Historical Events
- Apr 13 William Henry Lane ("Juda") perfects tap dance
Palace of Westminster
Apr 27 Foundation stone for new Palace of Westminster, London, laid by Sarah Barry wife of its architect Charles Barry
Famous Birthdays
Émile Zola (1840-1902)
Apr 2 French novelist and critic (J'accuse - I Accuse), born in Paris, France
- Apr 11 John Conrad Nordqvist, Swedish composer, born in Vänersborg, Älvsborg County, Sweden (d. 1920)
- Apr 12 Edmond Audran, French composer, born in Lyon, France (d. 1901)
- Apr 12 Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest and musicologist (Magister choralis), born in Mallersdorf-Pfaffenberg, Kingdom of Bavaria (d. 1910)
- Apr 20 Odilon Redon [Bertrand-Jean Redon], French symbolist painter, born in Bordeaux (d. 1916)
- Apr 25 James Dearing, U.S. Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Campbell County, Virginia (d. 1865)
- Apr 27 Edward Whymper, English mountaineer, 1st to climb Matterhorn (1865), born in London (d. 1911)
