Historical Events Apr 20 Dutch East India Company (VOC) management sets new guidelines Apr 27 The Battle of Carbisdale: Royalist army under Marquess of Montrose invades mainland Scotland from Orkney; defeated by a Covenanter army. Apr 30 French rebel Henri de la Tour Turenne signs treaty with Spain 1650 History Famous Birthdays Apr 20 William Bedloe, English fraudster and Popish Plot informer, born in Chepstow, Monmouthshire (d. 1680) Apr 27 Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel, queen of Denmark and Norway (1670-99), born in Kassel, Germany (d. 1714) Born in 1650 Famous Deaths Apr 18 Simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian, dies at 47 Mar 1650 History by Year May 1650 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide