In Events:
| February 6th 0337 | | St Julius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
| | February 6th 1189 | | Riots of Lynn in Norfolk spread to Norwich England
| | February 6th 1508 | | Maximilian I crowned Holy Roman Emperor
| | February 6th 1577 | | King Henri de Bourbon of Navarra becomes leader of Huguenots
| | February 6th 1626 | | Huguenot rebels & French sign Peace of La Rochelle
| | February 6th 1651 | | -7] Cardinal Mazarin flees Paris
| | February 6th 1693 | | Royal charter granted College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Va
| | February 6th 1716 | | England & Netherlands renew alliance
| | February 6th 1778 | | England declares war on France
| | February 6th 1778 | | France recognizes US, signs treaty of aid in Paris; 1st US treaty
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In Births:
| February 6th 1461 | | Dzore Drzic, Croatian poet
| | February 6th 1564 | | Christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist (Dr Faustus)
| | February 6th 1608 | | Antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher
| | February 6th 1612 | | Antoine Arnauld, [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist
| | February 6th 1637 | | Toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan
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In Deaths:
| February 6th 0743 | | Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, 10th Moslem caliph, dies at about 52
| | February 6th 0891 | | Photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies
| | February 6th 1140 | | Thurstan, archbishop of York, dies
| | February 6th 1497 | | John Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79
| | February 6th 1612 | | Christopher Clavius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown)
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