Page 2: Historical Events In April - 05

1693  Anne M L of Orleans, duchess (Grande Mademoiselle), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1695  George Savile, 1st marquis of Halifax, dies at 61 on April - 05.   

1697  On this day in history charles XI, King of Sweden (1660-97), dies at 41   

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 April - 05.   

1723  On this day in history j Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect (Hofburg, Vienna), dies at 66   

1725  On this day in history 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  On this day in history british Museum forms (opens in 1759)   

1762  On April - 05 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  On this day in history franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund)   

1792  On April - 05 george Washington casts 1st presidential veto   

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  On this day in history vincenzo Fioravanti, composer   

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

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

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

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 this day in history 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  On April - 05 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 this day in history.   

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

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

0582  On April - 05 death of eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512)   

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

1419  Death of Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350) on this day in history.   

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)