Historical Events
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 3 Johann Valentin Rathgeber, German organist, Benedictine priest, choirmaster, and composer (Augsburger Tafel-Confect), born in Oberelsbach, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1750)
- Apr 11 Jean-Joseph Mouret, French composer, born in Avignon, France (d. 1738)
- Apr 15 Jann van Huysum, Dutch painter (still lives of flowers and fruit), born in Amsterdam (d. 1749)
- Apr 16 John Hadley, English mathematician and inventor (octant), born in Bloomsbury, London (d. 1744)
- Apr 22 Willem Ignatius Kerricx, Flemish architect, sculptor and painter, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1745)
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