Editing February 6 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[590]]  &ndash; [[Hormizd IV]], king of the [[Sasanian Empire]], is overthrown and blinded by his brothers-in-law [[Vistahm]] and [[Vinduyih]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Neusner|first=Jacob|title=A History of the Jews in Babylonia. Volume 15: Later Sasanian Times|location=Leiden|publisher=Brill|date=1970|oclc=180669944|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t4x6EAAAQBAJ|page=87|isbn=978-90-04-50893-4 }}</ref>
*[[1579]] &ndash; The [[Archdiocese of Manila|Diocese of Manila]] is erected by papal bull, with [[Domingo de Salazar]] appointed its first bishop.<ref>{{cite book|title=Philippine Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pj4KAQAAIAAJ|year=1979|publisher=Ateneo de Manila University Press|page=425}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1685]] &ndash; [[James II of England and VII of Scotland]] is proclaimed [[British monarchy|King]] upon the death of his brother [[Charles II of England|Charles II]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Furley|title=A History of the Weald of Kent, with an Outline of the Early History of the Country|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D-RcAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA519|year=1874|publisher=[[Kentish Express#History|H Igglesden]]|pages=519}}</ref>
*[[1694]] &ndash; The warrior queen [[Dandara]], leader of the runaway slaves in [[Palmares (quilombo)|Quilombo dos Palmares]], Brazil, is captured and commits suicide rather than be returned to a life of slavery.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.geledes.org.br/dandara-a-face-feminina-de-palmares/#gs.hwgsjMk|title=Dandara: A Face Feminina de Palmares - Geledés|newspaper=Geledés|date=20 October 2011|access-date=2016-11-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ihu.unisinos.br/noticias/537524-descrita-como-heroina-dandara-mulher-de-zumbi-tem-biografia-cercada-de-incertezas|title=Instituto Humanitas Unisinos - IHU - Descrita como heroína, Dandara, mulher de Zumbi, tem biografia cercada de incertezas|last=Joao|website=www.ihu.unisinos.br|access-date=2016-11-03}}</ref>
*[[1778]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: In Paris the [[Treaty of Alliance (1778)|Treaty of Alliance]] and the [[Treaty of Amity and Commerce (United States–France)|Treaty of Amity and Commerce]] are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic.<ref>{{cite book|author=James H. Causten|title=Review of the Veto Message of President Pierce of Feb. 17, 1855: On the Bill Relating to French Spoliations|url=https://archive.org/details/vetomessagepi00causrich|year=1855|pages=[https://archive.org/details/vetomessagepi00causrich/page/24 24]|publisher=Washington?}}</ref>
*  1778   &ndash; [[New York (state)|New York]] became the third state to ratify the [[Articles of Confederation#Ratification|Articles of Confederation]].<ref>{{cite book| last = Hough| first = Franklin Benjamin| title = American Constitutions| url = https://archive.org/details/americanconstit00houggoog| year = 1872| publisher = Weed, Parsons, & Company| location = Albany| page = [https://archive.org/details/americanconstit00houggoog/page/n25 10] }} References to a 1778 Virginia ratification are based on an error in the Journals of Congress: "The published Journals of Congress print this enabling act of the Virginia assembly under date of Dec. 15, 1778.  This error has come from the MS. vol. 9 (History of Confederation), p. 123, Papers of the Continental Congress, Library of Congress." {{cite book| last = Dyer| first = Albion M.| title = First Ownership of Ohio Lands| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=byh58dkalw8C&pg=PA1| orig-year = 1911| year = 2008| publisher = Genealogical Publishing Company| location = Baltimore| isbn = 978-0-8063-0098-6| page = 10 }}</ref>
*[[1788]] &ndash; [[Massachusetts]] becomes the sixth state to ratify the [[United States Constitution]].
*[[1806]] &ndash; [[Battle of San Domingo]]: British naval victory against the French in the Caribbean.<ref>{{cite book|title=The United Service Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zd4RAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA639|year=1847|publisher=H. Colburn|pages=639}}</ref>
*[[1819]] &ndash; The [[1819 Singapore Treaty|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 years of modern Singapore|founding of modern Singapore]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stamford Raffles's landing in Singapore |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_131_2005-01-03.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914183535/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_131_2005-01-03.html |archive-date=14 September 2022 |website=Singapore Infopedia |publisher=[[National Library Board]], [[Singapore Government]] |quote=6 Feb 1819: The Singapore Treaty is signed between Raffles, the Sultan and the Temenggong, with commanders from the accompanying seven ships witnessing the event... The Union Jack is officially raised. This date is recognised as the official founding of Singapore.}}</ref> 
*[[1820]] &ndash; The first 86 [[African American]] immigrants sponsored by the [[American Colonization Society]] depart New York to start a [[colonization|settlement]] in present-day [[History of Liberia|Liberia]].
*[[1833]] &ndash; [[Otto of Greece|Otto]] becomes the first modern [[King of Greece]].
*[[1840]] &ndash; Signing of the [[Treaty of Waitangi]], establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
*[[1843]] &ndash; The first [[minstrel show]] in the United States, The [[Virginia Minstrels]], opens ([[Bowery Amphitheatre]] in New York City).
*[[1851]] &ndash; The largest [[Bushfires in Australia|Australian bushfires]] in a populous region in recorded history [[Black Thursday (1851)|take place]] in the state of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]].
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: Forces under the command of Ulysses S. Grant and Andrew H. Foote give the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] its first victory of the war, capturing [[Fort Henry, Tennessee]] in the [[Battle of Fort Henry]].
*[[1865]] &ndash; The [[Municipalities of Finland#History|municipal administration of Finland]] is established.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nopolanews.fi/nopolanewsarkisto/nopolanews2/www.nopolanews.fi/artikkelit/2015/02/kunnalliselama/2332/kunnallinen_itsehallinto_150_vuotta.html|title=Kunnallinen itsehallinto 150 vuotta|work=Nopolanews|date=6 February 2015|access-date=6 February 2024|language=fi}}</ref>
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Spanish–American War]]: The [[Treaty of Paris (1898)|Treaty of Paris]], a [[peace treaty]] between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the [[United States Senate]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Rowe|first=Joseph M. Jr.|chapter=Treaty of Paris of 1898|title=Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism|editor-last1=Olson|editor-first1=James Stuart|editor-last2=Shadle|editor-first2=Robert|location=New York|publisher=Greenwood Press|date=1991|isbn=9780313262579|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uyqepNdgUWkC|page=624}}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; The [[Permanent Court of Arbitration]], an international arbitration court at [[The Hague]], is created when the [[Senate of the Netherlands]] ratifies an [[Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907|1899 peace conference]] decree.

===1901–present===
*[[1918]] &ndash; British women over the age of 30 who meet [[Property qualification|minimum property qualifications]], get [[Women's suffrage|the right to vote]] when  [[Representation of the People Act 1918]] is passed by [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]].
*  [[1919]]   &ndash; The five-day [[Seattle General Strike]] begins, as more than 65,000 workers in the city of [[Seattle|Seattle, Washington]], walk off the job.<ref>{{cite book|last=Friedheim|first=Robert L.|title=The Seattle General Strike|location=Seattle|publisher=University of Washington Press|date=2018|isbn=9780295744438|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rv1zDwAAQBAJ|pages=ix, 129}}</ref>
*[[1922]] &ndash; The [[Washington Naval Treaty]] is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, [[British Empire|Britain]], Japan, France, and Italy.
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Far-right leagues]] rally in front of the [[Palais Bourbon]] in an attempted [[coup d'état|coup]] against the [[French Third Republic]], creating a [[6 February 1934 crisis|political crisis in France]].
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The [[Bombing of Helsinki in World War II#Great raids of February 1944|Great Raids Against Helsinki]] begins.<ref>{{cite book | author= Aake Pesonen | title= Tuli-iskuja taivaalle| year= 1982| chapter=Taistelu Helsingistä | publisher = Kirjayhtymä| isbn =951-26-2318-8| language = fi}}</ref>
*[[1951]] &ndash; The [[Canadian Army]] enters combat in the [[Canada in the Korean War|Korean War]].
*  1951   &ndash; ''The Broker'', a [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] passenger train [[Woodbridge train wreck|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]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth 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 [[Order of succession|succession]], she was in a [[tree house]] at the [[Treetops Hotel]] in [[Kenya]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The day Princess Elizabeth became Queen |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/jan/08/queen-elizabeth-treetops-kenya |website=the Guardian |access-date=12 December 2021 |language=en |date=8 January 2012}}</ref>
*[[1958]] &ndash; Eight [[Manchester United F.C.]] players and 15 other passengers are killed in the [[Munich air disaster]].
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Jack Kilby]] of [[Texas Instruments]] files the first [[patent]] for an [[integrated circuit]].
*  1959   &ndash; At [[Cape Canaveral]], [[Florida]], the first successful test firing of a [[Titan intercontinental ballistic missile]] is accomplished.
*[[1973]] &ndash; The {{M|s}} 7.6 [[1973 Luhuo earthquake|Luhuo earthquake]] strikes Sichuan Province, causing widespread destruction and killing at least 2,199 people.<ref name="Utsu">{{cite web|url=http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/utsu/utsuweq_bak_eng.html|title=Search Page|last=Utsu|first=T.|work=Catalog of Damaging Earthquakes in the World (Through 2008)|access-date=June 3, 2010}}</ref>
*[[1976]] &ndash; In testimony before a [[United States Senate]] subcommittee, [[Lockheed Corporation]] president [[Carl Kotchian]] admits that the company had paid out approximately [[Lockheed bribery scandals|$3 million in bribes]] to the office of Japanese Prime Minister [[Kakuei Tanaka]].
*[[1978]] &ndash; The [[Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978|Blizzard of 1978]], one of the worst [[Nor'easter]]s in [[New England]] history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65&nbsp;mph and snowfall of four inches an hour.
*[[1981]] &ndash; The [[National Resistance Army]] of [[Uganda]] launches an attack on a [[Uganda National Liberation Army|Ugandan Army]] installation in the central [[Mubende District]] to begin the [[Ugandan Bush War]].
*[[1987]] &ndash; Justice [[Mary Gaudron]] becomes the first woman to be appointed to the [[High Court of Australia]].
*[[1989]] &ndash; The [[Polish Round Table Talks|Round Table Talks]] start in Poland, thus marking the beginning of the overthrow of [[communism]] in Eastern Europe.<ref>{{cite book|author=Andr?s Boz?ki|title=The Roundtable Talks of 1989|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4VQhQqCmSaoC&pg=PA365|date=1 January 2002|publisher=Central European University Press|isbn=978-963-9241-21-3|pages=365}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Willamette Valley flood of 1996|Willamette Valley Flood]]: Floods in the [[Willamette Valley]] of [[Oregon]], United States, causes over US$500 million in property damage throughout the [[Pacific Northwest]].
*  1996   &ndash; [[Birgenair 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]] &ndash; Washington National Airport is renamed [[Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport|Ronald Reagan National Airport]].
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Second Chechen War]]: Russia [[Battle of Grozny (1999–2000)|captures]] [[Grozny]], [[Chechnya]], forcing the separatist [[Chechen Republic of Ichkeria]] government into [[government in exile|exile]].
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Stephen Harper]] becomes [[Premiership of Stephen Harper|Prime Minister of Canada]].
*[[2012]] &ndash; A [[2012 Negros earthquake|magnitude 6.7 earthquake]] hits the central Philippine island of [[Negros (island)|Negros]], leaving 112 people dead.<ref>{{cite web|title=Deaths from Earthquakes in 2012|url=http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/year/2012/2012_deaths.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130327084344/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/year/2012/2012_deaths.php |publisher= [[USGS]] |archive-date=March 27, 2013 |access-date= March 9, 2022 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; An [[2016 Taiwan earthquake|earthquake of magnitude 6.6]] strikes southern Taiwan, killing 117 people.
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[SpaceX]]'s [[Falcon Heavy]], a [[Super heavy-lift launch vehicle|super heavy]] [[launch vehicle]], makes [[Falcon Heavy test flight|its maiden flight]].<ref name="wire-2018-02-07">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/story/spacex-successfully-launches-the-falcon-heavyand-elon-musks-roadster/ |title=SpaceX Successfully Launches the Falcon Heavy—And Elon Musk's Roadster |magazine=[[WIRED]] |first=Robin |last=Seemangal |access-date=February 7, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207003954/https://www.wired.com/story/spacex-successfully-launches-the-falcon-heavyand-elon-musks-roadster/ |archive-date=February 7, 2018 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; U.S. Secretary of State [[Antony Blinken]] suspends agreements with Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras to send [[Asylum in the United States|asylum seekers]] back to their home countries.<ref>{{cite news |title=US to end deals to send asylum seekers back to Central America |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/6/us-to-end-deals-to-send-asylum-seekers-to-central-america |access-date=March 11, 2021 |work=aljazeera.com |publisher=Al Jazeera English |date=February 6, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes|Two earthquakes]] measuring {{M|ww|link=yes}} 7.8 and 7.5 struck near the border between [[Turkey]] and [[Syria]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of XII (''Extreme''). The earthquakes resulted in numerous aftershocks and a death toll of 57,658 people.<ref>{{Cite web|author=National Earthquake Information Center|title=M 7.8 - 26 km E of Nurdağı, Turkey|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000jllz/executive|date=6 February 2023|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=National Earthquake Information Center|title=M 7.5 - 4 km SSE of Ekinözü, Turkey|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000jlqa/executive|date=6 February 2023|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]}}</ref>