Historical Events
Battle of Copenhagen
Apr 2 Napoleonic Wars: The British led by Horatio Nelson destroy the Danish fleet in the naval Battle of Copenhagen
Die Jahreszeiten
Apr 24 1st performance of Joseph Haydn's oratorio "Die Jahreszeiten" (The Seasons)
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 7 Henry Eagle, Commander (Union Navy), (d. 1882)
- Apr 11 Claude Tillier, French journalist and writer (My Uncle Benjamin), born in Clamecy, Nièvre, France (d. 1844)
- Apr 12 Henry de Cock, Dutch reformed vicar and secession leader, born in Veendam, Groningen, the Netherlands (d. 1842)
- Apr 12 Joseph Franz Karl Lanner, Austrian composer and violinist, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1843)
- Apr 19 Gustav Fechner, German philosopher and physicist (Weber–Fechner law), born in Żarki Wielkie, Poland (d. 1887)
- Apr 26 Ambrose Dudley Mann, American diplomat, born in Hanover Courthouse, Virginia (d. 1889)
