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Famous Birthdays

Apr 2 Armand-Gaston Camus, French revolutionary and Chairman of the Council of 500, born in Paris (d. 1804)
Apr 4 Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, German organist, composer, and pedagogue, born in Oehrenstock, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1804)

Haym Salomon (1740-1785)

Apr 7 Polish-born American broker who helped finance the American Revolution, born in Leszno, Poland

Haym Salomon

Apr 18 Francis Baring, English merchant and banker (Baring Brothers & Co.), born in Larkbeare House, Exeter (d. 1810)

Famous Deaths

Apr 23 Thomas Tickell, English writer and poet, dies at 54
Apr 25 Shrimant Baji Rao Vishwanath Bhat, also known as Baji Rao I, a general and Peshwa (b. 1699)

Famous People by Cause of Death

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