Historical Events
Cromwell Appointed Chief Secretary
Apr 15 Thomas Cromwell is appointed Chief Secretary to King Henry VIII of England
More Locked in the Tower
Apr 17 Thomas More confined in the Tower of London
Cartier for Newfoundland
Apr 20 French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail with two ships from Saint-Malo for Newfoundland, tasked by Francis I to look for gold and riches [1]
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 7 Jose de Anchieta, Spanish saint, Jesuit, poet and missionary to Brazil (founder of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro), born in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife (d. 1597)
Famous Deaths
- Apr 20 Elizabeth Barton [St Magd van Kent], English nun, prophet and only woman whose head was on a spike on London Bridge, hanged for treason
Assassination
Drug Overdose
Gunshot Wound
Murder
Plane Crash
Suicide