Historical Events
Robinson Crusoe Published
Apr 25 Daniel Defoe publishes "Robinson Crusoe", regarded as the 1st English novel
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 17 Christian Gottfried Krause, German composer, born in Wińsko, Poland (d. 1770)
Famous Deaths
- Apr 7 Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French priest and saint of the Catholic Church, dies at 67
- Apr 15 Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, second wife of Louis XIV of France, dies at 83
- Apr 15 Johann Friedrich Treiber, German historian and composer, dies at 76
- Apr 21 Philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and historian (b. 1640)
Assassination
Drug Overdose
Gunshot Wound
Murder
Plane Crash
Suicide