Historical Events
- Apr 14 US Congress forms Territory of Wisconsin
- Apr 19 Nikolai Gogol's "Revisor" premieres in St Petersburg
- Apr 20 Territory of Wisconsin created
- Apr 21 Battle of San Jacinto, Texas wins independence from Mexico
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 4 (Charles) Jerome Hopkins, American composer, pianist, critic, and musical education advocate, born in Burlington, Vermont (d. 1898)
- Apr 24 Jeltje de Bosch Kemper, Dutch feminist, born in Amsterdam (d. 1916)
- Apr 26 Erminnie Adelle Platt, American anthropologist (first woman to specialize in ethnographic field work), born in Marcellus shale, New York (d. 1886)
Famous Weddings
Charles Dickens
Apr 2 English novelist and social critic Charles Dickens (24) marries Catherine Thomson Hogarth (20)
