Historical Events In April - 01

1778  On April - 01 oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, creates "$" symbol  

1785  On April - 01 j H Ferdinand Olivier, German painter  

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

1789  On this day in history house of Reps 1st full meeting, NYC, F Muhlenberg 1st speaker  

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

1793  On April - 01 volcano Unsen on Japan erupts killing about 53,000  

1799  On April - 01 narciso Casanovas, composer, dies at 52  

1802  Hubert Reis, composer on April - 01.  

1803  On April - 01 french law rules the use of intention  

1807  On April - 01 fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic  

1807  On this day in history louis Francois Chambray, composer, dies at 69  

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

1814  On April - 01 jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian general/cartographer, dies at 87  

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

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  On April - 01 samuel Mory patents internal combustion engine  

1830  Carl Borromaus Neuner, composer, dies at 51 on April - 01.  

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

1834  Isidore Edouard Legouix, composer on this day in history.  

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

1843  Ludwig Enneccerus, German jurist on this day in history.  

1847  On this day in history gavriil Musicescu, composer  

1850  SF County Govt established on this day in history.  

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

1852  Edward Austin Abbey, US, painter (Quest of the Holy Grail) on April - 01.  

1853  On this day in history cincinnati became first US city to pay firefighters a regular salary  

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

1854  On April - 01 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  Shenandoah Valley campaign, Jackson's Battle of Woodstock, VA on April - 01.  

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 April - 01 birth of ludwig IV of Baveria, Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor (1314-47)  

1543  On April - 01 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 April - 01 birth of gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter  

1582  On April - 01 birth of thomas Simpson, composer  

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

1640  On April - 01 birth of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697)  

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

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

1204  Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Louis VII & Henry II, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1205  On April - 01 amalrik II, King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies  

1528  Death of Francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer on this day in history.  

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

1580  Death of Alonso Mudarra, Spanish composer on April - 01.  

1611  Death of Gillis van Valkenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 72 on this day in history.