Apr 18 "Germantown Quaker Petition Against Slavery": Francis Daniel Pastorius presents 1st formal written protest against African-American slavery in English colonies in Germantown, Pennsylvania
Famous Birthdays
Apr 4 Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer and cartographer, born in Paris (d. 1768)
Apr 15 Johann Friedrich Fasch, German violinist and composer, born in Buttelstedt, Duchy of Saxe-Weimar (d. 1758)
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