Page 4: Historical Events In April - 05

1878  Wilhelm Speyer, composer, dies at 87 on April - 05.   

1879  Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific on April - 05.   

1881  Transvaal regains independence under British suzerainty on this day in history.   

1882  On April - 05 don Blackie, cricketer (Australian off-spinner in 1928-29 yes, age 46)   

1884  John Wisden, publisher/cricketer (prominent Sussex player), dies on this day in history.   

1885  On this day in history dimitrie Cuclin, composer   

1886  J Palisa discovers asteroid #257 Silesia on this day in history.   

1886  Jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist (Der Toncharakter) on April - 05.   

1887  Anne Sullivan teaches "water" to Helen Keller on this day in history.   

1889  Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of The Copper Beeches" (BG) on April - 05.   

1889  On April - 05 start of Sherlock Holmes' "Adventure of Copper Beeches" (BG)   

1890  On this day in history fie Carelsen, Dutch actress (Malle Gervallen)   

1893  On April - 05 cleveland passes Park Act (forerunner of Metroparks)   

1893  On April - 05 clas Thunberg, Finland, speed skater (Olympic-gold-1924, 28)   

1894  On April - 05 11 strikers killed in riot at Connellsville PA   

1894  Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of the Empty House" (BG) on April - 05.   

1894  11 strikers killed in riot at Connellsville, Penn on April - 05.   

1895  Oscar Wilde loses libel case against Marquess of Queensberry, who accused him of homosexual practices on this day in history.   

1895  Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of the 3 Students" (BG) on April - 05.   

1895  Writer Oscar Wylde is arrested on this day in history.   

1895  Writer Oscar Wylde is arrested for "Gross Behavior" on this day in history.   

1895  Start of Sherlock Holmes' "Adventure of 3 Students" (BG) on this day in history.   

1896  On April - 05 1st modern Olympic Games officially open in Athens   

1896  On April - 05 1st modern Olympic Games officially opens in Athens   

1896  John Rogers Thomas, composer, dies at 66 on April - 05.   

1897  On this day in history the Greco-Turkish War, also called "Thirty Days' War", is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.   

1899  On this day in history william Hornby Steer, barrister/judge   

1900  On April - 05 attempted assassination of Prince of Wales in Brussels, fails   

1900  The birth of Spencer Tracy, American actor on this day in history.   

1900  On April - 05 spencer Tracy, Milwaukee, actor (Father's Little Dividend, Adam's Rib)   

1900  Comte de Villebois-Marevil, French/S African general, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history alexander Alexeieff, Russian/French painter/graphic artist   

1902  Maurice Ravel's "Pavane pour une infante defunte", premieres in Paris France on April - 05.   

1902  On April - 05 soccer match riot between Scotland & England kills 25   

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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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of john Wilson, composer   

1598  On April - 05 birth of laurentius Erhard, composer   

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

1622  On this day in history birth of vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703)   

0582  On April - 05 death of eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512)   

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

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 April - 05.   

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

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