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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 April - 05.   

1739  French emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty on April - 05.   

1751  Adolf Frederik of Holstein-Gottorp crowns himself king of Sweden on April - 05.   

1753  British Museum forms (opens in 1759) on this day in history.   

1762  On this day in history 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 this day in history 1st US Chamber of Commerce forms (New York NY)   

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

1784  Louis [Ludwig] Spohr, Germany, violin virtuoso/composer (Faust) on April - 05.   

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

1792  George Washington casts 1st presidential veto on this day in history.   

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

1795  Henry Havelock, British soldier (War in Afghanistan 1838-39) on April - 05.   

1799  Vincenzo Fioravanti, composer on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies   

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

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

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

1814  On this day in history netherlands Bank issues it's 1st banknotes   

1815  Eruption of Tambora volcano (Sumbawa Java) on this day in history.   

1818  In the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement on this day in history.   

1818  Lewis Baldwin Parsons, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on April - 05.   

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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 this day in history.   

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

1598  Laurentius Erhard, composer was born on April - 05.   

1604  On April - 05 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 this day in history death of eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512)   

0828  Nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77 on April - 05.   

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

1258  Julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies on April - 05.   

1270  On April - 05 ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies   

1419  On this day in history death of vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350)   

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)