Historical Events In April - 01

1778  Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, creates "$" symbol on April - 01.   

1785  J H Ferdinand Olivier, German painter on this day in history.   

1789  House of Reps first full meeting, NYC, F Muhlenberg first speaker on this day in history.   

1789  House of Reps 1st full meeting, NYC, F Muhlenberg 1st speaker on April - 01.   

1792  On this day in history gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women's right to divorce   

1793  Volcano Unsen on Japan erupts killing about 53,000 on this day in history.   

1799  Narciso Casanovas, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1802  Hubert Reis, composer on April - 01.   

1803  French law rules the use of intention on this day in history.   

1807  On this day in history fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic   

1807  Louis Francois Chambray, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1809  On April - 01 nikolai Gogol, Ukrainian-born Russian novelist, humorist, and dramatist (Dead Souls, The Inspector-General)   

1814  Jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian general/cartographer, dies at 87 on April - 01.   

1815  Otto Von Bismarck, Germany, chancellor (1866-90) on April - 01.   

1817  On April - 01 johannes J van Oosterzee, Dutch theologist   

1823  Simon Bolivar Buckner, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1914 on April - 01.   

1826  Samuel Mory patents internal combustion engine on this day in history.   

1830  On April - 01 carl Borromaus Neuner, composer, dies at 51   

1832  Robert the Hermit, US ex-slave/hermit in Massachusetts, dies on April - 01.   

1834  On April - 01 isidore Edouard Legouix, composer   

1836  Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Cocos Islands on April - 01.   

1843  On this day in history ludwig Enneccerus, German jurist   

1847  Gavriil Musicescu, composer on this day in history.   

1850  SF County Govt established on this day in history.   

1852  Second Burmese War breaks out after British ultimatum to King of Burma on this day in history.   

1852  On this day in history edward Austin Abbey, US, painter (Quest of the Holy Grail)   

1853  Cincinnati became first US city to pay firefighters a regular salary on April - 01.   

1853  Cincinnati became 1st US city to pay fire fighters a regular salary on April - 01.   

1854  On this day in history hard Times begins serialisation in Charles Dickens magazine, Household Words.   

1857  Herman Melville publishes The Confidence-Man on this day in history.   

1858  On April - 01 arnold Aletrino, Dutch physician-criminologist/author (From Life)   

1862  Shenandoah Valley campaign, Jackson's Battle of Woodstock, VA on April - 01.   

1863  Wartime conscription law in US goes into effect on April - 01.   

1863  On April - 01 1st wartime conscription law in US goes into effect   

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1220  Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272) was born on this day in history.   

1283  Ludwig IV of Baveria, Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor (1314-47) was born on this day in history.   

1543  On this day in history birth of françois de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (d. 1626)   

1578  William Harvey, England, physician (discovered blood circulation) was born on this day in history.   

1582  On this day in history birth of gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter   

1582  Thomas Simpson, composer was born on April - 01.   

1610  On April - 01 birth of charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (d. 1703)   

1640  Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697) was born on April - 01.   

1085  Death of Emperor Shenzong of China (b. 1048) on April - 01.   

1132  Death of St-Hugues, Bishop of Grenoble (b. 1053) on April - 01.   

1204  On April - 01 eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Louis VII & Henry II, dies at 81   

1205  Amalrik II, King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies on this day in history.   

1528  Death of Francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer on April - 01.   

1548  Sigismund I, the Elder, King of Poland, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1580  On April - 01 death of alonso Mudarra, Spanish composer   

1611  Death of Gillis van Valkenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 72 on April - 01.