Famous Birthdays Apr 2 Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (light defraction), born in Bologna, Italy (d. 1663) Apr 13 Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French writer, born in Epiry, France (d. 1693) Born in 1618 Famous Deaths Apr 19 Thomas Bastard, clergyman and epigrammatist (b. 1565 or 1566) Mar 1618 History by Year May 1618 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide