Benjamin Lee Whorf ( April 24, 1897 – July 26, 1941 ) was an American linguist and fire prevention engineer.

The son of Harry and Sarah ( Lee ) Whorf, Benjamin Lee Whorf was born on April 24, 1897 in Winthrop, Massachusetts.

Lady Aberdare, born 1827, died in April 1897 and was a proponent of women's education and active in the establishment of Aberdare Hall in Cardiff.

Johannes Brahms (; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897 ) was a German composer and pianist.

His condition gradually worsened and he died on 3 April 1897, aged 63.

The flight of the Greek army from here to Farsala took place on April 23, 1897.

Because of scepticism surrounding the will, it was not until 26 April 1897 that it was approved by the Storting in Norway.

Nobel's instructions named a Norwegian Nobel Committee to award the Peace Prize, the members of whom were appointed shortly after the will was approved in April 1897.

The Venice convention of 30 January 1892 was on cholera by the Suez Canal route ; that of Dresden of 15 April 1893, on cholera within European countries ; that of Paris of 3 April 1894, on cholera by the pilgrim traffic ; and that of Venice, on 19 March 1897, was in connection with the outbreak of plague in the East, and the conference met to settle on an international basis the steps to be taken to prevent, if possible, its spread into Europe.

On April 19, 1897 Taxil called a press conference at which he claimed he would introduce Diana Vaughan to the press.

* April 8 – Marian Anderson, American contralto ( b. 1897 )

* April 7 – Elizabeth Bibesco, writer ( b. 1897 ) ( pneumonia )

* April 28 – Hilde Hildebrand, German actress ( b. 1897 )

* April 4 – Dina Manfredini, Italian Supercenterian ; Oldest Italian Person Ever ; Last surviving woman born in 1897

* April 24 – Milt Franklyn, American musician ( b. 1897 )

* April 20 – Cecil Parker, English actor ( b. 1897 )

* April 16 – Lucius D. Clay, American military governor of Germany after World War II ( b. 1897 )

* April 27 – Major Charles Bendire, U. S. Army captain and ornithologist ( d. 1897 )

* April 22 – Charles Denis Bourbaki, French general ( d. 1897 )

The United Kingdom premiere took place at the Theatre Royal in Manchester, on 22 April 1897, in a presentation by the Carl Rosa Opera Company supervised by Puccini.

Carter Henry Harrison, Jr. ( April 23, 1860, Chicago, Illinois-December 25, 1953 ; buried in Graceland Cemetery ) served as Mayor of Chicago ( 1897 – 1905 and 1911 – 1915 ).

The first American Arts and Crafts Exhibition began on April 5, 1897, at Copley Hall, Boston featuring more than 1000 objects made by 160 craftsmen, half of whom were women.

Thornton Niven Wilder ( April 17, 1897 – December 7, 1975 ) was an American playwright and novelist.

Due to the level of skepticism surrounding the will it was not until April 26, 1897 that it was approved by the Storting ( the Norwegian Parliament ).

In April 1936 the Chancellor of the Exchequer Neville Chamberlain introduced a budget which increased the amount spent on the armed forces.

* April 5 – Neville Chamberlain, in what proves to be a tragic misjudgment, declares in a major public speech that Hitler has " missed the bus ".

* April 12 – Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England ( d. 1604 )

* April 1918 – Austen Chamberlain succeeds Lord Milner as Minister without Portfolio.

On 18 April 1540, Henry granted Cromwell the earldom of Essex and the senior court office of Lord Great Chamberlain.

In April he was dismissed from the office of Lord Chamberlain when he failed to join the King at York.

Having taken the counsel of Bright, Gladstone invited Chamberlain on 27 April 1880 to become President of the Board of Trade.

On 9 April, Chamberlain spoke against the Irish Home Rule Bill in its first reading before attending a meeting of Liberal Unionists, summoned by Hartington, hitherto the subject of Chamberlain's anti-Whig declarations on 14 May.

No commitments were made, and on 25 April Hatzfeldt asked for colonial concessions from Chamberlain as a precursor to a better relationship.

When it became evident that these efforts were coming to naught, Chamberlain, on 24 April 1903, offered Herzl a territory in East Africa.

In April 1902, Chamberlain dined with the Hughligans, a small parliamentary clique which included Lord Hugh Cecil and Churchill among its membership.

The Chancellor presented a Free Trade on 23 April, during which Chamberlain was completely silent.

" Joseph Chamberlain and the Municipal Ideal ," History Today ( April 1987 ) 37 # 4 pp 33-40

After serving as Chief of Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff from 15 April 1925 to 22 January 1929, he retired and accepted the position as Privy Councillor and Grand Chamberlain from 1929-1936.

* April 1923 – Griffith-Boscawen resigns as Minister of Health after losing his seat and is succeeded by Neville Chamberlain.

* English literature, drama, and education lose a major patron and benefactor when William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke and Lord Chamberlain of England, dies on April 10.

Owing to the dissolution of parliament and the August general election, Chamberlain was unable to make his maiden speech until April 1893.

Associated with the aristocratic Whig party of Lord Rockingham, Portland served as Lord Chamberlain of the Household in Rockingham's first Government ( 1765 – 1766 ) and then as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in Rockingham's second ministry ( April – August 1782 ); he resigned from Lord Shelburne's ministry along with other supporters of Charles James Fox following Rockingham's death.

A by-election was called in the riding due to the resignation of incumbent Liberal Member of Parliament Brenda Chamberlain effective April 7, 2008.

In April 1864, Chamberlain returned to the Army of the Potomac and was promoted to brigade commander shortly before the Siege of Petersburg.

On the morning of April 9, 1865, Chamberlain learned of the desire by Lee to surrender the Army of Northern Virginia when a Confederate staff officer approached him under a flag of truce.

" The next day, Chamberlain was summoned to Union headquarters where Maj. Gen. Charles Griffin informed him that he had been selected to preside over the parade of the Confederate infantry as part of their formal surrender at Appomattox Court House on April 12.

After murdering Iacopo Urri, the Royal Chamberlain on 1 April 1457, he was deprived of the archbishopric and fled to Rhodes on a ship of the Catalan Juan Tafures.

Under James I, Howard immediately entered the King's favour, being appointed Lord Chamberlain on 6 April 1603 and a Privy Counsellor on 7 April.