Historical Events In May - 06
Sunday, 10 December 2023
1678 Joseph de La Barre, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.
1682 On May - 06 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 1st international boxing match: Bob Whittaker beats Tito di Carni on this day in history.
1739 Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed), dies at 63 on May - 06.
1753 On May - 06 french King Louis XV observes transit of Mercury at Mendon Castle
1757 Battle at Prague Frederik II of Prussia beats emperor army on May - 06.
1757 Battle at Prague: Frederik II of Prussia beats emperor army on May - 06.
1758 On this day in history maximilien Robespierre, Arras Fr, French revolutionary/avocat (1781)
1759 Francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician on this day in history.
1769 Ferdinand III, archduke of Austria/ruler of Toscane on this day in history.
1776 On May - 06 james Kent, composer, dies at 76
1785 On this day in history arvir A Afzelius, Swedish story teller
1786 On this day in history ludwig Borne, writer
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 this day in history.
1800 Ferdinand Marcucci, composer on May - 06.
1801 George Sears Greene, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1899 on May - 06.
1802 On this day in history friedrich Wilhelm Schirmer, artist
1804 On this day in history suriname sold to English (until February 1816)
1804 Suriname sold to English (until Feb, 1816) on May - 06.
1806 On May - 06 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 On this day in history chapin Aaron Harris, US, found America Society of Dental Surgeons
1809 On this day in history william Walker, composer
1812 Marin R Delany, Charlestown Va, 1st black major in US Medical Corp on this day in history.
1813 Joseph Tarr Copeland, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1893 on May - 06.
1814 On May - 06 heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, composer
1814 On May - 06 george Joseph Vogler, composer, dies at 64
1825 Joseph Bailey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1867 on this day in history.
1829 Phoebe Ann Coffin, 1st female ordained minister in New England on May - 06.
1830 Guido Gezelle, Flemish priest/poet on May - 06.
1833 On May - 06 john Deere makes first steel plow
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