Historical Events Apr 15 Fleming Pieter Stevens appointed royal painter of Rudolf II (Prague) Famous Birthdays Apr 20 Matthäus Appelt, German composer, born in Neustadt, Silesia (d. 1648) Apr 24 Benedikt Lechler, German composer, born in Füssen, Duchy of Bavaria (d. 1659) Born in 1594 Famous Deaths Apr 29 Thomas Cooper, English bishop, lexicographer, and writer Mar 1594 History by Year May 1594 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide