Historical Events Halley Meets Hevelius Apr 3 Edmond Halley meets fellow astronomer Johannes Hevelius in Danzig Astronomer, Mathematician and Physicist Edmond Halley Famous Deaths Apr 17 John van Kessel, Flemish painter, dies at 53 Apr 18 Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau, German poet, dies at 62 Mar 1679 History by Year May 1679 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide
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