Historical Events In April - 05

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

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 this day in history georg Gottfried Wagner, composer  

1712  On April - 05 john Luyken, poet/etcher (species company), dies at 63  

1722  Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island on April - 05.  

1723  On this day in history j Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect (Hofburg, Vienna), dies at 66  

1725  On this day in history giacomo Casanova, Italian writer/philanderer/adventurer (uncertain)  

1727  On April - 05 pasquale Ankossi, composer  

1732  Johann Christian Schieferdecker, composer, dies at 52 on April - 05.  

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1739  On April - 05 french emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty  

1751  On this day in history adolf Frederik of Holstein-Gottorp crowns himself king of Sweden  

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 this day in history edward Young, English poet (Love of Fame), dies at 81  

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

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 April - 05 franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund)  

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

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

1795  On this day in history henry Havelock, British soldier (War in Afghanistan 1838-39)  

1799  Vincenzo Fioravanti, composer on this day in history.  

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  On April - 05 isaac Quintard patents apple cider  

1811  Robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies on April - 05.  

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  Netherlands Bank issues it's 1st banknotes on this day in history.  

1815  Eruption of Tambora volcano (Sumbawa Java) on this day in history.  

1818  In the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement on April - 05.  

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  Blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1598  Laurentius Erhard, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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  On this day in history nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77  

1168  Death of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104) on this day in history.  

1258  Julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513)