Apr 7 Carl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist (b. 1804) Apr 10 John H Scholten, theologist (Free Want), dies at 73 Apr 23 William Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 73 Apr 30 J. P. [Jens Peter] Jacobsen, Danish writer (Niels Lyhne), dies of tuberculosis at 38 Share On Facebook Share On Twitter 1884 Famous Deaths 1886