Historical Events May 1 Boston Newsletter publishes 1st newspaper advertisement May 20 Elias Neau forms school for slaves in NY Events in 1704 Famous Birthdays May 7 Carl Heinrich Graun, German tenor, opera composer (Der Tod Jesu), and Royal Kapellmeister to Frederick the Great (1740-59), born in Wahrenbrück, Brandenburg, Germany (d. 1759) Born in 1704 Famous Deaths May 3 Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Bohemian-Austrian violinist and composer, dies at 59 May 13 Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher, dies at 71 Apr 1704 History by Year Jun 1704 Famous People Who Were Authors Dictators Explorers Outlaws Queens Spies
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