Events in History
Historic Expedition
Apr 7 Lewis and Clark Expedition leaves Fort Maden beginning their journey to the Pacific Ocean

William Clark

Sacagawea

Meriwether Lewis
- Apr 27 US Marines attack shores of Tripoli
Birthdays in History
Hans Christian Andersen
Apr 2 Hans Christian Andersen, Danish author of 150 fairy tales (The Ugly Duckling, The Snow Queen), born in Odense, Denmark (d. 1875)

Hans Christian Andersen
Deaths in History
- Apr 26 Jean-Baptiste-Gaspard d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical scholar (Anecdota Graeca), dies at 55