Page 2: Historical Events In April - 05

1693  On this day in history anne M L of Orleans, duchess (Grande Mademoiselle), dies at 65   

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  Georg Gottfried Wagner, composer on this day in history.   

1712  John Luyken, poet/etcher (species company), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history giacomo Casanova, Italian writer/philanderer/adventurer (uncertain)   

1727  Pasquale Ankossi, composer on this day in history.   

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  Adolf Frederik of Holstein-Gottorp crowns himself king of Sweden on this day in history.   

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

1762  On April - 05 british take Grenada, West Indies, from French   

1765  Edward Young, English poet (Love of Fame), dies at 81 on April - 05.   

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

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

1792  On this day in history george Washington casts 1st presidential veto   

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 this day in history.   

1799  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1806  On April - 05 isaac Quintard patents apple cider   

1811  Robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies on this day in history.   

1812  British storm Badajoz fortress, held by French & Spanish on this day in history.   

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  On April - 05 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  Lewis Baldwin Parsons, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on April - 05.   

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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 this day in history birth of blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596)   

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

1595  John Wilson, composer was born on April - 05.   

1598  On April - 05 birth of laurentius Erhard, composer   

1604  On this day in history birth of charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675)   

1622  On April - 05 birth of vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703)   

0582  On April - 05 death of eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512)   

0828  Nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77 on April - 05.   

1168  On this day in history death of robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104)   

1258  On April - 05 julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies   

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

1419  On this day in history death of vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350)   

1531  On this day in history 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 April - 05.