Page 2: Historical Events In 1806

Apr 02   Giacomo Antonelli, Italian cardinal/asst sec of state for Pius IX   

Apr 04   Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, composer, dies at 84   

Apr 05   Isaac Quintard patents apple cider.   

Apr 09   Isambard Kingdom Brunel, designer of 1st transatlantic steamer.   

Apr 09   Willem V Batavus, prince of Orange-Nassau, dies at 58.   

Apr 10   Leonidas Polk, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

Apr 13   Jean-Jacques Bachelier, French painter, dies at about 82.   

Apr 18   Ludwig Schuberth, composer.   

Apr 21   Peter van Schendel, Dutch painter.   

Apr 26   Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer.   

Apr 29   Earnest Freiherr von Feuchtersleben, Austria, physician/philosopher.   

May 06   Chapin Aaron Harris, US, are discovered America Society of Dental Surgeons   

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.   

May 08   Jan Bedrich Kittl, composer.   

May 12   Amos Beebe Eaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1877.   

May 16   George C Cadwalader, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1879   

May 20   John Stuart Mill, UK, philosopher/political economist/Utilitarian   

May 26   Henry Knox Thatcher, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1880   

May 27   Charles-Joseph Tolbecque, composer.   

May 30   Andrew Jackson results in the deaths of Charles Dickinson in a duel after Dickinson had accused Jackson's wife of bigamy.   

Jun 01   John Buchanan Floyd, Ex-Sect of War (Union), died in 1863.   

Jun 02   Isaac Strauss, composer.   

Jun 05   1st trotter to break 3 minute mile (Yankee).   

Jun 05   Batavian Republic is recorded as becoming the Kingdom of Holland   

Jun 05   The inaugural trotter to break 3 minute mile (Yankee).   

Jun 08   George Wythe, US attorney (signed Decl of Indep), dies at about 79.   

Jun 08   Gideon Johnson Pillow, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1878.   

Jun 13   Bernard ter Haar, Dutch vicar/poet/church historian   

Jun 24   English under commodore Popham/col Beresford reach Buenos Aires   

Jun 27   Buenos Aires captured by British.   

Jun 28   Johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer, dies at 64   

Jun 28   Napoleon Coste, composer.   

Jul 03   Michael Keens exhibits 1st cultivated strawberry.   

Jul 03   Michael Keens exhibits inaugural cultivated strawberry   

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Jan 03   Henriette sontag: German soprano    

Jan 05   Andre h c van hasselt: Belgian poet (la belgium)   

Jan 14   Matthew fontaine maury: Naval commander (confederacy)   

Jan 14   Sir charles hotham: Governor of victoria    

Jan 17   James madison randolph: (jefferson's grandson) 1st born in white house   

Jan 19   Vaclav jindrich veit: Composer   

Jan 20   Nathaniel willis: Writer/editor/founder (american monthly mag)   

Jan 25   Daniel maclise: Irish painter   

Jan 23   William pitt: The younger, pm great britain (1783..1806),    

Feb 11   Vicente martin y soler: Composer,   

Feb 19   Elizabeth carter: English writer (b. 1717)   

Feb 20   Lachlan mcintosh: Scottish-born american military and political leader (b. 1725)   

Feb 23   John alcock: Composer,   

Feb 24   John nieuwenhuijzen: Theologist (society for general use),   

Mar 16   Giuseppe colla: Composer,   

Mar 17   David dale: Industrialist & philanthropist,