Events in History
Event of Interest
Apr 1 Henry Pelham becomes English minister of War
Henry Pelham
Historic Publication
Apr 1 Jonathan Swift publishes Drapier's letters
Jonathan Swift
Event of Interest
Apr 6 Thomas Pelham-Holles becomes British Minister of Foreign Affairs
Thomas Pelham-Holles
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)
Immanuel Kant
- Apr 27 Colonel Thomas Gardner, American heroic political figure and soldier, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1775)