Historical Events In April - 05

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

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

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

1722  On this day in history jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island   

1723  On this day in history j Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect (Hofburg, Vienna), dies at 66   

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

1727  On April - 05 pasquale Ankossi, composer   

1732  On April - 05 johann Christian Schieferdecker, composer, dies at 52   

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

1751  On this day in history 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  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  1st US Chamber of Commerce forms (NYC) on this day in history.   

1784  Louis [Ludwig] Spohr, Germany, violin virtuoso/composer (Faust) on this day in history.   

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

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

1799  Vincenzo Fioravanti, composer on this day in history.   

1803  On this day in history 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 April - 05 isaac Quintard patents apple cider   

1811  Robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies on April - 05.   

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

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

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

1818  On this day in history in the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement   

1818  On April - 05 lewis Baldwin Parsons, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

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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 this day in history birth of blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596)   

1588  Thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan) was born on April - 05.   

1595  John Wilson, composer was born on this day in history.   

1598  Laurentius Erhard, composer was born on April - 05.   

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  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 April - 05.   

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 April - 05.   

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