What happend on 6th February

05.02
07.02
1843

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

1840

Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, founding document of New Zealand.

1820

The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society established a settlement in present-day Liberia

1819

Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds Singapore.

1815

New Jersey grants the first American railroad charter to a John Stevens.

1806

Royal Navy victory off Santo Domingo

1788

Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.

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.