Historical Events
Music Premiere
Apr 15 Premiere in London of "Serse", an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel
- Apr 18 Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") founded in Madrid
Famous Birthdays
William Cavendish-Bentinck
Apr 14 William Cavendish-Bentinck, British 3rd Duke of Portland, Whig Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1783, 1807-09), born in Nottinghamshire, (d. 1809)
