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 April - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

1792  On this day in history 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  On this day in history hubert Reis, composer   

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

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

1807  On April - 01 louis Francois Chambray, composer, dies at 69   

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 this day in history.   

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

1823  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1834  On April - 01 isidore Edouard Legouix, composer   

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 this day in history 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 April - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On April - 01 arnold Aletrino, Dutch physician-criminologist/author (From Life)   

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  1st wartime conscription law in US goes into effect on April - 01.   

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1220  Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272) was born on April - 01.   

1283  Ludwig IV of Baveria, Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor (1314-47) was born on April - 01.   

1543  On this day in history birth of françois de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (d. 1626)   

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  Thomas Simpson, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1640  Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697) was born on April - 01.   

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

1205  On this day in history amalrik II, King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies   

1528  Death of Francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer on April - 01.   

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  Death of Gillis van Valkenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 72 on April - 01.