Deaths on April 5

William Derham

Died on April 5, 1735

William Derham, English minister and philosopher (b. 1657)

William Derham FRS (26 November 1657 – 5 April 1735) was an English clergyman, natural theologian, natural philosopher and scientist. He produced the earliest, reasonably accurate measurement of the speed of sound.

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Events on 1735

8 Jan

Ariodante
Premiere performance of George Frideric Handel's Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
11 Jul

Pluto
Mathematical calculations suggest that it is on this day that dwarf planet Pluto moved inside the orbit of Neptune for the last time before 1979.
5 Aug

John Peter Zenger
Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he had published was true.

Deaths on April 5

William Derham

Died on April 5, 1735

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Events on 1735

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Pluto

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