Birthdays in History
- Apr 16 Joseph Black, Scottish chemist and physicist known for his discoveries of magnesium, latent heat and carbon dioxide, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1799)
- Apr 19 Francisco Albergati Capacelli, Italian writer and playwright, born in Bologna (d. 1804)
- Apr 23 Samuel Wallis, English explorer (Wallis Island), born in Camelford, Cornwall (d. 1795)