Historical Events
Cook Arrives in Tahiti
Apr 13 British ship Endeavour captained by James Cook, arrives in Matavia Bay, Tahiti, with botanist Joseph Banks on board
- Apr 22 Madame du Barry becomes French King Louis XV's "official" mistress
Watt's Steam Engine Patent
Apr 29 Scottish engineer James Watt's patent for a steam engine with a separate condenser enrolled (Patent 913)
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 3 Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian statesman and diplomat, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1835)
- Apr 11 Johann Georg Lickl, Austrian organist, kapellmeister, and composer, born in Korneuburg, Lower Austria (d. 1843)
- Apr 12 Giovanni Agostino Perotti, Italian composer, born in Vercelli, Kingdom of Sardinia (d. 1855)
- Apr 13 Thomas Lawrence, English portrait painter, born in Bristol, England (d. 1830)
- Apr 25 Marc Isambard Brunel, French-born English engineer (Thames Tunnel), born in Hacqueville, France (d. 1849)
Assassination
Drug Overdose
Gunshot Wound
Murder
Plane Crash
Suicide