APRIL CALENDAR 



Birthdays 



1. Prince von Bismarck, 1815. 



_. Huns Christian Andersen. 1805. 



I. Washington Irving. 1 



5. Charles A. Swinburne, 1837. 



f,. Klilm Yak-. 1649. 



7. William Wordsworth, 1770. 

 1". William Ha/litt. 177S. 

 11. George Canning, 1870. 

 li'.- Henry Clay, 1777. 

 13. Thomas Jefferson, 1743. 



15. Bliss Carman, 1861. 



16. Charles W. Peale, 1741. 



17. J. Pierpont Morgan, 1837. 



18. George H. Lewes, 1817. 



19. Roger Sherman, 1721. 



20. Sir John Eliot, lf>:'_. 



21. Friedrich Froebel, 1782. 



22. Henry Fielding, 1707. 



L': 1 ,. William Shakespeare, 1564 (uncertain) 

 .lames Buehanan. IT'.M. 

 Stephen A. Douglas, 1813. 



24. Anthony Trollope, 1815. 



25. Oliver Cromwell, 1599. 



26. Alice Carey, 1820. 



27. U. S. Grant, 1822. 



28. James Monroe, 1758. 



29. Duke of Wellington (perhaps May 1), 



1769. 



Events 



1. Construction of first railroad in United States begun, 1826. 

 Four provinces of British India officially reconstituted, 1912. 



2. United States mint established, 1792. 

 Richmond, Va., evacuated by Confederates, 1865. 



::. lUsrnarck resigned his office, 1877. 



4. Henry Hudson sailed on third voyage, 1609. 

 United States flag adopted by Congress, 1818. 



5. British Museum originated, 1753. 



6. Washington elected President of United States, 1789. 

 United States entered war against Germany, 1917. 



7. Canada defeated reciprocity with United States, 1888. 



8. Legislature of British Columbia passed anti-Japanese immigration law, 1905. 



9. Charleston, S. C., captured by British, 1780. 

 10. Napoleon abdicated French throne, 1814. 



Huge fire in Toronto, Canada, 1904. 

 :i. William and Mary Crowned in London, 1689. 



Hudson, Bay, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia surrendered to England, 1713. 



12. Union Jack made English national flag, 1606. 



13. Edict of Nantes signed by Henry IV of France, 1598. 



14. First anti-slavery society in United States, formed by Quakers, 1775. 

 President Lincoln shot by J. Wilkes Booth, 1865. 



15. Titanic sank, and about 1,600 persons were drowned, 1912. 



16. First railroad in India opened, 1853. 



18. Paul Revere made his famous ride, 1775. 

 Earthquake and fire in San Francisco, 1906. 



19. Battle of Lexington, 1775. 



20. Bacon's Rebellion began, 1676. 



21. Canada forbade seal-catching in certain areas, 1894. 

 Spanish-American War began, 1898. 



22. Contract signed for transfer of Panama Canal to the United States, 1904. 



24. Russia began war against Turkey, 1877. 

 Battle of Fish Creek, Canada, 1885. 



25. Japan opened Yeddo and other ports to trade, 1867. 

 Allied forces landed on both sides of the Dardanelles, 1915. 



26. Great plague in London began, 1665. 



Hull, Canada, nearly destroyed by fire, 1900. 

 28. Napoleon exiled to Elba, 1814. 

 30. George Washington inaugurated as President of the United States, 1789. 



Louisiana Purchase made, 1803. 



Louisiana admitted to the Union, 1812. 



1. Arbor Day. 



2. Arbutus. 



3. Audubon, John James. 



4. Bird Day. 



5. Bird Houses. 



6. Bluebird. 



7. Bulbs. 



8. Clouds. 



9. Cocoon. 



10. Corn-planting. 



For Study 



11. Crocus. 



12. Daffodil 



13. Dandelion. 



14. Earthworm. 



15. Easter. 



16. Frog. 



17. Hepatica. 



18. Hyacinth. 



19. Insecticides. 



20. Jack-in-the-pulpit. 



21. Landscape-gardening. 



22. Leaf Buds. 



23. Paul Revere'8 Ride. 



24. Rain. 



25. Rainbow. 



26. Robin. 



27. Roots. 



28. Tree-planting. 



29. Tulip. 



30. Wren. 



