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  Charles XI, King of Sweden (1660-97), dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1698  Georg Gottfried Wagner, composer on April - 05.   

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

1722  Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history pasquale Ankossi, composer   

1732  Johann Christian Schieferdecker, composer, dies at 52 on April - 05.   

1739  On this day in history french emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty   

1751  Adolf Frederik of Holstein-Gottorp crowns himself king of Sweden on this day in history.   

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

1762  On April - 05 british take Grenada, West Indies, from French   

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

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

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

1784  On April - 05 louis [Ludwig] Spohr, Germany, violin virtuoso/composer (Faust)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1799  Vincenzo Fioravanti, composer on April - 05.   

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

1804  High Possil Meteorite: The first recorded meteorite in Scotland falls in Possil on April - 05.   

1806  On this day in history isaac Quintard patents apple cider   

1811  On April - 05 robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies   

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

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

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

1814  On this day in history netherlands Bank issues it's 1st banknotes   

1815  Eruption of Tambora volcano (Sumbawa Java) on this day in history.   

1818  On this day in history in the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement   

1818  Lewis Baldwin Parsons, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

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1288  Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336) was born on April - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1598  Laurentius Erhard, composer was born on this day in history.   

1604  On this day in history 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 April - 05.   

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