Birthdays in History
- Apr 5 Sydney Thompson Dobell, English poet, born in Cranbrook, Kent (d. 1874)
- Apr 20 Alfred H. Colquitt, American lawyer and Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Monroe, Georgia (d. 1894)
- Apr 24 François Fournier, Swiss-French postage stamp forger, born in Croix-de-Rozon, Switzerland (d. 1917)
- Apr 25 Gustave Boulanger, French painter, born in Paris (d. 1888)
Deaths in History
- Apr 15 Theodorus Frederik van Capellen, Dutch vice-admiral (Algiers), dies at 61
Lord Byron
Apr 19 Lord Byron [George Gordon Byron], British romantic poet (Childe Harold's Pilgrimage), dies at 36
- Apr 24 Herman Muntinghe, Dutch theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71
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