Famous Birthdays Apr 28 Charles Cotton, English poet and writer, born in Alstonefield, Staffordshire, England (d. 1687) Born in 1630 Famous Deaths Apr 17 Christian I, German Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg who led an army of 21,000 Bohemians at the Battle of White Mountain, dies at 61 Apr 29 Agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet (b. 1552) Apr 30 Ercole Porta, Italian composer, dies at 44 Mar 1630 History by Year May 1630 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide