Births on February 6

Nikolay Zelinsky

Born on February 6, 1861

Nikolay Zelinsky, Russian chemist and academic (d. 1953)

Nikolay Dimitrievich Zelinsky (Russian: Николай Дмитриевич Зелинский; 6 February n.s. [O. S. 25 January], 1861 – 31 July 1953) was a Russian and Soviet chemist, an academician of the Academy of Sciences of USSR (1929).

Zelinsky studied at the University of Odessa and at the universities of Leipzig and Göttingen in Germany. Zelinsky was one of the founders of theory on organic catalysis. He is the inventor of the first effective filtering activated charcoal gas mask in the world (1915).

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19 Jan

Georgia (U.S. state)
American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in declaring secession from the United States.
21 Jan

Jefferson Davis
American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
20 Apr

Robert E. Lee
American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.
8 May

Richmond, Virginia
American Civil War: Richmond, Virginia is named the capital of the Confederate States of America.
6 Sep

Ulysses S. Grant
American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, giving the Union control of the Tennessee River's mouth.

Births on February 6

Nikolay Zelinsky

Born on February 6, 1861

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Georgia (U.S. state)

Jefferson Davis

Robert E. Lee

Richmond, Virginia

Ulysses S. Grant