Historical Events
Marat Acquitted
Apr 24 French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is acquitted by the Revolutionary Tribunal of charges brought by the Girondin in Paris
- Apr 29 Cornerstone laid for Groningen's new town hall in the Netherlands
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 11 Nicolaas Christiaan Kist, Dutch Reformed theologian and church historian, born in Woerden, Netherlands (d. 1859)
- Apr 15 Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, German-Russian astronomer, born in Altona, Duchy of Holstein, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1864)
- Apr 19 Ferdinand I, Emperor of Austria (1835-48), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1875)
Famous Deaths
- Apr 9 Ernestus Weinrauch, German composer, dies at 62
- Apr 13 Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, French revolutionary, dies at 30
- Apr 15 Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian Jesuit missionary & geographer, dies at 74
- Apr 21 John Michell, English seismologist (b. 1724)
- Apr 29 John Michell, English scientist and polymath, first to propose existence of black holes (b. 1724)
- Apr 29 Yechezkel Landau, Polish rabbi and Talmudist, dies at 79
- Apr 30 Lorenzo Fago, Italian composer and teacher, dies at 88
