Famous Birthdays Apr 3 Mark Catesby, English naturalist (Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands) (d. 1749) Apr 17 Johann David Heinichen, German Baroque composer and music theorist, born in Krössuln, Electorate of Saxony (now Teuchern, Germany) (d. 1729) Born in 1683 Mar 1683 History by Year May 1683 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide