- Apr 2 Theodor Althaus, writer, dies
- Apr 9 John Howard Payne, American actor, playwright (Fair Warning), author and creator of the hit song "Home! Sweet Home!", dies at 60
- Apr 19 Vasili A Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator (Homerus), dies at 69
- Apr 21 Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (b. 1787)
- Apr 24 Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (b. 1783)