Historical Events Apr 27 Frederik August I "the Strong" becomes monarch of Saksen Apr 28 French-Canadian explorer Louis Jolliet sets out from Quebec leading the first documented journey of the Labrador coastline (reaches Zoar area) [1] Events in 1694 Famous Birthdays Apr 7 Coelestin Praelisauer, German organist, composer, and monk, baptized in Kötzting, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1745) Apr 25 Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect, born in London (d. 1753) Born in 1694 Famous Deaths Apr 3 Ferdinand van Apshoven the Younger, Flemish painter, buried at 64 Apr 27 John George IV, Elector of Saxony (1691-94), dies of smallpox at 25 Feb 1694 History by Year May 1694 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide
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