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

1697  Charles XI, King of Sweden (1660-97), dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1698  Georg Gottfried Wagner, composer on April - 05.   

1712  On this day in history john Luyken, poet/etcher (species company), dies at 63   

1722  Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island on this day in history.   

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

1725  On April - 05 giacomo Casanova, Italian writer/philanderer/adventurer (uncertain)   

1727  Pasquale Ankossi, composer on this day in history.   

1732  On this day in history johann Christian Schieferdecker, composer, dies at 52   

1739  French emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty on this day in history.   

1751  On this day in history adolf Frederik of Holstein-Gottorp crowns himself king of Sweden   

1753  On this day in history british Museum forms (opens in 1759)   

1762  On this day in history british take Grenada, West Indies, from French   

1765  Edward Young, English poet (Love of Fame), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1795  Henry Havelock, British soldier (War in Afghanistan 1838-39) on April - 05.   

1799  Vincenzo Fioravanti, composer on April - 05.   

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

1804  High Possil Meteorite: The first recorded meteorite in Scotland falls in Possil on this day in history.   

1806  On this day in history isaac Quintard patents apple cider   

1811  On April - 05 robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies   

1812  On this day in history british storm Badajoz fortress, held by French & Spanish   

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

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

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

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

1818  On this day in history 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  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  Thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan) was born on April - 05.   

1595  On April - 05 birth of john Wilson, composer   

1598  On April - 05 birth of laurentius Erhard, composer   

1604  On April - 05 birth of charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675)   

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 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  Ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies on this day in history.   

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

1531  On April - 05 death of richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop   

1605  On April - 05 death of adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513)