Famous Birthdays
- Apr 12 Juan Manuel Olivares, Venezuelan composer, born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 1797)
Famous Deaths
- Apr 10 Gerard George Clifford, Dutch head of East-Indian Company and plant collector (grew 1st banana indoors), dies at 75
- Apr 10 Jean Lebeuf, French historian, dies at 73
- Apr 12 Ernst Gottlieb Baron, German baroque composer, dies at 64
- Apr 16 Laurence, 4th Earl Ferrers, executed for murder of his steward
Assassination
Drug Overdose
Gunshot Wound
Murder
Plane Crash
Suicide