Page 3: 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  1st edition of NY Herald (price 1 cent) on this day in history.   

1836  On this day in history christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer, dies at 78   

1838  On this day in history alfred Humphreys Pease, composer   

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

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

1841  John Thomson, composer, dies at 35 on May - 06.   

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 this day in history otto Tank ends slavery in Suriname colony   

1849  On May - 06 wyatt Eaton, artist   

1851  On May - 06 dr John Gorrie patents a "refrigeration machine"   

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

1851  On this day in history new slave regulations go into effect in Suriname   

1851  On May - 06 san Fransisco Chamber of Commerce starts   

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

1853  The first major US rail disaster kills 46 (Norwalk CT) on this day in history.   

1853  1st major US rail disaster kills 46 (Norwalk, Connecticut) on this day in history.   

1856  The birth of Robert Peary, American Artic explorer on May - 06.   

1856  The birth of Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychologist on May - 06.   

1856  Robert Edwin Peary, US, arctic explorer (North Pole-Apr 6 1909) on this day in history.   

1856  On May - 06 william Hamilton, metaphysicist, dies   

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

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  Jefferson Davis approves a bill declaring War between US & Confederacy on this day in history.   

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

1861  Radindranath Tagore, Hindu poet/mystic/composer (Nobel 1913) on May - 06.   

1862  Henry David Thoreau, US writer/pacifist (Walden Pond), dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1864  On this day in history battle of Port Walthall Junction VA   

1864  General Sherman begins advance to Atlanta GA on this day in history.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

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 this day in history.   

1581  On May - 06 birth of frans Francken, the Younger, painter   

1606  Lorenzo Lippi, [Perlone Zipoli], poet/painter was born on May - 06.   

1638  On May - 06 birth of henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1696)   

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

1758  Maximilien Robespierre, Arras Fr, French revolutionary/avocat (1781) was born on this day in history.   

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

0523  On May - 06 death of thrasamunde, king of Vandalen   

0680  Death of Muawiyah I, caliph (b. 602) on May - 06.   

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

1475  Dieric Bouts, Dutch painter, dies at about 64 on May - 06.   

1502  Death of James Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower (executed) on this day in history.   

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