April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, the fifth in the early Julian and one of four months with a length of 30 days. April is commonly associated with the season of spring in parts of the Northern hemisphere and autumn in parts of the Southern hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to October in the Northern hemisphere and vice versa.
April symbols: The birthstone for April is the diamond. The birth flower is typically listed as either the Daisy (Bellis perennis) or the Sweet Pea. The zodiac signs for the month of April are Aries (until April 20) and Taurus (April 21 onwards).
Historical Events for April, 1850
Day of Week 4th » The Great Fire of Cottenham: a large part of the Cambridgeshire village (England) is burnt to the ground in suspicious circumstances.
4th » Los Angeles, California, is incorporated as a city.
Famous Birthdays on April in 1850
13th » Arthur Matthew Weld Downing, Irish astronomer (d. 1917)
20th » Daniel Chester French, American sculptor, designed the Abraham Lincoln (French 1920) or Lincoln statue (d. 1931)
25th » Luise Adolpha Le Beau, German composer (d. 1927)
27th » Hans Hartwig von Beseler, German general (d. 1921)
30th » George Gibb, Scottish businessman (d. 1925)
Famous Deaths for April 1850
7th » William Lisle Bowles, English poet and critic (b. 1762)
12th » Adoniram Judson, American missionary (b. 1788)
16th » Marie Tussaud, French-English sculptor, founded the Madame Tussauds named Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (b. 1761)
22nd » Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Estonian philologist and physician (b. 1798)