Birthdays in History
- Apr 8 Louis de Vadder, Flemish painter, born in Brussels (d. 1655)
Philip IV (1605-1665)
Apr 8 King of Spain & Portugal (1621-65), born in Royal Palace of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
Deaths in History
- Apr 5 Adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513)
- Apr 6 John Stow, English historian (Survey of London), dies
- Apr 23 Boris Godunov, chief adviser to Tsar Fyodor I and Tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies after a lengthy illness and a stroke at approximately 20
- Apr 25 Naresuan, King of Siam (b. 1555)
- Apr 27 Leo XI, Italian Pope (1605), dies at 69
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