Page 2: Historical Events In April - 05

1693  Anne M L of Orleans, duchess (Grande Mademoiselle), dies at 65   

1695  George Savile, 1st marquis of Halifax, dies at 61   

1697  Charles XI, King of Sweden (1660-97), dies at 41   

1698  Georg Gottfried Wagner, composer   

1712  John Luyken, poet/etcher (species company), dies at 63   

1722  Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island.   

1723  J Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect (Hofburg, Vienna), dies at 66   

1725  Giacomo Casanova, Italian writer/philanderer/adventurer (uncertain).   

1727  Pasquale Ankossi, composer.   

1732  Johann Christian Schieferdecker, composer, dies at 52   

1739  French emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty.   

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

1753  British Museum forms (opens in 1759).   

1762  British take Grenada, West Indies, from French   

1765  Edward Young, English poet (Love of Fame), dies at 81   

1768  1st US Chamber of Commerce forms (New York NY).   

1768  1st US Chamber of Commerce forms (NYC)   

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

1788  Franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund).   

1792  George Washington casts 1st presidential veto.   

1794  Georges-Jacques Danton, French revolutionary leader, guillotined at 34   

1795  Henry Havelock, British soldier (War in Afghanistan 1838-39).   

1799  Vincenzo Fioravanti, composer   

1803  1st performance of Beethoven's 2nd Symphony in D.   

1804  High Possil Meteorite: The inaugural recorded meteorite in Scotland falls in Possil.   

1806  Isaac Quintard patents apple cider.   

1811  Robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies   

1812  British storm Badajoz fortress, held by French and Spanish.   

1812  Brits storm Badajoz fortress, held by French and Spanish.   

1814  Netherlands Bank issues it's 1st banknotes.   

1815  Eruption of Tambora volcano (Sumbawa Java).   

1818  In the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement.   

1818  Lewis Baldwin Parsons, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers).   

1820  Nadar, [Félix Tournachon], French painter/cartoonist/author/ballonist.   

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1288  Emperor go-fushimi of japan: Emperor go-fushimi of japan (d. 1336)   

1472  Bianca maria sforza: Wife of maximilian i, holy roman emperor   

1523  Blaise de vigenère: French cryptographer   

1588  Thomas hobbes: England, philosopher (leviathan)   

1595  John wilson: Composer   

1598  Laurentius erhard: Composer   

1604  Charles iv: Duke of lorraine   

1622  Vincenzo viviani: Italian mathematician   

0582  Eutychius: Patriarch of constantinople (c. 512)   

0828  Death of Nicephorus: Patriarch of constantinopel (806-15),   

1168  Death of Robert de beaumont: 2nd earl of leicester (b. 1104)   

1258  Death of Julian of cornillon/liege: Flemish visionary/saint,   

1270  Death of Ramban nachmanides: Talmudic scholar (hiddushei ha-ramden),   

1419  Vincent ferrer: Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350)   

1531  Richard roose: Boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop   

1605  Death of Adam loftus: English protestant archbishop in ireland (c.1513)