April 1891 in History

Events in History

Event of Interest

Apr 1 French painter Paul Gauguin leaves Marseille for Tahiti

Apr 1 London-Paris telephone connection opens
Apr 1 The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
Apr 7 Nebraska introduces 8 hour work day
Apr 11 8-year old Jewish tailor's daughter disappears in Greece, rumor spreads that she was a Christian girl ritually killed by Jews
Apr 23 Jews are expelled from Moscow, Russia

Event of Interest

Apr 25 US President Benjamin Harrison visits San Francisco

Birthdays in History

Apr 2 Max Ernst, German-French surrealist painter and sculptor (founded surrealism), born in Brühl, German Empire (d. 1976)
Apr 7 Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish carpenter, inventor, and toy maker (Lego Group), born in Filskov, Denmark (d. 1958)
Apr 13 Maurice Buckley, Australian soldier and winner of the Victoria Cross, born in Melbourne, Victoria (d. 1921)
Apr 13 Nellallitea "Nella" Larsen [Nellie Walker], African-American Harlem Renaissance novelist (Quicksand, Passing), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1964)

B.R. Ambedkar (1891-1956)

Apr 14 Indian politician, jurist (architect of the Constitution of India) and social reformer who inspired the Dalit Buddhist Movement, born in Mhow, India

Apr 19 Ricardo Bacchelli, Italian playwright and poet (La Ronda), born in Bologna, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1985)
Apr 22 Ferdinando Nicola Sacco, Italian anarchist (Sacco and Vanzetti Trial), born in Torremaggiore, Italy (d. 1927)
Apr 22 Harold Jeffreys, English mathematician (Theory of Probability) and geophysicist, born in County Durham, England (d. 1989)
Apr 22 Vittorio Jano, Italian automobile designer, born in San Giorgio Canavese, Piedmont, Italy (d. 1965)
Apr 30 Watze Cuperus, Frisian author (Swart mar leaflik), born in Blije, Netherlands (d. 1966)

Deaths in History

Apr 3 Joseph Kervyn de Lettenhove, Belgian politician and literary figure, dies at 73

P. T. Barnum (1810-1891)

Apr 7 American circus promoter and showman (Barnum & Bailey), dies at 80

Apr 24 Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian general and fieldmarshal, dies at 90
Apr 25 Nathaniel Woodard, English educationalist (b. 1811)
Apr 29 Armistead Lindsay Long, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 65