Historical Events Historic Event Apr 1 Cotton Mather's four-day-old son dies, and witchcraft is blamed Puritan Minister Cotton Mather Famous Birthdays Apr 3 George Edwards, English naturalist and ornithologist (father of British ornithology), born in Stratford, Essex, England (d. 1773) Apr 16 Anne Sophie Reventlow, Queen of Denmark and Norway (1721-30), born in Clausholm Castle, Denmark (d. 1743) Famous Deaths Apr 5 Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier (Grand Mademoiselle), dies at 65 Apr 9 Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French writer, dies at 74 1692 History by Year 1694 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide