On this Day in History ... 6th February

06 Feb is in February.

1299 Edward I Creates New Barons

1536 Henry VIII becomes Supreme Head of the Church

1544 Wyatt's Rebellion

1601 Essex Rebellion

1666 Great Plague of London

1685 Death and Burial of Charles II

1952 Death of George VI Accession of Elizabeth II

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Events on the 6th February

On 06 Feb 685 King Hlothhere of Kent died of wounds received in a battle with his nephew, and co-ruler, King Eadric of Kent.

On 06 Feb 1299 King Edward "Longshanks" I of England (age 59) created a number of new Barons by writ of summons to Edward's 44th Parliament ...

John Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Chartley (age 27) was created 1st Baron Ferrers of Chartley.

John Lovell 1st Baron Lovel (age 45) was created 1st Baron Lovel of Titchmarsh. Joan Ros Baroness Lovel (age 39) by marriage Baroness Lovel of Titchmarsh.

William Ros 1st Baron Ros Helmsley (age 44) was created 1st Baron Ros Helmsley. Maud Vaux Baroness Ros (age 42) by marriage Baroness Ros Helmsley.

William Devereux 1st Baron Devereux Lyonshall (age 55) was created 1st Baron Devereux Lyonshall. Lucy Burnell Baroness Devereux Lyonshall by marriage Baroness Devereux Lyonshall.

Adam Welles 1st Baron Welles (age 50) was created 1st Baron Welles. Joan D'Engayne Baroness Welles and Ughtred by marriage Baroness Welles.

Robert Clinton 1st Baron Clinton (age 41) was created 1st Baron Clinton. Ida Odingsells Baroness Clinton (age 34) by marriage Baroness Clinton.

John Moels 1st Baron Moels (age 30) was created 1st Baron Moels.

The next baronies may not have been created on 06 Feb 1299 but were created in 1299 possibly for Edward's 45th and 46th Parliaments on 10 Apr 1299 and 21 Sep 1299 respectively.

Edmund Deincourt 1st Baron Deincourt (age 49) was created 1st Baron Deincourt.

John Strange 1st Baron Strange Knockin (age 46) was created 1st Baron Strange Knockin. Maud Eiville Baroness Strange Knockin by marriage Baroness Strange Knockin.

John St John Lagenham 1st Baron St John Lagenham (age 49) was created 1st Baron St John Lagenham.

Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford (age 24) was created 1st Baron de Clifford. Maud Clare Baroness Clifford Baroness Welles (age 23) by marriage Baroness de Clifford.

Henry Grey 1st Baron Grey of Codnor (age 44) was created 1st Baron Grey of Codnor. Eleanor Courtenay Baroness Grey Codnor by marriage Baroness Grey of Codnor.

John Mohun 1st Baron Dunster (age 30) was created 1st Baron Mohun of Dunster. Ada Tiptoft Baroness Dunster (age 24) by marriage Baroness Mohun of Dunster.

Roger Scales 1st Baron Scales was created 1st Baron Scales.

John St John 1st Baron St John Basing (age 25) was created 1st Baron St John Basing.

John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Somerset (age 24) was created 1st Baron Beauchamp Somerset.

Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby (age 31) was created 1st Baron Zouche Ashby.

Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy (age 25) was created 1st Baron Percy of Alnwick. Eleanor Fitzalan Baroness Percy (age 15) by marriage Baroness Percy of Alnwick.

William Grandison 1st Baron Grandison (age 37) was created 1st Baron Grandison. Sibylla Tregoz Baroness Grandison by marriage Baroness Grandison. His brother was also created Baron Grandison on the same day.

Otto Grandison 1st Baron Grandison (age 61) was created 1st Baron Grandison. His brother was also created Baron Grandison on the same day.

Thomas de Multon 1st Baron Multon (age 22) was created 1st Baron Multon Egremont. Eleanor Burgh Baroness Multon Egremont (age 17) by marriage Baroness Multon Egremont.

On 06 Feb 1378 Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France (age 40) died.

Letters and Papers 1530. 06 Feb 1530. 6199. The Cardinal has been ill, and some say feigned illness, in the hope that the King might visit him. He has not done so, but sent him instead a promise of pardon, on the news of which the Cardinal recovered. He will receive his patent today, retain the archbishopric of York, and a pension of 3,000 angels on the see of Winchester, for which he is to resign all other benefices. Besides 10,000 angels the King has given him tapestry and plate for five rooms. All the rest the King retains. His house in town has been taken by the King, who gives another in place to the see of York. Russell told me that in consequence of some words he had spoken to the King in favor of the Cardinal the lady (age 29) had been very angry, and refused to speak with him. Norfolk (age 57) told him of her displeasure, and that she was irritated against himself, because he had not done as much against him as he might. After this he asked Russell whether he thought the Cardinal had any expectation of returning to favor; and Russell told him such was the courage and ambition of the Cardinal, that he would not fail, if he saw a favorable opportunity; and that this was not unlikely if the King should require his advice. Then the Duke (age 57) began to swear very loudly that, rather than suffer this, he would eat him up alive. To prevent such a contingency, the Cardinal has been forbidden to approach the Court within seven miles.

Letters and Papers 1530. 06 Feb 1530. 6199. One object of Joachim's mission was to reinstate the Cardinal in the King's favor, and, but for the lady (age 29), this would be easy, for it is thought the King has no ill-will to the Cardinal. His only wish is for the Cardinal's goods; and he is not very far wrong, for the Cardinal has spent very large sums of money, and said all he accumulated was for the King; and to take administration of it before the time was not much offence; considering also that the Cardinal, since he began to suspect his fall, and since his destruction, has always said that the King could not do him any greater good than help himself to all that he had. As a proof of the King's having no ill-will, I am told the King did not wish the Cardinal's case to be determined by Parliament, as, if it had been decided against him, the King could not have pardoned him. The said Joachim lodges at a house of one of the Cardinal's servants; and soon after his arrival, the Cardinal, though unwell, sent his physician, a Venetian (De Augustinis), in whom he has much confidence, and who stayed with Joachim four or five days. The French would spare no means to reinstate the Cardinal, for, whatever they pretend, they have no confidence in the duke of Norfolk.

Letters and Papers 1530. 06 Feb 1530. 6199. A cousin of the Cardinal's physician told me that the lady (age 29) had sent to visit him during his sickness, and represented herself as favoring him with the King. This is difficult to be believed, considering the hatred she has always borne him. She must have thought he was dying, or shown her dissimulation and love of intrigue, of which she is an accomplished mistress. I have not been able to learn anything about the German, although I have used all sorts of arts to discover him. Gives an account of various devices for that purpose.

Letters and Papers 1530. 06 Feb 1530. Bradford, 298. 6199. Chapuys to Charles V.

Since my last the bishop of Rochester (age 60) has finished revising the book which he lately wrote, and which he sent to your Majesty. Since then he has written another, which the Queen has forwarded at the request of the Bishop, to be examined at leisure, though he fears to be known as the author. His learning and piety are well known. The Queen's treatment is worse than ever. The King is always away from her as much as possible, and is here with the lady (age 29), whilst the Queen is at Richmond. He has never been so long without paying her a visit, and makes his excuse that one has died of the plague near her residence. He has renewed his attempts to persuade her to become a nun, to which she will never consent. The continual annoyance to which she is exposed constrains her to importune your Majesty to have a fixed resolution in her affairs.

Wriothesley's Chronicle 1536. 06 Feb 1536. This yeare also, the first Soundaie after Candlemas, being the sixt daie of Februarie, the Archbishopp of Canterberie, called Thomas Cranmer (age 46), preached at Paules Crosse [Map], my Lord Chauncelor (age 48)g being then present at his sermon, and their he approved, by scripture and by the decrees of the Popes lawes, that the Bishop of Rome, otherwise called Pope, was Antichrist, and also brought divers expositions of holie sainctes and doctors for the same; and how craftelie, and by what meanes, and how long, he had taken upon him the power of God and the aucthoritie above all princes christened, and how his aucthoritie and lawes was contrarie to scripture and the lawe of God, as he then honorably declared and approved to the cleere understanding of all the people.

Note g. Sir Thomas Audley, who had succeeded the learned Sir Thomas More as Chancellor in 1532.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 06 Feb 1544. The vj day of Feybruary was Shroyff-tuwysday in the mornyng master Wyatt (age 23) and ys compeny retorned bake towhard Kyngton apon Temes [Map], and ther the bridge was pluckyd up, and he causyd on of ys men to swym over for to feytche a bott, and so whent at nyght toward Kensyngtun, and so forward.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 06 Feb 1544. The sam day cam rydyng to the Towre the duke of Soffoke (age 27) and ys brodur by the yerle of Huntyngton (age 30) with iij C. horse.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 06 Feb 1544. The sam day was ij hangyd apon a jebett in Powles churche yerd [Map]; the on a spy of Wyatt (age 23), the thodur was under-shreyff of Leseter, for carryng letturs of the duke of Suffoke (age 27) and odur thinges.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 06 Feb 1553. The vj day of Feybruary cam to London and rod thrughe London my lade Mare('s) (age 36) grasse, the kynges syster, with a grett nombur of lordes and knyghtes, and her grace a grett [number] of lades and jentyll women and jentyll men to the [number] of ij honderd horsse, and thrug Chepe unto Saynt J[ohn's].

Brief Lives: Charles Danvers 1568 1601. [711]Sir Charles Danvers (age 33) was beheaded on Tower-hill [Map] with Robert, earle of Essex (age 35), February the 6th, 1600[712]. I find in the register of the Tower chapell [Map] only the sepulture of Robert, earl of Essex (age 35), that yeare; wherfore I am induced to beleeve that his body was carryed to Dantesey[CX] in Wilts to lye with his ancestors. Vide Stowe's Chronicle, where is a full account of his and the earle's deportment at their death on the scaffold.

With all their faylings, Wilts cannot shew two such[713] brothers.

His familiar acquaintance were...[714], earl of Oxon (age 50); Sir Francis (age 40) and Sir Horace Vere (age 36); Sir Walter Ralegh (age 47), etc.-the heroes of those times.

Quaere my lady viscountesse Purbec and also the lord Norris for an account of the behaviour and advice of Sir Charles Danvers in the businesse of the earl of Essex, which advice had the earle followed he had saved his life.

[715]Of Sir Charles Danvers, from my lady viscountesse Purbec:-Sir Charles Danvers advised the earle of Essex, either to treat with the queen-hostages..., whom Sir Ferdinando Gorges (age 36) did let goe; or to make his way through the gate at Essex house, and then to hast away to Highgate, and so to Northumberland (the earl of Northumberland maried his mother's (age 51) sister), and from thence to the king of Scots, and there they might make their peace; if not, the queen was old and could not live long. But the earle followed not his advice, and so they both lost their heads on Tower-hill.

Note.

[711]. MS. Aubr. 8, fol. 25v.

[712]. i.e. 1600/1.

[713]. Dupl. with 'shew the like two brothers,' scil. as Sir Charles Danvers and his brother Henry, earl of Danby.

[714]. Edward Vere, seventeenth earl of Oxford (age 50).

[CX]In MS. Aubr. 3, fol. 46, Aubrey writes, in reference to burials at Dantesey, 'quaere, if Sir Charles Danvers that was beheaded?-He was buryed in the Tower chapell.' Aubrey's description of the burial-place of the Danvers family (MS. Aubr. 3, fol. 46), with the inscriptions, is printed in J. E. Jackson's Aubrey's Wiltshire Collections, pp. 223-225; the pedigree of Danvers is there given at p. 216.

On 06 Feb 1665 Queen Anne of England Scotland and Ireland was born to King James II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 31) and Anne Hyde Queen Consort England (age 27) at St James's Palace [Map] at 11:39pm being their fourth child and second daughter. She was baptised Anglican in the Chapel Royal with her elder sister Mary Stewart II Queen England Scotland and Ireland (age 2) being Godparent as well as Anne Scott Duchess Monmouth and Buccleuch (age 13) and Archbishop Gilbert Sheldon (age 66).

Evelyn's Diary. 06 Feb 1666. My wife (age 31) and family returned to me from the country, where they had been since August, by reason of the contagion, now almost universally ceasing. Blessed be God for his infinite mercy in preserving us! I, having gone through so much danger, and lost so many of my poor officers, escaping still myself that I might live to recount and magnify his goodness to me.

Evelyn's Diary. 04 Feb 1685. I went to London, hearing his Ma* (age 54) had ben the Monday before (02 Feb 1685) surpriz'd in his bed-chamber with an apoplectic fit, so that if, by God's providence, Dr. King (that excellent chirurgeon as well as physitian) had not ben accidentally present to let him blood (having his lancet in his pocket) his Ma* had certainly died that moment, which might have ben of direful consequence, there being nobody else present with the King (age 54) save this Doctor and one more, as I am assur'd. It was a mark of the extraordinary dexterity, resolution, and presence of mind in the Dr, to let him bloud in the very paroxysm, without staying the coming of other physitians, which regularly should have ben don, and for want of which he must have a regular pardon, as they tell me *. This rescu'd his Ma* for the instant, but it was only a short reprieve. He still complain'd, and was relapsing, often fainting, with sometimes epileptic symptoms, till Wednesday, for which he was cupp'd, let bloud in both jugulars, had both vomit and purges, which so rellev'd him that on Thursday hopes of recovery were signified in the publiq Gazette, but that day, about noone, the physitians thought him feaverish. This they seem'd glad of, as being more easily allay'd and methodically dealt with than his former fits; so as they prescrib'd the famous Jesuits powder: but it made him worse, and some very able Doctors who were present did not think it a fever, but the effect of his frequent bleeding and other sharp operations us'd by them about his head, so that probably the powder might stop the circulation, and renew his former fits, which now made him very weake. Thus he pass'd Thursday night with greate difficulty, when complaining of a paine in his side, they drew 12 ounces more of bloud from him; this was by 6 in the morning on Friday, and it gave him reliefe, but it did not continue, for being now in much paine, and strugling for breath, he lay dozing, and after some conflicts, the physitians despairing of him, he gave up the ghost at halfe an houre after eleven in the morning, being the sixth of February 1685, in the 36th yeare of his reigne, and 54th of his age.

On 06 Feb 1685 John Rushout 4th Baronet was born to James Rushout 1st Baronet (age 40) and Alice Pitt Lady Rushout.

Evelyn's Diary. 06 Feb 1686. Being the day on wcb his Ma* (age 52) began his reign, by order of Council it was to be solemniz'd with a particular Office and Sermon, which the Bp. of Ely (age 48) preach'd at Whitehall [Map] on 11 Numb. 12; a Court oration upon the Regal office. It was much wonder'd at that this day, weh was that of his late Ma*'s death, should be kept as a festival, and not [instead of] the day of the present King's coronation. It is said to have ben formerly ye costom, tho' not till now since ye reigne of King James I.

Evelyn's Diary. 06 Feb 1689. There was much contest about the King's (age 38) abdication, and whether he had vacated the government. The Earl of Nottingham (age 41) and about twenty Lords, and many Bishops, entered their protests, but the concurrence was great against them.

Evelyn's Diary. 06 Feb 1689. The Princess (age 26) hourly expected. Forces sending to Ireland, that kingdom being in great danger by the Earl of Tyrconnel's (age 59) army, and expectations from France coming to assist them, but that King was busy in invading Flanders, and encountering the German Princes. It is likely that this will be the most remarkable summer for action, which has happened in many years.

Evelyn's Diary. 06 Feb 1689. The King's (age 55) coronation day was ordered not to be observed, as hitherto it had been.

Evelyn's Diary. 06 Feb 1689. The Convention of the Lords and Commons now declare the Prince (age 38) and Princess (age 26) of Orange King and Queen of England, France, and Ireland (Scotland being an independent kingdom), the Prince (age 38) and Princess (age 26) being to enjoy it jointly during their lives; but the executive authority to be vested in the Prince (age 38) during life, though all proceedings to run in both names, and that it should descend to their issue, and for want of such, to the Princess Anne of Denmark (age 24) and her issue, and in want of such, to the heirs of the body of the Prince, if he survive, and that failing, to devolve to the Parliament, as they should think fit. These produced a conference with the Lords, when also there was presented heads of such new laws as were to be enacted. It is thought on these conditions they will be proclaimed.

On 06 Feb 1735 John Trevelyan 4th Baronet was born to George Trevelyan 3rd Baronet (age 27) and Julia Calverly Lady Trevelyan (age 22).

On 06 Feb 1773 Caroline Paget was born to Henry Bayly-Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge (age 28) and Jane Champagné Countess Uxbridge (age 31).

On 06 Feb 1777 Harriet Churchill (age 52) died. She was buried at Lincoln Cathedral [Map].

Harriet Churchill: Around 1725 she was born illegitimately to Charles Churchill. In 1747 Everard Fawkener and she were married. The difference in their ages was 31 years. After 1758 Thomas Pownall and she were married.

On 06 Feb 1819 Charles Strickland 8th Baronet was born to George Strickland 7th Baronet (age 36) and Mary Constable.

After 06 Feb 1841. Monument to Thomas Palmer Whalley at the Church of St Mary Magdalene, Ecton [Map].

Thomas Bateman 1846. On the 6th of February, 1847, a barrow [Map] [Flax Dale Barrow [Map]] was opened which is situated in the township of Middleton-by-Yolgrave, near a small valley called Flax-dale. It is of the usual bowl-shaped form, and is about three feet in height. Near the centre was found a fine sepulchral urn, neatly ornamented, containing a deposit of calcined bones, over which it was placed, with the mouth downwards. The urn was inclosed within a rude cist, partly cut in the rock, partly walled round, and covered with a large flat stone; about this and indeed throughout the barrow were many pieces of flinty some of which are chipped into the shape of arrow-heads &c. The presence of rats' bones indicated that there had been an interment by inhumation in addition to the foregoing one. Part of a skull and a few bits of pottery were all the vestiges of this deposit which appears to have been disturbed at the time of the interment of the urn and its contents.

On 06 Feb 1860 Frederick Hall was born at Stillington, Hambleton.

On 06 Feb 1917 Mary Louisa Williams (age 91) died.

Mary Louisa Williams: On 26 Mar 1825 she was born. In Jul 1852 Andrew Crombie Ramsay and she were married.

On 06 Feb 1929 Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain (age 70) died.

Time Team Series 1 Episode 4: The Fortress in the Lake was filmed between 16 Sep 1993 and 18 Sep 1993. It was originally shown on 06 Feb 1994.

Locations: Llangorse Lake, Breconshire [Map], St Paulinus' Church, Llangorse [Map].

Category: Time Team Early Medieval.

Time Team:

Tony Robinson (age 47), Presenter

Mick Aston (age 47), Bristol University Landscape Archaeologist

Carenza Lewis (age 30), Royal Commission on Historic Monuments

Phil Harding (age 44), Wessex Archaeological Trust Field Archaeologist

Robin Bush (age 50), Archivist.

Victor Ambrus (age 58), Historical Illustrator

John Gator, Chris Gaffney, Geophysics

Damian Goodburn, Ancient Woodworking Specialist

Mark Redknap, National Museum of Wales

Techniques: Magnetometry

Sources: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 916, Book of Llandaff Chapter 4 Section 7: Llan Cors, Book of Llandaff Chapter 8

Historical Figures: King Elised of Brecknock, Æthelflæd Lady of the Mercians.

Outcomes: Reconstructed Iron Age boat made from 3.5 tonnes of oak; a copy of an original discovered in Llangorse Lake in Brecon Museum. Metal working on site, shale ring. Boundary Ditch.

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Births on the 6th February

On 06 Feb 1402 Louis I Landgrave of Hesse was born to Hermann II Landgrave of Hesse (age 61) and Margaret Hohenzollern (age 42).

On 06 Feb 1452 Joan Aviz was born to Alfonso "The African" V King Portugal (age 20) and Isabella Aviz Queen Consort Portugal (age 20). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 7.45%.

On or before 06 Feb 1569 Thomas Poyntz was born to Matthew Poyntz of Alderley in Gloucestershire (age 39). He was baptised on 06 Feb 1569.

On 06 Feb 1665 Queen Anne of England Scotland and Ireland was born to King James II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 31) and Anne Hyde Queen Consort England (age 27) at St James's Palace [Map] at 11:39pm being their fourth child and second daughter. She was baptised Anglican in the Chapel Royal with her elder sister Mary Stewart II Queen England Scotland and Ireland (age 2) being Godparent as well as Anne Scott Duchess Monmouth and Buccleuch (age 13) and Archbishop Gilbert Sheldon (age 66).

On 06 Feb 1683 Robert Bertie was born to Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 22) and Mary Wynn (age 22).

On 06 Feb 1685 John Rushout 4th Baronet was born to James Rushout 1st Baronet (age 40) and Alice Pitt Lady Rushout.

On 06 Feb 1727 Mary Campbell was born to John Campbell 2nd Duke Argyll (age 46).

On 06 Feb 1731 Frederick Calvert 6th Baron Baltimore was born to Charles Calvert 5th Baron Baltimore (age 31) and Mary Janssen Baroness Baltimore. He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 06 Feb 1735 John Trevelyan 4th Baronet was born to George Trevelyan 3rd Baronet (age 27) and Julia Calverly Lady Trevelyan (age 22).

On 06 Feb 1758 Robert Manners was born to John Manners Marquess of Granby (age 37) and Frances Seymour (age 29).

On 06 Feb 1772 George Murray was born to William Murray 5th Baronet (age 25).

On 06 Feb 1773 Caroline Paget was born to Henry Bayly-Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge (age 28) and Jane Champagné Countess Uxbridge (age 31).

On 06 Feb 1783 Joseph Hunter was born to Michael Hunter (age 24).

On 06 Feb 1796 Reverend John Stevens Henslow was born.

On 06 Feb 1801 Thomas George Lyon Bowes was born to Thomas Lyon Bowes 11th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 27) and Mary Louisa Elizabeth Rodney Carpenter (age 18).

On 06 Feb 1803 Francis Bayley was born to John Bayley 1st Baronet (age 39).

On 06 Feb 1804 George Augustus Spencer was born to Francis Almeric Spencer 1st Baron Churchill (age 24) and Frances Fitzroy Baroness Churchill Wychwood (age 23). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.63%.

On 06 Feb 1819 Charles Strickland 8th Baronet was born to George Strickland 7th Baronet (age 36) and Mary Constable.

On 06 Feb 1825 Thomas Holdsworth Newman was born to Robert Newman 1st Baronet (age 48).

On 06 Feb 1834 Emily Smyth Royds was born to Reverend Edward Royds (age 43) and Mary Molyneux (age 40).

On 06 Feb 1835 Amias Paulett was born to John Paulett 5th Earl Paulett (age 51).

On 06 Feb 1859 Francis Edmund George Astley-Corbett 4th Baronet was born to John Dugdale Astley 3rd Baronet (age 30) and Eleanor Blanche Mary Corbett.

On 06 Feb 1859 Elias Charles Disney was born to Kepple Elias Disney (age 26).

On 06 Feb 1860 Frederick Hall was born at Stillington, Hambleton.

On 06 Feb 1861 Margaret Dulcibella Hammersley was born.

n 06 Feb 1864 Eveline Mary Curzon was born to Alfred Nathaniel Holden Curzon 4th Baron Scarsdale (age 32) and Blanche Pocklington Senhouse Baroness Scarsdale (age 26).

On 06 Feb 1864 George Jay Gould I was born.

On 06 Feb 1868 Herbert Ramsay 5th Baronet was born to Alexander Entwisle Ramsay 4th Baronet (age 31) and Octavia Haigh Lady Ramsay.

On 06 Feb 1873 Judith Blunt-Lytton 16th Baroness Wentworth was born to Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (age 32) and Anne King-Noel 15th Baroness Wentworth (age 35).

On 06 Feb 1879 Edwin Montagu was born to Montagu Samuel 1st Baron Swaythling (age 46) and Ellen Cohen.

On 06 Feb 1895 Joyce Morgan Brunner Lady Worsley was born to John Brunner 2nd Baronet (age 29) and Lucy Marianne Morgan Lady Brunner.

On 06 Feb 1897 Captain Henry William Newman Fane was born to William Vere Reeve Fane aka King-Fane (age 28) and Helen Beatrice Newman.

On 06 Feb 1949 James Charles Beauclerk was born to Charles Beauclerk 13th Duke St Albans (age 33) and Suzanne Marie Fesq Duchess St Albans (age 27).

On 06 Feb 1951 Anthony Page Wood 8th Baronet was born to John Page Wood 7th Baronet (age 29).

On 06 Feb 1961 Debra Janette Douglas was born to Basil Clive Douglas (age 31) and Lillian Callender.

Marriages on the 6th February

Before 06 Feb 1312 Peter Brewes (age 39) and Agnes Clifford were married. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King John "Lackland" of England.

On 06 Feb 1393 Charles Metz II Duke Lorraine (age 28) and Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Lorraine (age 17) were married. She by marriage Duchess Lorraine. She the daughter of Rupert King Germany (age 40). He the son of John Metz I Duke Lorraine and Sophie Württemberg Duchess Lorraine.

Before 06 Feb 1462 William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings (age 31) and Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings (age 20) were married. She by marriage Baroness Hastings. She the daughter of Richard Neville 5th Earl Salisbury and Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury (age 55). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

On 06 Feb 1568 Gilbert Talbot 7th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 15) and Mary Cavendish Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 12) were married. She the daughter of William Cavendish and Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 41). He the son of George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 40) and Gertrude Manners Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford.

Three days later on Gilbert and Mary would become step-siblings when their father and mother respectively George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 40) and Bess of Hardwick (age 41) were married. She by marriage Countess of Shrewsbury Countess Waterford. It is likely the latter marriage a condition of the former. He the son of Francis Talbot 5th Earl of Shrewsbury and Mary Dacre. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.

After 06 Feb 1605 Henry Willoughby 1st Baronet (age 25) and Elizabeth Knollys (age 26) were married.

On 06 Feb 1623 Edward Montagu 2nd Earl Manchester (age 21) and Susannah Hill were married. He the son of Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester (age 60) and Catherine Spencer.

On 06 Feb 1661 Jacob Astley 1st Baronet (age 22) and Blanche Wodehouse Lady Astley (age 19) were married.

On or after 06 Feb 1741, the date of the settlement, Thomas Arundell (age 46) and Ann Mitchell were married.

On 06 Feb 1759 Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington (age 23) and Anne Hill Countess Mornington (age 16) were married. She by marriage Baroness Mornington.

On 06 Feb 1796 Richard Le Poer Trench 2nd Earl Clancarty (age 28) and Henrietta Margaret Staples Countess Clancarty (age 26) were married. She by marriage Countess Clancarty. He the son of William Trench 1st Earl of Clancarty (age 54).

On 06 Feb 1813 Richard Wingfield 5th Viscount Powerscourt (age 22) and Frances Theodosia Jocelyn (age 18) were married. She the daughter of Robert Jocelyn 2nd Earl Roden (age 56).

On 06 Feb 1816 Charles Stuart 1st Baron Stuart de Rothesay (age 37) and Elizabeth Yorke Lady Stuart (age 27) were married. She the daughter of Philip Yorke 3rd Earl of Hardwicke (age 58) and Elizabeth Lindsay Countess Hardwicke (age 52).

On 06 Feb 1861 General George Augustus Frederick Paget (age 42) and Louisa Elizabeth Heneage Countess Essex were married. He the son of Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey and Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey. They were first cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 06 Feb 1872 Joseph Charlton Parr (age 35) and Jessie Maria Lister-Kaye were married.

On 06 Feb 1872 Henry Richard Charles Fitzroy (age 22) and Isabella Caroline Somers-Cocks (age 21) were married. She the daughter of Charles Somers-Cocks 3rd Earl Somers (age 52). He the son of Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset 8th Duke Beaufort (age 48) and Georgiana Charlotte Curzon Howe Duchess Beaufort (age 47).

On 06 Feb 1873 Edward Lyulph Stanley 4th Baron Stanley 3rd Baron Eddisbury (age 33) and Mary Catherine Bell Baroness Stanley were married. He a great x 5 grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.

Before 06 Feb 1895 John Brunner 2nd Baronet (age 29) and Lucy Marianne Morgan Lady Brunner were married.

Deaths on the 6th February

On 06 Feb 685 King Hlothhere of Kent died of wounds received in a battle with his nephew, and co-ruler, King Eadric of Kent.

On 06 Feb 1292 William 7th Marquis of Montferrat (age 52) died.

On 06 Feb 1310 Giles de de Braose (age 40) died.

On 06 Feb 1311 William Vavasour 1st Baron Vavasour (age 71) died. His son Walter Vavasour 2nd Baron Vavasour (age 31) succeeded 2nd Baron Vavasour.

On 06 Feb 1312 Peter Brewes (age 39) died at Tetbury, Gloucestershire.

On 06 Feb 1378 Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France (age 40) died.

On 06 Feb 1400 Miles Stapleton (age 35) died at East Yorkshire.

On 06 Feb 1402 Louis de Sancerre (age 61) died.

On 06 Feb 1484 William Hopton (age 59) died.

On 06 Feb 1499 Ralph Neville 3rd Earl of Westmoreland (age 43) died at Hornby Castle [Map]. His grandson Ralph Neville 4th Earl of Westmoreland succeeded 4th Earl of Westmoreland three weeks before his first birthday.

On 06 Feb 1538 John La Marck III Duke Cleves (age 47) died. His son William La Marck Duke of Jülich Cleves Berg (age 21) succeeded Duke Cleves. Maria Habsburg Spain Duchess Cleves (age 6) by marriage Duchess Cleves.

On 06 Feb 1552 Henry V Duke of Mecklenburg (age 72) died.

On 06 Feb 1591 Anna Sophia Hohenzollern (age 63) died.

On 06 Feb 1599 Elizabeth Stafford (age 53) died.

On 06 Feb 1615 William Mildmay died.

On 06 Feb 1615 John Stewart 1st Earl Carrick (age 49) died.

Around 06 Feb 1626 Robert More (age 44) died. He was buried at Loseley Chapel St Nicholas' Church Guildford, Surrey.

On 06 Feb 1646 Christopher Wray (age 45) died.

On 06 Feb 1659 Elizabeth Brownlow (age 67) died at Lobthorpe. She was buried at St Mary's Church, North Witham. Her memorial reads as follows: "Near this Place Lieth interred The Body of Elizabeth Sherard, Lately the Wife, in second Marriage Of John Sherard of Lopthorp, Esq;, And Daughter of Richard Brownlowe Of Belton near Grantham, Esq;. She died on the sixth of February 1658, Having had issue Mr. Richard Sherard (age 42), her only Son, Who married Margaret, Daughter to Lumley Dewe Of Bishop-Upton in the County of Hereford, Esq;, And Mary, married to Mr. George Middlemore of London, Merchant; Frances, married to Mr. Roger Smith Of Withcock in the County of Rutland; And Audrie, married to Humphrie Brooks Of London, Doctor in Physick."

On 06 Feb 1671 Thomas Isham (age 70) died.

On 06 Feb 1679 John Jackson 2nd Baronet (age 25) died. His half brother Bradwardine Jackson 3rd Baronet (age 9) succeeded 3rd Baronet Jackson of Hickleton in Yorkshire.

On 06 Feb 1689 Metcalfe Robinson 1st Baronet (age 59) died without issue. Baronet Robinson of Newby in Yorkshire extinct. He was buried at St Columba's Church, Topcliffe [Map] where he has a large monument.

On 03 Feb 1694 John Reade 1st Baronet (age 78) died. He was buried on 06 Feb 1694 in the Brocket Chapel at St Elthreda's Church, Bishop's Hatfield. His son James Reade 2nd Baronet (age 38) succeeded 2nd Baronet Reade of Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire. Love Dring Lady Reade (age 39) by marriage Lady Reade of Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire.

On 06 Feb 1694 Alice Sleigh (age 77) died.

On 06 Feb 1699 Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria (age 6) died.

On or before 06 Feb 1704 Charles Stanhope aka Wooton (age 28) died. Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map] was inherited by his elder brother Philip Stanhope 3rd Earl Chesterfield (age 31).

On 06 Feb 1708 John Wolstenholme (age 58) died.

On 06 Feb 1713 George Rodney Brydges died.

On 06 Feb 1715 John Cockayne (age 58) died.

On 06 Feb 1725 Elizabeth Brabazon (age 59) died.

On 06 Feb 1732 Anne Scott Duchess Monmouth and Buccleuch (age 80) died. Her grandson Francis Scott 2nd Duke Buccleuch (age 37) succeeded 2nd Duke Buccleuch.

On 06 Feb 1737 Edward Fane (age 63) died.

Around 06 Feb 1745 Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Feilding (age 28) died.

On 06 Feb 1764 Jacob Garrard Downing 4th Baronet (age 47) died without issue at Hill Street, Berkeley Square. Baronet Downing of East Hatley in Cambridgeshire extinct. The will of George Downing 3rd Baronet stated the estate should be left to establish a Cambridge college in his name if Jacob Garrard Downing 4th Baronet (age 47) had no son. Jacob Garrard Downing 4th Baronet (age 47), however, left the estate to his widow Margaret Price Lady Downing leading to forty years of litigation.

On 06 Feb 1766 Caroline Paget Lady Plas Newydd Anglesey (age 59) died.

On 06 Feb 1777 Harriet Churchill (age 52) died. She was buried at Lincoln Cathedral [Map].

Harriet Churchill: Around 1725 she was born illegitimately to Charles Churchill. In 1747 Everard Fawkener and she were married. The difference in their ages was 31 years. After 1758 Thomas Pownall and she were married.

On 06 Feb 1779 Anne Shirley (age 70) died.

On 06 Feb 1779 Urania Herbert (age 79) died.

On 06 Feb 1787 John Osborn (age 48) died.

On 06 Feb 1788 Michael Pilkington 6th Baronet (age 72) died. His son Thomas Pilkington 7th Baronet (age 14) succeeded 7th Baronet Pilkington of Stanley in Yorkshire.

On 06 Feb 1791 Mary Kerr (age 23) died.

On 06 Feb 1797 Augustus Retnuh Montgomery (age 34) died.

On 06 Feb 1798 James Hamilton 2nd Earl Clanbrassil (age 67) died.

On 06 Feb 1802 George Hastings (age 66) died.

On 06 Feb 1821 Louisa Murray Lady Reade died.

On 06 Feb 1823 Charles John Herbert (age 38) died.

On 06 Feb 1832 Mary Ann Chaworth (age 46) died.

On 06 Feb 1835 Georgiana Fitzroy (age 52) died.

On 06 Feb 1858 Cholmeley Charles William Dering (age 72) died.

On 06 Feb 1874 Mayer Amschel Rothschild (age 55) died.

On 06 Feb 1877 Arthur Strutt (age 34) died.

On 06 Feb 1878 Jane Fortescue Seymour Baroness Coleridge (age 53) died.

On 06 Feb 1878 Frederick William Duncombe (age 36) died.

On 06 Feb 1888 George Taylour aka Quin (age 95) died.

On 06 Feb 1889 Alfred Windsor (age 14) died.

On 06 Feb 1889 Admiral Arthur Duncombe (age 82) died.

On 06 Feb 1890 George William Lowther (age 52) died.

On 06 Feb 1894 Katherine Charlotte Baillie Countess Ashburnham (age 74) died.

On 06 Feb 1911 Richard Harington 11th Baronet (age 75) died. His son Richard Harington 12th Baronet (age 49) succeeded 12th Baronet Harington of Ridlington in Rutlandshire. Selina Louise Grace Dundas Lady Harington (age 36) by marriage Lady Harington of Ridlington in Rutlandshire.

On 06 Feb 1917 Mary Louisa Williams (age 91) died.

Mary Louisa Williams: On 26 Mar 1825 she was born. In Jul 1852 Andrew Crombie Ramsay and she were married.

On 06 Feb 1918 Henry John Miller (age 87) died.

On 06 Feb 1929 Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain (age 70) died.

On 06 Feb 1981 Frederica Hanover Queen Consort Greece (age 63) died.