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 this day in history.   

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

1836  Christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer, dies at 78 on May - 06.   

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 this day in history john Thomson, composer, dies at 35   

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

1844  On May - 06 johan Thorbecke argue general right to vote   

1848  On May - 06 otto Tank ends slavery in Suriname colony   

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  On May - 06 new slave regulations go into effect in Suriname   

1851  On May - 06 san Fransisco Chamber of Commerce starts   

1852  Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1856  On this day in history 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  Friedrich Heinrich Alexander, explorer/scientist, dies on May - 06.   

1860  On May - 06 sF Olympic Club, 1st US athletic club forms   

1861  Arkansas & Tennessee become 9th & 10th states to secede from US on this day in history.   

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

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

1861  On May - 06 radindranath Tagore, Hindu poet/mystic/composer (Nobel 1913)   

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

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

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

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

1638  Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1696) was born on May - 06.   

1713  Charles Batteux, French philosopher (d. 1780) was born on May - 06.   

1758  Maximilien Robespierre, Arras Fr, French revolutionary/avocat (1781) was born on May - 06.   

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

1124  On this day in history death of balak, Emir of Aleppo, murdered   

1475  On May - 06 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  On this day in history karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37