Historical Events In April - 01

1778  On this day in history oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, creates "$" symbol  

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

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 this day in history.  

1792  On April - 01 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 April - 01.  

1802  Hubert Reis, composer on April - 01.  

1803  On this day in history french law rules the use of intention  

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  Nikolai Gogol, Ukrainian-born Russian novelist, humorist, and dramatist (Dead Souls, The Inspector-General) on this day in history.  

1814  On this day in history jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian general/cartographer, dies at 87  

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

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

1823  On April - 01 simon Bolivar Buckner, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1914  

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

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  Isidore Edouard Legouix, composer on April - 01.  

1836  On this day in history charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Cocos Islands  

1843  Ludwig Enneccerus, German jurist on April - 01.  

1847  On April - 01 gavriil Musicescu, composer  

1850  On April - 01 sF County Govt established  

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

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 this day in history.  

1853  On April - 01 cincinnati became 1st US city to pay fire fighters a regular salary  

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

1857  On this day in history herman Melville publishes The Confidence-Man.  

1858  Arnold Aletrino, Dutch physician-criminologist/author (From Life) on April - 01.  

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

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

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

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1220  On April - 01 birth of emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272)  

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  On April - 01 birth of william Harvey, England, physician (discovered blood circulation)  

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

1582  On this day in history birth of thomas Simpson, composer  

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

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

1085  On this day in history death of emperor Shenzong of China (b. 1048)  

1132  On this day in history death of st-Hugues, Bishop of Grenoble (b. 1053)  

1204  On this day in history eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Louis VII & Henry II, dies at 81  

1205  Amalrik II, King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies on April - 01.  

1528  On this day in history death of francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer  

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