Page 2: Historical Events In April - 05

1693  On April - 05 anne M L of Orleans, duchess (Grande Mademoiselle), dies at 65   

1695  On April - 05 george Savile, 1st marquis of Halifax, dies at 61   

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

1698  On April - 05 georg Gottfried Wagner, composer   

1712  John Luyken, poet/etcher (species company), dies at 63 on April - 05.   

1722  On April - 05 jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island   

1723  J Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect (Hofburg, Vienna), dies at 66 on April - 05.   

1725  Giacomo Casanova, Italian writer/philanderer/adventurer (uncertain) on April - 05.   

1727  Pasquale Ankossi, composer on this day in history.   

1732  On April - 05 johann Christian Schieferdecker, composer, dies at 52   

1739  French emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty on this day in history.   

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  On April - 05 british take Grenada, West Indies, from French   

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

1768  On April - 05 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 this day in history.   

1788  On this day in history franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund)   

1792  On this day in history george Washington casts 1st presidential veto   

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 April - 05.   

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

1804  High Possil Meteorite: The first recorded meteorite in Scotland falls in Possil on this day in history.   

1806  Isaac Quintard patents apple cider on April - 05.   

1811  On April - 05 robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies   

1812  British storm Badajoz fortress, held by French & Spanish on April - 05.   

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

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

1818  On April - 05 in the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement   

1818  On this day in history lewis Baldwin Parsons, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

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1288  On April - 05 birth of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336)   

1472  On April - 05 birth of bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510)   

1523  On April - 05 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 April - 05.   

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

1604  Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.   

1622  Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703) was born on April - 05.   

0582  Death of Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512) on April - 05.   

0828  On April - 05 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 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  Death of Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350) on this day in history.   

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

1605  Death of Adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513) on April - 05.