Historical Events
Pelham becomes Minister
Apr 1 Henry Pelham becomes English minister of War
Drapier's Letters
Apr 1 Jonathan Swift publishes "Drapier's Letters" a series of seven pamphlets against a privately minted copper coinage Swift saw as inferior and corrupt
Rise of Thomas Pelham-Holles
Apr 6 Thomas Pelham-Holles becomes British Minister of Foreign Affairs
St John Passion
Apr 7 Johann Sebastian Bach's "St John Passion" premieres on Good Friday at St. Nicholas Church in Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony (now Germany)
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 12 Lyman Hall, American physician and signer (Declaration of Independence), born in Wallingford, Connecticut (d. 1790)
Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
Apr 22 German philosopher (Critique of Pure Reason), born in Königsberg, East Prussia
- Apr 27 Colonel Thomas Gardner, American heroic political figure and soldier, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1775)
- Apr 27 Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, Czech composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1784)
Assassination
Drug Overdose
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Murder
Plane Crash
Suicide