7th » Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, commences translation of the Book of Mormon, with Oliver Cowdery as his scribe.
13th » The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 gives Roman Catholicism in the United Kingdom known as Roman Catholics in the United Kingdom the right to vote and to sit in Parliament.
25th » Charles Fremantle arrives in HMS Challenger off the coast of modern-day Western Australia prior to declaring the Swan River Colony for the United Kingdom.
Famous Birthdays on April in 1829
10th » William Booth, English minister, founded The Salvation Army (d. 1912)
30th » Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist (d. 1884)
Famous Deaths for April 1829
6th » Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician (b. 1802)