Historical Events
1st Resistance to the British
Apr 9 John Hancock refuses to allow two British customs agents to go below deck of his ship, considered by some to be the first act of physical resistance to British authority in the colonies
Famous Birthdays
Famous Deaths
- Apr 7 Michel Mathieu, French violist and composer, dies at 78
- Apr 9 Sarah Fielding, English writer (The Adventures of David Simple), dies at 58
- Apr 19 Filippo della Valle, Italian sculptor, dies at about 70
- Apr 19 Giovanni Antonio Canal [Canaletto], Italian painter and printmaker (Rialto), dies at 70
- Apr 29 Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and minerologist, dies at 73
Assassination
Drug Overdose
Gunshot Wound
Murder
Plane Crash
Suicide