Historical Events
- Apr 1 New Constitution adopted by the German Empire
- Apr 10 William Hammond Hall's maps & surveys of Golden Gate Park accepted
- Apr 14 Canada sets denominations of currency as dollars, cents, & mills
- Apr 20 US 3rd Enforcement Act (President can suspend writ of habeas corpus)
- Apr 22 All German Jews emancipated after the German Constitution adopted by its last state Bavaria
- Apr 23 Blossom Rock in San Francisco Bay blown up
- Apr 30 The Camp Grant Massacre of Apache Indians in Arizona Territory is committed by white and Mexican adventurers, 144 die
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 1 F. Melius Christiansen, Norwegian-American violinist, and choral conductor (St. Olaf Choir, 1912-44), born in Eidsvold, Norway (d. 1955)
- Apr 2 Marshall Newell, American College Football Hall of Fame tackle (Harvard; All-American 1890-93) and coach (Cornell, Tufts), born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1897)
- Apr 3 Jose Juan Tablada, Mexican poet (El Florilegio), born in Mexico City (d. 1941)
- Apr 3 Mistinguett [Jeanne Florentine Bourgeois], French actress and singer (Moulin Rouge star), born in Enghien-les-Bains, Val-d'Oise, France (d. 1956)
- Apr 5 Mirko Seljan, Croatian explorer, born in Karlovac, Croatia (d. 1913)
- Apr 6 Alexander of Wales, British Prince, son of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, born at Sandringham House, England (d. 1871 1 day later)
- Apr 8 Clarence Hudson White, American photographer, born in Newark, Ohio (d. 1925)
- Apr 12 Ioannis Metaxas, Greek military officer, politician, and dictator (1936-41), born in Ithaca, Greece (d. 1941)
- Apr 16 John Millington Synge, Irish dramatist and poet (Riders to the Sea), born in Rathfarnham, County Dublin, Ireland (d. 1909)
- Apr 16 Martin Lunssens, Belgian composer, born in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Belgium (d. 1944)
- Apr 18 Henry Stephenson, British actor (Conquest, Little Old NY, Mr Lucky), born in Grenada, British West Indies (d. 1956)
- Apr 21 Leo Blech, German composer and conductor, born in Aachen, Rhenish Prussia (d. 1958)
- Apr 21 Vojtěch Říhovský, Czech composer, born in Dub nad Moravou, Bohemia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1950)
- Apr 24 Blanche Ring, American singer ("In The Good Old Summer Time"), and stage and screen actress, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1961)
- Apr 27 Arthur Nevin, American composer, born in Edgeworth, Pennsylvania (d. 1943)
- Apr 29 William Stern, German-American philosopher (Intelligence of Children), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1938)
Famous Deaths
- Apr 5 Andreas Henkel, German organist, composer, and pedagogue, dies at 66
- Apr 7 Alexander Lloyd, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
- Apr 7 Alexander of Wales, British Prince, son of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, dies at 1 day old after born prematurely
- Apr 7 Wilhelm Freiherr von Tegetthoff, Austrian admiral (Helgoland/Lissa), dies of pneumonia at 43
- Apr 8 Charles-Louis Hanssens, Belgian composer, dies at 68
- Apr 18 Omar Pasha [Mihajlo Latas], Serbian-Ottoman field marshal (Crimean War) and Governor (Bosnia, Iraq), dies at 64
- Apr 21 Elisabeth Grube, writer, dies
- Apr 27 Sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, Austrian composer, dies at 59
- Apr 29 Jan Gelinde van Blom, Dutch Frisian notary, poet, and folksong writer, dies at 75
