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What Happened in April 1598

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Historical Events

  • Apr 13 Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots
  • Apr 30 1st theater performance in America, the Spanish comedy Rio Grande

Events in 1598

Famous Birthdays

  • Apr 5 Laurentius Erhard, German composer, born in Haguenau, Alsace (d. 1669)
  • Apr 17 Giovanni Riccioli, Italian astronomer (Almagestum Novum), born in Ferrara, Italy (d. 1671)

Maarten Tromp (1598-1653)

Apr 23 Dutch admiral (Eighty Years' War, First Anglo-Dutch War), born in Breille, Netherlands

Maarten Tromp

Born in 1598

Famous People by Cause of Death

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