Historical Events
President John Tyler
Apr 4 Vice President John Tyler becomes the 10th President of the United States after the death of President William Henry Harrison
1st Detective Story
Apr 14 1st detective story published, Edgar Allan Poe's "Murders in Rue Morgue" (April 1841)
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 6 Karl Binding, German jurist (d. 1920)
- Apr 7 Alfred Cogniaux, Belgian botanist (d. 1916)
- Apr 7 Jozef Neuhuys [Joseph Hendrikus Neuhuys], Dutch painter, born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1889)
- Apr 13 Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor, born in Paris (d. 1905)
- Apr 15 Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian distillery founder (Seagram Distilleries), born in Fisher's Mills, Canada West (d. 1919)
- Apr 25 Pauline Lucca, Austrian operatic soprano, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1908)
- Apr 26 Wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian, born in Schönborn, Austrian Empire (d. 1886)
Famous Deaths
William Henry Harrison (1773-1841)
Apr 4 9th President of the United States (Whig: March 4-April 4, 1841), dies of pneumonia and becomes 1st president to die in office
