Historical Events
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 5 Robert Smalls, African-American congressman (1875-87), born in Beaufort, South Carolina (d. 1915)
- Apr 5 Stanislaw Pilinski, French pianist and composer, born in Paris (d. 1905)
- Apr 12 Nikolay Przhevalsky, Russian naturalist and explorer (East and Central Asia), born in Kimborovo, Russia (d. 1888) (OS 31 March)
- Apr 12 Victorin de Joncières, French composer (Dimitiri), and music critic, born in Paris (d. 1903)
- Apr 18 Frantz Jehin-Prume, Canadian violinist and composer, born in Spa, Liège, Belgium (d. 1899)
- Apr 18 Henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet (Bell Birds), born in Yatte Yattah, New South Wales (d. 1882)
- Apr 20 Carol I, King of Romania (1881-1914), born in Sigmaringen, Germany (d. 1914)
- Apr 22 August W. Eichler, German botanist (developed a new system of classification of plants to reflect the concept of evolution), born in Neukirchen, Hesse (d. 1887)
- Apr 26 Cyrus Hamblin, American attorney, politician, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Hampden, Maine (d. 1867)
Famous Deaths
- Apr 1 Benjamin Pierce, American politician (b. 1757)
- Apr 11 John Galt, Scottish novelist (Annals of the Parish), dies at 59
- Apr 20 Giuseppe Rossini, father of Italian composer Gioachino Rossini, dies
- Apr 22 Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet, dies at 54
- Apr 23 Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French explorer, dies at 70
