Events in History
Historic Event
Apr 6 John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company
- Apr 9 Mayor Wolters offers French King Louis Napoleon townhall as a palace
- Apr 30 1st practical typewriter finished by Italian Pellegrini Turri
Birthdays in History
- Apr 13 Henry Haywood Bell, U.S. Rear Admiral (Union Navy), born in Orange County, North Carolina (d. 1868)
- Apr 13 Antonio Meucci, Italian inventor (invented a telephone-like device), born in Florence, Italy (d. 1889)
- Apr 16 Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist and politician, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1864)
Napoleon III
Apr 20 Napoleon III, Emperor of France (1852-70), born in Paris (d. 1873)
- Apr 26 Martha Finley, American children's book author (Elsie Dinsmore series), born in Chillicothe, Ohio (d. 1909)
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