- Apr 6 City of Vancouver, British Columbia incorporated
- Apr 6 Declaration of Berlin neutralizes Tonga
Irish Home Rule Bill
Apr 8 William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
Freud Opens Practice
Apr 25 Sigmund Freud opens his first neurologist practice at Rathausstrasse 7 in Vienna
- Apr 29 1st public Dutch electricity service begins