Page 3: Historical Events In May - 06

1833  John Deere makes 1st steel plow on this day in history.   

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 May - 06.   

1838  Alfred Humphreys Pease, composer on May - 06.   

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

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

1841  John Thomson, composer, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1843  On May - 06 grove Karl Gilbert, geologist, investigated Lake Bonneville, Utah   

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

1848  Otto Tank ends slavery in Suriname colony on May - 06.   

1849  On this day in history wyatt Eaton, artist   

1851  On this day in history dr John Gorrie patents a "refrigeration machine"   

1851  Linus Yale patents Yale-lock on May - 06.   

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  On May - 06 1st major US rail disaster kills 46 (Norwalk, Connecticut)   

1856  The birth of Robert Peary, American Artic explorer on this day in history.   

1856  On May - 06 the birth of Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychologist   

1856  Robert Edwin Peary, US, arctic explorer (North Pole-Apr 6 1909) on May - 06.   

1856  On this day in history william Hamilton, metaphysicist, dies   

1858  On this day in history georges Adolphe Hue, composer   

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

1859  Friedrich Heinrich Alexander, explorer/scientist, dies on this day in history.   

1860  SF Olympic Club, 1st US athletic club forms on May - 06.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1862  Henry David Thoreau, US writer/pacifist (Walden Pond), dies at 44 on May - 06.   

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

1864  On May - 06 general Sherman begins advance to Atlanta GA   

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

1501  Marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italy, humanist/Pope (1555, 22 days) was born on May - 06.   

1581  On this day in history birth of frans Francken, the Younger, painter   

1606  On May - 06 birth of lorenzo Lippi, [Perlone Zipoli], poet/painter   

1638  On this day in history 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 May - 06 birth of francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician   

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

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

1502  On May - 06 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