Historical Events In April - 02

0742  Charlemagne, French emperor is born.   

0742  Charlemagne, 1st Holy Roman emperor (800-14)   

0999  Gerbert of Aurillac elected as 1st French Pope.   

1118  Boudouin I, of Bologne/Edessa, 1st crusader/king of Jerusalem, dies.   

1416  Alfonso V succeeds his father as king of Aragon   

1416  Ferdinand I, the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52.   

1453  In this year, Mehmed II starts his siege of Constantinople (Ä°stanbul), which would fall on May 29   

1502  Arthur, English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Aragon, dies.   

1513  Florida discovered, claimed for Spain by Ponce de Leon   

1550  Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy   

1559  England/France signs 1st Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambrésis.   

1590  States-General appoints earl Mauritius, viceroy of Utrecht   

1595  Cornelis de Houtman's ships depart to Asia through Cape of Good Hope.   

1602  Maria de Jesus de Agreda, [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscan   

1618  Francesco M Grimaldi, mathematician/physicist (light defraction).   

1628  Constantin Christian Dedekind, composer   

1632  Georg Caspar Weckler, composer   

1640  Matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45.   

1645  Robert Devereux steps down as parliament supreme commander.   

1657  Ferdinand III, King of Hungarian/Bohemia/German Emperor, dies at 48   

1705  Johann Lohner, composer, dies at 59   

1711  Jan Punt, Dutch engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool).   

1713  Onno Zwier van Haren, Frisian poet (Fatherland)   

1725  Giacomo Casanova, Italian lover, writer and philosopher is born   

1725  Casanova, writer.   

1728  Franz Asplmayr, composer.   

1733  Giacomo Tritto, composer   

1735  Christian Gotthilf Tag, composer   

1740  Armand-Gaston Camus, French CEO (Council of 500)   

1745  Austria and Bavaria sign peace   

1747  Johann J Dillenius, German botanist, dies at 63.   

1755  Commodore William James captures the pirate fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India   

1758  Johann Balthasar Konig, composer, dies at 67   

1762  In Burma a very destructive and violent earthquake felt all over Bengal, Arakan, etc., chiefly and most severely in the north part of the east coast of the Bay of Bengal   

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1348  Andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1385) was born on this day in history.   

1565  On April - 02 birth of cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1599)   

1602  Maria de Jesus de Agreda, [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscan was born on this day in history.   

1618  On this day in history birth of francesco M Grimaldi, mathematician/physicist (light defraction)   

1628  Constantin Christian Dedekind, composer was born on this day in history.   

1632  Georg Caspar Weckler, composer was born on April - 02.   

1653  On this day in history birth of prince George of Denmark, prince consort of Anne of England (d. 1708)   

1711  On April - 02 birth of jan Punt, Dutch engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool)   

1118  Boudouin I, of Bologne/Edessa, 1st crusader/king of Jerusalem, dies on this day in history.   

1272  Death of Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1209) on this day in history.   

1335  On this day in history death of duke Henry of Carinthia (b. circa 1265)   

1412  Death of Ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, Spanish traveler and writer (b. ????) on this day in history.   

1416  Ferdinand I, the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52 on April - 02.   

1502  On this day in history arthur, English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Aragon, dies   

1507  Death of Francis of Paola, Italian founder of the Order of the Minims (b. 1416) on this day in history.   

1640  Matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45 on April - 02.