April 1901 in History

Events in History

Event of Interest

Apr 15 Pope Leo XIII issues an allocution deploring hostile actions against the Roman Catholic Church throughout Europe

Philippine Revolution

Apr 19 In the Philippines, recently captured insurgent leader Emilio Aguinaldo issues a proclamation advising his countrymen to end their rebellion and use of peaceful means to work with the US toward independence.

Apr 25 New York becomes 1st state requiring automobile license plates ($1 fee)
Apr 29 Antisemitic riot in Budapest

Birthdays in History

Apr 1 Whittaker Chambers, American writer, editor, and defector (d. 1961)
Apr 5 Alexander Alexeieff, Russian-French painter and graphic artist, born in Kazan, Russia (d. 1982)
Apr 5 Chester Bowles, American ambassador and writer (Conscience of a Liberal), born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1986)
Apr 6 Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian Catholic (d. 1925)
Apr 11 Adriano Olivetti, Italian engineer and manufacturer (typewriter), born in Ivrea, Italy (d. 1960)
Apr 11 Glenway Wescott, American writer (Apartment in Athens), born in Kewaskum, Wisconsin (d. 1987)
Apr 12 Lowell Stockman, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon, born in Helix, Oregon (d. 1962)
Apr 13 Jacques Lacan, French psychoanalyst and semanticist, born in Paris (d. 1981)
Apr 13 René Pleven, Prime Minister of France (1950-52), born in Rennes, France (d. 1993)
Apr 14 Martin Kessel, German writer, born in Plauen (d. 1990)
Apr 17 George Keyt, Sri Lankan painter, born in Ceylon (d. 1993)
Apr 20 Michel Leiris, French cultural anthropologist, born in Paris (d. 1990)
Apr 23 E.B. Ford, British ecological geneticist, born in Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire (d. 1988)
Apr 29 G. O. Sayles, English historian, born in Chesterfield, England (d. 1994)

Hirohito (1901-1989)

Apr 29 124th Emperor of Japan (1926-89), born in Aoyama Palace, Tokyo

Apr 30 Simon Kuznets, American economist (Nobel 1971), born in Pinsk, Russian Empire (d. 1985)

Deaths in History

Apr 1 François-Marie Raoult, French physicist and chemist (Law of Raoult), dies at 70
Apr 4 George Thomas "Tige" Anderson, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 77
Apr 19 Alfred Horatio Belo, American newswriter and businessman (b. 1839)
Apr 22 William Stubbs, English historian & Anglican bishop of Oxford, dies at 74