Historical Events
- Apr 22 Austria & Bavaria sign Peace Treaty of Füssen, ending Bavaria's participation (on the French side) in the War of the Austrian Succession
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 6 William Dawes, American soldier and patriot who with Paul Revere and Samuel Prescott warned Massachusetts minutemen the regulars are coming before the battles of Lexington and Concord, born in Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America (d. 1799) [1]
- Apr 7 Georg Druschetzky [Jiří Družecký], Czech composer, oboist, and timpanist, born in Jemníky, Lands of the Bohemian Crown (now Czech Republic) (d. 1819)
Philippe Pinel (1745-1826)
Apr 20 French physician and father of modern psychiatry who developed a more humane approach to the custody and care of psychiatric patients, born in Jonquières, France
- Apr 29 Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice Supreme Court (1796-1800), born in Windsor, Connecticut, British America (d. 1807)
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