Premiere performance of Bach’s St John Passion📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ April 7, 1724Sacred oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach
Pope Clement XII (died 1740)📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ April 7, 1652Head of the Catholic Church from 1730 to 1740
John Sheffield📜 POLITICS🌍 UNITED KINGDOM🗓️ April 7, 1648British military officer, writer and politician (1648–1721)
John Sheffield👤 POLITICS🌍 UNITED KINGDOM🗓️ April 7, 1648British military officer, writer and politician (1648–1721)
Francis Xavier leaves Lisbon on a mission to the Portuguese East Indies.📜 CHRISTIAN FESTIVALS🌍 JAPAN🗓️ April 7, 1541Navarese Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
Francis Xavier leaves Lisbon on a mission to the Portuguese East Indies.📜 CHRISTIAN FESTIVALS🌍 JAPAN🗓️ April 7, 1541Navarese Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
Tobias Stimmer📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 SWITZERLAND🗓️ April 7, 1539Swiss painter and illustrator (1539–1584)
Francis Xavier📜 CHRISTIAN FESTIVALS🌍 SPAIN🗓️ April 7, 1506Navarese Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
Felix V abdicates his claim to the papacy📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ April 7, 1449Savoyard nobleman and antipope (1383–1451)
Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV charters Prague University.📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 GERMANY🗓️ April 7, 1348Holy Roman Emperor from 1355 to 1378
Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV charters Prague University.📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 GERMANY🗓️ April 7, 1348Holy Roman Emperor from 1355 to 1378
Empress Matilda becomes the first female ruler of England📜 WARS🌍 UNITED KINGDOM🗓️ April 7, 1141Holy Roman Empress from 1114 to 1125; claimant to the English throne
First Corpus Juris Civilis📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ April 7, 0529Collection of legal works codified by Justinian I of Byzantium
Attila the Hun captures Metz in France📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 FRANCE🗓️ April 7, 0451Ruler of the Hunnic Empire from 434 to 453