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  House of Reps first full meeting, NYC, F Muhlenberg first speaker on April - 01.  

1789  On this day in history house of Reps 1st full meeting, NYC, F Muhlenberg 1st speaker  

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  Narciso Casanovas, composer, dies at 52 on April - 01.  

1802  Hubert Reis, composer on April - 01.  

1803  French law rules the use of intention on this day in history.  

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

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

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  On this day in history otto Von Bismarck, Germany, chancellor (1866-90)  

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

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

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 April - 01.  

1843  On April - 01 ludwig Enneccerus, German jurist  

1847  Gavriil Musicescu, composer on April - 01.  

1850  SF County Govt established on April - 01.  

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

1852  On this day in history edward Austin Abbey, US, painter (Quest of the Holy Grail)  

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  Hard Times begins serialisation in Charles Dickens magazine, Household Words on April - 01.  

1857  Herman Melville publishes The Confidence-Man on April - 01.  

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

1863  1st wartime conscription law in US goes into effect on April - 01.  

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1220  On April - 01 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  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 April - 01.  

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

1548  Sigismund I, the Elder, King of Poland, dies at 81 on April - 01.  

1580  Death of Alonso Mudarra, Spanish composer on this day in history.  

1611  Death of Gillis van Valkenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 72 on this day in history.