Historical Events
- Apr 17 Francis Williams, 1st US black college graduate, publishes poems
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 4 John Hoppner, English portrait painter, born in Whitechapel, London (d. 1810)
- Apr 4 Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, French Romantic painter and draughtsman - allegorical paintings and portraits, born in Cluny, Saône-et-Loire (d. 1823)
James Monroe (1758-1831)
Apr 28 5th US President (1817-25), born in Monroe Hall, Virginia
- Apr 29 Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish Lieutenant General and war hero, born in Stora Torpa, Västergötland, Sweden (d. 1820)
Famous Deaths
- Apr 2 Johann Balthasar König, German Baroque composer, mainly of hymn music, dies at 67
- Apr 22 Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist, dies at 71
- Apr 24 Florian Wrastill, Austrian composer of sacred music, choir master, and Benedictine monk, dies at 41
- Apr 27 Jan Francisci, Slovak composer, dies at 66
- Apr 30 François d'Agiçncourt, French composer (b. 1684)
Assassination
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Plane Crash
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