Historical Events
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 2 August Heinrich Hoffmann, German writer, born in Fallersleben, Electorate of Brunswick -Lüneburg (d. 1874)
Charles Wilkes (1798-1877)
Apr 3 American Antarctic explorer and naval officer (Union Navy), born in New York City
- Apr 8 Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem, born in Zakynthos Island, Greece (d. 1857)
- Apr 9 Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano, born in Saronno, Cisalpine Republic (d. 1865)
- Apr 11 Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist (radiant light), born in Parma, Duchy of Parma and Piacenza (now Italy) (d. 1854)
- Apr 17 Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician, born in Lons-le-Saunier, France (d. 1840)
- Apr 19 Franz Joseph Glæser, Czech-Danish composer, born in Horní Jiřetín, Bohemia (d. 1861)
- Apr 19 Heinrich Maria von Hess, German historical painter, born in Düsseldorf, Germany (d. 1863)
- Apr 26 Eugène Delacroix, French painter and etcher (Journal), born in Charenton-Saint-Maurice, Île-de-France, France (d. 1863)
- Apr 26 James Beckwourth, American fur trader and explorer, born in Frederick County, Virginia (d. 1867)
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