WHAT HAPPENED ON 6. FEBRUARY
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The claimant King Charles II of England and Scotland is declared King of Great Britain, by the Parliament of Scotland. This move was not followed by the Parliament of England nor the Parliament of Ireland. (6. February 1649)

James II of England and VII of Scotland becomes King upon the death of his brother Charles II. (6. February 1685)

American Revolutionary War: 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. (6. February 1778)

Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution. (6. February 1788)

Battle of San Domingo: British naval victory against the French in the Caribbean. (6. February 1806)

New Jersey grants the first American railroad charter to John Stevens. (6. February 1815)

Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds Singapore. (6. February 1819)

The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society depart New York to start a settlement in present-day Liberia. (6. February 1820)

Otto becomes the first modern King of Greece. (6. February 1833)

Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony. (6. February 1840)

The first minstrel show in the United States, The Virginia Minstrels, opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City). (6. February 1843)

The largest Australian bushfires in a populous region in recorded history take place in the state of Victoria. (6. February 1851)

American Civil War: forces under the command of Ulysses S. Grant and Andrew H. Foote give the Union its first victory of the war, capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee in the Battle of Fort Henry. (6. February 1862)

Spanish-American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate. (6. February 1899)

The international arbitration court at The Hague is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree. (6. February 1900)

The Bondetåget, a peasant uprising in support of the monarchy, takes place in Sweden (6. February 1914)

British women over the age of 30 get the right to vote. (6. February 1918)

The five-day Seattle General Strike begins. (6. February 1919)

The Washington Naval Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy. (6. February 1922)

Far right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon in an attempted coup against the French Third Republic, creating a political crisis in France. (6. February 1934)