Jean Racine Apr 21 Jean Racine, French dramatist (Phèdre, Athalie), dies of liver cancer at 59 Dramatist and Playwright Jean Racine Apr 22 Hans A baron von Abschatz, Silesian poet, dies at 53 Apr 29 Samuel Apostool, Flemish religious preacher (Zonisten), dies at 50 1698 Famous Deaths by Year 1700