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  On this day in history georg Gottfried Wagner, composer   

1712  On April - 05 john Luyken, poet/etcher (species company), dies at 63   

1722  On this day in history jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island   

1723  On April - 05 j Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect (Hofburg, Vienna), dies at 66   

1725  On April - 05 giacomo Casanova, Italian writer/philanderer/adventurer (uncertain)   

1727  Pasquale Ankossi, composer on this day in history.   

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

1739  On April - 05 french emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty   

1751  Adolf Frederik of Holstein-Gottorp crowns himself king of Sweden on April - 05.   

1753  British Museum forms (opens in 1759) on this day in history.   

1762  British take Grenada, West Indies, from French on April - 05.   

1765  On this day in history edward Young, English poet (Love of Fame), dies at 81   

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

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

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

1788  On April - 05 franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund)   

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

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 this day in history.   

1799  Vincenzo Fioravanti, composer on April - 05.   

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

1804  On this day in history high Possil Meteorite: The first recorded meteorite in Scotland falls in Possil.   

1806  Isaac Quintard patents apple cider on April - 05.   

1811  Robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies on April - 05.   

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

1812  On this day in history 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  In the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement on April - 05.   

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  On this day in history birth of blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596)   

1588  On this day in history birth of thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan)   

1595  John Wilson, composer was born on this day in history.   

1598  Laurentius Erhard, composer was born on April - 05.   

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

1622  On April - 05 birth of vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703)   

0582  Death of Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512) on this day in history.   

0828  Nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77 on April - 05.   

1168  On this day in history 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  Ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies on April - 05.   

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.