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February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; ... Historical Events on February 6 This page was last edited on 6 January 2025, at 16:40 ...
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1851 – The largest bushfire in a populous region in Australian history swept across Victoria, resulting in approximately five million hectares (twelve million acres) burnt. refimprove section 1922 – Britain, France, Japan, Italy and the United States signed the Washington Naval Treaty to avoid a naval arms race. lots of CN tags (6)
The 6 February 1934 crisis (also known as the Veterans' Riot [1]) was an anti-parliamentarist street demonstration in Paris, organized by multiple far-right leagues that culminated in a riot on the Place de la Concorde, near the building used for the French National Assembly. The police shot and killed 17 people, nine of whom were far-right ...
SMS Zähringen was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Wittelsbach class of the Imperial German Navy.She was laid down in November 1899 and completed October 1902. She and her sister ships—Wittelsbach, Wettin, Schwaben and Mecklenburg—were armed with a main battery of four 24 cm (9.4 in) guns and had a top speed of 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph).
February 27 – U.S. Congressman Daniel Sickles shoots dead Philip Barton Key for having an affair with his wife. March 2–3 – The Great Slave Auction, the largest single sale of slaves in U.S. history, with more than 400 people sold, takes place near Savannah, Georgia.
Waitangi Day (Māori: Te Rā o Waitangi), the national day of New Zealand, marks the anniversary of the initial signing—on 6 February 1840—of the Treaty of Waitangi.The Treaty of Waitangi was an agreement towards British sovereignty by representatives of the Crown and indigenous Māori chiefs, and so is regarded by many as the founding document of the nation.
February 1 – Julia Ward Howe's Battle Hymn of the Republic is published for the first time in the Atlantic Monthly. February 6 – American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant gives the Union Army its first major victory of the war, by capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee.