Historical Events
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 6 Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer (d. 1932)
- Apr 7 Otto Klauwell, German composer, born in Langensalza, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1917)
- Apr 9 C. E. A. Wichmann, German-Dutch geologist, born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1927)
- Apr 12 Emil Liebling, German-American composer, born in Pless, Silesia (d. 1914)
- Apr 13 Robert Abbe, American surgeon and radiologist, born in New York City (d. 1928)
- Apr 16 Ernst Josephson, Swedish painter, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1906)
- Apr 20 Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (British Open 1868-70, 72), born in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland (d. 1875)
- Apr 21 Charles Barrois, French geologist and palaeontologist, born in Lille, France (d. 1939)
- Apr 24 Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Uruguayan writer (Ismael, Grito de Gloria), born in Uruguay, Montevideo (d. 1921)
- Apr 25 Leopoldo Alas, Spanish novelist (La Regenta), born in Zamora, Spain (d. 1901)
