Historical Events In April - 05

1820  On this day in history nadar, [Félix Tournachon], French painter/cartoonist/author/ballonist  

1820  Henrik C Cras, lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii), dies at 81 on April - 05.  

1822  James Nagle, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1866 on April - 05.  

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

1825  David Rumph "Neighbor" Jones, Major General (Confederate Army) on April - 05.  

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

1828  On April - 05 pietro Plantania, composer  

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

1832  Jules-Francois Camille Ferry, French statesman on this day in history.  

1837  Algernon Charles Swinburne, England, poet (Atalanta in Calydon) on April - 05.  

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

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

1845  On April - 05 jules M Cambon, French gov-gen of Algeria/ambassador  

1847  Opera "Die Fledermaus" is produced (Vienna) on this day in history.  

1853  On April - 05 a De Gasparis discovers asteroid #24 Themis  

1853  Asteroid 24, Themis discovered on April - 05.  

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

1853  Alfonso Randano, composer on this day in history.  

1854  On this day in history vicente Goicoechea Errasti, composer  

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

1857  On April - 05 alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, ruler of Bulgaria (1879-86)  

1859  On this day in history wilhelm Harteveld, composer  

1861  On this day in history federals abandon Fort Quitman TX  

1861  On this day in history federals abandon Ft Quitman, Tx  

1862  On this day in history siege of Yorktown VA  

1862  Louis Ganne, composer on April - 05.  

1865  On April - 05 battle at Amelia Springs/Jetersville VA (Appomattox Campaign)  

1868  J F "Flooi" Du Toit, cricketer (one Test S Africa 1892) on April - 05.  

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

1871  On this day in history jeanne Bougeois, [La Mistinguette], artist (French revue)  

1871  On April - 05 georg Andreas Henkel, composer, dies at 66  

1874  On this day in history johann Strauss Sr's opera "Die Fledermaus", premieres in Vienna  

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

1876  Viktor Patrick Vretblad, composer on April - 05.  

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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  Blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596) was born on April - 05.  

1588  Thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan) was born on April - 05.  

1595  On April - 05 birth of john Wilson, composer  

1598  On this day in history 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 April - 05.  

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 this day in history.  

1258  On April - 05 julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies  

1270  On this day in history ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies  

1419  On April - 05 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 April - 05.  

1605  Death of Adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513) on this day in history.