Historical Events
- Apr 3 Austrian Archduke Jozef crowned himself Holy Roman Emperor Josef II
Sugar Tax Passed
Apr 5 British Parliament passes the Sugar Tax on the American colonies, introduced by Prime Minister George Grenville
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 3 John Abernethy, English surgeon, born in London, England (d. 1831)
- Apr 12 Dirk van den Boetzelaer, Regent of Holland, born in Leiden, Netherlands (d. 1819)
- Apr 13 Laurent, 1st Marquis of Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French marshal, born in Toul, Three Bishoprics, France (d. 1830)
- Apr 18 Bernhard Anselm Weber, German pianist, conductor and composer, born in Mannheim, Electorate of the Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1821)
Famous Deaths
- Apr 15 Madame de Pompadour, French mistress of King Louis XV of France, dies of tuberculosis at 42
- Apr 15 Peder Horrebow, Danish astronomer who invented the Horrebow-Talcott Method, a method to determine a location's latitude from the stars, dies at 84
- Apr 17 Johann Balthasar Freisslich, German organist, composer, Kapellmeister (Marienkirche (Danzig), 1731-64), dies at 77
- Apr 17 Johann Mattheson, German composer, dies at 82
- Apr 27 Jaime de Casellas, Spanish composer, dies at 73
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