Historical Events
Mayflower Returns to England
Apr 5 Mayflower sails from Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to England
- Apr 9 Spain & Netherlands 12 Year Resistant Pact ends
Grotius' Great Escape
Apr 15 Hugo Grotius arrives in France after escaping prison in a book chest
Francis Bacon Charged with Bribery
Apr 17 Lord Chancellor of England Francis Bacon is charged with 23 counts of bribery and corruption by a parliamentary committee on the administration of the law
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 1 Guru Teg Bahadur Ji, Ninth of ten gurus who founded the Sikh religion and leader (1665-75), born in Amritsar, India (d. 1675)
- Apr 23 William Penn, English admiral and politician, father of the founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, born in St. Thomas Parish, Bristol (d. 1670)
- Apr 25 Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, British soldier, statesman, and dramatist, born in Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland (d. 1679)
