What is February 6?
{{calendar}} {{day}} ==Events== === Up to 1900 === * [[1643]] &ndash; [[Abel Tasman]] becomes the first [[Europe]]an to reach [[Fiji]]. * [[1649]] &ndash; The [[Parliament]] of [[Scotland]] declares the future [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] as King. * [[1685]] &ndash; [[James II of England]]/[[James VII of Scotland]] becomes [[King]]. * [[1778]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[France]] recognizes the [[United States]] as an independent [[republic]]. * [[1788]] &ndash; [[Massachusetts]] becomes a [[U.S. state]]. * [[1788]] &ndash; Female [[convict]]s are landed at [[Sydney]], leading to a wild night of [[sexual intercourse|sex]], [[rape]] and a [[riot]]. * [[1795]] &ndash; The [[First Boer Republic]] is founded in protest against the [[Dutch East India Company]]. * [[1806]] &ndash; [[Battle of Santo Domingo]]: British naval victory against the French in the [[Caribbean]]. * [[1815]] &ndash; [[New Jersey]] grants the first American [[railroad]] charter to [[John Stevens]]. * [[1819]] &ndash; [[Singapore]] is founded. * [[1820]] &ndash; [[Liberia]] is founded. * [[1833]] &ndash; [[Otto of Greece|Otto]] becomes the first [[King]] of modern [[Greece]]. * [[1840]] &ndash; [[New Zealand]] is founded with the [[Treaty of Waitangi]]. * [[1843]] &ndash; The [[US]]' first [[minstrel]] show, the Virginia Minstrels, begins at Bowery [[Amphitheatre]] in [[new York City]]. * [[1851]] &ndash; Widespread [[bushfire]]s affect the state of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]]. * [[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[United States Navy]] gives the [[United States|Union]] its first victory of the [[war]], capturing Fort Henry, [[Tennessee]] in the [[Battle of Fort Henry]]. * [[1886]] &ndash; German [[chemist]] [[Clemens Winkler]] discovers the chemical element [[Germanium]]. * [[1899]] &ndash; [[Spanish-American War]]: The [[United States Senate]] accepts the [[Treaty of Paris (1898)|Treaty of Paris]] between the [[United States]] and [[Spain]]. * [[1900]] &ndash; An international [[court]] of [[