Page 2: Historical Events In April - 05

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

1695  George Savile, 1st marquis of Halifax, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1697  Charles XI, King of Sweden (1660-97), dies at 41 on April - 05.   

1698  On this day in history georg Gottfried Wagner, composer   

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

1722  On April - 05 jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island   

1723  J Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect (Hofburg, Vienna), dies at 66 on April - 05.   

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

1727  Pasquale Ankossi, composer on this day in history.   

1732  Johann Christian Schieferdecker, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1753  On this day in history british Museum forms (opens in 1759)   

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

1765  Edward Young, English poet (Love of Fame), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1768  On April - 05 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 April - 05.   

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

1792  George Washington casts 1st presidential veto on this day in history.   

1794  Georges-Jacques Danton, French revolutionary leader, guillotined at 34 on April - 05.   

1795  On April - 05 henry Havelock, British soldier (War in Afghanistan 1838-39)   

1799  On April - 05 vincenzo Fioravanti, composer   

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

1804  High Possil Meteorite: The first recorded meteorite in Scotland falls in Possil on this day in history.   

1806  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1812  Brits storm Badajoz fortress, held by French and Spanish on April - 05.   

1812  On this day in history brits storm Badajoz fortress, held by French & Spanish   

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 April - 05 in the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement   

1818  On April - 05 lewis Baldwin Parsons, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

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1288  Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336) was born on this day in history.   

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

1523  Blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596) was born on April - 05.   

1588  Thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan) was born on this day in history.   

1595  On April - 05 birth of john Wilson, composer   

1598  On this day in history birth of laurentius Erhard, composer   

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

1622  Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703) was born on this day in history.   

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

0828  On April - 05 nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77   

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  On this day in history ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies   

1419  Death of Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350) on April - 05.   

1531  Death of Richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop on this day in history.   

1605  On April - 05 death of adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513)