6th February anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1608
  • Portugal
  • "Birth of Antonio Vieira, Portuguese writer ."
  • 1833
  • United States
  • "Birth of James Ewell Brown (‘Jeb’) Stuart, American Confederate general ."
  • 1933
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Leslie Crowther, British comedian and quiz show host ."
• event
  • 1508
  • Austria
  • Maximilian I assumed the title of Holy Roman Emperor .
  • 1840
  • New Zealand
  • Treaty of Waitangi signed – Maori chiefs in New Zealand recognise British sovereignty in return for tribes being guaranteed possession of their lands
  • 1918
  • Great Britain
  • Women over 30 gained the right to vote in Britain .
  • 1958
  • Great Britain
  • Seven members of Manchester United Football Club were killed in a plane crash in Munich.
  • 1959
  • United States
  • American electrical engineer Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments filed the first ever patent for an integrated circuit
  • 1998
  • United States
  • Washington National Airport was renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport
• Death
  • 1783
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, English landscape gardener ."
  • 1833
  • France
  • "Death of Pierre André Latreille, French entomologist ."
  • 1834
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Richard Lemon Lander, British explorer of West Africa"
  • 1918
  • Austria
  • "Death of Gustav Klimt, painter" more
  • 1952
  • Great Britain
  • "George VI dies; Elizabeth II queen, returns from Kenya"
  • 1989
  • Germany
  • "Death of Chris Gueffroy, the last person to be killed while trying to escape over the Berlin Wall"
  • 1998
  • Austria
  • "Death of Falco, Austrian rock singer ."
  • 1998
  • United States
  • "Death of Carl Wilson, American musician (The Beach Boys)"