Historical Events Event of Interest Apr 15 Nicolás de Ovando y Cáceres, new Governor of the Indies, lands in Hispaniola, replacing Columbus Explorer of the New World Christopher Columbus Famous Birthdays Apr 25 Georg Major, German Protestant theologian, born in Nuremberg, Germany (d. 1574) Born in 1502 Famous Deaths Apr 2 Arthur, Prince of Wales, English crown prince, son of King Henry VII of England, 1st husband of Catherine of Aragon, dies from an unknown illness at 15 Apr 15 Jan IV of Chalon-Arnay, prince of Orange and lord of Arlay, dies at 59 Mar 1502 History by Year May 1502 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide
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