Editing 1849 (section)

=== April–June ===
* [[April 6]] – [[John William Waterhouse]], Italian-born British artist (d. [[1917]])
* [[April 20]] – [[Nikolai Nebogatov]], Russian admiral (d. [[1922]])
* [[April 21]] – [[Oscar Hertwig]], German zoologist (d. [[1922]])
* [[April 24]]
** [[Emma Whitcomb Babcock]], American litterateur and author (d. [[1926]])
** [[Helen Taggart Clark]], American journalist and poet (d. [[1918]])
** [[Joseph Gallieni]], French general (d. [[1916]])
* [[April 25]] – [[Felix Klein]], German mathematician (d. [[1925]])
* [[April 28]] – [[Augusto Aubry]], Italian admiral, politician (d. [[1912]])
* [[May 1]] – [[Kamimura Hikonojō]], Japanese admiral (d. [[1916]])
* [[May 3]]
** [[Bertha Benz]], German automotive pioneer (d. [[1944]])
** [[Bernhard von Bülow]], 8th [[Chancellor of Germany (German Reich)|Chancellor of Germany]] (d. [[1929]])
* [[May 9]] – [[Empress Shōken]], consort of [[Emperor Meiji|Emperor Meiji of Japan]] (d. [[1914]])
* [[May 19]] – [[John Hubbard (admiral)|John Hubbard]], American admiral (d. [[1932]])
* [[May 22]]
** [[Louis Perrier]], member of the [[Swiss Federal Council]] (d. [[1913]])
** [[Aston Webb|Sir Aston Webb]], British architect (d. [[1930]])
* [[May 23]] – [[Károly Khuen-Héderváry]], 2-time prime minister of Hungary (d. [[1918]])
* [[May 27]] – [[Alzina Stevens]], American labor leader, social reformer, and editor (d. [[1900]])
* [[June 9]] – [[Michael Ancher]], Danish painter (d. [[1927]])
* [[June 29]] – [[Pedro Montt]], 14th president of Chile (d. [[1910]])