What Happened in April 1813

Historical Events

Apr 14 Junius Spencer Morgan, American merchant and philanthropist (Metro Museum of Art), born in Holyoke, Massachusetts (d. 1890)
Apr 17 Henry Washington Benham, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Cheshire, Connecticut (d. 1884)
Apr 18 James McCune Smith, African-American doctor and abolitionist, born in Manhattan, New York (d. 1865)
Apr 23 Frédéric Ozanam, French scholar and founder of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, born in Milan, Italy (d. 1853)
Apr 23 Stephen A. Douglas, American politician, US senator from Illinois (Lincoln-Douglas debates), born in Brandon, Vermont (d. 1861)

Apr 10 Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Italian mathematician and astronomer (number theory, celestial mechanics), dies at 77
Apr 14 Joachim Nicolas Eggert, Swedish violinist and composer, dies of tuberculosis at 34
Apr 19 Benjamin Rush, physician/abolotionist (signed US Declaration of Independence), dies at 67
Apr 27 Zebulon Pike, American brigadier general and explorer (Pike's Peak), dies in battle at 34
Apr 28 Mikhail Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (Battle of Borodino), dies at 67
Apr 29 Christian Danner, German violinist and composer, dies at 55