Historical Events Apr 19 Theatrum Anatomicum opens in Amsterdam Famous Birthdays Apr 21 Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch colonial administrator and founder of Cape Colony (Cape Town), born in Culemborg (d. 1677) Born in 1619 Famous Deaths Apr 10 Thomas Jones, Archbishop of Dublin (b. c1550) Apr 16 Denijs Calvaert/Caluwaert [Dionisio Fiamingo], Flemish painter, dies Mar 1619 History by Year May 1619 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide