Page 3: Historical Events In May - 06

1833  On May - 06 john Deere makes 1st steel plow   

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

1835  On May - 06 1st edition of NY Herald (price 1 cent)   

1836  Christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1838  On May - 06 alfred Humphreys Pease, composer   

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

1840  1st postage stamps (Penny Black) issued (Great Britain) on May - 06.   

1841  On May - 06 john Thomson, composer, dies at 35   

1843  Grove Karl Gilbert, geologist, investigated Lake Bonneville, Utah on this day in history.   

1844  On this day in history johan Thorbecke argue general right to vote   

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 this day in history.   

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 May - 06.   

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

1856  On this day in history the birth of Robert Peary, American Artic explorer   

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

1856  On May - 06 robert Edwin Peary, US, arctic explorer (North Pole-Apr 6 1909)   

1856  On May - 06 william Hamilton, metaphysicist, dies   

1858  On this day in history georges Adolphe Hue, composer   

1859  Luis Maria Drago, Argentina, statesman, anti-interventionist on May - 06.   

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 May - 06 arkansas & Tennessee become 9th & 10th states to secede from US   

1861  Jefferson Davis approves a bill declaring War between US & Confederacy on May - 06.   

1861  On May - 06 arkansas & Tennessee becomes 9th & 10th state to secede from US   

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

1862  On this day in history henry David Thoreau, US writer/pacifist (Walden Pond), dies at 44   

1864  Battle of Port Walthall Junction VA on May - 06.   

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

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1397  Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (d. 1450) was born on this day in history.   

1501  On May - 06 birth of marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italy, humanist/Pope (1555, 22 days)   

1581  Frans Francken, the Younger, painter was born on May - 06.   

1606  On this day in history birth of lorenzo Lippi, [Perlone Zipoli], poet/painter   

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  On this day in history birth of maximilien Robespierre, Arras Fr, French revolutionary/avocat (1781)   

1759  Francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician was born on May - 06.   

0523  Death of Thrasamunde, king of Vandalen on this day in history.   

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

0988  Death of Dirk II, West Frisian count of Holland on this day in history.   

1085  On May - 06 king Alfonso VI, of Leon conquered Toledo, dies   

1124  Death of Balak, Emir of Aleppo, murdered on May - 06.   

1475  On this day in history dieric Bouts, Dutch painter, dies at about 64   

1502  On this day in history death of james Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower (executed)   

1527  Karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37 on this day in history.