Page 2: Historical Events In April - 05

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

1695  On this day in history 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  Georg Gottfried Wagner, composer on this day in history.   

1712  On this day in history john Luyken, poet/etcher (species company), dies at 63   

1722  On April - 05 jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island   

1723  J Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect (Hofburg, Vienna), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1725  Giacomo Casanova, Italian writer/philanderer/adventurer (uncertain) on April - 05.   

1727  Pasquale Ankossi, composer on April - 05.   

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  Edward Young, English poet (Love of Fame), dies at 81 on April - 05.   

1768  1st US Chamber of Commerce forms (New York NY) on this day in history.   

1768  1st US Chamber of Commerce forms (NYC) on this day in history.   

1784  On this day in history louis [Ludwig] Spohr, Germany, violin virtuoso/composer (Faust)   

1788  Franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund) on this day in history.   

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

1799  Vincenzo Fioravanti, composer on this day in history.   

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

1812  British storm Badajoz fortress, held by French & Spanish on April - 05.   

1812  Brits storm Badajoz fortress, held by French and Spanish on this day in history.   

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

1814  On April - 05 netherlands Bank issues it's 1st banknotes   

1815  On this day in history eruption of Tambora volcano (Sumbawa Java)   

1818  In the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement on this day in history.   

1818  On this day in history lewis Baldwin Parsons, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

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1288  On April - 05 birth of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336)   

1472  Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510) was born on April - 05.   

1523  Blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596) was born on this day in history.   

1588  Thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan) was born on April - 05.   

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

1258  On April - 05 julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies   

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  Death of Adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513) on April - 05.