The 37th day of the year
Born on 6 February
Every 6 February birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Aquarius, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- AquariusAir, fixed, ruled by Saturn.
- Birthstone
- AmethystThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Violet, PrimroseUsually taken today to mean faithfulness and young love.
- Most common weekdays
- Friday and Monday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Where the Fire Horse ends
The next lunar new year falls on 6 February 2027, the first day of the year of the Fire Goat. That makes 5 February 2027 the last day of the Fire Horse, which began on 17 February 2026, and a baby born on it belongs to the Horse.
It is not the first new year on this date. It began on 6 February in 1932, the Water Monkey, 1951, the Metal Rabbit, 1970, the Metal Dog, and 1989, the Earth Snake, at nineteen-year steps. The series broke by a day in 2008, when the new year fell on 7 February, and 2027 picks it up again. In 1989 the day before the new year, 5 February 1989, still belonged to the Earth Dragon of 1988.
From 1920 to 2026, 6 February came before the new year in 48 years and on or after it in 59. Its sign was Aquarius in all of them, everywhere.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 6 February in any year.
Which Chinese animal, by year
From 1920 to 2026 the lunar new year, reckoned in Beijing, came after 6 February in 48 of the 107 years, and in those years a birthday on it belonged to the animal of the year before; in the other 59 the new year had already begun. It was the first day of the new year itself in 1932, 1951, 1970 and 1989.
Shaded: 6 February came before that year's new year. Hatched: the new year began on 6 February. How the new year is found →
Which weekday 6 February falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 6 February falls on every day of the week: Friday 16, Monday 16, Sunday 15, Tuesday 15, Wednesday 15, Saturday 15, Thursday 15.
Showing 6 February in the 36 most recent years. Every weekday →
How common a birthday 6 February is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,800 babies were born on 6 February in each year of the twenty, making it the 207th most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 6 February
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Ronald Reagan | 1911–2004 | president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor |
| Bob Marley | 1945–1981 | Jamaican reggae musician |
| François Truffaut | 1932–1984 | French film director |
| Anne, Queen of Great Britain | 1665–1714 | Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1702 to 1714; born 6 February in the Julian calendar, which is 16 February in the Gregorian |
| Eva Braun | 1912–1945 | photographer, longtime companion and later wife of Adolf Hitler |
| Babe Ruth | 1895–1948 | American baseball player |
| Aaron Burr | 1756–1836 | vice president of the United States from 1801 to 1805 |
| Ugo Foscolo | 1778–1827 | Italian writer and poet |
| Mustafa II | 1664–1703 | 22nd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire |
| Axl Rose | 1962– | American singer-songwriter |
| Rick Astley | 1966– | British singer |
| Natalie Cole | 1950–2015 | American singer |
| Adam Weishaupt | 1748–1830 | German philosopher and founder of the Illuminati |
| William P. Murphy | 1892–1987 | American scientist |
| Amintore Fanfani | 1908–1999 | Italian politician, five times Prime Minister of Italy |
| Leon Goretzka | 1995– | German association football player |
| Władysław Gomułka | 1905–1982 | Polish politician |
| Andrey Zvyagintsev | 1964– | Russian film director, screenwriter and actor |
Died on 6 February
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| George VI | 1895–1952 | King of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952 |
| Gustav Klimt | 1862–1918 | Austrian symbolist painter |
| Charles II of England | 1630–1685 | King of England, Scotland, and Ireland; died 6 February in the Julian calendar, which is 16 February in the Gregorian |
| Carlo Goldoni | 1707–1793 | Italian playwright |
| Sebastián Piñera | 1949–2024 | Chilean entrepreneur and politician |
| Joseph Priestley | 1733–1804 | English chemist, theologian, educator, and political theorist |
| Pope Clement XII | 1652–1740 | pope of the Catholic Church from 1730 to 1740 |
| Lata Mangeshkar | 1929–2022 | Indian singer |
| Rubén Darío | 1867–1916 | Nicaraguan poet, journalist and diplomat |
| Emilio Aguinaldo | 1869–1964 | President of the Philippines from 1899 to 1901 |
| Ahmed II | 1643–1695 | 21st Sultan of the Ottoman Empire |
| Manfred Eigen | 1927–2019 | German biophysical chemist |
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