Historical Events
Cromwell Dissolves Parliament
Apr 20 Oliver Cromwell and 40 musketeers forcibly dissolve the English Rump Parliament, after it failed to establish a caretaker government. In Cromwell's words "You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately ... In the name of God, go!" [1]
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 2 Prince George of Denmark, Prince Consort of Anne of England, born in Copenhagen Castle, Denmark (d. 1708)
Famous Weddings
Jan Vermeer
Apr 5 Dutch painter Jan Vermeer marries Catharina Bolenes in Schipluiden
Assassination
Drug Overdose
Gunshot Wound
Murder
Plane Crash
Suicide