Historical Events
- Apr 2 Commodore William James captures the pirate fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India
A Dictionary of the English Language
Apr 15 Samuel Johnson's "A Dictionary of the English Language" is published in London
- Apr 26 1st Russian university opens in Moscow
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 1 Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, French lawyer and gastronome (wrote 1st book of gastronomy - The Physiology of Taste), born in Belley, France (d. 1826) [1]
- Apr 4 Vincenc Mašek, Bohemian composer, born in Zvíkovec, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1831)
- Apr 10 Samuel Hahnemann, German physician, originator of homeopathy, born in Meissen, Dresden (d. 1843)
- Apr 11 James Parkinson, English physician (First description of Parkinson's disease) and political activist, born in Shoreditch, London (d. 1824)
- Apr 16 Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun, French painter, born in Paris (d. 1842)
- Apr 27 Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (Parseval's theorem), born in Rosières-aux-Salines, France (d. 1836)
Famous Deaths
- Apr 6 Richard Rawlinson, English minister and antiquarian (b. 1690)
