Historical Events
- Apr 19 Cheyney University forms as the Institute for Colored Youth
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 3 John Burroughs, American writer and nature enthusiast (Burroughs Medal namesake), born in Delaware County, New York (d. 1921)
- Apr 5 Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet (Atalanta in Calydon), born in London, England (d. 1909) [1]
- Apr 7 Anderson Abbott, Canadian physician and writer (first Canadian-born black doctor), born in Toronto, Canada (d. 1913)
- Apr 10 Forceythe Willson, American poet (The Old Sergeant), born in Little Genesee, New York (d. 1867)
- Apr 11 Elmer E. Ellsworth, American soldier who was the 1st Union officer killed in the American Civil War, born in Malta, New York (d. 1861)
- Apr 15 Horace Porter, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania (d. 1921)
J. P. Morgan (1837-1913)
Apr 17 American financier and banker (General Electric; US Steel; AT&T), born in Hartford, Connecticut
- Apr 21 Fredrik Bajer, Danish politician, feminist and pacifist politician (Nobel 1908), born in Næstved, Denmark (d. 1922)
- Apr 24 Friedrich von Holstein, German civil servant (head of the political department of the German Foreign Office), born in Schwedt, Brandenburg, Germany (d. 1909)
- Apr 25 William Charles Levey, Irish conductor and composer, born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1894)
- Apr 29 Georges Boulanger, French general and politician, born in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France (d. 1891)
- Apr 30 Alfred R. Gaul, English composer, born in Nottingham, England (d. 1913)
Famous Deaths
- Apr 17 Edouard viscount de Walckiers, South Netherland banker and politician, dies at 78
