Timeline April 1605

Events in April 1605 3

• 1525 – 1605 John Stow (1525-1605) Died 6 April 1605, aged 80 John Stow was an English historian and antiquarian best known for "A Survey of London," a detailed chronicle of the city's topography and customs. His meticulous documentation made him one of the principal sources for Elizabethan London life.
• 1535 – 1605 Pope Leo XI (1535-1605) Died 27 April 1605, aged 69 Born Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici, Leo XI was elected pope on 1 April 1605 but died just 27 days later, giving him one of the shortest papacies in history. His brief reign came amid a year that saw the Catholic Church elect three different popes.
• 1551 – 1605 Boris Godunov (1551-1605) Died 23 April 1605, aged 53 Boris Godunov rose from the Russian nobility to rule as Tsar from 1598, continuing centralizing reforms begun under Ivan the Terrible. His sudden death amid famine and the approach of the pretender False Dmitriy I plunged Russia into the Time of Troubles.