Historical Events In April - 05
Thursday, 15 April 2021
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.
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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