Historical Events In April - 05

1693  Anne M L of Orleans, duchess (Grande Mademoiselle), dies at 65 on April - 05.  

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

1697  On April - 05 charles XI, King of Sweden (1660-97), dies at 41  

1698  Georg Gottfried Wagner, composer on this day in history.  

1712  On this day in history john Luyken, poet/etcher (species company), dies at 63  

1722  On April - 05 jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island  

1723  J Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect (Hofburg, Vienna), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1725  Giacomo Casanova, Italian writer/philanderer/adventurer (uncertain) on April - 05.  

1727  Pasquale Ankossi, composer on this day in history.  

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

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1739  On this day in history french emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty  

1751  On April - 05 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  On this day in history edward Young, English poet (Love of Fame), dies at 81  

1768  On April - 05 1st US Chamber of Commerce forms (New York NY)  

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

1784  Louis [Ludwig] Spohr, Germany, violin virtuoso/composer (Faust) on April - 05.  

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

1792  On April - 05 george Washington casts 1st presidential veto  

1794  On this day in history georges-Jacques Danton, French revolutionary leader, guillotined at 34  

1795  Henry Havelock, British soldier (War in Afghanistan 1838-39) on this day in history.  

1799  Vincenzo Fioravanti, composer on April - 05.  

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 April - 05.  

1806  Isaac Quintard patents apple cider on this day in history.  

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

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

1812  On this day in history brits storm Badajoz fortress, held by French and Spanish  

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

1814  Netherlands Bank issues it's 1st banknotes on April - 05.  

1815  On April - 05 eruption of Tambora volcano (Sumbawa Java)  

1818  In the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement on this day in history.  

1818  Lewis Baldwin Parsons, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.  

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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  On April - 05 birth of blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596)  

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

1595  On this day in history birth of john Wilson, composer  

1598  On this day in history birth of laurentius Erhard, composer  

1604  Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.  

1622  Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703) was born on April - 05.  

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 this day in history death of robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104)  

1258  Julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies on April - 05.  

1270  Ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies on this day in history.  

1419  On April - 05 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 this day in history.  

1605  Death of Adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513) on this day in history.