Page 2: Historical Events In May - 06
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
1678 Joseph de La Barre, composer, dies at 44 on May - 06.
1682 On this day in history louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles.
1727 On this day in history catharina I, Latvia tsarina of Russia, dies at about 42
1733 On this day in history 1st international boxing match: Bob Whittaker beats Tito di Carni
1739 On May - 06 bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed), dies at 63
1753 French King Louis XV observes transit of Mercury at Mendon Castle on this day in history.
1757 Battle at Prague Frederik II of Prussia beats emperor army on this day in history.
1757 On this day in history battle at Prague: Frederik II of Prussia beats emperor army
1758 On this day in history maximilien Robespierre, Arras Fr, French revolutionary/avocat (1781)
1759 Francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician on May - 06.
1769 On May - 06 ferdinand III, archduke of Austria/ruler of Toscane
1776 James Kent, composer, dies at 76 on May - 06.
1785 On this day in history arvir A Afzelius, Swedish story teller
1786 Ludwig Borne, writer on this day in history.
1787 1st Black Masonic Lodge (African # 459) forms Prince Hall, Boston on this day in history.
1790 On May - 06 vaclav Vilem Wurfel, composer
1794 Haiti, under Toussaint L'Ouverture, revolts against France on May - 06.
1794 Jean-Jacques Beauvarget-Charpentier, composer, dies at 59 on May - 06.
1800 On May - 06 ferdinand Marcucci, composer
1801 On this day in history george Sears Greene, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1899
1802 Friedrich Wilhelm Schirmer, artist on this day in history.
1804 On this day in history suriname sold to English (until February 1816)
1804 Suriname sold to English (until Feb, 1816) on this day in history.
1806 On this day in history 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, found America Society of Dental Surgeons on May - 06.
1809 On this day in history william Walker, composer
1812 Marin R Delany, Charlestown Va, 1st black major in US Medical Corp on May - 06.
1813 On May - 06 joseph Tarr Copeland, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1893
1814 On May - 06 heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, composer
1814 George Joseph Vogler, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.
1825 On this day in history joseph Bailey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
1829 Phoebe Ann Coffin, 1st female ordained minister in New England on this day in history.
1830 On May - 06 guido Gezelle, Flemish priest/poet
1833 John Deere makes first steel plow on this day in history.
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