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 April - 01 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  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  On this day in history french law rules the use of intention  

1807  Fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic on April - 01.  

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

1809  On April - 01 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 April - 01.  

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

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

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 April - 01.  

1834  On April - 01 isidore Edouard Legouix, composer  

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

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

1847  On April - 01 gavriil Musicescu, composer  

1850  On April - 01 sF County Govt established  

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

1852  Edward Austin Abbey, US, painter (Quest of the Holy Grail) on this day in history.  

1853  On this day in history 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 April - 01.  

1854  Hard Times begins serialisation in Charles Dickens magazine, Household Words on this day in history.  

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

1858  On this day in history arnold Aletrino, Dutch physician-criminologist/author (From Life)  

1862  Shenandoah Valley campaign, Jackson's Battle of Woodstock, VA on this day in history.  

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  Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272) was born on this day in history.  

1283  Ludwig IV of Baveria, Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor (1314-47) was born on this day in history.  

1543  François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (d. 1626) was born on April - 01.  

1578  William Harvey, England, physician (discovered blood circulation) was born on April - 01.  

1582  Gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter was born on this day in history.  

1582  On April - 01 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 this day in history.  

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

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  On this day in history amalrik II, King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies  

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 April - 01 death of gillis van Valkenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 72