Historical Events
- Apr 2 1st issue of Rotterdam's Newspaper
- Apr 10 California Street Cable Car Railroad Co starts service
- Apr 15 Harley Procter introduces Ivory Soap
- Apr 21 First Lady Lucy Hayes begins egg rolling contest on White House lawn
- Apr 21 NY installs 1st firehouse pole
- Apr 21 Ship Azor leaves Charleston with 206 blacks for Liberia
- Apr 23 1st Dutch test drive of steam tram
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 1 Carl Sternheim, German playwright (Hyperion/Tabula Rasa), born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1942)
- Apr 2 Émilie Charmy, French avant-garde artist, born in Saint-Etienne, France (d. 1974)
- Apr 6 Carl Ehrenberg, German composer, kapellmeister, and pedagogue, born in Dresden, German Empire (d. 1962)
- Apr 6 Erich Mühsam, German author (d. 1934)
- Apr 7 Jozef C Bittremieux, Belgian theologist (Virgin & Mother of God), born in Sijsele, Belgium (d. 1950)
- Apr 7 Maitland Hathorn, South African cricketer (12 tests 1901-11), born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa (d. 1920)
- Apr 8 Rudolf Nelson, German composer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1960)
- Apr 12 Richard B Goldschmidt, German-American zoologist (butterflies), born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany (d. 1958)
- Apr 15 Robert Walser, Swiss writer, born in Biel (d. 1956)
- Apr 16 R. E. Foster, English cricket batsman (8 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 287 on debut 1903; Worcestershire CCC) and soccer forward (5 caps; Corinthian FC, Old Malvernians FC; only man to captain England in both sports), born in Malvern, England (d. 1914)
- Apr 21 Albert Weisgerber, German painter and graphic artist, born in Sankt Ingbert, Germany (d. 1915)
- Apr 22 Kitty Gordon, English entertainer, born in Folkestone, Kent (d. 1974)
- Apr 24 Jean Crotti, Swiss-French artist, born in Bulle, Fribourg, Switzerland (d. 1958)
- Apr 25 Theodore Samuel Holland, British composer and pedagogue, born in Wimbledon, London (d. 1947)
- Apr 26 Ethel Griffies, British actress (Billy Liar, The Birds, We Live Again), born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England (d. 1975)
- Apr 26 Rafael Guízar y Valencia, Mexican Catholic bishop (cared for the wounded, sick, and dying during the Mexican Revolution), born in Cotija, Michoacán, Mexico (d. 1938)
- Apr 27 Frank Gotch, American professional wrestler, born in Humboldt, Iowa (d. 1917)
Lionel Barrymore (1878-1954)
Apr 28 American actor (It's A Wonderful Life; Dr. Kildare (films); Key Largo), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Famous Deaths
Boss Tweed (1823-1878)
Apr 12 American politician and corrupt New York fraudster, dies in prison of pneumonia at 55
