Historical Events
Handel Buried
Apr 20 George Frideric Handel is buried in Westminster Abbey, London
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 18 Jacques Widerkehr, Alsatian composer, born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1823)
Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)
Apr 27 English writer and feminist (A Vindication of the Rights of Woman), mother of Mary Shelley, born in London
Famous Deaths
- Apr 8 François de La Croix, French composer, dies at 76
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Apr 14 German-British baroque composer and organist (Messiah; Water Music), dies at 74
