Famous Birthdays Apr 12 Juan Manuel Olivares, Venezuelan composer, born in Caracas (d. 1797) Famous Deaths Apr 10 Gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, dies at 75 Apr 10 Jean Lebeuf, French historian, dies at 1760 Apr 12 Ernst Gottlieb Baron, German baroque composer, dies at 64 Apr 16 Laurence, 4th Earl Ferrers, executed for murder of his steward 1759 History by Year 1761