Historical Events
- Apr 9 Great Britain ratifies the Treaty of Paris, signed September 3, 1783, ending the American Revolutionary War
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 5 Louis Spohr, German violin virtuoso and composer (Faust), born in Braunschweig, Germany (d. 1859)
- Apr 13 Cornelis Smit, Dutch ship builder, born in Alblasserdam, Netherlands (d. 1858)
- Apr 13 Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal, born in Stettin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1877)
- Apr 24 Peter Vivian Daniel, American jurist, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1841-60), born in Stafford County, Virginia (d. 1860)
- Apr 29 Samuel Turell Armstrong, American politician and acting Governor of Massachusetts (1833- 36), born in Dorchester, Massachusetts (d. 1850)
Famous Deaths
- Apr 2 Pierre Leclair, French composer and violinist, dies at 74
- Apr 4 Mary Mead, wife of English radical and journalist John Wilkes (b. 1715)
- Apr 10 Simon Fokke, Dutch book illustrator, engraver and etcher, dies at 71
- Apr 26 (Honora) "Nano" Nagle, Irish Catholic educator and religious order founder (Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, aka Presentation Sisters), dies of tuberculosis at about 66.
- Apr 30 Franz K earl von Velbruck, German free mason, dies
