Historical Events
- Apr 5 Spanish troops and feudal barons strike down people's uprising in Naples
- Apr 6 Construction of the Red Fort completed at Shahjahanabad, Mughal Empire (now Dehli, India)
- Apr 12 University of Harderwijk opens in the Netherlands
- Apr 29 Beginning of 18 day battle of Zhovti Vody in Ukraine - Polish King John II Casimir eventually defeated by Cossacks
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 4 Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-born British sculptor and woodcarver, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1721)
- Apr 7 Ferdinand van Kessel, Flemish Baroque painter, born in Antwerp (d. 1696)
- Apr 7 John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet (d. 1721)
- Apr 9 Henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Viscount Galway, French soldier and diplomat, born in Paris (d. 1720)
- Apr 13 Jeanne Guyon, French mystic, born in Montargis, Orléanais (d. 1717)
- Apr 16 John Luyken, Dutch poet and etcher (Duytse Lyre), born in Amsterdam (d. 1712)
- Apr 26 Pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706), born in Ribeira Palace, Lisbon (d. 1706)
Famous Deaths
- Apr 11 Matthäus Appelt, German composer, dies at 53
- Apr 12 Catharina Belgica of Nassau, Countess of Hanau-Münzenberg and daughter of William of Orange, dies at 69
- Apr 22 Catharina Belgica of Nassau and Countess and Regent of Hanau-Münzenberg, Dutch daughter of William I of Orange, dies at 69
- Apr 26 Christophe Thomas Walliser, French composer, dies at 79
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