Historical Events In April - 01

1778  On this day in history oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, creates "$" symbol   

1785  J H Ferdinand Olivier, German painter on April - 01.   

1789  On April - 01 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  Gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women's right to divorce on April - 01.   

1793  On this day in history volcano Unsen on Japan erupts killing about 53,000   

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

1802  Hubert Reis, composer on this day in history.   

1803  On this day in history french law rules the use of intention   

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

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  On April - 01 jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian general/cartographer, dies at 87   

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

1817  Johannes J van Oosterzee, Dutch theologist on this day in history.   

1823  Simon Bolivar Buckner, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1914 on April - 01.   

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 this day in history isidore Edouard Legouix, composer   

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

1843  Ludwig Enneccerus, German jurist on April - 01.   

1847  On this day in history gavriil Musicescu, composer   

1850  On this day in history 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  Cincinnati became 1st US city to pay fire fighters a regular salary on April - 01.   

1854  On April - 01 hard Times begins serialisation in Charles Dickens magazine, Household Words.   

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

1858  Arnold Aletrino, Dutch physician-criminologist/author (From Life) on April - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of ludwig IV of Baveria, Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor (1314-47)   

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 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 this day in history.   

1640  Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697) was born on this day in history.   

1085  On April - 01 death of emperor Shenzong of China (b. 1048)   

1132  On this day in history death of st-Hugues, Bishop of Grenoble (b. 1053)   

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 April - 01.   

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

1548  On April - 01 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