Events in History
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Apr 1 Henry Pelham becomes English minister of War
Historic Publication
Apr 1 Jonathan Swift publishes Drapier's letters
Historic Event
Apr 6 Thomas Pelham-Holles becomes British Minister of Foreign Affairs
Birthdays in History
- Apr 12 Lyman Hall, American physician and signer (Declaration of Independence), born in Wallingford, Connecticut (d. 1790)
Immanuel Kant
Apr 22 Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (Critique of Pure Reason), born in Königsberg, East Prussia (d. 1804)
- Apr 27 Colonel Thomas Gardner, American heroic political figure and soldier, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1775)
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