Page 2: Historical Events In April - 05

1693  On this day in history anne M L of Orleans, duchess (Grande Mademoiselle), dies at 65   

1695  On April - 05 george Savile, 1st marquis of Halifax, dies at 61   

1697  On April - 05 charles XI, King of Sweden (1660-97), dies at 41   

1698  On April - 05 georg Gottfried Wagner, composer   

1712  John Luyken, poet/etcher (species company), dies at 63 on April - 05.   

1722  Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island on April - 05.   

1723  J Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect (Hofburg, Vienna), dies at 66 on April - 05.   

1725  Giacomo Casanova, Italian writer/philanderer/adventurer (uncertain) on April - 05.   

1727  On this day in history pasquale Ankossi, composer   

1732  Johann Christian Schieferdecker, composer, dies at 52 on April - 05.   

1739  On this day in history french emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty   

1751  Adolf Frederik of Holstein-Gottorp crowns himself king of Sweden on April - 05.   

1753  On April - 05 british Museum forms (opens in 1759)   

1762  British take Grenada, West Indies, from French on this day in history.   

1765  Edward Young, English poet (Love of Fame), dies at 81 on April - 05.   

1768  On this day in history 1st US Chamber of Commerce forms (New York NY)   

1768  On this day in history 1st US Chamber of Commerce forms (NYC)   

1784  On April - 05 louis [Ludwig] Spohr, Germany, violin virtuoso/composer (Faust)   

1788  On April - 05 franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund)   

1792  George Washington casts 1st presidential veto on April - 05.   

1794  On this day in history georges-Jacques Danton, French revolutionary leader, guillotined at 34   

1795  On this day in history henry Havelock, British soldier (War in Afghanistan 1838-39)   

1799  On this day in history vincenzo Fioravanti, composer   

1803  1st performance of Beethoven's 2nd Symphony in D on this day in history.   

1804  On this day in history high Possil Meteorite: The first recorded meteorite in Scotland falls in Possil.   

1806  Isaac Quintard patents apple cider on April - 05.   

1811  Robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies on this day in history.   

1812  On April - 05 british storm Badajoz fortress, held by French & Spanish   

1812  On this day in history brits storm Badajoz fortress, held by French and Spanish   

1812  Brits storm Badajoz fortress, held by French & Spanish on April - 05.   

1814  On April - 05 netherlands Bank issues it's 1st banknotes   

1815  Eruption of Tambora volcano (Sumbawa Java) on April - 05.   

1818  On April - 05 in the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement   

1818  On this day in history lewis Baldwin Parsons, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

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1288  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336)   

1472  Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510) was born on April - 05.   

1523  Blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596) was born on this day in history.   

1588  On this day in history birth of thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan)   

1595  On April - 05 birth of john Wilson, composer   

1598  On this day in history birth of laurentius Erhard, composer   

1604  Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675) was born on April - 05.   

1622  On April - 05 birth of vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703)   

0582  On this day in history death of eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512)   

0828  Nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77 on this day in history.   

1168  On April - 05 death of robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104)   

1258  On April - 05 julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies   

1270  Ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies on April - 05.   

1419  Death of Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350) on this day in history.   

1531  Death of Richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop on April - 05.   

1605  Death of Adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513) on April - 05.