February 6th, 1685

Born on February 6th, 1685

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on February 6th, 1685?

February 6th, 1685

James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of his brother Charles II.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_II_of_England

What else happened on February 6th?

February 6th, 2018

The SpaceX launch vehicle Falcon Heavy made its first flight (launch pictured).

February 6th, 1987

Mary Gaudron became the first woman to be appointed a justice of the High Court of Australia.

February 6th, 1976

Lockheed Corporation president Carl Kotchian admitted that the company had paid out approximately US$3 million in bribes to the office of Japanese prime minister Kakuei Tanaka.

February 6th, 1958

The aircraft carrying the Manchester United football team crashed while attempting to take off from Munich-Riem Airport in West Germany, killing 8 players and 23 people in total (news reel featured).

February 6th, 1951

A train derailed while crossing a temporary wooden trestle in Woodbridge, New Jersey, causing 85 deaths.

February 6th, 1919

More than 65,000 workers in Seattle began a five-day general strike to gain higher wages after two years of U.S. World War I wage controls.

February 6th, 1862

Union forces earned one of their first important victories in the American Civil War at the Battle of Fort Henry in western Tennessee.

February 6th, 1840

British representatives and Māori chiefs first signed the Treaty of Waitangi, widely regarded to be the founding document of New Zealand.

February 6th, 1820

The first ship of the American Colonization Society departed from New York for West Africa with 86 African-American emigrants aboard to found the colony of Liberia.

February 6th, 1819

British official Stamford Raffles signed a treaty with Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor, establishing Singapore as a trading post for the East India Company.

February 6th, 1806

Napoleonic Wars: A British naval squadron captured or destroyed five French ships of the line at the Battle of San Domingo in the Caribbean Sea.

February 6th, 1778

France and the United States signed the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and the Treaty of Alliance, respectively establishing commercial and military ties between the two nations.

February 6th, 1788

Massachusetts became the sixth state to ratify the constitution of the United States.

February 6th, 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.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 6th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 6th?

93

Ronald Reagan

President of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor

*February 6th, 1911, Tampico †June 5th, 2004, Bel Air

49

Anne of Great Britain

Queen of Britain and Ireland from 1702 to 1714

*February 6th, 1665, St James's Palace †August 1st, 1714, Kensington Palace

42

Inez Bjørg David

German actress

*February 6th, 1982, Aarhus

40

Duanganong Aroonkesorn

Thai badminton player

*February 6th, 1984, Bangkok

29

Leon Goretzka

German association football player

*February 6th, 1995, Bochum

56

Monica Mæland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*February 6th, 1968, Bergen

36

Bob Marley

Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)

*February 6th, 1945, Nine Mile †May 11th, 1981, Jackson Memorial Hospital

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

88

Rip Torn

American actor (1931–2019)

*February 6th, 1931, Temple †July 9th, 2019, Lakeville

22

Beatrice Cenci

Italian noblewoman and murderer

*February 6th, 1577, Rome †September 11th, 1599, Rome

38

Jens Sætter-Lassen

Danish actor

*February 6th, 1986, Denmark

80

Aaron Burr

Vice president of the United States from 1801 to 1805, lived (1756–1836)

*February 6th, 1756, Newark †September 14th, 1836, Port Richmond

93

Patrick Macnee

English actor (1922–2015)

*February 6th, 1922, Paddington †June 25th, 2015, Rancho Mirage

91

Amintore Fanfani

Italian politician statesman (1908–1999)

*February 6th, 1908, Pieve Santo Stefano †November 20th, 1999, Rome

52

Adam Theodor Siber

German linguist (1563-1616)

*February 6th, 1563, Grimma †January 5th, 1616, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

67

Robert Townsend

American actor

*February 6th, 1957, Chicago

82

Adam Weishaupt

German philosopher and founder of the Illuminati (1748–1830)

*February 6th, 1748, Ingolstadt †November 18th, 1830, Gotha

64

Megan Gallagher

American theater and television actor

*February 6th, 1960, Reading

76

Wilhelm von Finck

German entrepreneur and banker

*February 6th, 1848, Bad Vilbel †April 8th, 1924, Munich

52

François Truffaut

French film director (1932–1984)

*February 6th, 1932, Paris †October 21st, 1984, Neuilly-sur-Seine

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Born in 1685

65

Johann Sebastian Bach

German composer (1685–1750)

*March 21st, 1685, Eisenach †July 28th, 1750, Leipzig

74

George Frideric Handel

German-British Baroque composer (1685–1759)

*February 23rd, 1685, Halle (Saale) †April 14th, 1759, London

47

John Gay

English poet and playwright (1685–1732)

*June 30th, 1685, Barnstaple †December 4th, 1732, London

67

George Berkeley

Irish idealist philosopher and Anglican bishop (1685–1753)

*March 12th, 1685, Kilkenny †January 14th, 1753, Oxford

55

Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor

18th century Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor

*October 1st, 1685, Vienna †October 20th, 1740, Vienna

71

Domenico Scarlatti

Italian composer, son of Alessandro Scarlatti

*October 26th, 1685, Kingdom of Naples †July 23rd, 1757, Madrid

85

Charles-Jean-François Hénault

French writer and historian (1685-1770)

*February 8th, 1685, Paris †November 24th, 1770, Paris

46

Brook Taylor

English mathematician (1685-1731)

*August 18th, 1685, Edmonton †November 30th, 1731, London

54

Thomas Tickell

English poet and man of letters (1685-1740)

*December 17th, 1685, Bridekirk †April 21st, 1740, Bath

63

Balthasar Denner

German painter (1685-1749)

*November 15th, 1685, Hamburg †April 14th, 1749, Rostock

80

Johann Maria Farina

Italian perfumer and inventor

*December 8th, 1685, Santa Maria Maggiore †November 25th, 1766, Cologne

26

Marie Adélaïde of Savoy

Dauphine of France

*December 6th, 1685, Turin †February 12th, 1712, Palace of Versailles

90

Christian Reichart

German gardener and botanist (1685-1775)

*July 4th, 1685, Erfurt †July 30th, 1775, Erfurt

53

Jean-Pierre Nicéron

French encyclopedist

*March 11th, 1685, Paris †July 8th, 1738, Paris

66

Claude Joseph Geoffroy

French scientist (1685-1752)

*August 8th, 1685, Paris †March 9th, 1752, Paris

60

Jacques Duhan de Jandun

German educator (1685-1746)

*March 14th, 1685, Jandun †January 3rd, 1746, Berlin

76

Christiane Charlotte of Nassau-Ottweiler

Countess of Nassau-Saarbrücken, later Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg

*September 2nd, 1685, Ottweiler †November 6th, 1761, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe

74

Sebastián de Eslava

Viceroy of New Grenada (1685-1759)

*January 19th, 1685, Enériz/Eneritz †June 21st, 1759, Madrid

60

Gottfried Kirchoff

German composer (1685-1746)

*September 15th, 1685, Mühlbeck †January 21st, 1746, Halle (Saale)

81

Tiberius Hemsterhuis

Dutch linguist (1685-1766)

*January 9th, 1685, Groningen †April 7th, 1766, Leiden

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1685 is a normal year and no leap year.

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