Historical Events
Event of Interest
Apr 4 Vice President John Tyler becomes the 10th President of the United States after the death of President William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
- Apr 6 Cornerstone laid for 2nd Mormon temple, Nauvoo, Illinois
- Apr 10 New York Tribune begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley
Historic Publication
Apr 14 1st detective story published, Edgar Allan Poe's "Murders in Rue Morgue" (April 1841)
Edgar Allan Poe
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 6 Karl Binding, German jurist (d. 1920)
- Apr 7 Alfred Cogniaux, Belgian botanicus
- Apr 7 Jozef Neuhuys [Joseph Hendrikus Neuhuys], Dutch painter, born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1889)
- Apr 13 Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor, born in Paris (d. 1905)
- Apr 15 Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian distillery founder (Seagram Distilleries), born in Fisher's Mills, Canada West (d. 1919)
- Apr 25 Pauline Lucca, Austrian operatic soprano, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1908)
- Apr 26 Wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian, born in Schönborn, Austrian Empire (d. 1886)
Famous Deaths
William Henry Harrison
Apr 4 William Henry Harrison, 9th US President (Whig: March 4-April 4, 1841), dies of pneumonia and becomes 1st president to die in office
William Henry Harrison