Historical Events
- Apr 1 San Francisco County government established
- Apr 4 City of Los Angeles incorporated
- Apr 15 City of San Francisco incorporated
- Apr 25 Paul Julius Reuter sets up carrier-pigeon service, using 40 pigeons to carry stock market prices between Aachen and Brussels
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 8 William H. Welch, American pathologist who founded Johns Hopkins Hospital, born in Norfolk, Connecticut (d. 1934)
- Apr 9 Hermann Zumpe, German composer, born in Oppach, Germany (d. 1903)
- Apr 13 Arthur Matthew Weld Downing, British mathematician and astronomer, born in County Carlow, Ireland (d. 1917)
- Apr 15 John Munro Longyear, American capitalist and developer of timber and mineral lands, born in Lansing, Michigan (d. 1922)
- Apr 16 Herbert Baxter Adams, American historian (American Historical Association), born in Shutesbury, Massachusetts (d. 1901)
- Apr 19 Edward John Gregory, British painter and engraver, born in Southampton, England (d. 1909)
- Apr 19 Theo Mann-Bouwmeester, Dutch actress (Pink Bernd, Hedda Gabler), born in Zutphen, Gelderland, Netherlands (d. 1939)
- Apr 20 Daniel Chester French, American sculptor (Minute Man), born in Exeter, New Hampshire (d. 1931)
- Apr 24 John Lawson Stoddard, American lecturer, photographer, and author, considered the father of travelogue, born in Brookline, Massachusetts (d. 1931)
- Apr 27 Hans Hartwig von Beseler, German Colonel General, born in Greifswald, Prussia (d. 1921)
Famous Deaths
Madame Tussaud (1761-1850)
Apr 16 French founder of Madame Tussaud's wax museum, dies at 88
- Apr 24 Louis Alexandre Piccinni, Italian-French composer, dies at 70
