Page 2: 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  On this day in history house of Reps first full meeting, NYC, F Muhlenberg first speaker   

1789  On April - 01 house of Reps 1st full meeting, NYC, F Muhlenberg 1st speaker   

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

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

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

1802  On April - 01 hubert Reis, composer   

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

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

1807  Louis Francois Chambray, composer, dies at 69 on April - 01.   

1809  Nikolai Gogol, Ukrainian-born Russian novelist, humorist, and dramatist (Dead Souls, The Inspector-General) on this day in history.   

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

1815  Otto Von Bismarck, Germany, chancellor (1866-90) on this day in history.   

1817  On this day in history johannes J van Oosterzee, Dutch theologist   

1823  On this day in history simon Bolivar Buckner, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1914   

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  Isidore Edouard Legouix, composer on April - 01.   

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

1843  Ludwig Enneccerus, German jurist on April - 01.   

1847  Gavriil Musicescu, composer on April - 01.   

1850  On April - 01 sF County Govt established   

1852  On April - 01 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  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  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  Shenandoah Valley campaign, Jackson's Battle of Woodstock, VA on this day in history.   

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

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

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1220  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272)   

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  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  Thomas Simpson, composer was born on April - 01.   

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

1640  On this day in history birth of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697)   

1085  Death of Emperor Shenzong of China (b. 1048) on this day in history.   

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

1548  On this day in history 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