Events in History
- Apr 1 New Constitution adopted by the German Empire
- Apr 10 William Hammond Hall's maps & surveys of Golden Gate Park accepted
- Apr 14 Canada sets denominations of currency as dollars, cents, & mills
- Apr 20 US 3rd Enforcement Act (President can suspend writ of habeas corpus)
- Apr 22 All German Jews emancipated after the German Constitution adopted by its last state Bavaria
- Apr 23 Blossom Rock in San Francisco Bay blown up
- Apr 30 The Camp Grant Massacre of Apache Indians in Arizona Territory is committed by white and Mexican adventurers, 144 die
Birthdays in History
- Apr 3 Jose Juan Tablada, Mexican poet (El Florilegio), born in Mexico City (d. 1941)
- Apr 5 Mirko Seljan, Croatian explorer, born in Karlovac, Croatia (d. 1913)
- Apr 6 Alexander of Wales, British Prince, son of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, born at Sandringham House, England (d. 1871 1 day later)
- Apr 8 Clarence Hudson White, American photographer, born in Newark, Ohio (d. 1925)
- Apr 12 Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and dictator (1936-41), born in Ithaca, Greece (d. 1941)
- Apr 16 John Millington Synge, Irish dramatist and poet (Riders to the Sea), born in Rathfarnham, County Dublin, Ireland (d. 1909)
- Apr 29 William Stern, German-American philosopher (Intelligence of Children), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1938)
Deaths in History
- Apr 7 Alexander Lloyd, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
- Apr 7 Alexander of Wales, British Prince, son of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, dies at 1 day old after born prematurely
- Apr 7 Wilhelm Freiherr von Tegetthoff, Austrian admiral (Helgoland/Lissa), dies of pneumonia at 43
- Apr 18 Omar Pasha [Mihajlo Latas], Serbian-Ottoman field marshal (Crimean War) and Governor (Bosnia, Iraq), dies at 64
- Apr 21 Elisabeth Grube, writer, dies
- Apr 29 John Gelinde van Blom, Dutch Frisian poet, dies at 75
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