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  On this day in history george Savile, 1st marquis of Halifax, dies at 61   

1697  Charles XI, King of Sweden (1660-97), dies at 41 on April - 05.   

1698  On April - 05 georg Gottfried Wagner, composer   

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

1722  On April - 05 jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island   

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

1725  On this day in history giacomo Casanova, Italian writer/philanderer/adventurer (uncertain)   

1727  Pasquale Ankossi, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1751  Adolf Frederik of Holstein-Gottorp crowns himself king of Sweden on this day in history.   

1753  On this day in history 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 this day in history 1st US Chamber of Commerce forms (New York NY)   

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

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

1788  Franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund) on April - 05.   

1792  On this day in history george Washington casts 1st presidential veto   

1794  Georges-Jacques Danton, French revolutionary leader, guillotined at 34 on April - 05.   

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

1799  Vincenzo Fioravanti, composer on April - 05.   

1803  On April - 05 1st performance of Beethoven's 2nd Symphony in D   

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

1806  On this day in history isaac Quintard patents apple cider   

1811  On this day in history robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies   

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

1814  Netherlands Bank issues it's 1st banknotes on this day in history.   

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

1818  In the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement on April - 05.   

1818  Lewis Baldwin Parsons, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on April - 05.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30

1288  On April - 05 birth of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336)   

1472  On April - 05 birth of bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510)   

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 April - 05.   

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  Death of Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512) on April - 05.   

0828  On this day in history nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77   

1168  Death of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104) on April - 05.   

1258  Julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies on April - 05.   

1270  On April - 05 ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies   

1419  On this day in history death of vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350)   

1531  Death of Richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop on this day in history.   

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