- Apr 9 Joseph V von Scheffel, German writer (Ekkehard), dies at 60
- Apr 13 Károly Thern, Hungarian composer, dies at 68
- Apr 13 John Humphrey Noyes, American preacher and founded the Oneida Community (Perfectionists), dies at 74
- Apr 27 Henry Hobson Richardson, Romanesque revival architect, dies of Bright's disease at 47