Events in History
- Apr 21 Ship Azor leaves Charleston with 206 blacks for Liberia
- Apr 23 1st Dutch test drive of steam tram
Birthdays in History
- Apr 1 Carl Sternheim, German playwright (Hyperion/Tabula Rasa), born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1942)
- Apr 2 Émilie Charmy, French avant-garde artist, born in Saint-Etienne, France (d. 1974)
- Apr 6 Erich Mühsam, German author (d. 1934)
- Apr 7 Jozef C Bittremieux, Belgian theologist (Virgin & Mother of God), born in Sijsele, Belgium (d. 1950)
- Apr 12 Richard B Goldschmidt, German-American zoologist (butterflies), born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany (d. 1958)
- Apr 15 Robert Walser, Swiss writer, born in Biel (d. 1956)
- Apr 21 Albert Weisgerber, German painter and graphic artist, born in Sankt Ingbert, Germany (d. 1915)
- Apr 22 Kitty Gordon, English entertainer, born in Folkestone, Kent (d. 1974)
- Apr 24 Jean Crotti, Swiss-French artist, born in Bulle, Fribourg, Switzerland (d. 1958)
- Apr 26 Rafael Guízar y Valencia, Mexican Catholic bishop (cared for the wounded, sick, and dying during the Mexican Revolution), born in Cotija, Michoacán, Mexico (d. 1938)
Deaths in History
Boss Tweed (1823-1878)
Apr 12 American politician and corrupt New York fraudster, dies in prison of pneumonia at 55
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