Events in History
Historic Event
Apr 19 Henry Morton Stanley inaugurated in Brussels
- Apr 26 Henry Morton Stanley inaugurated in London
- Apr 27 French troops under Capt Archinard occupy Oussebougou, West Sudan
Birthdays in History
- Apr 6 Andre L Danjon, French astronomer
- Apr 6 Anthony Fokker, Dutch aviation pioneer and an aircraft manufacturer (Eindecker monoplanes, Fokker Triplane)
- Apr 7 Marjory Stoneman Douglas, environmentalist (1st Lady of Everglades)
- Apr 7 Victoria Ocampo, Argentine writer and publisher (Sur magazine), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1979)
- Apr 11 Donna Rachele Mussolini, wife of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, born in Predappio, Romagna, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1979)
- Apr 13 Frank Murphy, American politician and 56th United States Attorney General, born in Harbor Beach, Michigan (d. 1949)
- Apr 19 Lou Bandy [Lodewijk Ferdinand Dieben], Dutch revue-artist (Look for the Sun), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1959)
- Apr 20 Maurice Duplessis, 16th Premier of Quebec, born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada (d. 1959)
Weddings in History
Pierre Auguste Renoir
Apr 14 Painter Pierre Auguste Renoir (49) weds Aline Victorine Charigot
Deaths in History
- Apr 1 David Wilber, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York), dies at 69
- Apr 2 Marinus Frederik Andries Gerardus Campbell, Dutch bibliographer, dies at 70
- Apr 4 Edmond Hébert, French geologist, dies at 77
- Apr 4 Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, French Canadian politician (1st Premier of Quebec), dies at 69
- Apr 8 Junius Spencer Morgan, American merchant and philanthropist (Metro Museum of Art), dies at 76
- Apr 11 Joseph Merrick, "The Elephant Man", dies of asphyxia at 27
- Apr 13 Samuel J. Randall, American politician (Speaker of the United States House of Representatives), dies at 61
- Apr 22 Magnus Huss, Swedish physician who coined the word alcoholism and was the first to define it as a disease, dies at 82
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