In April 1834, Johnston took up farming in Texas, but enlisted as a private in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence against the Republic of Mexico in 1836.

The Alamo and the Texas War for Independence, September 30, 1835 to April 21, 1836: Heroes, Myths, and History.

After spending the last weeks of 1833 collecting information he presented his findings in January 1834 to the American Journal of Science and Arts, published in January – April 1834, and January 1836.

In addition, Joseph Smith, Jr. and Oliver Cowdery stated that on April 3, 1836, Moses appeared to them in the Kirtland Temple in a glorified, immortal, physical form and bestowed upon them the " keys of the gathering of Israel from the four parts of the earth, and the leading of the ten tribes from the land of the north.

* April 22 – Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ( born 1836 )

* April 21 – Maria L. Sanford, American educator ( b. 1836 )

* April 25 – Queen Emma of Hawaii ( b. 1836 )

* April 3 – Simon Kenton, Frontiersman ; Revolutionary Militia General ( d. 1836 )

* April 12 – Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist ( d. 1836 )

By April 1836, even the composer himself recognized that the work stood below Lucia in accomplishment.

The Texas Revolution, also known as the Texas War of Independence, was the military conflict between the government of Mexico and Texas colonists that began 2 October 1835 and resulted in the establishment of the Republic of Texas after the final battle on April 21, 1836.

At the Battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836, Houston surprised Santa Anna and the Mexican forces during their afternoon " siesta.

Meanwhile his letter to the Duke of Sussex, then ( April 1836 ) president of the Royal Society, secured for the undertaking, the wide basis of the British dominions.

His brother, Wilhelm von Humboldt, died in Alexander's arms on April 8, 1836.

It was created on March 28, 1835 and fully organized on April 4, 1836.

" The plat of the Village of Auburn is dated April 21, 1836, but it was held by Howe and not recorded until March 12, 1879.

Along with a younger brother, Wesley Coke Asbury Gause, Judge Wingate, and several others, they left Shallotte, North Carolina, on February 18, and arrived at Pearlington, Mississippi, on April 14, 1836.

The Berrien Springs post office opened with the name Berrien on December 4, 1832 and changed to Berrien Springs on April 18, 1836.

The first township meeting was held at the house of Captain Scott on April 8, 1836.

The first township meeting was held at the house of Captain Scott on April 8, 1836.

On April 13, 1836, they purchased of land – known as Sections 34 and 35 – in newly-created DeSoto County from Chickasaw chief Lush-Pun-Tubby for $ 1, 600.

Over the centuries, portions of the township were taken to create Washington Township ( February 17, 1836 ), Woodbury Borough ( March 27, 1854 ; now Woodbury City ), West Deptford Township ( March 1, 1871 ), Wenonah ( March 10, 1883 ), Westville ( April 7, 1914 ) and Woodbury Heights ( April 6, 1915 ).

On April 21, 1836, Cos arrived with over five hundred reinforcements for Santa Anna shortly before the Battle of San Jacinto.

On April 15, 1836, during the Texas Revolution, the forces of Antonio López de Santa Anna stopped at Stafford's plantation and ordered it to be burned.

On April 10, 1904, his first child was born, a son named George after the late Senator.

Hearst saw his wife and child, sent a joyful message to his mother in California, and soon returned to Washington, where on April 22, for the first time, he opened his mouth in Congress.

Meynell once again paid his debts and it was Katie, rather than Thompson, whose life was soon ended, for she died in childbirth in April, 1901, in the first year of her marriage.

Middletown bases its claim on the general provision of the law that `` all rateable property, both tangible and intangible, shall be taxed to the owner thereof in the town in which such owner shall have had his actual place of abode for the larger portion of the twelve ( 12 ) months next preceding the first day of April in each year ''.

Since some of the Roman months were named in honor of divinities, and as April was sacred to the goddess Venus, the Festum Veneris et Fortunae Virilis being held on the first day, it has been suggested that Aprilis was originally her month Aphrilis, from her equivalent Greek goddess name Aphrodite ( Aphros ), or from the Etruscan name Apru.

* April 1 is the first day of Japanese fiscal year.

* Easter, or Resurrection Day ( Christians )-celebrated the First Sunday after the first full moon on or after the Spring Equinox, near March 21st ( between March 22 and April 25 )

* Opening Day – first Sunday in April

The first organized race was on April 28, 1887 by the chief editor of Paris publication Le Vélocipède, Monsieur Fossier.

His successor President Barack Obama has expressed his desire to recognize the Armenian Genocide during the electoral campaigns, but after being elected, has not used the word genocide in his first annual April 24 speech in 2009.

He aimed the cannon that fired the first return shot in answer to the Confederate bombardment on April 12, 1861.

On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person to fly in space, reinforcing American fears about being left behind in a technological competition with the Soviet Union.

Albert married first, to Princess Dorothea ( 1 August 1504-11 April 1547 ), daughter of King Frederick I of Denmark, in 1526.

In April 1998, American photographer John S Callahan organized the first surfing project in the Andamans, starting from Phuket in Thailand with the assistance of Southeast Asia Liveaboards ( SEAL ), a UK owned dive charter company.

The first Arbor Day was held on April 10, 1872 and an estimated one million trees were planted that day.

Ontario celebrates Arbor Week from the last Friday in April to the first Sunday in May.

On the first Arbor Day, April 10, 1872, an estimated one million trees were planted.

The Thai zodiac includes a Naga in place of the Dragon and begins, not at Chinese New Year, but at either on the first day of fifth month in Thai lunar calendar, or during the Songkran festival ( now celebrated every 13 – 15 April ), depending on the purpose of the use.

The first tank versus tank action took place on 24 April 1918 at Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux, when three British Mark IVs met an advance of three German A7Vs, supported by infantry.

* Earliest day on which First Day of Summer or Sumardagurinn fyrsti can fall, while April 25 is the latest ; celebrated on the first Thursday after April 18.

The marriage took place on 30 April or 16 October 1325 and was a purely political maneuver to strengthen the first Polish – Lithuanian coalition against the Teutonic Knights.

The first public performance was given by Beethoven himself, Ignaz Schuppanzigh ( violin ) and Josef Linke ( cello ) at the Viennese hotel Zum römischen Kaiser on 11 April 1814, as his deafness continued to encroach upon his ability as a performer.

In April 2008, Vice President Lt. Gen. Seretse Khama Ian Khama ( Ian Khama ), son of Seretse Khama the first president, succeeded to the presidency when Festus Mogae retired.

Due to the Anglo-Boer War, the first census of Bechuanaland Protectorate, originally set to occur in 1901, took place on 17 April 1904.