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
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