April 1st

Famous Birthdays -William Harvey (1578) English doctor, author of The Circulation of the Blood

April 2nd

Famous Birthdays - Hans Christian Anderson (1805)

April 3rd

Famous Birthdays - Washington Irving (1783) American author, Rip Van Winkle, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

April 10th

Famous Birthdays - Clare Boothe Luce (1903) Catholic author, editor Saints for Now

April 13th

Feast of St. Martin I
Famous Birthdays - Thomas Jefferson (1743), Marguerite Henry (1902) author, The King of the Wind, The White Stallions of Lipizza

April 14th

Famous Birthdays - Annie Sullivan (1866) Helen Keller's teacher

April 15th

Famous Birthdays - Leonardo da Vinci (1452)

April 18th

This Date in History:

(1775) Paul Revere's Ride
(1906) San Francisco earthquake

April 21st

Feast of St. Anselm

April 22nd

Famous Birthdays - Queen Isabella of Castille (1451) Isabella of Castille is a complex, controversial and dominant figure in World history. She was responsible for financing Christopher Columbus' voyages to the New World, for driving the Moors (and the Jews) from Spain and beginning the infamous Spanish Inquistion. Her daughter Catherine was the unfortunate first wife of Henry VIII of England.

April 25th

Famous Birthdays - Guglielmo Marconi (1874) Scientist, Inventor

This Date in History:(1915) The Anzac Landing at Gallipoli

April 28th

Feast of St. Louis Marie de Montfort

April 29th

Feast of St. Catherine of Siena
Recommended Reading: St. Catherine of Siena by F.A. Forbes.

April 30th

Feast of Pope St. Pius V