Historical Events Apr 6 France & Saxony sign alliance Famous Birthdays Apr 6 Arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (d. 1742) Apr 30 François Louis, Prince of Conti, French general, born in Hôtel de Conti, Paris (d. 1709) Born in 1664 Famous Deaths Apr 4 Adam Willaerts, Dutch seascape painter, dies Apr 8 Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla, Spanish-Mexican Baroque classical composer, dies at about 73 Mar 1664 History by Year May 1664 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide