- Apr 5 John Rogers Thomas, Welsh-American baritone and composer of popular, classical, and sacred music, dies at 66
- Apr 12 Alexander Ritter, German composer, dies at 62
- Apr 19 Arthur Boreman, American lawyer, judge, and politician (1st Governor of West Virginia, 1863-69; US Senator from West Virginia, 1869-75), dies at 72
- Apr 22 Thomas Meik, Scottish civil engineer, dies at 84
- Apr 27 Henry Parkes, Australian politician (longest non-consecutive Premier of the Colony of New South Wales), dies at 80
- Apr 28 Heinrich von Treitschke, German historian and political writer, dies at 61
- Apr 30 Antonio Cagnoni, Italian opera composer, dies at 68
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