April 5th All Events |
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| April 5th, 2008 (April 05 2008) | Death | Charlton Heston, American Actor (born in 1923) | |
| April 5th, 2007 (April 05 2007) | Event | Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone is named Camerlengo of Holy Roman Church. | |
| April 5th, 2007 (April 05 2007) | Death | Mark St. John, American musician (Kiss)(born in 1956) | |
| April 5th, 2007 (April 05 2007) | Death | Darryl Stingley, American football player (born in 1951) | |
| April 5th, 2007 (April 05 2007) | Death | Maria Gripe, Swedish writer (born in 1923) | |
| April 5th, 2007 (April 05 2007) | Death | Leela Majumdar, Bengali writer (born in 1908) | |
| April 5th, 2007 (April 05 2007) | Death | Poornachandra Tejaswi, Kannada writer (born in 1938) | |
| April 5th, 2006 (April 05 2006) | Death | Gene Pitney, American singer (born in 1941) | |
| April 5th, 2005 (April 05 2005) | Death | Saul Bellow, Canadian born writer, Nobel laureate (born in 1915) | Saul Bellow Quotes |
| April 5th, 2005 (April 05 2005) | Death | Dale Messick, American comic strip artist (born in 1906) | |
| April 5th, 2005 (April 05 2005) | Death | Debralee Scott, American actress (born in 1953) | |
| April 5th, 2005 (April 05 2005) | Death | John Sichel, British film and television director (born in 1937) | |
| April 5th, 2004 (April 05 2004) | Death | Heiner Zieschang, German mathematician (born in 1936) | |
| April 5th, 2004 (April 05 2004) | Death | Slawomir Rawicz, Polish soldier (born in 1915) | |
| April 5th, 2002 (April 05 2002) | Death | Layne Staley, American musician (Alice in Chains) (born in 1967) | |
| April 5th, 2001 (April 05 2001) | Death | Brother Theodore, German comedian (born in 1906) | |
| April 5th, 2000 (April 05 2000) | Death | Lee Petty, American race car driver (born in 1914) | |
| April 5th, 1999 (April 05 1999) | Event | Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am flight 103 in 1988 are handed over for eventual trial in the Netherlands. | |
| April 5th, 1999 (April 05 1999) | Death | Paul David, French-Canadian cardiologist (born in 1919) | |
| April 5th, 1998 (April 05 1998) | Event | In Japan, the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge linking Shikoku with Honshu and costing about $3.8 billion USD, opens to traffic, becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world. | |
| April 5th, 1998 (April 05 1998) | Death | Cozy Powell, British musician (born in 1947) | |
| April 5th, 1997 (April 05 1997) | Death | Allen Ginsberg, American poet (born in 1926) | |
| April 5th, 1994 (April 05 1994) | Death | Kurt Cobain, American musician (Nirvana) (born in 1967) | |
| April 5th, 1992 (April 05 1992) | Event | Several hundred-thousand abortion rights demonstrators march in Washington, D.C. | |
| April 5th, 1992 (April 05 1992) | Event | Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru, dissolves the Peruvian congress by military force. | |
| April 5th, 1992 (April 05 1992) | Event | The Siege of Sarajevo begins when Serb paramilitaries murder peace protesters Suada Dilberovic and Olga Sucic on the Vrbanja Bridge. | |
| April 5th, 1992 (April 05 1992) | Death | Molly Picon, American actress (born in 1898) | |
| April 5th, 1992 (April 05 1992) | Death | Sam Walton, American retailer (born in 1918) | |
| April 5th, 1991 (April 05 1991) | Event | An ASA EMB 120 crashes in Brunswick, Georgia, killing all 23 aboard. | |
| April 5th, 1991 (April 05 1991) | Death | John Tower, American politician (born in 1925) | |
| April 5th, 1991 (April 05 1991) | Death | Sonny Carter, American astronaut (born in 1947) | |
| April 5th, 1990 (April 05 1990) | Birth | Haruma Miura, Japanese Actor | |
| April 5th, 1989 (April 05 1989) | Death | Maria Cristina Gomez, Salvadoran Teacher (born in 1938) | |
| April 5th, 1986 (April 05 1986) | Event | Three people are killed in the bombing of the La Belle Discotheque in West Berlin, Germany. | |
| April 5th, 1984 (April 05 1984) | Birth | Shin Min-a, South Korean model and actress | |
| April 5th, 1983 (April 05 1983) | Death | Danny Rapp, American musician (Danny & the Juniors) (born in 1941) | |
| April 5th, 1982 (April 05 1982) | Birth | Thomas Hitzlsperger, German footballer | |
| April 5th, 1982 (April 05 1982) | Birth | Matt Pickens, American soccer player | |
| April 5th, 1982 (April 05 1982) | Birth | Alexandre Premat, French racing driver | |
| April 5th, 1982 (April 05 1982) | Death | Abe Fortas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (born in 1910) | |
| April 5th, 1981 (April 05 1981) | Birth | Jorge de la Rosa, Mexican baseball player | |
| April 5th, 1981 (April 05 1981) | Birth | Michael A. Monsoor, a United States Navy SEAL killed in Iraq and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. | |
| April 5th, 1981 (April 05 1981) | Death | Bob Hite, American singer (Canned Heat) (born in 1945) | |
| April 5th, 1980 (April 05 1980) | Birth | Matt Bonner, American basketball player | |
| April 5th, 1980 (April 05 1980) | Birth | Lee Jae Won, South Korean actor, singer, and rapper | |
| April 5th, 1980 (April 05 1980) | Birth | John McLaughlin, American television reporter | |
| April 5th, 1979 (April 05 1979) | Birth | Timo Hildebrand, German footballer | |
| April 5th, 1979 (April 05 1979) | Death | Eugene Gabritschevsky, Russian biologist and artist (born in 1893) | |
| April 5th, 1978 (April 05 1978) | Birth | Franziska van Almsick, German swimmer | |
| April 5th, 1978 (April 05 1978) | Birth | Stephen Jackson, American basketball player | |
| April 5th, 1976 (April 05 1976) | Event | In the People s Republic of China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen incident. | |
| April 5th, 1976 (April 05 1976) | Birth | Kim Collins, Nevisian sprinter | |
| April 5th, 1976 (April 05 1976) | Birth | Ryan Drese, American baseball player | |
| April 5th, 1976 (April 05 1976) | Birth | Ross Gload, American baseball player | |
| April 5th, 1976 (April 05 1976) | Birth | Simone Inzaghi, Italian footballer | |
| April 5th, 1976 (April 05 1976) | Birth | Fernando Morientes, Spanish footballer | |
| April 5th, 1976 (April 05 1976) | Death | Howard Hughes, American aviator (born in 1905) | |
| April 5th, 1976 (April 05 1976) | Death | Wilder Penfield, Canadian surgeon (born in 1891) | |
| April 5th, 1975 (April 05 1975) | Birth | John Hartson, Welsh footballer | John Hart Quotes |
| April 5th, 1975 (April 05 1975) | Death | Chiang Kai-shek, 1st President of the Republic of China (born in 1887) | |
| April 5th, 1974 (April 05 1974) | Birth | Sahaj Ticotin, American musician/producer (Ra) | |
| April 5th, 1974 (April 05 1974) | Birth | Uhm Tae Woong, South Korean actor | |
| April 5th, 1974 (April 05 1974) | Death | A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter (born in 1882) | |
| April 5th, 1973 (April 05 1973) | Birth | Tony Banks, American football player | Tony Banks Quotes |
| April 5th, 1973 (April 05 1973) | Birth | Elodie Bouchez, French actress | |
| April 5th, 1973 (April 05 1973) | Birth | Pharrell Williams, American music producer (The Neptunes) | |
| April 5th, 1973 (April 05 1973) | Death | John Coleman, Australian rules footballer (born in 1928) | |
| April 5th, 1972 (April 05 1972) | Birth | Krista Allen, American actress | |
| April 5th, 1972 (April 05 1972) | Birth | Tom Coronel, Dutch racing driver | |
| April 5th, 1972 (April 05 1972) | Birth | Pat Green, American singer and songwriter | |
| April 5th, 1972 (April 05 1972) | Birth | Paul Okon, Australian former footballer | |
| April 5th, 1972 (April 05 1972) | Death | Brian Donlevy, American actor (born in 1901) | |
| April 5th, 1971 (April 05 1971) | Event | In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches insurrection against the United Front government of Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike. | |
| April 5th, 1971 (April 05 1971) | Birth | Dong Abay, Filipino musician, singer-songwriter | |
| April 5th, 1970 (April 05 1970) | Birth | Thea Gill, Canadian actress | |
| April 5th, 1970 (April 05 1970) | Birth | Miho Hatori, Japanese singer and songwriter (Cibo Matto) | |
| April 5th, 1970 (April 05 1970) | Death | Alfred Henry Sturtevant, American geneticist (born in 1891) | |
| April 5th, 1969 (April 05 1969) | Event | Vietnam War: Massive antiwar demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities. | |
| April 5th, 1969 (April 05 1969) | Death | Ain-Ervin Mere, Estonian Nazi (born in 1903) | |
| April 5th, 1969 (April 05 1969) | Death | Shelby Storck, American television producer (born in 1917) | |
| April 5th, 1968 (April 05 1968) | Birth | Paula Cole, American musician | |
| April 5th, 1967 (April 05 1967) | Birth | Gary Gait, Canadian lacrosse player | |
| April 5th, 1967 (April 05 1967) | Death | Hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (born in 1890) | |
| April 5th, 1967 (April 05 1967) | Death | Mischa Elman, Ukrainian violinist (born in 1891) | |
| April 5th, 1966 (April 05 1966) | Birth | Mike McCready, American musician (Pearl Jam) | |
| April 5th, 1965 (April 05 1965) | Birth | Cris Carpenter, American baseball player | |
| April 5th, 1964 (April 05 1964) | Birth | Steve Beaton, English darts player | |
| April 5th, 1964 (April 05 1964) | Birth | Christopher "Kid" Reid, American rapper (Kid n Play) | |
| April 5th, 1964 (April 05 1964) | Death | General Douglas MacArthur, American general (born in 1880) | Douglas MacArthur Quotes |
| April 5th, 1962 (April 05 1962) | Birth | Lana Clarkson, American actress (died in 2003) | |
| April 5th, 1961 (April 05 1961) | Birth | Lisa Zane, American actress | |
| April 5th, 1958 (April 05 1958) | Event | Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time. | |
| April 5th, 1958 (April 05 1958) | Birth | Johan Kriek, South African born tennis player | |
| April 5th, 1957 (April 05 1957) | Event | In India, Communists win the first elections in united Kerala and E.M.S. Namboodiripad is sworn in as the first chief minister. | |
| April 5th, 1956 (April 05 1956) | Event | Fidel Castro declares himself at war with the President of Cuba. | Fidel Castro Quotes |
| April 5th, 1956 (April 05 1956) | Event | In Sri Lanka, the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna win the general elections in a landslide and S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike is sworn in as the Prime Minister. | |
| April 5th, 1956 (April 05 1956) | Birth | Diamond Dallas Page, American professional wrestler | |
| April 5th, 1955 (April 05 1955) | Event | Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health. | Winston Churchill Quotes |
| April 5th, 1955 (April 05 1955) | Birth | Akira Toriyama, Japanese manga artist | |
| April 5th, 1955 (April 05 1955) | Birth | Janice Long, English broadcaster | |
| April 5th, 1955 (April 05 1955) | Birth | Charlotte de Turckheim, French actress | |
| April 5th, 1954 (April 05 1954) | Birth | Stan Ridgway, American musician (Wall of Voodoo) | |
| April 5th, 1952 (April 05 1952) | Birth | Mitch Pileggi, American actor | |
| April 5th, 1952 (April 05 1952) | Death | Charles Collett, GWR chief mechanical engineer (born in 1871) | |
| April 5th, 1951 (April 05 1951) | Event | Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for performing espionage for the Soviet Union. | |
| April 5th, 1951 (April 05 1951) | Birth | Dean Kamen, American inventor | |
| April 5th, 1950 (April 05 1950) | Birth | Agnetha Faltskog, Swedish singer (ABBA) | |
| April 5th, 1950 (April 05 1950) | Birth | Miki Manojlovic, Serbian actor | |
| April 5th, 1949 (April 05 1949) | Event | Fireside Theater debuts on television. | |
| April 5th, 1949 (April 05 1949) | Event | A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements. | |
| April 5th, 1949 (April 05 1949) | Birth | John Berg (actor), American actor (died in 2007) | |
| April 5th, 1949 (April 05 1949) | Birth | Judith Resnik, American astronaut (died in 1986) | |
| April 5th, 1948 (April 05 1948) | Birth | Les Binks, British musician, former drummer for Judas Priest | |
| April 5th, 1948 (April 05 1948) | Birth | Dave Holland, British musician (Judas Priest) | |
| April 5th, 1947 (April 05 1947) | Birth | Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, 14th President of the Philippines | |
| April 5th, 1946 (April 05 1946) | Event | Soviet troops leave the island of Bornholm, Denmark after an 11 month occupation. | |
| April 5th, 1946 (April 05 1946) | Birth | Jane Asher, British actress | |
| April 5th, 1946 (April 05 1946) | Death | Vincent Youmans, American songwriter (born in 1898) | |
| April 5th, 1945 (April 05 1945) | Event | Cold War: Yugoslav leader Josip "Tito" Broz signs an agreement with the USSR to allow "temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory." | |
| April 5th, 1945 (April 05 1945) | Birth | Tommy Smith, English footballer | |
| April 5th, 1945 (April 05 1945) | Death | Karl Otto Koch, German SS-officer (born in 1897) | |
| April 5th, 1945 (April 05 1945) | Death | Huldreich Georg Fruh (born in 1903) | |
| April 5th, 1944 (April 05 1944) | Event | World War II: 270 inhabitants of the Greek town of Kleisoura are executed by the Germans. | |
| April 5th, 1944 (April 05 1944) | Birth | Pedro Rossello, Puerto Rican politician | |
| April 5th, 1943 (April 05 1943) | Birth | Max Gail, American actor | |
| April 5th, 1942 (April 05 1942) | Event | World War II: The Japanese Navy attacks Colombo in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Royal Navy Cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island. | |
| April 5th, 1942 (April 05 1942) | Birth | Peter Greenaway, Welsh film director | |
| April 5th, 1941 (April 05 1941) | Birth | Michael Moriarty, American actor | |
| April 5th, 1941 (April 05 1941) | Birth | Dave Swarbrick, British folk musician | |
| April 5th, 1941 (April 05 1941) | Death | Sir Nigel Gresley, Steam locomotive engineer (born in 1876) | |
| April 5th, 1939 (April 05 1939) | Birth | Ronald White, American singer and songwriter (died in 1995) | |
| April 5th, 1939 (April 05 1939) | Birth | Crispian St. Peters, British singer | |
| April 5th, 1937 (April 05 1937) | Birth | Colin Powell, U.S. Secretary of State | Colin Powell Quotes |
| April 5th, 1937 (April 05 1937) | Birth | Allan R. Thieme, American inventor | |
| April 5th, 1936 (April 05 1936) | Event | Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi. | |
| April 5th, 1936 (April 05 1936) | Birth | John Kelly, Irish republican politician (died in 2007) | |
| April 5th, 1935 (April 05 1935) | Birth | Peter Grant, British music manager (died in 1995) | |
| April 5th, 1934 (April 05 1934) | Birth | Roman Herzog, German politician | |
| April 5th, 1934 (April 05 1934) | Birth | Stanley Turrentine, American jazz saxophonist (died in 2000) | |
| April 5th, 1933 (April 05 1933) | Birth | Larry Felser, American sports columnist | |
| April 5th, 1933 (April 05 1933) | Birth | Frank Gorshin, American actor (died in 2005) | |
| April 5th, 1932 (April 05 1932) | Event | Alcohol prohibition in Finland ends. Alcohol sales begin in Alko liquor stores. | |
| April 5th, 1932 (April 05 1932) | Event | Dominion of Newfoundland: 10,000 rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government. | |
| April 5th, 1932 (April 05 1932) | Birth | Billy Bland, American singer and songwriter | |
| April 5th, 1930 (April 05 1930) | Event | In an act of civil disobedience, Mohandas Gandhi breaks British law after marching to the sea and making salt. | |
| April 5th, 1929 (April 05 1929) | Birth | Hugo Claus, Belgian writer (died in 2008) | |
| April 5th, 1929 (April 05 1929) | Birth | Ivar Giaever, Norwegian physicist, Nobel laureate | |
| April 5th, 1929 (April 05 1929) | Birth | Nigel Hawthorne, British actor (died in 2001) | |
| April 5th, 1929 (April 05 1929) | Birth | Joe Meek, English record producer | |
| April 5th, 1928 (April 05 1928) | Birth | Tony Williams, American singer (The Platters) (died in 1992) | |
| April 5th, 1928 (April 05 1928) | Death | Roy Kilner, English cricketer (born in 1890) | |
| April 5th, 1926 (April 05 1926) | Birth | Roger Corman, American film director | |
| April 5th, 1923 (April 05 1923) | Event | Firestone Tire and Rubber Company begins production of balloon-tires. | |
| April 5th, 1923 (April 05 1923) | Birth | Michael V. Gazzo, American actor (died in 1995) | |
| April 5th, 1923 (April 05 1923) | Birth | Nguyen Van Thieu, President of South Vietnam (died in 2001) | |
| April 5th, 1923 (April 05 1923) | Death | George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English financier (born in 1866) | George Herbert Quotes |
| April 5th, 1922 (April 05 1922) | Birth | Tom Finney, English footballer | |
| April 5th, 1922 (April 05 1922) | Birth | Christopher Hewett, British actor (died in 2001) | |
| April 5th, 1922 (April 05 1922) | Birth | Gale Storm, American singer | |
| April 5th, 1920 (April 05 1920) | Birth | Arthur Hailey, American writer (died in 2004) | |
| April 5th, 1920 (April 05 1920) | Birth | Rafique Zakaria, Indian author (died in 2005) | |
| April 5th, 1917 (April 05 1917) | Birth | Robert Bloch, American author (died in 1994) | |
| April 5th, 1916 (April 05 1916) | Birth | Gregory Peck, American actor (died in 2003) | |
| April 5th, 1912 (April 05 1912) | Birth | John Le Mesurier, British actor (died in 1983) | |
| April 5th, 1909 (April 05 1909) | Birth | Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer (died in 1996) | |
| April 5th, 1908 (April 05 1908) | Birth | Bette Davis, American actress (died in 1989) | Bette Davis Quotes |
| April 5th, 1908 (April 05 1908) | Birth | Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor (died in 1989) | |
| April 5th, 1908 (April 05 1908) | Birth | Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician (died in 1986) | |
| April 5th, 1906 (April 05 1906) | Birth | Lord Buckley, American monologist (died in 1960) | |
| April 5th, 1904 (April 05 1904) | Event | The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh & Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England. | |
| April 5th, 1901 (April 05 1901) | Birth | Melvyn Douglas, American actor (died in 1981) | |
| April 5th, 1900 (April 05 1900) | Birth | Spencer Tracy, American actor (died in 1967) | |
| April 5th, 1900 (April 05 1900) | Death | Joseph Louis Francois Bertrand, French mathematician (born in 1822) | |
| April 5th, 1897 (April 05 1897) | Event | The Greco-Turkish War, also called "Thirty Days War", is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire. | |
| April 5th, 1893 (April 05 1893) | Birth | Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (died in 1973) | |
| April 5th, 1879 (April 05 1879) | Event | Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific. | |
| April 5th, 1875 (April 05 1875) | Birth | Mistinguett, French vaudeville performer (died in 1956) | |
| April 5th, 1874 (April 05 1874) | Event | Birkenhead Park, the first civic public park, is opened in Birkenhead. | |
| April 5th, 1872 (April 05 1872) | Birth | Samuel Cate Prescott, American food scientist and microbiologist (died in 1962) | |
| April 5th, 1871 (April 05 1871) | Birth | Mirko Seljan, Croatian explorer (died in 1913?) | |
| April 5th, 1869 (April 05 1869) | Birth | Sergei Chaplygin, Russian physicist and engineer (died in 1942) | |
| April 5th, 1869 (April 05 1869) | Birth | Albert Roussel, French composer (died in 1937) | |
| April 5th, 1862 (April 05 1862) | Event | American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown begins. | |
| April 5th, 1856 (April 05 1856) | Birth | Booker T. Washington, American educator (died in 1915) | Booker T. Washington Quotes |
| April 5th, 1837 (April 05 1837) | Birth | Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet (died in 1909) | Algernon Charles Swinburne Quotes |
| April 5th, 1832 (April 05 1832) | Birth | Jules Ferry, French statesman (died in 1893) | |
| April 5th, 1827 (April 05 1827) | Birth | Joseph Lister, English surgeon (died in 1912) | |
| April 5th, 1818 (April 05 1818) | Event | In the Battle of Maipu, Chile s independence movementled by Bernardo O Higgins and Jose de San Martinwin a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead. | Jose de San Martin Quotes |
| April 5th, 1816 (April 05 1816) | Birth | Samuel Freeman Miller, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (died in 1890) | |
| April 5th, 1804 (April 05 1804) | Event | High Possil Meteorite: The first recorded meteorite in Scotland falls in Possil. | |
| April 5th, 1794 (April 05 1794) | Death | Georges Danton, French Revolutionary leader (born in 1759) | George Ade Quotes |
| April 5th, 1794 (April 05 1794) | Death | Camille Desmoulins, French journalist and politician (born in 1760) | |
| April 5th, 1792 (April 05 1792) | Event | U.S. President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States. | George Washington Quotes |
| April 5th, 1784 (April 05 1784) | Birth | Louis Spohr, German violinist (died in 1859) | |
| April 5th, 1765 (April 05 1765) | Death | Edward Young, English poet (born in 1683) | Edward Young Quotes |
| April 5th, 1752 (April 05 1752) | Birth | Sebastien Erard, French musical instruments maker (died in 1831) | |
| April 5th, 1735 (April 05 1735) | Death | William Derham, English minister and writer (born in 1657) | |
| April 5th, 1735 (April 05 1735) | Death | Samuel Wesley, English poet (born in 1662) | |
| April 5th, 1732 (April 05 1732) | Birth | Jean-Honore Fragonard, French artist (died in 1806) | |
| April 5th, 1717 (April 05 1717) | Death | Jean Jouvenet, French painter (born in 1647) | |
| April 5th, 1697 (April 05 1697) | Death | King Charles XI of Sweden (born in 1655) | |
| April 5th, 1695 (April 05 1695) | Death | George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, English writer (born in 1633) | George Savile Quotes |
| April 5th, 1693 (April 05 1693) | Death | Anne, Duchess of Montpensier, French writer (born in 1627) | |
| April 5th, 1692 (April 05 1692) | Birth | Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (died in 1730) | |
| April 5th, 1676 (April 05 1676) | Death | John Winthrop, the Younger, American politician (born in 1606) | |
| April 5th, 1673 (April 05 1673) | Death | Francois Caron, French explorer (born in 1600) | |
| April 5th, 1649 (April 05 1649) | Birth | Elihu Yale, American benefactor of Yale University (died in 1721) | |
| April 5th, 1622 (April 05 1622) | Birth | Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (died in 1703) | |
| April 5th, 1621 (April 05 1621) | Event | The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to Great Britain. | |
| April 5th, 1617 (April 05 1617) | Death | Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer (born in 1555) | |
| April 5th, 1614 (April 05 1614) | Event | In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. | |
| April 5th, 1609 (April 05 1609) | Event | Daimyo (Lord) of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyushu, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryukyu Kingdom in Okinawa. | |
| April 5th, 1605 (April 05 1605) | Death | Adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513) | |
| April 5th, 1604 (April 05 1604) | Birth | Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (died in 1675) | |
| April 5th, 1588 (April 05 1588) | Birth | Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (died in 1679) | Thomas Hobbes Quotes |
| April 5th, 1566 (April 05 1566) | Event | Two-hundred Dutch noblemen, led by Hendrik van Brederode, force themselves into the presence of Margaret of Parma and present the Petition of Compromise, denouncing the Spanish Inquisition in the Netherlands. The Inquisition is suspended and a delegation is sent to Spain to petition Philip II. | |
| April 5th, 1523 (April 05 1523) | Birth | Blaise de Vigenere, French cryptographer (died in 1596) | |
| April 5th, 1472 (April 05 1472) | Birth | Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (died in 1510) | |
| April 5th, 1419 (April 05 1419) | Death | Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (born in 1350) | |
| April 5th, 1288 (April 05 1288) | Birth | Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (died in 1336) | |
| April 5th, 1242 (April 05 1242) | Event | During a battle on the ice of Lake Peipus, Russian forces, led by Alexander Nevsky, rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights. | |
| April 5th, 1168 (April 05 1168) | Death | Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (born in 1104) | |
| April 5th, 0582 (April 05 0582) | Death | Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512) | |
| April 5th, 0456 (April 05 0456) | Event | St. Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop. | |
