19th » Venezuela achieves home rule: Vicente Emparan, Governor of the Captaincy General is removed by the people of Caracas and a :wiktionary:junta called junta is installed.
20th » The Governor of Caracas declares independence from Spain.
27th » Ludwig van Beethoven called Beethoven composes 'Für Elise'.
Famous Birthdays on April in 1810
6th » Philip Henry Gosse, English biologist (d. 1888)
21st » John Putnam Chapin, American politician, 10th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1864)
29th » Thomas Adolphus Trollope, English journalist and author (d. 1892)