Historical Events In May - 06

1833  On May - 06 john Deere makes 1st steel plow   

1835  The first edition of New York Herald (price 1¢) on May - 06.   

1835  On May - 06 1st edition of NY Herald (price 1 cent)   

1836  On May - 06 christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer, dies at 78   

1838  On May - 06 alfred Humphreys Pease, composer   

1840  On May - 06 the first postage stamps (Penny Black) issued (Great Britain) (try and buy it now!)   

1840  1st postage stamps (Penny Black) issued (Great Britain) on this day in history.   

1841  On May - 06 john Thomson, composer, dies at 35   

1843  Grove Karl Gilbert, geologist, investigated Lake Bonneville, Utah on May - 06.   

1844  On this day in history johan Thorbecke argue general right to vote   

1848  On May - 06 otto Tank ends slavery in Suriname colony   

1849  On May - 06 wyatt Eaton, artist   

1851  Dr John Gorrie patents a "refrigeration machine" on this day in history.   

1851  On May - 06 linus Yale patents Yale-lock   

1851  New slave regulations go into effect in Suriname on May - 06.   

1851  On this day in history san Fransisco Chamber of Commerce starts   

1852  On May - 06 charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer, dies at 75   

1853  On this day in history the first major US rail disaster kills 46 (Norwalk CT)   

1853  On May - 06 1st major US rail disaster kills 46 (Norwalk, Connecticut)   

1856  The birth of Robert Peary, American Artic explorer on this day in history.   

1856  On May - 06 the birth of Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychologist   

1856  On this day in history robert Edwin Peary, US, arctic explorer (North Pole-Apr 6 1909)   

1856  On May - 06 william Hamilton, metaphysicist, dies   

1858  Georges Adolphe Hue, composer on this day in history.   

1859  On May - 06 luis Maria Drago, Argentina, statesman, anti-interventionist   

1859  On this day in history friedrich Heinrich Alexander, explorer/scientist, dies   

1860  On May - 06 sF Olympic Club, 1st US athletic club forms   

1861  Arkansas & Tennessee become 9th & 10th states to secede from US on May - 06.   

1861  On this day in history jefferson Davis approves a bill declaring War between US & Confederacy   

1861  Arkansas & Tennessee becomes 9th & 10th state to secede from US on May - 06.   

1861  Radindranath Tagore, Hindu poet/mystic/composer (Nobel 1913) on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history henry David Thoreau, US writer/pacifist (Walden Pond), dies at 44   

1864  On May - 06 battle of Port Walthall Junction VA   

1864  On May - 06 general Sherman begins advance to Atlanta GA   

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1397  On this day in history birth of sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (d. 1450)   

1501  On this day in history birth of marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italy, humanist/Pope (1555, 22 days)   

1581  On this day in history birth of frans Francken, the Younger, painter   

1606  On this day in history birth of lorenzo Lippi, [Perlone Zipoli], poet/painter   

1638  Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1696) was born on May - 06.   

1713  Charles Batteux, French philosopher (d. 1780) was born on May - 06.   

1758  On this day in history birth of maximilien Robespierre, Arras Fr, French revolutionary/avocat (1781)   

1759  On this day in history birth of francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician   

0523  Death of Thrasamunde, king of Vandalen on May - 06.   

0680  On May - 06 death of muawiyah I, caliph (b. 602)   

0988  On this day in history death of dirk II, West Frisian count of Holland   

1085  On May - 06 king Alfonso VI, of Leon conquered Toledo, dies   

1124  Death of Balak, Emir of Aleppo, murdered on May - 06.   

1475  On May - 06 dieric Bouts, Dutch painter, dies at about 64   

1502  On this day in history death of james Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower (executed)   

1527  On May - 06 karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37