📅 Today in HistoryFebruary 6

Hormizd IV, king of the Sasanian Empire, is overthrown and blinded by his brothers-in-law Vistahm and Vinduyih.

The Diocese of Manila is erected by papal bull, with Domingo de Salazar appointed its first bishop.

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

The warrior queen Dandara, leader of the runaway slaves in Quilombo dos Palmares, Brazil, is captured and commits suicide rather than be returned to a life of slavery.

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.

New York became the third state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.

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

Battle of San Domingo: British naval victory against the French in the Caribbean.

The Treaty of Singapore was signed by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Hussein Shah of Johor, and Temenggong Abdul Rahman, and it is now recognised as the founding of modern Singapore.

The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society depart New York to start a settlement in present-day Liberia.