Historical Events
- Apr 22 Pierre de Marivaux's play "Le Triomphe de Plutus" premieres in Paris
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 2 Franz Asplmayr, Austrian composer, born in Linz, Austria (d. 1786)
- Apr 16 Joseph Black, Scottish chemist and physicist known for his discoveries of magnesium, latent heat and carbon dioxide, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1799)
- Apr 19 Francisco Albergati Capacelli, Italian writer and playwright, born in Bologna (d. 1804)
- Apr 23 Samuel Wallis, English explorer (Wallis Island), born in Camelford, Cornwall (d. 1795)
Famous Deaths
- Apr 3 James Anderson, Scottish lawyer (b. 1662)
- Apr 13 Johann Christoph Schmidt, German composer, dies at 63
- Apr 23 Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco, Spanish organist, composer (La púrpura de la rosa), and maestro de capilla (Catedral de Lima, Peru, 1676-1707), dies at 83
- Apr 25 John Woodward, geologist/physician, dies
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