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The Spanish–American War began with the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba in 1898.
February 6 in History
1899 — Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate
February 6 spans 46 recorded events across recorded history, from 337 to 2023. Below is a curated digest of the most significant moments tied to this date.
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More major events on February 6
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- 1778 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. Source
- 1900 The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international arbitration court at The Hague, is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree. Source
- 1694 Dandara, leader of the runaway slaves in Quilombo dos Palmares, Brazil, is captured and commits suicide rather than be returned to a life of slavery. Source
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The war resulted in the U.S. acquiring sovereignty over Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
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The Treaty of Paris marked the end of almost four centuries of Spanish presence in the Americas, Asia, and the Pacific.
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The U.S. established a protectorate over Cuba following the war.
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The Spanish–American War led to the Philippine–American War, which started in 1899.
590
Hormizd IV, king of the Sasanian Empire, is overthrown and blinded by his brothers-in-law Vistahm and Vinduyih.
Shahanshah of the Sasanian Empire from 579 to 590
1579
The Diocese of Manila is erected by papal bull, with Domingo de Salazar appointed its first bishop.
Archdiocese in the Philippines
1685
James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of his brother Charles II.
King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1685 to 1688
1694
Dandara, leader of the runaway slaves in Quilombo dos Palmares, Brazil, is captured and commits suicide rather than be returned to a life of slavery.
17th-century Brazilian freed slave and warrior
1778
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.
1775–1783 conflict in North America
1778
New York became the third state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
U.S. state
1788
Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
U.S. state
1806
Battle of San Domingo: British naval victory against the French in the Caribbean.
1806 battle of the War of the Third Coalition
1819
The 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 of modern Singapore.
Establishment of Singapore as a British trading port
1820
The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society depart New York to start a settlement in present-day Liberia.
Ethnic and cultural group in the United States
1833
1840
Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
1840 agreement between the British Crown and Māori leaders in New Zealand
1843
The first minstrel show in the United States, The Virginia Minstrels, opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City).
19th- and 20th-century American form of musical theater
1851
The largest Australian bushfires in a populous region in recorded history take place in the state of Victoria.
Frequently occurring wildfire events
1862
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.
1865
The municipal administration of Finland is established.
Local level of administration in Finland
1900
The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international arbitration court at The Hague, is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
Intergovernmental organization
1918
British women over the age of 30 who meet minimum property qualifications, get the right to vote when Representation of the People Act 1918 is passed by Parliament.
Exclusion from voting rights on the basis of a lack of property
1919
The five-day Seattle General Strike begins, as more than 65,000 workers in the city of Seattle, Washington, walk off the job.
1919 workers' strike in Seattle, Washington
1922
The Washington Naval Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy.
1922 pact by the Allies of WWI
1934
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.
Series of far-right movements in France from the late 19th to mid-20th centuries
1944
1951
The Canadian Army enters combat in the Korean War.
Land component of the Canadian Armed Forces
1951
The Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train 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
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 succession, she was in a tree house at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
1958
Eight Manchester United F.C.
players and 15 other passengers are killed in the Munich air disaster.
1959
Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit.
American electrical engineer (1923–2005)
1959
At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished.
Cape on the Atlantic coast of Florida in the United States
1973
The Ms 7.6 Luhuo earthquake strikes Sichuan Province, causing widespread destruction and killing at least 2,199 people.
Magnitude 7.6 Ms. earthquake in China
1976
In testimony before a United States Senate subcommittee, Lockheed Corporation president Carl Kotchian admits that the company had paid out approximately $3 million in bribes to the office of Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka.
Upper house of the US Congress
1978
The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65 mph and snowfall of four inches an hour.
American natural disaster
1981
The National Resistance Army of Uganda launches an attack on a Ugandan Army installation in the central Mubende District to begin the Ugandan Bush War.
Military wing of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) of Uganda (1981–1995)
1987
Justice Mary Gaudron becomes the first woman to be appointed to the High Court of Australia.
Australian judge (born 1943)
1989
The Round Table Talks start in Poland, thus marking the beginning of the overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe.
1989 dialogue between the Polish government and banned trade unions
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.
Series of floods in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, particularly in Oregon
1996
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
Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.
Airport in Arlington, Virginia, serving Washington, D.C., United States
2000
Second Chechen War: Russia captures Grozny, Chechnya, forcing the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria government into exile.
1999–2009 war in the Caucasus region
2006
Stephen Harper becomes Prime Minister of Canada.
Prime Minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015
2012
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits the central Philippine island of Negros, leaving 112 people dead.
Earthquake in the Philippines
2016
An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes southern Taiwan, killing 117 people.
Deadly earthquake centered north of Pingtung City, Taiwan
2018
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, a super heavy launch vehicle, makes its maiden flight.
American spaceflight and AI company
2021
U.S.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken suspends agreements with Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras to send asylum seekers back to their home countries.
2023
Two earthquakes measuring Mww 7.8 and 7.5 struck near the border between Turkey and Syria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XII (Extreme).
The earthquakes resulted in numerous aftershocks and a death toll of 57,658 people.