What Happened in April 1605

Famous Birthdays

  • Apr 8 Louis de Vadder, Flemish painter, born in Brussels (d. 1655)

Philip IV (1605-1665)

Apr 8 King of Spain & Portugal (1621-65), born in Royal Palace of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain

  • Apr 18 Giacomo Carissimi, Italian organist, choral director, composer (Jephta), and priest, baptized in Marino, Papal States (d. 1674)
  • Apr 19 Orazio Benevoli, Franco-Italian composer, born in Rome, Papal States (d. 1672)

Famous Deaths

  • Apr 5 Adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513)
  • Apr 6 John Stow, English historian (Survey of London), dies
  • Apr 13 Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (1598-1605) and chief adviser to Tsar Fyodor I, dies after a lengthy illness and a stroke at 52
  • Apr 25 Naresuan, King of Siam (b. 1555)
  • Apr 27 Leo XI [Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici], Italian Pope in 1605 who had the shortest reign as pope in history, dies at 69