Historical Events In May - 06

1833  John Deere makes 1st steel plow on this day in history.   

1835  On this day in history the first edition of New York Herald (price 1¢)   

1835  1st edition of NY Herald (price 1 cent) on this day in history.   

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

1838  On this day in history alfred Humphreys Pease, composer   

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

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

1841  John Thomson, composer, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1843  On this day in history grove Karl Gilbert, geologist, investigated Lake Bonneville, Utah   

1844  Johan Thorbecke argue general right to vote on May - 06.   

1848  Otto Tank ends slavery in Suriname colony on this day in history.   

1849  On May - 06 wyatt Eaton, artist   

1851  Dr John Gorrie patents a "refrigeration machine" on May - 06.   

1851  Linus Yale patents Yale-lock on this day in history.   

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

1851  San Fransisco Chamber of Commerce starts on this day in history.   

1852  On this day in history charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer, dies at 75   

1853  On May - 06 the first major US rail disaster kills 46 (Norwalk CT)   

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

1856  On May - 06 the birth of Robert Peary, American Artic explorer   

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

1856  Robert Edwin Peary, US, arctic explorer (North Pole-Apr 6 1909) on May - 06.   

1856  William Hamilton, metaphysicist, dies on May - 06.   

1858  On May - 06 georges Adolphe Hue, composer   

1859  Luis Maria Drago, Argentina, statesman, anti-interventionist on this day in history.   

1859  On May - 06 friedrich Heinrich Alexander, explorer/scientist, dies   

1860  On this day in history sF Olympic Club, 1st US athletic club forms   

1861  On this day in history arkansas & Tennessee become 9th & 10th states to secede from US   

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

1861  On this day in history arkansas & Tennessee becomes 9th & 10th state to secede from US   

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 this day in history battle of Port Walthall Junction VA   

1864  General Sherman begins advance to Atlanta GA on May - 06.   

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1397  On May - 06 birth of sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (d. 1450)   

1501  Marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italy, humanist/Pope (1555, 22 days) was born on May - 06.   

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 this day in history.   

1713  On May - 06 birth of charles Batteux, French philosopher (d. 1780)   

1758  On May - 06 birth of maximilien Robespierre, Arras Fr, French revolutionary/avocat (1781)   

1759  On May - 06 birth of francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician   

0523  On this day in history death of thrasamunde, king of Vandalen   

0680  Death of Muawiyah I, caliph (b. 602) on this day in history.   

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

1085  King Alfonso VI, of Leon conquered Toledo, dies on this day in history.   

1124  On May - 06 death of balak, Emir of Aleppo, murdered   

1475  Dieric Bouts, Dutch painter, dies at about 64 on this day in history.   

1502  Death of James Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower (executed) on May - 06.   

1527  On this day in history karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37