Historical Events In April - 05

1820  On April - 05 nadar, [Félix Tournachon], French painter/cartoonist/author/ballonist  

1820  Henrik C Cras, lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1822  On April - 05 james Nagle, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1866  

1824  On April - 05 sydney Thompson Dobell, poet (Roman)  

1825  On April - 05 david Rumph "Neighbor" Jones, Major General (Confederate Army)  

1827  On April - 05 joseph Lister, England, physician (founded aseptic surgery)  

1828  On this day in history pietro Plantania, composer  

1830  Alexander Muir, Lesmahagow Scotland, poet (Maple Leaf Forever) on this day in history.  

1832  On this day in history jules-Francois Camille Ferry, French statesman  

1837  Algernon Charles Swinburne, England, poet (Atalanta in Calydon) on this day in history.  

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1838  On April - 05 alpheus Hyatt, US, invertebrate paleontologist  

1839  On April - 05 robert Smalls, Beaufort SC, black congressman 1875-87 (Rep-SC)  

1845  Jules M Cambon, French gov-gen of Algeria/ambassador on this day in history.  

1847  On April - 05 opera "Die Fledermaus" is produced (Vienna)  

1853  On this day in history a De Gasparis discovers asteroid #24 Themis  

1853  On this day in history asteroid 24, Themis discovered  

1853  On April - 05 deGasparis discovers his 7th asteroid, Themis (24)  

1853  Alfonso Randano, composer on April - 05.  

1854  Vicente Goicoechea Errasti, composer on this day in history.  

1856  Booker Taliaferro Washington, pioneer educator (1st black on US stamp) on this day in history.  

1857  Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, ruler of Bulgaria (1879-86) on April - 05.  

1859  Wilhelm Harteveld, composer on April - 05.  

1861  On this day in history federals abandon Fort Quitman TX  

1861  On April - 05 federals abandon Ft Quitman, Tx  

1862  On this day in history siege of Yorktown VA  

1862  On this day in history louis Ganne, composer  

1865  Battle at Amelia Springs/Jetersville VA (Appomattox Campaign) on this day in history.  

1868  On this day in history j F "Flooi" Du Toit, cricketer (one Test S Africa 1892)  

1869  On April - 05 albert Roussel, Tourcoing France, composer (Rapsodie Flamende)  

1871  Jeanne Bougeois, [La Mistinguette], artist (French revue) on April - 05.  

1871  Georg Andreas Henkel, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1874  Johann Strauss Sr's opera "Die Fledermaus", premieres in Vienna on this day in history.  

1874  On this day in history "Die Fledermaus" 1st performed (Vienna)  

1876  Viktor Patrick Vretblad, composer on this day in history.  

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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 April - 05.  

1588  On April - 05 birth of thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan)  

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

1598  On April - 05 birth of laurentius Erhard, composer  

1604  Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675) was born on April - 05.  

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 this day in history death of robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104)  

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

1270  Ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies on April - 05.  

1419  Death of Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350) on April - 05.  

1531  On this day in history death of richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop  

1605  On April - 05 death of adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513)