Page 2: Historical Events In April - 01

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

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

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 April - 01.   

1792  On April - 01 gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women's right to divorce   

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

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

1802  On April - 01 hubert Reis, composer   

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

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

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 April - 01.   

1814  Jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian general/cartographer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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

1817  Johannes J van Oosterzee, Dutch theologist on April - 01.   

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

1826  Samuel Mory patents internal combustion engine on April - 01.   

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

1832  Robert the Hermit, US ex-slave/hermit in Massachusetts, dies on this day in history.   

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

1836  Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Cocos Islands on this day in history.   

1843  On this day in history ludwig Enneccerus, German jurist   

1847  On this day in history 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  Edward Austin Abbey, US, painter (Quest of the Holy Grail) on April - 01.   

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

1853  Cincinnati became 1st US city to pay fire fighters a regular salary on this day in history.   

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

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 April - 01 shenandoah Valley campaign, Jackson's Battle of Woodstock, VA   

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

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 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  Gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter was born on April - 01.   

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

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

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 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 this day in history.   

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

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