What Happened in April 1748

Historical Events

Apr 1 Ruins of Pompeii rediscovered by Spaniard Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre

Apr 7 Georg Wenzel Ritter, German bassoonist, composer, and friend of Wolfgang Mozart, born in Mannheim, Electorate of the Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1808)
Apr 12 Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist (Classification of flowering plants), born in Lyon, France (d. 1836)
Apr 13 Joseph Bramah, British inventor and locksmith who invented the beer pump, born in Stainborough, Yorkshire, England (d. 1814)
Apr 20 Georg Michael Telemann, German composer, born in Plön, Germany (d. 1831)
Apr 20 Guillaume Albert Teniers, Flemish composer, born in Leuven, Belgium (d. 1820)
Apr 27 Adamántios Koraïs, Greek humanist scholar, born in Smyrna, Anatolia (d. 1833)
Apr 28 Lorenz Justinian Ott, German composer, born in Dietfurt, Germany (d. 1805)