- Apr 5 11 strikers killed in riot at Connellsville, Penn
Music Premiere
Apr 9 1st performance of Anton Bruckner's 5th Symphony in B in Graz
- Apr 12 British & Belgian secret accord on dividing Central Africa
Film & TV History
Apr 14 1st public showing of Thomas Edison's kinetoscope (moving pictures)
Music Premiere
Apr 19 Jules Massenet's opera "Werther" premieres in NYC
- Apr 20 136,000 mine workers strike in Ohio for pay increase
Theater Premiere
Apr 21 George Bernard Shaw's play "Arms and the Man" premieres in London becoming his first public success
World Record
Apr 24 French cyclist Henri Desgrange rides 100km in a world record time of 2:39:18