What Happened in April 1841

Historical Events

Apr 4 Vice President John Tyler becomes the 10th President of the United States after the death of President William Henry Harrison

Apr 14 1st detective story published, Edgar Allan Poe's "Murders in Rue Morgue" (April 1841)

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)

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

Apr 28 Peter Chanel, French priest & saint, dies at 37
Apr 29 (Louis) "Aloysius" Bertrand, French poet (Gaspard de la Nuit - Gaspard of the Night), and playwright, dies of tuberculosis at 34
Apr 30 Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish author and philologist, dies at 82