Historical Events In April - 05

1693  On this day in history 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  On April - 05 john Luyken, poet/etcher (species company), dies at 63   

1722  Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island on this day in history.   

1723  J Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect (Hofburg, Vienna), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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

1727  On this day in history pasquale Ankossi, composer   

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

1739  On this day in history french emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty   

1751  On April - 05 adolf Frederik of Holstein-Gottorp crowns himself king of Sweden   

1753  On April - 05 british Museum forms (opens in 1759)   

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

1765  Edward Young, English poet (Love of Fame), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1768  1st US Chamber of Commerce forms (New York NY) on April - 05.   

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

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

1788  Franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund) on this day in history.   

1792  George Washington casts 1st presidential veto on April - 05.   

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  Vincenzo Fioravanti, composer on April - 05.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1811  Robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies on this day in history.   

1812  British storm Badajoz fortress, held by French & Spanish on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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 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  On this day in history birth of bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510)   

1523  On this day in history birth of blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596)   

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

1595  On April - 05 birth of john Wilson, composer   

1598  Laurentius Erhard, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  On April - 05 nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77   

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 April - 05.   

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  Death of Adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513) on April - 05.