Historical Events
Battle of Dessau Bridge
Apr 25 Battle of Dessau Bridge: Albrecht von Wallenstein at head of Holy Roman Empire forces defeats Danish attempt led by Ernst von Mansfeld's to cross Elbe River (Thirty Years' War)
Famous Birthdays
Famous Deaths
Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
Apr 9 English statesman, Lord Chancellor (1617-21) and philosopher (Novum Organum), dies from pneumonia at 65
- Apr 11 Marin Getaldić, Croatian mathematician (b. 1568)
