Historical Events Apr 4 Battle at Postage Farina, Tunis: English fleet beats Barbary pirates Apr 4 The miraculous statue entitled the Infant of Prague is solemnly crowned by command of Cardinal Harrach Apr 7 Fabio Chigi replaces Pope Innocent X as Alexander VII Apr 26 Dutch West Indies Co denies Peter Stuyvesant's desire to exclude Jews from New Amsterdam Apr 28 English General-at-Sea Robert Blake (he was never titled Admiral) beats North African pirate fleet Famous Birthdays Apr 8 Louis Willem I, Margrave of Baden-Baden, born in Paris (d. 1707) Famous Deaths Apr 6 David Blondel, French Protestant clergyman (b. 1591) Apr 14 Johann Erasmus Kindermann, German composer, dies at 39 Apr 30 Eustache Le Sueur, French painter (paintings of religious subjects), dies at 37 Share On Facebook Share On Twitter 1654 History by Year 1656