Historical Events
Napoléon Abdicates
Apr 4 An officer mutiny forces French Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte to abdicate for the first time in flavor of his son, who is not accepted by the Allies occupying Paris
- Apr 5 Netherlands Bank issues its 1st banknotes
- Apr 9 Elias Canneman (L) resigns as minister of Finance of the Netherlands
- Apr 11 Napoléon Bonaparte abdicates unconditionally and is exiled to the island of Elba in the Mediterranean
Louis XVIII Lands at Calais
Apr 26 King Louis XVIII lands at Calais from England
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 2 Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American inventor of weaving machine for carpets, born in West Boylston, Massachusetts (d. 1879)
- Apr 2 Henry L. Benning, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Columbia County, Georgia (d. 1875)
- Apr 3 Lorenzo Snow, 5th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, born in Mantua, Ohio (d. 1901)
- Apr 4 John Blair Smith Todd, American politician and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Lexington, Kentucky (d. 1872)
- Apr 15 John Lothrop Motley, American historian and author (The Rise of the Dutch Republic), born in Dorchester, Boston (d. 1877)
- Apr 19 Louis Amédée Achard, French novelist (The Cloak and Dagger), born in Marseille, France (d. 1875)
- Apr 21 Angela Burdett-Coutts, English philanthropist extrordinaire and "the richest heiress in England", born in London (d. 1906)
- Apr 21 Béni Egressy, Hungarian composer, librettist, and actor, born in Kazincbarcika, Hungary (d. 1851)
- Apr 24 Vicente Fidel López, Argentine historian (La Novia del Hereje), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1903)
