Apr 8 William Polk Hardeman, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 81 Apr 9 James Ronald Chalmers, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 67 Apr 12 Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Roman catholic archbishop of Quebec (b. 1820) Apr 15 Kepa Te Rangihiwinui, Maori military leader, dies in his 70s Apr 18 Gustave Moureau, French Symbolist artist, dies at 72 Apr 21 Louis Théodore Gouvy, French-German composer, dies at 78 Mar 1898 Famous Deaths by Year May 1898 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide
Assassination
Drug Overdose
Gunshot Wound
Murder
Plane Crash
Suicide