What happened on 6 February?

15 events from the Ever-When timeline, ranked by how much they mattered.

1. 1952 Reign of Elizabeth II Reign of Elizabeth II (1952-2022) as Queen of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth realms.
2. 1840 Treaty of Waitangi signed Maori chiefs and British Crown sign New Zealand's founding document; its meaning still contested.
3. 1918 Representation of the People Act 1918 Vote extended to all men over 21 and women over 30 with property qualification; tripling the electorate.
4. 1819 Raffles founds Singapore Stamford Raffles signs a treaty with the Sultan of Johor establishing a British trading post on Singapore; the free port grows into the hub of the strait and one of the world's gre
5. 1932 Born: François Truffaut French New Wave director of The 400 Blows.
6. 1911 Born: Ronald Reagan 40th US President; conservative reformer who helped wind down the Cold War.
7. 1665 Born: Queen Anne Last Stuart monarch, in whose reign England and Scotland united into Great Britain.
8. 1778 France enters the American Revolutionary War Louis XVI signs an alliance with the United States, ensuring Yorktown and bankrupting France.
9. 2023 Türkiye–Syria earthquake 2023 Devastating earthquake kills over 50,000.
10. 1895 Born: Babe Ruth Iconic American baseball player.
11. 2018 Falcon Heavy first launch SpaceX's heavy-lift rocket first flight.
12. 1685 Reign of James II Reign of James II (1685-1688) as monarch of England (later Britain/UK).
13. 1855 Lord Palmerston's first premiership Palmerston wins the Crimean War, suppresses the Indian Rebellion and abolishes East India Company rule.
14. 1958 Munich air disaster A crash on takeoff kills eight Manchester United players and fifteen others, a national tragedy in Britain.
15. 1945 Born: Bob Marley Jamaican singer-songwriter who took reggae to the world.