May 06: Significance, Events, and How to Celebrate Natural Disasters & Epidemics

1727  Catharina I, Latvia tsarina of Russia, dies at about 42.   

1733  1st international boxing match: Bob Whittaker beats Tito di Carni   

1739  Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed), dies at 63.   

1753  French King Louis XV observes transit of Mercury at Mendon Castle.   

1757  Battle at Prague Frederik II of Prussia beats emperor army   

1758  Maximilien Robespierre, Arras Fr, French revolutionary/avocat (1781)   

1759  Francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician.   

1769  Ferdinand III, archduke of Austria/ruler of Toscane   

1776  James Kent, composer, dies at 76.   

1785  Arvir A Afzelius, Swedish story teller   

1786  Ludwig Borne, writer   

1787  1st Black Masonic Lodge (African # 459) forms Prince Hall, Boston   

1790  Vaclav Vilem Wurfel, composer.   

1794  Haiti, under Toussaint L'Ouverture, revolts against France.   

1794  Jean-Jacques Beauvarget-Charpentier, composer, dies at 59   

1800  Ferdinand Marcucci, composer.   

1801  George Sears Greene, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1899.   

1802  Friedrich Wilhelm Schirmer, artist   

1804  Suriname sold to English (until February 1816)   

1804  Suriname sold to English (until Feb, 1816)   

1806  London announces a blockade of the European coast from Brest to the Elbe May 6 but permits ships from neutral nations to pass if they are not carrying goods to or from enemy ports   

1806  Chapin Aaron Harris, US, are discovered America Society of Dental Surgeons   

1809  William Walker, composer.   

1812  Marin R Delany, Charlestown Va, 1st black major in US Medical Corp.   

1813  Joseph Tarr Copeland, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1893   

1814  Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, composer   

1814  George Joseph Vogler, composer, dies at 64.   

1825  Joseph Bailey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1867.   

1829  Phoebe Ann Coffin, 1st female ordained minister in New England   

1830  Guido Gezelle, Flemish priest/poet   

1833  John Deere makes inaugural steel plow.   

1833  John Deere makes 1st steel plow   

1835  1st edition of NY Herald (price 1 cent)   

1836  Christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer, dies at 78   

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