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 29 Juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles, Spanish organist and composer, dies at 67 Apr 30 Philipp van Limborch, Dutch Remonstrants theologist and vicar, dies at 78 Mar 1712 Famous Deaths by Year Jun 1712 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide