What Happened in April 1879

Historical Events

Apr 4 Gabriel Grovlez, French pianist, conductor (Opéra de Paris, 1914-34), and composer (L'Almanach aux images), born in Lille, France (d. 1944)
Apr 9 Gerald Kelly, British painter, born in London (d. 1972)
Apr 11 Leendert Round, Dutch sculptor (entrance Rotterdam Zoo) (d. 1942)
Apr 12 Frederic G. Melcher, American publisher and editor who founded children's book week, born in Malden, Massachusetts (d. 1963)
Apr 14 James Branch Cabell, American novelist and essayist (Restless Heads), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1958)
Apr 15 Melville Henry Cane, American lawyer and poet (Making a Poem), born in Plattsburgh, New York (d. 1980)
Apr 19 Richard Scheibe, German sculptor (Adler mit Hakenkreuz), born in Chemnitz, Germany (d. 1964)

Apr 20 French fashion designer and couturier who was the most fashionable dress designer before World War I, born in Paris

Apr 20 Robert Lynd, Irish writer and critic (Pleasures of Ignorance), born in Belfast, Ireland (d. 1949)
Apr 21 Kartini, Indonesian national heroine, born in Jepara, Central Java, Dutch East Indies (d. 1904)
Apr 23 Emil Barth, German revolutionary (Social Democratic Party), born in Heidelberg (d. 1941)
Apr 26 Owen Williams Richardson, British physicist (Nobel 1928), born in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England (d. 1959)
Apr 28 Edgard Tytgat, Flemish painter and etcher, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1954)
Apr 28 Franz Arnold, German writer, born in Znin, Prussia (d. 1960)
Apr 29 Thomas Beecham, English conductor (co-founded and led London Philharmonic, 1932-39; Royal Philharmonic, 1946-60), born in St Helens, Lancashire, England (d. 1961)

Apr 4 Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, Prussian physicist and meteorologist, dies at 75
Apr 8 Anthony Panizzi, Italian patriot, writer, and English librarian (British Museum, 1831-66), dies at 81
Apr 9 Ernst Richter, German musical theorist and composer, dies at 70
Apr 16 Bernadette of Lourdes [Bernadette Soubirous], French saint (saw Virgin Mary at Lourdes), dies from tuberculosis at 35 in Nevers, France
Apr 18 Anthony Pannizi, Italian-born British librarian (British Museum), dies at 81
Apr 29 Douglas H. Cooper, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 63
Apr 30 Emma Smith, Inaugural President of the Women's Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dies at 74
Apr 30 Sarah Josepha Hale, American writer (Mary Had a Little Lamb), editor, activist, and founder of the Seaman's Aid Society of Boston, dies at 90