Historical Events
Internal-Combustion Engine
Apr 1 Samuel Morey is issued the first U.S. patent for an internal-combustion engine, which he calls a “Gas or Vapour Engine"
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 2 Philip Dale Roddey, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Moulton, Alabama (d. 1897)
- Apr 4 Zénobe Gramme, Belgian electrical engineer (Gramme dynamo), born in Jehay-Bodegnée, Belgium (d. 1901)
- Apr 6 Gustave Moreau, French Symbolist artist, born in Paris, France (d. 1898)
- Apr 7 Johann Hermann Berens, German-born Swedish Romantic composer, born in Hamburg, German Confederation (d. 1880)
- Apr 8 Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican war heroine (Costa Rica's first woman in the military), born in Cartago, Costa Rica (d. 1890)
- Apr 9 Thomas Hewson Neill, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1885)
- Apr 20 Dinah Craik, English writer (John Halifax, Gentleman), born in Stoke-on-Trent (d. 1887)
- Apr 26 Ambrose R. Wright, American Civil War General, born in Louisville, Georgia (d. 1872)
- Apr 26 George Hull Ward, American general and Union officer in the American Civil War, born in Worcester, Massachusetts (d. 1863)
- Apr 28 Alexander Stadtfeld, German composer, born in Wiesbaden, Duchy of Nassau, German Confederation (d. 1853)
