel Bridge Salginatobel Bridge is a reinforced concrete arch bridge designed by Swiss civil engineer Robert Maillart. It was constructed across an alpine ravine in the grisonian Prättigau, belonging to the municipality of Schiers, in Switzerland between ...

and Schwandbach Bridge (d. 1940) * 1874 –

Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (; bn, ভক্তিসিদ্ধান্ত সরস্বতী; ; 6 February 1874 – 1 January 1937), born Bimala Prasad Datt (, ), was a Gaudīya Vaisnava Hindu guru (spiritual master), ācārya (philo ...

, Indian religious leader, founded the

Gaudiya Math The Gaudiya Math (, ; ) is a Gaudiya Vaishnava ''matha'' (monastic organisation) formed on 6 September 1920,Devamayī dāsi, "A Divine Life: Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Saraswatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda" in ''Prabhupada Saraswati Thakur: The Li ...

(d. 1937) * 1875 –

Leonid Gobyato Leonid Nikolaevich Gobyato (russian: Леонид Николаевич Гобято; 6 February 1875 – 21 May 1915) was a lieutenant-general (awarded posthumously in 1915) in the Imperial Russian Army and designer of the modern, man-porta ...

, Russian general (d. 1915) * 1876 –

Henry Blogg Henry George Blogg"Henry Blogg, the Greatest of the Lifeboatmen", Jolly, C., Pub: Poppyland Publishing, new edition 2002, GC BEM (6 February 1876 – 13 June 1954) was a lifeboatman from Cromer on the north coast of Norfolk, England, and the ...

, English fisherman and sailor (d. 1954) * 1879 –

Othon Friesz Achille-Émile Othon Friesz (6 February 1879 – 10 January 1949), who later called himself Othon Friesz, a native of Le Havre, was a French artist of the Fauvist movement. Biography Othon Friesz was born in Le Havre, the son of a long line of ...

, French painter (d. 1949) * 1879 –

Magnús Guðmundsson Magnús Guðmundsson (6 February 1879 – 28 November 1937) was an Icelandic politician. He graduated in laws from the University of Copenhagen in 1907. Magnus was a member of Althingi for his constituency in North west Iceland from 1916 till t ...

, Icelandic lawyer and politician, 3rd

Prime Minister of Iceland The prime minister of Iceland ( is, Forsætisráðherra Íslands) is Iceland's head of government. The prime minister is appointed formally by the president and exercises executive authority along with the cabinet subject to parliamentary suppo ...

(d. 1937) * 1879 –

Edwin Samuel Montagu Edwin Samuel Montagu PC (6 February 1879 – 15 November 1924) was a British Liberal politician who served as Secretary of State for India between 1917 and 1922. Montagu was a "radical" Liberal and the third practising Jew (after Sir Herber ...

, English politician,

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster The chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is a ministerial office in the Government of the United Kingdom. The position is the second highest ranking minister in the Cabinet Office, immediately after the Prime Minister, and senior to the Minist ...

(d. 1924) * 1879 –

Carl Ramsauer Carl Wilhelm Ramsauer (6 February 1879 – 24 December 1955) was a German professor of physics and research physicist, famous for the discovery of the Ramsauer–Townsend effect. He pioneered the field of electron and proton collisions with gas ...

, German physicist and author (d. 1955) * 1880 –

Nishinoumi Kajirō II was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 25th ''yokozuna''. Career His real name was , but he later changed his surname to . He entered sumo in January 1900, using the ''shikona'' name . He changed it to in May 1905, ...

, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th

Yokozuna , or , is the top division of the six divisions of professional sumo. Its size is fixed at 42 wrestlers (''rikishi''), ordered into five ranks according to their ability as defined by their performance in previous tournaments. This is the on ...

(d. 1931) * 1884 –

Marcel Cohen Marcel Samuel Raphaël Cohen (February 6, 1884 – November 5, 1974) was a French linguist. He was an important scholar of Semitic languages and especially of Ethiopian languages. He studied the French language and contributed much to general lingui ...

, French linguist and scholar (d. 1974) * 1887 –

Josef Frings Josef Richard Frings (6 February 1887 – 17 December 1978), was a German Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Cologne from 1942 to 1969. Considered a significant figure in Catholic resistance to Nazism, he was elevated to th ...

, German cardinal (d. 1978) *

1890 Events January–March * January 1 ** The Kingdom of Italy establishes Eritrea as its colony, in the Horn of Africa. ** In Michigan, the wooden steamer ''Mackinaw'' burns in a fire on the Black River. * January 2 ** The steamship ...

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Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Abdul Ghaffār Khān (; 6 February 1890 – 20 January 1988), also known as Bacha Khan () or Badshah Khan (), and honourably addressed as Fakhr-e-Afghan (), was a Pakistani Pashtun, independence activist, and founder of the Khudai Khidmatgar ...

, Pakistani activist and politician (d. 1988) * 1890 –

James McGirr James "Jim" McGirr, JP (6 February 1890 – 27 October 1957) was the Labor Premier of New South Wales from 6 February 1947 to 3 April 1952. A Catholic, McGirr was the seventh son of John Patrick McGirr, farmer and Irish immigrant, and Mary Mc ...

, Australian politician, 28th

Premier of New South Wales The premier of New South Wales is the head of government in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Government of New South Wales follows the Westminster Parliamentary System, with a Parliament of New South Wales acting as the legislatu ...

(d. 1957) *1892 – Maximilian Fretter-Pico, German general (d. 1984) * 1892 – William P. Murphy, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987) *1893 – Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, Pakistani politician and diplomat, 1st Minister of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan), Minister of Foreign Affairs for Pakistan (d. 1985) *1894 – Eric Partridge, New Zealand-English lexicographer and academic (d. 1979) * 1894 – Kirpal Singh, Indian spiritual master (d. 1974) *1895 – Robert La Follette Jr., American politician (d. 1953) * 1895 – María Teresa Vera, Cuban singer, guitarist and composer (d. 1965) * 1895 – Babe Ruth, American baseball player and coach (d. 1948) *1898 – Harry Haywood, American soldier and politician (d. 1985) * 1899 – Ramon Novarro, Mexican-American actor, singer, and director (d. 1968)

1901–present

*1901 – Ben Lyon, American actor (d. 1979) *1902 – George Brunies, American trombonist (d. 1974) *1903 – Claudio Arrau, Chilean pianist and composer (d. 1991) *1905 – Władysław Gomułka, Polish politician (d. 1982) * 1905 – Jan Werich, Czech actor and playwright (d. 1980) *1906 – Joseph Schull, Canadian playwright and historian (d. 1980) *1908 – Amintore Fanfani, Italian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1999) * 1908 – Edward Lansdale, American general and CIA agent (d. 1987) * 1908 – Geo Bogza, Romanian poet and journalist (d. 1993) * 1908 – Michael Maltese, American actor, screenwriter, and composer (d. 1981) *1910 – Roman Czerniawski, Polish air force officer and spy (d. 1985) * 1910 – Irmgard Keun, German author (d. 1982) * 1910 – Carlos Marcello, Tunisian-American gangster (d. 1993) *1911 – Ronald Reagan, American actor and politician, 40th President of the United States (d. 2004) *1912 – Eva Braun, German wife of Adolf Hitler (d. 1945) * 1912 – Christopher Hill (historian), Christopher Hill, English historian and author (d. 2003) *1913 – Mary Leakey, English-Kenyan archaeologist and anthropologist (d. 1996) *1914 – Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor and singer (d. 2005) *1915 – Kavi Pradeep, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 1998) *1916 – John Crank, English mathematician and physicist (d. 2006) *1917 – Louis-Philippe de Grandpré, Canadian lawyer and jurist (d. 2008) * 1917 – Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian-American actress and socialite (d. 2016) * 1918 – Lothar-Günther Buchheim, German author and painter (d. 2007) * 1919 – Takashi Yanase, Japanese poet and illustrator, created ''Anpanman'' (d. 2013) *1921 – Carl Neumann Degler, American historian and author (d. 2014) * 1921 – Bob Scott (rugby), Bob Scott, New Zealand rugby player (d. 2012) * 1922 – Patrick Macnee, English-American actor and costume designer (d. 2015) * 1922 – Denis Norden, English actor, screenwriter, and television host (d. 2018) * 1922 – Haskell Wexler, American director, producer, and cinematographer (d. 2015) *1923 – Gyula Lóránt, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 1981) *1924 – Billy Wright (footballer, born 1924), Billy Wright, English footballer and manager (d. 1994) * 1924 – Jin Yong, Hong Kong author and publisher, founded ''Ming Pao'' (d. 2018) *1925 – Walker Edmiston, American actor and puppeteer (d. 2007) *1927 – Gerard K. O'Neill, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1992) *1928 – Allan H. Meltzer, American economist and academic (d. 2017) *1929 – Colin Murdoch, New Zealand pharmacist and veterinarian, invented the tranquilliser gun (d. 2008) * 1929 – Oscar Sambrano Urdaneta, Venezuelan author and critic (d. 2011) * 1929 – Valentin Yanin, Russian historian and author (d. 2020) *1930 – Jun Kondo, Japanese physicist and academic *1931 – Rip Torn, American actor (d. 2019) * 1931 – Fred Trueman, English cricketer (d. 2006) * 1931 – Mamie Van Doren, American actress and model * 1931 – Ricardo Vidal, Filipino cardinal (d. 2017) *1932 – Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban soldier and anarchist (d. 1959) * 1932 – François Truffaut, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1984) *1933 – Leslie Crowther, English comedian, actor, and game show host (d. 1996) *1936 – Kent Douglas, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2009) *1938 – Fred Mifflin, Canadian admiral and politician, 19th Minister of Veterans Affairs (Canada), Minister of Veterans Affairs (d. 2013) *1939 – Jean Beaudin, Canadian director and screenwriter (d. 2019) * 1939 – Mike Farrell, American actor, director, producer, activist and public speaker * 1939 – Jair Rodrigues, Brazilian singer (d. 2014) *1940 – Tom Brokaw, American journalist and author * 1940 – Petr Hájek, Czech mathematician and academic (d. 2016) * 1940 – Jimmy Tarbuck, English comedian and actor *1941 – Stephen Albert, American pianist and composer (d. 1992) * 1941 – Dave Berry (musician), Dave Berry, English pop singer * 1941 – Gigi Perreau, American actress and director *1942 – Sarah Brady, American activist and author (d. 2015) * 1942 – Charlie Coles, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013) * 1942 – Ahmad-Jabir Ahmadov, Azerbaijani philosopher and academic (d. 2021) * 1942 – James Loewen, American sociologist and historian * 1942 – Tommy Roberts (designer), Tommy Roberts, English fashion designer (d. 2012) *1943 – Fabian Forte, American pop singer and actor * 1943 – Gayle Hunnicutt, American actress *1944 – Christine Boutin, French politician, Minister of Housing and Territorial Equality (France), French Minister of Housing and Urban Development * 1944 – Willie Tee, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (d. 2007) * 1944 – Michael Tucker (actor), Michael Tucker, American actor and producer *1945 – Bob Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1981) *1946 – Richie Hayward, American drummer and songwriter (d. 2010) * 1946 – Kate McGarrigle, Canadian musician and singer-songwriter (d. 2010) * 1946 – Jim Turner (politician), Jim Turner, American captain and politician *1947 – Bill Staines, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1947 – Charlie Hickcox, American swimmer (d .2010) *1949 – Mike Batt, English singer-songwriter and producer * 1949 – Manuel Orantes, Spanish tennis player * 1949 – Jim Sheridan, Irish director, producer, and screenwriter *1950 – Natalie Cole, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2015) * 1950 – Timothy M. Dolan, American cardinal * 1950 – Punky Meadows, American rock guitarist and songwriter * 1952 – Ric Charlesworth, Australian cricketer, coach, and politician * 1952 – Viktor Giacobbo, Swiss actor, producer, and screenwriter * 1952 – Ricardo La Volpe, Argentinian footballer, manager, and coach *1955 – Avram Grant, Israeli football manager * 1955 – Michael Pollan, American journalist, author, and academic * 1955 – Bruno Stolorz, French rugby player and coach *1956 – Jerry Marotta, American drummer *1957 – Andres Lipstok, Estonian economist and politician, Estonian Minister of Economic Affairs * 1957 – Kathy Najimy, American actress and comedian * 1957 – Simon Phillips (drummer), Simon Phillips, English drummer and producer * 1957 – Robert Townsend (actor), Robert Townsend, American actor and director * 1958 – Cecily Adams, American actress and casting director (d. 2004) *1960 – Jeremy Bowen, Welsh journalist * 1960 – Megan Gallagher, American actress *1961 – Michael Bolt, Australian rugby league player * 1961 – Cam Cameron, American football player and coach * 1961 – Bill Lester, American race car driver * 1961 – Yury Onufriyenko, Ukrainian-Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut *1962 – Stavros Lambrinidis, Greek lawyer and politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (Greece), Minister of Foreign Affairs for Greece * 1962 – Axl Rose, American singer-songwriter and producer *1963 – David Capel, English cricketer (d. 2020) * 1963 – Scott Gordon (ice hockey), Scott Gordon, American ice hockey player and coach * 1963 – Quentin Letts, English journalist and critic *1964 – Laurent Cabannes, French rugby player * 1964 – Gordon Downie, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2017) * 1964 – Colin Miller (cricketer), Colin Miller, Australian cricketer and sportscaster * 1964 – Andrey Zvyagintsev, Russian actor and director *1965 – Jan Svěrák, Czech actor, director, and screenwriter *1966 – Rick Astley, English singer-songwriter *1967 – Anita Cochran, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1967 – Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer-songwriter (d. 2007) * 1967 – Michelle Thrush, Canadian actress and activist *1968 – Adolfo Valencia, Colombian footballer * 1968 – Akira Yamaoka, Japanese composer and producer *1969 – David Hayter, American actor and screenwriter * 1969 – Masaharu Fukuyama, Japanese singer-songwriter, producer, and actor * 1969 – Tim Sherwood, English international footballer and manager * 1969 – Bob Wickman, American baseball player *1970 – Per Frandsen, Danish footballer and manager * 1970 – Tim Herron, American golfer *1971 – Brad Hogg, Australian cricketer * 1971 – Carlos Rogers (basketball), Carlos Rogers, American basketball player *1972 – Stefano Bettarini, Italian footballer * 1972 – David Binn, American football player *1974 – Aljo Bendijo, Filipino journalist *1975 – Chad Allen (baseball), Chad Allen, American baseball player and coach * 1975 – Orkut Büyükkökten, Turkish computer scientist and engineer, created Orkut * 1975 – Tomoko Kawase, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer *

– Tanja Frieden, Swiss snowboarder and educator * 1976 – Kim Zmeskal, American gymnast and coach *1977 – Josh Stewart, American actor * 1978 – Yael Naim, French-Israeli singer-songwriter *1979 – Dan Bălan, Moldovan singer-songwriter and producer *1980 – Kerry Jeremy, Antiguan cricketer * 1980 – Kim Poirier, Canadian actress, singer, and producer * 1980 – Luke Ravenstahl, American politician, 58th Mayor of Pittsburgh * 1981 – Ricky Barnes, American golfer * 1981 – Calum Best, American-English model and actor * 1981 – Shim Eun-jin, South Korean singer and actress * 1981 – Alison Haislip, American actress and producer * 1981 – Jens Lekman, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1981 – Ty Warren, American football player *1982 – Tank (Taiwanese singer), Tank, Taiwanese singer-songwriter * 1982 – Alice Eve, English actress * 1982 – Elise Ray, American gymnast *1983 – Melrose Bickerstaff, American model and fashion designer * 1983 – Brodie Croyle, American football player * 1983 – Dimas Delgado, Spanish footballer * 1983 – S. Sreesanth, Indian cricketer * 1983 – Jamie Whincup, Australian race car driver *1984 – Darren Bent, English international footballer * 1984 – Piret Järvis, Estonian singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1984 – Antoine Wright (basketball), Antoine Wright, American basketball player *1985 – Ben Creagh, Australian rugby league player * 1985 – Fallulah, Danish singer-songwriter * 1985 – Kris Humphries, American basketball player *1986 – Dane DeHaan, American actor * 1986 – Yunho, South Korean singer and actor * 1988 – Bailey Hanks, American actress, singer, and dancer * 1989 – Craig Cathcart, Northern Irish footballer * 1989 – Jonny Flynn, American basketball player *1990 – Adam Henrique, Canadian ice hockey player * 1990 – Jermaine Kearse, American football player * 1990 – Aida Rybalko, Lithuanian figure skater *1991 – Tobias Eisenbauer, Austrian ice dancer * 1991 – Aleksandar Katai, Serbian footballer * 1991 – Ida Njåtun, Norwegian speed skater * 1991 – Eva Wacanno, Dutch tennis player * 1991 – Fei Yu, Chinese footballer *1992 – Víctor Mañón, Mexican footballer *1993 – Teresa Scanlan, Miss America 2011 * 1993 – Tinashe, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress *1994 – Charlie Heaton, British actor and musician *1995 – Leon Goretzka, German footballer * 1995 – Sam McQueen, English footballer

Deaths

Pre-1600

* 743 – Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, Umayyad Caliphate, Umayyad caliph (b. 691) * 797 – Donnchad Midi, Irish king (b. 733) * 891 – Photios I of Constantinople (b. 810) *1140 – Thurstan, Archbishop of York *1215 – Hōjō Tokimasa, Japanese shikken of the Kamakura bakufu (b. 1138) *1378 – Joanna of Bourbon (b. 1338) *1411 – Esau de' Buondelmonti, ruler of Despotate of Epirus, Epirus *1497 – Johannes Ockeghem, Flemish composer and educator (b. 1410) *1515 – Aldus Manutius, Italian publisher, founded the Aldine Press (b. 1449) *1519 – Lorenz von Bibra, Prince-Bishop of the Bishopric of Würzburg (b. 1459) *1539 – John III, Duke of Cleves (b. 1491) *1585 – Edmund Plowden, English lawyer and scholar (b. 1518) *1593 – Jacques Amyot, French author and translator (b. 1513) * 1593 – Emperor Ōgimachi of Japan (b. 1517) *1597 – Franciscus Patricius, Italian philosopher and scientist (b. 1529)

1601–1900

* 1612 – Christopher Clavius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1538) *1617 – Prospero Alpini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1553) * 1685 – Charles II of England (b. 1630) * 1695 – Ahmed II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1642) *1740 – Pope Clement XII (b. 1652) *1775 – William Dowdeswell (Chancellor), William Dowdeswell, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1721) *1783 – Capability Brown, English gardener and architect (b. 1716) *1793 – Carlo Goldoni, Italian-French playwright (b. 1707) *1804 – Joseph Priestley, English chemist and theologian (b. 1733) * 1833 – Pierre André Latreille, French zoologist and entomologist (b. 1762) * 1834 – Richard Lemon Lander, English explorer (b. 1804) *1865 – Isabella Beeton, English author of ''Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management'' (b. 1836) * 1899 – Leo von Caprivi, German general and politician, List of Chancellors of Germany, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1831)

1901–present

*1902 – John Colton (politician), John Colton, English-Australian politician, 13th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823) *1908 – Harriet Samuel, English businesswoman and founder the jewellery retailer H. Samuel (b. 1836) *1916 – Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat (b. 1867) * 1918 – Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter and illustrator (b. 1862) *1929 – Maria Christina of Austria (b. 1858) *1931 – Motilal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (b. 1861) *1932 – John Earle (Australian politician), John Earle, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1865) *1938 – Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (b. 1860) *1942 – Jaan Soots, Estonian general and politician, 7th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1880) * 1951 – Gabby Street, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1882) * 1952 –

of the United Kingdom (b. 1895) * 1958 – victims of the Munich air disaster **Geoff Bent, English footballer (b. 1932) **Roger Byrne, English footballer (b. 1929) **Eddie Colman, English footballer (b. 1936) **Walter Crickmer, English footballer and manager (b. 1900) **Mark Jones (footballer, born 1933), Mark Jones, English footballer (b. 1933) **David Pegg, English footballer (b. 1935) **Frank Swift, English footballer and journalist (b. 1913) **Tommy Taylor, English footballer (b. 1932) *1963 – Piero Manzoni, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1933) *1964 – Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino general and politician, 1st President of the Philippines (b. 1869) *1967 – Martine Carol, French actress (b. 1920) *1971 – Pete Robinson (drag racer), Lew "Sneaky Pete" Robinson, Drag racing, drag racer (b. 1933) *1972 – Julian Steward, American anthropologist (b. 1902) *

– Ritwik Ghatak, Bangladeshi-Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1925) * 1976 – Vince Guaraldi, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1928) * 1981 – Hugo Montenegro, American composer and conductor (b. 1925) *1982 – Ben Nicholson, British painter (b. 1894) *1985 – James Hadley Chase, English-Swiss soldier and author (b. 1906) *1986 – Frederick Coutts, Scottish 8th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1899) * 1986 – Dandy Nichols, English actress (b. 1907) * 1986 – Minoru Yamasaki, American architect, designed the World Trade Center (1973–2001), World Trade Center (b. 1912) * 1987 – Julien Chouinard, Canadian lawyer and jurist (b. 1929) * 1989 – Barbara W. Tuchman, American historian and author (b. 1912) *1990 – Jimmy Van Heusen, American pianist and composer (b. 1913) *1991 – Salvador Luria, Italian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912) * 1991 – Danny Thomas, American actor, producer, and humanitarian (b. 1914) *1993 – Arthur Ashe, American tennis player and sportscaster (b. 1943) *1994 – Joseph Cotten, American actor (b. 1905) * 1994 – Jack Kirby, American author and illustrator (b. 1917) *1995 – James Merrill, American poet and playwright (b. 1926) * 1998 – Falco (musician), Falco, Austrian pop-rock musician (b. 1957) *1999 – Don Dunstan, Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Premier of South Australia (b. 1926) * 1999 – Jimmy Roberts (singer), Jimmy Roberts, American tenor (b. 1924) * 2000 – Phil Walters, American race car driver (b. 1916) * 2000 – Hani al-Rahib, Syrian novelist and literary academic (b. 1939) *2001 – Filemon Lagman, Filipino theoretician and activist (b. 1953) * 2001 – Trần Văn Lắm, South Vietnamese diplomat and politician (b. 1913) *2002 – Max Perutz, Austrian-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914) *2004 – Gerald Bouey, Canadian lieutenant and economist (b. 1920) *2005 – Karl Haas, German-American pianist, conductor, and radio host (b. 1913) *2007 – Lew Burdette, American baseball player and coach (b. 1926) * 2007 – Frankie Laine, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1913) * 2007 – Willye White, American runner and long jumper (b. 1939) *2008 – Tony Rolt, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1918) *2009 – Philip Carey, American actor (b. 1925) * 2009 – Shirley Jean Rickert, American actress (b. 1926) * 2009 – James Whitmore, American actor (b. 1921) *2011 – Gary Moore, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1952) * 2012 – David Rosenhan, American psychologist and academic (b. 1929) * 2012 – Antoni Tàpies, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1923) * 2012 – Janice E. Voss, American engineer and astronaut (b. 1956) *2013 – Chokri Belaid, Tunisian lawyer and politician (b. 1964) * 2013 – Menachem Elon, German-Israeli academic and jurist (b. 1923) *2014 – Vasiľ Biľak, Slovak politician (b. 1917) * 2014 – Ralph Kiner, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1922) * 2014 – Maxine Kumin, American author and poet (b. 1925) * 2014 – Vaçe Zela, Albanian-Swiss singer and guitarist (b. 1939) *2015 – André Brink, South African author and playwright (b. 1935) * 2015 – Alan Nunnelee, American lawyer and politician (b. 1958) * 2015 – Pedro León Zapata, Venezuelan cartoonist (b. 1929) * 2016 – Dan Gerson, American screenwriter (b. 1966) * 2016 – Dan Hicks (singer), Dan Hicks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941) *2017 – Irwin Corey, American comedian and actor (b. 1914) * 2017 – Inge Keller, German actress (b. 1923) * 2017 – Alec McCowen, English actor (b. 1925) * 2017 – Joost van der Westhuizen, South African rugby union footballer (b. 1971) * 2021 – George Shultz, American politician, United States Secretary of State, Secretary of State, United States Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of the Treasury, United States Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Labor (b. 1920) *2022 – Lata Mangeshkar, Indian singer and music composer (b. 1929)

Holidays and observances

* Christian feast day: ** Saint Amand, Amand ** Dorothea of Caesarea ** Hildegund (widow), Hildegund, ''O.Praem.'' ** Jacut ** Mateo Correa Magallanes (one of Saints of the Cristero War) ** Mél of Ardagh ** Paulo Miki, Paul Miki and Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan ** Relindis of Maaseik, Relindis (Renule) of Maaseik ** Saint Vedastus, Vedastus ** 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.

References

External links

BBC: On This Day
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