Historical Events In April - 01

1778  Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, creates "$" symbol on this day in history.  

1785  On this day in history j H Ferdinand Olivier, German painter  

1789  On this day in history house of Reps first full meeting, NYC, F Muhlenberg first speaker  

1789  House of Reps 1st full meeting, NYC, F Muhlenberg 1st speaker on this day in history.  

1792  Gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women's right to divorce on April - 01.  

1793  Volcano Unsen on Japan erupts killing about 53,000 on April - 01.  

1799  Narciso Casanovas, composer, dies at 52 on April - 01.  

1802  On this day in history hubert Reis, composer  

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

1807  Fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic on this day in history.  

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

1809  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1815  On April - 01 otto Von Bismarck, Germany, chancellor (1866-90)  

1817  Johannes J van Oosterzee, Dutch theologist on this day in history.  

1823  Simon Bolivar Buckner, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1914 on this day in history.  

1826  On this day in history samuel Mory patents internal combustion engine  

1830  Carl Borromaus Neuner, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

1832  On April - 01 robert the Hermit, US ex-slave/hermit in Massachusetts, dies  

1834  On this day in history isidore Edouard Legouix, composer  

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

1843  On April - 01 ludwig Enneccerus, German jurist  

1847  On this day in history gavriil Musicescu, composer  

1850  SF County Govt established on April - 01.  

1852  Second Burmese War breaks out after British ultimatum to King of Burma on April - 01.  

1852  On April - 01 edward Austin Abbey, US, painter (Quest of the Holy Grail)  

1853  On April - 01 cincinnati became first US city to pay firefighters a regular salary  

1853  On this day in history cincinnati became 1st US city to pay fire fighters a regular salary  

1854  Hard Times begins serialisation in Charles Dickens magazine, Household Words on April - 01.  

1857  On April - 01 herman Melville publishes The Confidence-Man.  

1858  Arnold Aletrino, Dutch physician-criminologist/author (From Life) on this day in history.  

1862  On this day in history shenandoah Valley campaign, Jackson's Battle of Woodstock, VA  

1863  Wartime conscription law in US goes into effect on this day in history.  

1863  On this day in history 1st wartime conscription law in US goes into effect  

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1220  Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272) was born on April - 01.  

1283  On this day in history birth of ludwig IV of Baveria, Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor (1314-47)  

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  Gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter was born on this day in history.  

1582  Thomas Simpson, composer was born on this day in history.  

1610  Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (d. 1703) was born on April - 01.  

1640  Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697) was born on this day in history.  

1085  On April - 01 death of emperor Shenzong of China (b. 1048)  

1132  Death of St-Hugues, Bishop of Grenoble (b. 1053) on this day in history.  

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 April - 01.  

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

1548  On April - 01 sigismund I, the Elder, King of Poland, dies at 81  

1580  Death of Alonso Mudarra, Spanish composer on this day in history.  

1611  On this day in history death of gillis van Valkenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 72