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

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  On April - 05 john Luyken, poet/etcher (species company), dies at 63   

1722  On April - 05 jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island   

1723  On April - 05 j Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect (Hofburg, Vienna), dies at 66   

1725  Giacomo Casanova, Italian writer/philanderer/adventurer (uncertain) on this day in history.   

1727  Pasquale Ankossi, composer on April - 05.   

1732  On this day in history johann Christian Schieferdecker, composer, dies at 52   

1739  French emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty on this day in history.   

1751  Adolf Frederik of Holstein-Gottorp crowns himself king of Sweden on April - 05.   

1753  British Museum forms (opens in 1759) on April - 05.   

1762  On this day in history british take Grenada, West Indies, from French   

1765  On April - 05 edward Young, English poet (Love of Fame), dies at 81   

1768  On this day in history 1st US Chamber of Commerce forms (New York NY)   

1768  On this day in history 1st US Chamber of Commerce forms (NYC)   

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

1788  On this day in history franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund)   

1792  George Washington casts 1st presidential veto on April - 05.   

1794  On April - 05 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  On this day in history vincenzo Fioravanti, composer   

1803  On April - 05 1st performance of Beethoven's 2nd Symphony in D   

1804  On April - 05 high Possil Meteorite: The first recorded meteorite in Scotland falls in Possil.   

1806  Isaac Quintard patents apple cider on April - 05.   

1811  On April - 05 robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies   

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

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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336)   

1472  On this day in history birth of bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510)   

1523  On April - 05 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  Death of Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512) on this day in history.   

0828  Nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77 on this day in history.   

1168  On April - 05 death of robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104)   

1258  On this day in history julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies   

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 April - 05.   

1605  Death of Adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513) on April - 05.