Historical Events
Event of Interest
Apr 20 Thomas Warton appointed British Poet Laureate by King George III
George III
Event of Interest
Apr 21 Catherine II of Russia confers on the nobility the "Charter to the Nobility", increasing further the power of the landed oligarchs
Catherine the Great
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 1 J H Ferdinand Olivier, German painter
- Apr 4 Bettina von Arnim, German writer and composer of the Romantic era (This Book Belongs to the King), born in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 1859)
- Apr 9 Sibrandus Stratingh, Dutch physician and chemist (electric car), born in Adorp, Netherlands (d. 1841)
- Apr 19 Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, French composer, born in Versailles, France (d. 1858)
John James Audubon
Apr 26 John James Audubon, American ornithologist and painter (The Birds of America), born in Les Cayes, Haiti (d. 1851)
John James Audubon