What Happened In April 1891 - Historical Events 1891 April

Historical Events for April, 1891

2nd » Jack Buchanan, Scottish actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 1957)
2nd » Max Ernst, German painter, sculptor, and poet (d. 1976)
7th » Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman, founded the Lego Group (d. 1958)
10th » Frank Barson, English footballer and coach (d. 1968)
13th » Maurice Buckley, Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1921)
13th » Nella Larsen, American author (d. 1964)
13th » Robert Scholl, German accountant and politician (d. 1973)
14th » B. R. Ambedkar, Indian jurist and politician (d. 1956)
14th » Otto Lasanen, Finnish wrestler (d. 1958)
16th » Dorothy P. Lathrop, American author and illustrator (d. 1980)
17th » George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author (d. 1965)
19th » Françoise Rosay, French actress and singer (d. 1974)
22nd » Laura Gilpin, American photographer (d. 1979)
22nd » Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer (d. 1965)
22nd » Harold Jeffreys, English mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (d. 1989)
22nd » Sacco and Vanzetti e.g Nicola Sacco, Italian-American criminal (d. 1927)
23rd » Sergei Prokofiev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1953)

2nd » Albert Pike, American lawyer and general (b. 1809)
7th » P. T. Barnum, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (b. 1810)
24th » Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, German field marshal (b. 1800)
25th » Nathaniel Woodard, English priest and educator (b. 1811)
30th » Joseph Leidy, American paleontologist and author (b. 1823)