Historical Events
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 4 George Albert Smith, American religious leader, 8th President of Latter-day Saints, born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 1951)
- Apr 7 Gustav Landauer, German socialist and writer (advocated for social anarchism), born in Karlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden (d. 1919)
- Apr 7 Joseph Ryelandt, Belgian composer (Christus Rex - Christ the King), born in Bruges, Belgium (d. 1965)
- Apr 14 Syd Gregory, Australian cricket batsman and captain (58 Tests, 4 x 100, 8 x 50, HS 201; NSW CA), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1929)
- Apr 14 Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter, born in Saratov, Russia (d. 1905)
- Apr 17 Ray Stannard Baker, American journalist (Puliter Prize 1940), born in Lansing, Michigan (d. 1946)
- Apr 20 Maulvi Abdul Haq, Pakistani scholar and father of Modern Urdu, born in Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, British India (d. 1961)
- Apr 20 Simeon Roncal, Bolivian composer, born in Sucre, Bolivia (d. 1953)
- Apr 21 Edwin S. Porter, American film pioneer and producer (Jack and the Beanstalk), born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania (d. 1941)
Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924)
Apr 22 Russian Marxist Revolutionary and Soviet Leader (1917-24), born in Simbirsk, Russia
- Apr 28 Hermann Suter, Swiss composer, born in Kaiserstuhl, Aargau, Switzerland (d. 1926)
Franz Lehár (1870-1948)
Apr 30 Austrian-Hungarian composer (Naughty Marietta), born in Komárom, Austria-Hungary
Famous Deaths
- Apr 1 Patrick Gass, American soldier and sergeant of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, dies at 98
- Apr 4 Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist (b. 1802)
- Apr 8 Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist and composer, dies at 68
- Apr 15 Emma Willard, American women's rights activist and educator who founded the 1st school for women's higher education in the US, dies at 83
- Apr 16 Anatoli O Demidov, Russian ruler of Donato/traveller, dies
- Apr 16 Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry and Italian princess of the House of Bourbon who led an unsuccessful rebellion against French King Louis-Philippe I, dies at 71
- Apr 19 Andreas Schelfhout, Dutch landscape painter, etcher and lithographer, dies at 83
- Apr 19 Camille Marie Stamaty, French pianist, composer, and teacher of Louis Moreau Gottschalk and Camille Saint-Saëns, dies at 59
- Apr 19 William Henry Havergal, composer, dies at 77
