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What Happened in April 1717

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Famous Birthdays

  • Apr 9 Georg Matthias Monn, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1750)
  • Apr 30 Guillaume-Gommaire Kennis, Belgian violinist and composer, born in Lier, Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1789)
Born in 1717

Famous Deaths

  • Apr 3 Jacques Ozanam, French mathematician (b. 1640)
  • Apr 5 Jean Jouvenet, French painter (b. 1647)
  • Apr 26 John King, youngest known pirate (joined crew of pirate Samuel Bellamy), lost in a shipwreck at sea aged 10 or 11
  • Apr 26 Samuel Bellamy "Black Sam", English pirate (ship Whydah Gally) lost in a storm at sea at 28

Famous People by Cause of Death

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