Page 2: Historical Events In April - 05

1693  On April - 05 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  Charles XI, King of Sweden (1660-97), dies at 41 on April - 05.   

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  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  On this day in history pasquale Ankossi, composer   

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

1753  On April - 05 british Museum forms (opens in 1759)   

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  On April - 05 1st US Chamber of Commerce forms (New York NY)   

1768  1st US Chamber of Commerce forms (NYC) on April - 05.   

1784  Louis [Ludwig] Spohr, Germany, violin virtuoso/composer (Faust) on April - 05.   

1788  Franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund) on April - 05.   

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

1794  On this day in history georges-Jacques Danton, French revolutionary leader, guillotined at 34   

1795  Henry Havelock, British soldier (War in Afghanistan 1838-39) on April - 05.   

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  Isaac Quintard patents apple cider on April - 05.   

1811  On this day in history robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies   

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

1812  On April - 05 brits storm Badajoz fortress, held by French and Spanish   

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  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  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 April - 05 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  Thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1604  On April - 05 birth of charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675)   

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

0582  Death of Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512) on April - 05.   

0828  On this day in history nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77   

1168  On April - 05 death of robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104)   

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

1270  On this day in history ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies   

1419  On this day in history 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  Death of Adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513) on this day in history.