Events in History Apr 7 Slave revolt in New York kills 6 white men, 21 African Americans executed Deaths in History Apr 5 John Luyken, Dutch poet and etcher (species company), dies at 63 Apr 10 Yusuf Nabi, Turkish poet (Hayriye), dies at about 77 Apr 11 Richard Simon, French Biblical critic (b. 1638) Apr 30 Philipp van Limborch, Dutch Remonstrants theologist and vicar, dies at 78 1711 On This Day in History 1713