Historical Events In April - 05

1693  On April - 05 anne M L of Orleans, duchess (Grande Mademoiselle), dies at 65   

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 April - 05.   

1698  On April - 05 georg Gottfried Wagner, composer   

1712  John Luyken, poet/etcher (species company), dies at 63 on April - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

1727  Pasquale Ankossi, composer on April - 05.   

1732  On April - 05 johann Christian Schieferdecker, composer, dies at 52   

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

1751  On this day in history adolf Frederik of Holstein-Gottorp crowns himself king of Sweden   

1753  British Museum forms (opens in 1759) on April - 05.   

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

1765  Edward Young, English poet (Love of Fame), dies at 81 on April - 05.   

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

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  On April - 05 george Washington casts 1st presidential veto   

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

1795  Henry Havelock, British soldier (War in Afghanistan 1838-39) on this day in history.   

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  Robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1814  Netherlands Bank issues it's 1st banknotes on this day in history.   

1815  Eruption of Tambora volcano (Sumbawa Java) on April - 05.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

0828  Nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77 on this day in history.   

1168  Death of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104) on April - 05.   

1258  On this day in history julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies   

1270  Ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies on this day in history.   

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 April - 05.