2nd » Commodore (Royal Navy) named Commodore William James (naval commander) e.g William James captures the Maratha fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.
Famous Birthdays on April in 1755
10th » Samuel Hahnemann, German physician (d. 1843)
11th » James Parkinson, English surgeon, geologist, and paleontologist (d. 1824)
16th » Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, French painter (d. 1842)
27th » Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (d. 1836)
Famous Deaths for April 1755
6th » Richard Rawlinson, English minister and historian (b. 1690)