Historical Events
- Apr 1 Friedrich von Klinger's "Sturm und Drang" premieres in Leipzig
Washington's Honorary Degree
Apr 3 Harvard College votes to award George Washington an honorary Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) degree
Famous Birthdays
Sophie Germain (1776-1831)
Apr 1 French mathematician, born in Paris, France
- Apr 8 Thaddäus Weigl, German-Austrian composer, publisher, and conductor, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1844)
- Apr 25 Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, born in Buckingham Palace, London (d. 1857)
- Apr 26 Joan Melchior Kemper, Dutch lawyer (designed civil code law book), born in Amsterdam (d. 1824)
Famous Deaths
- Apr 19 Jacob Israel Emden [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi, dies at 78
- Apr 22 Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theorist and composer, dies at 67
- Apr 24 Carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84
- Apr 24 Giuseppe Paolucci, Italian composer, dies at 49
- Apr 29 Edward Wortley Montagu, English traveler and writer (b. 1713)
