Famous Birthdays
- Apr 2 Giacomo Tritto, Italian composer, born in Altamura, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1824)
- Apr 15 Johann Heinrich Zang, German composer, cantor, and organist (A student of J.S. Bach), born in Zella St Blasii, Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (d. 1811)
- Apr 27 Josef Gottlieb Kölreuter, German Botanist who pioneered the study of plant hybrids, especially among the tobacco plants, born in Sulz am Neckar, Germany (d. 1806)
Famous Deaths
- Apr 19 Elizabeth Villiers, mistress of William III of England
Assassination
Drug Overdose
Gunshot Wound
Murder
Plane Crash
Suicide