Historical Events
- Apr 21 1st train crosses Mississippi River's 1st bridge, from Rock Island, Illinois to Davenport, Iowa
Rossini Leaves Italy
Apr 26 Composer Gioachino Rossini leaves Italy for the final time, returning to Paris, France
- Apr 28 1st veterinary college in US incorporated in Boston
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 9 Gyula Reviczky, Hungarian author and poet, born in Kuzmice, Topoľčany District, Slovakia (d. 1889)
- Apr 9 Joseph Hellmesberger Jr., Austrian composer, violinist, and conductor, born in Vienna, Austrian Empire (d. 1907)
- Apr 18 Abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian (Jan Steen), born in Amsterdam (d. 1946)
- Apr 18 Josef Gruber, Austrian organist and composer, born in Wösendorf in the Wachau (d. 1933)
- Apr 29 Anatoly Liadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake), born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1914)
- Apr 29 Edmund van der Straeten, German composer, born in Düsseldorf, Germany (d. 1934)
