Page 2: Historical Events In April - 05

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

1695  George Savile, 1st marquis of Halifax, dies at 61 on April - 05.   

1697  On this day in history charles XI, King of Sweden (1660-97), dies at 41   

1698  On April - 05 georg Gottfried Wagner, composer   

1712  John Luyken, poet/etcher (species company), dies at 63 on April - 05.   

1722  On this day in history jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island   

1723  J Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect (Hofburg, Vienna), dies at 66 on April - 05.   

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  On this day in history french emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty   

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  British take Grenada, West Indies, from French on this day in history.   

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 April - 05.   

1768  On April - 05 1st US Chamber of Commerce forms (NYC)   

1784  On this day in history louis [Ludwig] Spohr, Germany, violin virtuoso/composer (Faust)   

1788  Franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund) on April - 05.   

1792  George Washington casts 1st presidential veto on this day in history.   

1794  Georges-Jacques Danton, French revolutionary leader, guillotined at 34 on this day in history.   

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

1799  On April - 05 vincenzo Fioravanti, composer   

1803  1st performance of Beethoven's 2nd Symphony in D on this day in history.   

1804  High Possil Meteorite: The first recorded meteorite in Scotland falls in Possil on April - 05.   

1806  On this day in history isaac Quintard patents apple cider   

1811  On this day in history robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies   

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

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

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

1814  On this day in history netherlands Bank issues it's 1st banknotes   

1815  On April - 05 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  Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336) was born on April - 05.   

1472  Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510) was born on this day in history.   

1523  Blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596) was born on April - 05.   

1588  On April - 05 birth of thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan)   

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  Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703) was born on April - 05.   

0582  Death of Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512) on this day in history.   

0828  On April - 05 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  Julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies on April - 05.   

1270  On April - 05 ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies   

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  Death of Adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513) on this day in history.