Events in History
Appointment of Interest
Apr 20 Thomas Warton appointed British Poet Laureate by King George III
Historic Event
Apr 21 Catherine II of Russia confers on the nobility the "Charter to the Nobility", increasing further the power of the landed oligarchs
Birthdays in History
John James Audubon (1785-1851)
Apr 26 American ornithologist and painter (The Birds of America), born in Les Cayes, Haiti