- Apr 1 London-Paris telephone connection opens
Event of Interest
Apr 1 French painter Paul Gauguin leaves Marseille for Tahiti
Paul Gauguin
- Apr 1 The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
- Apr 7 Nebraska introduces 8 hour work day
- Apr 11 8-year old Jewish tailor's daughter disappears in Greece, rumor spreads that she was a Christian girl ritually killed by Jews
- Apr 23 Jews are expelled from Moscow, Russia
- Apr 24 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Final Problem"
Event of Interest
Apr 25 US President Benjamin Harrison visits San Francisco
Benjamin Harrison