Historical Events
Stanley Proclaimed Hero
Apr 19 Henry Morton Stanley is awarded the Order of Leopold in Brussels, proclaimed a hero and taken from one banquet hall to another
- Apr 27 French troops under Capt Archinard occupy Oussebougou, West Sudan
Famous Birthdays
Anthony Fokker (1890-1939)
Apr 6 Dutch aviation pioneer and aircraft manufacturer (Eindecker monoplanes, Fokker Triplane), born in Blitar, East Java, Dutch East Indies
- Apr 7 Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American journalist, conservationist (1st Lady of the Everglades) and women's suffrage advocate, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1998)
- Apr 7 Victoria Ocampo, Argentine writer and publisher (Sur magazine), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1979)
- Apr 11 Donna Rachele Mussolini, wife of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, born in Predappio, Romagna, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1979)
- Apr 13 Frank Murphy, American politician and 56th United States Attorney General, born in Harbor Beach, Michigan (d. 1949)
- Apr 16 Fred Root, English cricket fast bowler (3 Tests, 8 wickets; Derbyshire CCC, Worcestershire CCC), born in Somercotes, England (d. 1954)
- Apr 17 Arthemus "Art" Acord, American silent film actor and rodeo champion (Arizona Kid, Hard Fists), born in Glenwood, Utah (d. 1931)
- Apr 18 James Rennie, Canadian actor (Lash, Little Damozel), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1965)
- Apr 19 Lou Bandy [Lodewijk Ferdinand Dieben], Dutch revue-artist (Look for the Sun), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1959)
- Apr 20 Adolf Schärf, Austrian politician (President of Austria, 1957-65; Vice-Chancellor, 1945-57), born in Nikolsburg, Moravia (now Mikulov, Czech Republic) (d. 1965)
- Apr 20 Maurice Duplessis, 16th Premier of Quebec, born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada (d. 1959)
- Apr 23 Donald Tweedy, American composer, and educator, born in Danbury, Connecticut (d. 1948)
- Apr 23 Marcel L'Herbier, French director and screenwriter (El Dorado), born in Paris (d. 1979)
- Apr 26 Edgar Kennedy, American silent and sound screen character actor famous for his 'slow burn' (Laurel & Hardy films; Duck Soup; "Average Man" shorts) and director (From Soup to Nuts), born in Lake San Antonio, California (d. 1948)
Famous Weddings
Pierre Auguste Renoir
Apr 14 Painter Pierre Auguste Renoir (49) weds Aline Victorine Charigot
Famous Deaths
- Apr 1 David Wilber, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York), dies at 69
- Apr 2 Marinus Frederik Andries Gerardus Campbell, Dutch bibliographer, dies at 70
- Apr 4 Edmond Hébert, French geologist, dies at 77
- Apr 4 Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, French Canadian politician (1st Premier of Quebec), dies at 69
- Apr 8 Junius Spencer Morgan, American merchant and philanthropist (Metro Museum of Art), dies at 76
- Apr 11 Joseph Merrick, "The Elephant Man", dies of asphyxia at 27
- Apr 13 Samuel J. Randall, American politician (Speaker of the United States House of Representatives), dies at 61
- Apr 16 John Barnett, English composer (The Mountain Sylph), dies at 87
- Apr 22 Magnus Huss, Swedish physician who coined the word alcoholism and was the first to define it as a disease, dies at 82
