Historical Events
Historic Event
Apr 1 Henry Pelham becomes English minister of War
Historic Publication
Apr 1 Jonathan Swift publishes Drapier's letters
Historic Event
Apr 6 Thomas Pelham-Holles becomes British Minister of Foreign Affairs
Music Premiere
Apr 7 Johann Sebastian Bach's "St John Passion" premieres in Leipzig
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 12 Lyman Hall, American physician and signer (Declaration of Independence), born in Wallingford, Connecticut (d. 1790)
Immanuel Kant
Apr 22 Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (Critique of Pure Reason), born in Königsberg, East Prussia (d. 1804)
Assassination
Drug Overdose
Gunshot Wound
Murder
Plane Crash
Suicide