Page 2: Historical Events In April - 05

1693  Anne M L of Orleans, duchess (Grande Mademoiselle), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1695  George Savile, 1st marquis of Halifax, dies at 61 on April - 05.   

1697  On this day in history charles XI, King of Sweden (1660-97), dies at 41   

1698  Georg Gottfried Wagner, composer on this day in history.   

1712  John Luyken, poet/etcher (species company), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1722  Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island on April - 05.   

1723  J Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect (Hofburg, Vienna), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1725  Giacomo Casanova, Italian writer/philanderer/adventurer (uncertain) on this day in history.   

1727  On April - 05 pasquale Ankossi, composer   

1732  Johann Christian Schieferdecker, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1739  French emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty on April - 05.   

1751  On April - 05 adolf Frederik of Holstein-Gottorp crowns himself king of Sweden   

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

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

1765  On this day in history edward Young, English poet (Love of Fame), dies at 81   

1768  On April - 05 1st US Chamber of Commerce forms (New York NY)   

1768  1st US Chamber of Commerce forms (NYC) on April - 05.   

1784  Louis [Ludwig] Spohr, Germany, violin virtuoso/composer (Faust) on April - 05.   

1788  Franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund) on this day in history.   

1792  On April - 05 george Washington casts 1st presidential veto   

1794  Georges-Jacques Danton, French revolutionary leader, guillotined at 34 on this day in history.   

1795  Henry Havelock, British soldier (War in Afghanistan 1838-39) on this day in history.   

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 April - 05 high Possil Meteorite: The first recorded meteorite in Scotland falls in Possil.   

1806  On this day in history isaac Quintard patents apple cider   

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

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

1812  On April - 05 brits storm Badajoz fortress, held by French and Spanish   

1812  Brits storm Badajoz fortress, held by French & Spanish on this day in history.   

1814  On this day in history netherlands Bank issues it's 1st banknotes   

1815  On this day in history eruption of Tambora volcano (Sumbawa Java)   

1818  In the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement on this day in history.   

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

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1288  Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336) was born on April - 05.   

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

1523  On April - 05 birth of blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596)   

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

1595  On this day in history birth of john Wilson, composer   

1598  Laurentius Erhard, composer was born on this day in history.   

1604  Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.   

1622  Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703) was born on this day in history.   

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 April - 05.   

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  On this day in history ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies   

1419  Death of Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350) on April - 05.   

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

1605  On this day in history death of adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513)