Portal:Germany/Anniversaries/February/February 6
- 1887 – Birth of Josef Frings, Archbishop of Cologne
- 1899 – Death of Leo von Caprivi (pictured), Chancellor of Germany 1890-1894
- 1912 – Birth of Eva Braun, mistress of Adolf Hitler
- 1936 – The 1936 Winter Olympics open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen