What Happened in April 1775

Historical Events

Apr 18 Paul Revere warns Samuel Adams and John Hancock that British troops are marching from Boston to Lexington

Apr 18 Paul Revere, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott ride from Charlestown to Lexington warning "the regulars are coming!"

Apr 19 American Revolution begins in Lexington, Massachusetts, with the "Shot Heard Round the World" fired later that day in Concord

Apr 19 Minutemen Capt John Parker orders not to fire unless fired upon
Apr 19 New England militiamen begin the siege of Boston, hemming in the British army garrison
Apr 19 Paul Revere, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott are captured by British troops riding from Lexington to Concord, Prescott escapes to warn Concord as does Dawes who acts as a decoy [1]

Apr 23 Opera "Il Ré Pastore" (The Shepherd King) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is first produced in Salzburg

Apr 7 Francis Cabot Lowell, American mill owner (founded 1st raw cotton-to-cloth textile mill), born in Newburyport, Massachusetts (d. 1817)
Apr 8 Adam Albert von Neipperg, Austrian general and Napoleon's wife Marie's lover and later husband, born in Vienna (d. 1829)
Apr 11 Charles-Francois Dumonchau, French pianist and composer, born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1820)
Apr 21 Alexander Anderson, American engraver and illustrator (Shakespeare), born in New York City (d. 1870)
Apr 22 Georg Hermes, German philosopher and theologist (Hermenianen), born in Dreierwalde, Münster (d. 1831)