Historical Events Event of Interest Apr 1 Cotton Mather's four-day-old son dies, and witchcraft is blamed Puritan Minister Cotton Mather Famous Birthdays Apr 3 George Edwards, English naturalist and ornithologist (father of British ornithology), born in Stratford, Essex, England (d. 1773) Apr 16 Anne Sophie Reventlow, Queen of Denmark and Norway (1721-30), born in Clausholm Castle, Denmark (d. 1743) Born in 1693 Famous Deaths Apr 4 Isaac Aboab da Fonseca, Portuguese-Jewish rabbi, scholar and religious writer prominent in Amsterdam and in Dutch Brazil, dies at 88 Apr 5 Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier (Grand Mademoiselle), dies at 65 Apr 9 Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French writer, dies at 74 Mar 1693 History by Year May 1693 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide
Event of InterestEvent of Interest
Assassination
Drug Overdose
Gunshot Wound
Murder
Plane Crash
Suicide