April 4

The fourth day of April.

Events

 * 1523: Martin Luther arranges for Leonhard Koppe to help twelve nuns escape the Marien-thron Cistercian monastery.
 * 2005: Former Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbechev proclaims that Pope John Paul II's "devotion to his followers is a remarkable example to all of us" in a CNN broadcast.

Births

 * 1492: Ambrosius Blarer, German religious reformer (died 1564)

Deaths

 * 397: Ambrose of Milan
 * 1292: Pope Nicholas IV