Birthdays in History
- Apr 5 Sybil Ludington, American revolutionary heroine (rode to alert militia), born in Kent, New York (d. 1839)
Deaths in History
- Apr 4 Théodore Gardelle, Swiss painter and enameler, dies at 38
- Apr 9 William Law, British minister and theologian (b. 1686)
- Apr 15 Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician, dies at 78
- Apr 15 William Oldys, English antiquarian & bibliographer, dies at b64
- Apr 17 Thomas Bayes, English mathematician
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