Historical Events In April - 02

0742  The birth of Charlemagne, French emperor on April - 02.  

0742  Charlemagne, 1st Holy Roman emperor (800-14) on April - 02.  

0999  Gerbert of Aurillac elected as 1st French Pope on this day in history.  

1118  On April - 02 boudouin I, of Bologne/Edessa, 1st crusader/king of Jerusalem, dies  

1416  On April - 02 alfonso V succeeds his father as king of Aragon  

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

1453  On April - 02 mehmed II begins his siege of Constantinople (İstanbul), which would fall on May 29.  

1502  On April - 02 arthur, English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Aragon, dies  

1513  Florida discovered, claimed for Spain by Ponce de Le¢n on this day in history.  

1513  Florida discovered, claimed for Spain by Ponce de Leon on this day in history.  

1550  On this day in history jews are expelled from Genoa Italy  

1559  On April - 02 england/France signs 1st Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambrésis  

1590  On this day in history states-General appoints earl Mauritius, viceroy of Utrecht  

1595  Cornelis de Houtman's ships depart to Asia through Cape of Good Hope on this day in history.  

1602  On this day in history maria de Jesus de Agreda, [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscan  

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

1628  On this day in history constantin Christian Dedekind, composer  

1632  On April - 02 georg Caspar Weckler, composer  

1640  On this day in history matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45  

1645  On this day in history robert Devereux resigns as parliament supreme commander  

1657  Ferdinand III, King of Hungarian/Bohemia/German Emperor, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

1705  Johann Lohner, composer, dies at 59 on April - 02.  

1711  On this day in history jan Punt, Dutch engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool)  

1713  Onno Zwier van Haren, Frisian poet (Fatherland) on April - 02.  

1725  On this day in history the birth of Giacomo Casanova, Italian lover, writer and philosopher  

1725  Casanova, writer on April - 02.  

1728  Franz Asplmayr, composer on April - 02.  

1733  On this day in history giacomo Tritto, composer  

1735  On April - 02 christian Gotthilf Tag, composer  

1740  Armand-Gaston Camus, French CEO (Council of 500) on April - 02.  

1745  Austria & Bavaria sign peace on this day in history.  

1747  Johann J Dillenius, German botanist, dies at 63 on April - 02.  

1755  Commodore William James captures the pirate fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India on this day in history.  

1758  Johann Balthasar Konig, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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1348  Andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1385) was born on April - 02.  

1565  Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1599) was born on April - 02.  

1602  On April - 02 birth of maria de Jesus de Agreda, [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscan  

1618  Francesco M Grimaldi, mathematician/physicist (light defraction) was born on this day in history.  

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

1632  On this day in history birth of georg Caspar Weckler, composer  

1653  On April - 02 birth of prince George of Denmark, prince consort of Anne of England (d. 1708)  

1711  Jan Punt, Dutch engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool) was born on this day in history.  

1118  On this day in history boudouin I, of Bologne/Edessa, 1st crusader/king of Jerusalem, dies  

1272  On April - 02 death of richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1209)  

1335  On April - 02 death of duke Henry of Carinthia (b. circa 1265)  

1412  Death of Ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, Spanish traveler and writer (b. ????) on April - 02.  

1416  On April - 02 ferdinand I, the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52  

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 this day in history.