5th » Birkenhead Park, the first civic public park in Britain, is opened in Birkenhead.
16th » The accidental shooting of a Māori people named Māori by an England known as English sailor results in the opening of the Wanganui Campaign of the New Zealand land wars.
25th » The last survivors of the Donner Party are out of the wilderness.
Famous Birthdays on April in 1847
10th » Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American politician, journalist, and publisher, founded Pulitzer, Inc. (d. 1911)
16th » Hans Auer, Swiss-Austrian architect, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland (d. 1906)
Famous Deaths for April 1847
30th » Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen (b. 1771)