Historical Events
- Apr 30 Henry Lee Higginson starts the "Popular Music" series with the Boston Symphony, which evolves into the Boston Pops Orchestra in 1900
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 1 Clementine Churchill, British life peer and wife of Winston Churchill, born in London, England (d. 1977)
- Apr 3 (Joseph Aloysius) "Allan" Dwan, Canadian-American screenwriter and film director (Robin Hood; Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farms; Sands Of Iwo Jima), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1981)
- Apr 3 Bud Fisher, American cartoonist (Mutt and Jeff), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1954)
- Apr 3 St John Philby, British explorer and Arabist, born in Badulla, British Ceylon (d. 1960)
- Apr 5 Dimitrie Cuclin, Romanian composer, born in Galați County, Romania (d. 1978)
- Apr 6 Carlos Salzedo, French-American piano prodigy, harpist, composer, educator (Curtis Institue; Juilliard), and new music advocate (co-founder of International Composers' Guild), born in Arcachon, France (d. 1961)
- Apr 6 Jules Goux, French auto racer (first European to win Indianapolis 500 1913), born in Valentigney, France (d. 1965)
- Apr 8 Dimitrios Levidis, Greek composer, born in Athens, Greece (d. 1951)
- Apr 12 R. D. Banerji, Indian archaeologist and historian (discovered ancient Indus city of Mohenjo-daro), born in Berhampore, British India (d. 1930) [1]
- Apr 12 Robert Delaunay, French artist, born in Paris, France (d. 1941)
- Apr 13 Georg Lukács, Hungarian philosopher and literary critic, born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1971)
- Apr 13 Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Dutch lawyer and Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1940-45), born in Goënga, Netherlands (d. 1961)
- Apr 13 Vean Gregg, American baseball player, born in Chehalis, Washington (d. 1964)
- Apr 15 Tadeusz Kutrzeba, Polish general during the Second Polish Republic, born in Kraków, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1947)
- Apr 16 Alexandre Stellio [Fructueux], Martinican biguine clarinetist, composer, and bandleader, born in Anses d'Arlet, Martinique (d. 1939)
- Apr 16 Leo Weiner, Hungarian composer (Fasching), born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1960)
- Apr 17 Cecil Burleigh, American violinist, composer (Sonnets of Autumn; Boyhood Recollections), and educator (University of Wisconsin, 1921-55), born in Wyoming, New York (d. 1980)
- Apr 17 Isak Dinesen [Karen Blixen-Finecke], Danish baroness and writer (Out of Africa), born in Rungsted, Zealand, Denmark (d. 1962)
- Apr 29 Egon Kisch, Austrian-Czech writer and journalist (Rasende Reporter), born in Prague (d. 1948)
- Apr 29 Wallingford Riegger, American cellist, composer (New Dance; Cooper Square), and educator, born in Albany, Georgia (d. 1961)
- Apr 30 Luigi Russolo, Italian Futurist composer (The Art of Noises), born in Portogruaro, Italy (d. 1947)
Famous Weddings
Edith Wharton
Apr 29 Novelist Edith Wharton (23) weds Edward Robbins Wharton (35)
Famous Deaths
- Apr 7 Carl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist (b. 1804)
- Apr 10 Jan Hendrik Scholten, Dutch radical theologist (Free Will), dies at 73
- Apr 20 Gustav Nachtigal, German physician and explorer (consul in Tunis, secured protectorates for Germany in central Africa), dies at sea at 51
- Apr 23 William Henry Holmes, English composer, dies at 73
- Apr 30 J. P. [Jens Peter] Jacobsen, Danish writer (Niels Lyhne), dies of tuberculosis at 38
