Historical Events
Famous Birthdays
Henry Clay (1777-1852)
Apr 12 American politician known as "the Great Compromiser", Speaker of the House, Senator and Secretary of State (1825-29), born in Hanover County, Virginia
- Apr 18 Ignac Ruzitska, Austrian composer, born in Bazin, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1833)
Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855)
Apr 30 German mathematician considered one of the greatest of all time (Gaussian distribution, fundamental theorem of algebra), born in Brunswick, Germany
Famous Deaths
- Apr 12 Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French satirical novelist (The Skimmer), dies at 70
