Page 2: Historical Events In April - 01

1778  Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, creates "$" symbol on April - 01.   

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

1789  House of Reps first full meeting, NYC, F Muhlenberg first speaker on this day in history.   

1789  House of Reps 1st full meeting, NYC, F Muhlenberg 1st speaker on April - 01.   

1792  Gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women's right to divorce on this day in history.   

1793  Volcano Unsen on Japan erupts killing about 53,000 on this day in history.   

1799  On this day in history narciso Casanovas, composer, dies at 52   

1802  Hubert Reis, composer on April - 01.   

1803  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  Otto Von Bismarck, Germany, chancellor (1866-90) on this day in history.   

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  On April - 01 carl Borromaus Neuner, composer, dies at 51   

1832  Robert the Hermit, US ex-slave/hermit in Massachusetts, dies on April - 01.   

1834  On this day in history isidore Edouard Legouix, composer   

1836  On April - 01 charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Cocos Islands   

1843  On this day in history ludwig Enneccerus, German jurist   

1847  On this day in history gavriil Musicescu, composer   

1850  SF County Govt established on April - 01.   

1852  On this day in history 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  Cincinnati became first US city to pay firefighters a regular salary on April - 01.   

1853  Cincinnati became 1st US city to pay fire fighters a regular salary on April - 01.   

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

1862  On this day in history shenandoah Valley campaign, Jackson's Battle of Woodstock, VA   

1863  Wartime conscription law in US goes into effect on April - 01.   

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  François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (d. 1626) was born on this day in history.   

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 April - 01 birth of thomas Simpson, composer   

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  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  On April - 01 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 April - 01 death of francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer   

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

1580  On April - 01 death of alonso Mudarra, Spanish composer   

1611  Death of Gillis van Valkenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 72 on April - 01.