Historical Events
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 1 Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian-American piano virtuoso, conductor, and composer (Aleko; Piano Concerto No. 3, Vocalise), born in Oneg or Semyonovo, Russian Empire (d. 1943) [OS=Mar 20]
- Apr 7 John McGraw, American Baseball Hall of Fame infielder/manager (manager NY Giants World Series champions 1905, 21-22), born in Truxton, New York (d. 1934)
- Apr 11 Edward Lawson, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England (d. 1955)
- Apr 13 John W. Davis, American politician and United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom, born in Clarksburg, West Virginia (d. 1955)
- Apr 13 Theodore F. Morse, American composer, born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1924)
- Apr 14 Viktor Josef Keldorfer, Austrian composer, born in Salzburg, Austria (d. 1959)
- Apr 15 Juliette Atkinson, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1895, 97-98), born in Rahway, New Jersey (d. 1944)
- Apr 18 Jean Roger-Ducasse, French composer, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1954)
- Apr 19 Sydney Barnes, English cricket fast bowler (27 Tests, 189 wickets, BB 9/103); Warwickshire CCC, Lancashire CCC, Staffordshire CCC), born in Smethwick, England (d. 1967)
- Apr 22 Ellen Anderson Glasgow, American novelist (Ancient Law, Pulitzer-1942), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1945)
- Apr 24 Theodor Korner von Siegringen, 5th President of Austria (1951-57), born in Újszőny by Komorn, Austria-Hungary (d. 1957)
- Apr 25 Walter de la Mare, British poet and author (The Listeners, Memoirs of a Midget), born in Charlton, Kent (d. 1956)
- Apr 26 Otto zur Linde, German author (Charon), born in Essen, Germany (d. 1938)
- Apr 27 Harry O'Connor, American actor (Stranger than Fiction, The Long Lane's Turning), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1971)
- Apr 28 Harold Bauer, English-American pianist (Beethoven-Association), born in Kingston, England (d. 1951)
- Apr 29 Alida Tartaud-Klein, Dutch actress and performance artist (Rotterdam Stage), born in Amsterdam (d. 1938)
Famous Deaths
- Apr 11 Edward Canby, U.S. general (b. 1817)
- Apr 13 Carlo Coccia, Italian composer, dies at 90
- Apr 17 Semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky, Ukrainian composer, baritone and playwright, dies at 60
- Apr 18 Justus von Liebig, German agricultural & biological chemist who is considered the founder of organic chemistry, dies at 69
- Apr 20 William Tite, English architect (The Royal Exchange), dies at 75
- Apr 25 Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, Russian painter (VP: Imperial Academy of Arts 1828-68), dies at 90
- Apr 27 William Charles Macready, British actor, manager, and diarist, dies at 80
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