- Apr 15 Bank of England issues first £5 note
- Apr 22 President Washington attends opening of Rickett's, 1st circus in US
Event of Interest
Apr 24 French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is acquitted by the Revolutionary Tribunal of charges brought by the Girondin in Paris
Jean-Paul Marat
- Apr 29 Cornerstone laid for Groningen's new town hall in the Netherlands