Page 3: Historical Events In May - 06

1833  On this day in history 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 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  On this day in history 1st postage stamps (Penny Black) issued (Great Britain)   

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

1843  Grove Karl Gilbert, geologist, investigated Lake Bonneville, Utah on May - 06.   

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  Wyatt Eaton, artist on May - 06.   

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

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

1851  New slave regulations go into effect in Suriname on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1856  On May - 06 william Hamilton, metaphysicist, dies   

1858  Georges Adolphe Hue, composer on this day in history.   

1859  On this day in history luis Maria Drago, Argentina, statesman, anti-interventionist   

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

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 this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history arkansas & Tennessee becomes 9th & 10th state to secede from US   

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

1862  Henry David Thoreau, US writer/pacifist (Walden Pond), dies at 44 on this day in history.   

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

1864  General Sherman begins advance to Atlanta GA on May - 06.   

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1397  Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (d. 1450) was born on May - 06.   

1501  Marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italy, humanist/Pope (1555, 22 days) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1696)   

1713  Charles Batteux, French philosopher (d. 1780) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of muawiyah I, caliph (b. 602)   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1502  Death of James Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower (executed) on May - 06.   

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