Page 3: Historical Events In May - 06

1833  John Deere makes 1st steel plow on May - 06.   

1835  On May - 06 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1843  On May - 06 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 May - 06.   

1849  On this day in history wyatt Eaton, artist   

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

1851  On May - 06 linus Yale patents Yale-lock   

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

1851  On this day in history 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 May - 06 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 this day in history 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  Georges Adolphe Hue, composer on May - 06.   

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

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

1860  SF Olympic Club, 1st US athletic club forms on this day in history.   

1861  On May - 06 arkansas & Tennessee become 9th & 10th states to secede from US   

1861  On May - 06 jefferson Davis approves a bill declaring War between US & Confederacy   

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

1861  Radindranath Tagore, Hindu poet/mystic/composer (Nobel 1913) on this day in history.   

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.   

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

1759  On this day in history 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 May - 06.   

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

1085  King Alfonso VI, of Leon conquered Toledo, dies on May - 06.   

1124  Death of Balak, Emir of Aleppo, murdered on this day in history.   

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

1502  On May - 06 death of james Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower (executed)   

1527  On May - 06 karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37