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What Happened in April 1704

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Historical Events

  • Apr 24 1st continuously published newspaper in America - The Boston News-Letter published in Boston by John Campbell [1]

Famous Birthdays

  • Apr 10 Benjamin Heath, English classical scholar, born in Exeter, Devon, England (d. 1766)
Born in 1704

Famous Deaths

  • Apr 8 Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English statesman, dies at 63
  • Apr 8 Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist (b. 1624)
  • Apr 10 William Egon of Fürstenberg, Bishop of Strassburg (b. 1629)

Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627-1704)

Apr 12 French bishop and writer (Louis XIV court preacher), dies at 77

Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
  • Apr 12 Johan van Waveren Hudde, Dutch mathematician (Concerning Reduction of Equations) and Mayor of Amsterdam (1672-1703), dies at 76

Famous People by Cause of Death

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