Deaths on April 30

John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich

Died on April 30, 1792

John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1718)

John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, PC, FRS (13 November 1718 – 30 April 1792) was a British statesman who succeeded his grandfather Edward Montagu, 3rd Earl of Sandwich as the Earl of Sandwich in 1729, at the age of ten. During his life, he held various military and political offices, including Postmaster General, First Lord of the Admiralty, and Secretary of State for the Northern Department. He is also known for the claim that he was the eponymous inventor of the sandwich.

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Events on 1792

20 Feb

United States Postal Service
The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington.
5 Apr

Veto
United States President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
20 Apr

French Revolutionary Wars
France declares war against the "King of Hungary and Bohemia", the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars.
21 Apr

Hanged, drawn and quartered
Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered.
28 Apr

French Revolutionary Wars
France invades the Austrian Netherlands (present day Belgium and Luxembourg), beginning the French Revolutionary Wars.

Deaths on April 30

John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich

Died on April 30, 1792

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