Miguel de Cervantes
Apr 22 Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra, Spanish author (Don Quixote), dies of likely diabetes at 68
William Shakespeare
Apr 23 William Shakespeare, English poet and playwright (b. 1564) (Julian calendar) dies aged 52
- Apr 23 El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Peruvian writer (b. 1539)