Historical Events In April - 01

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

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  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 April - 01.  

1799  Narciso Casanovas, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

1802  Hubert Reis, composer on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1809  Nikolai Gogol, Ukrainian-born Russian novelist, humorist, and dramatist (Dead Souls, The Inspector-General) on this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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

1834  On this day in history 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  On April - 01 gavriil Musicescu, composer  

1850  On April - 01 sF County Govt established  

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

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

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

1862  Shenandoah Valley campaign, Jackson's Battle of Woodstock, VA on April - 01.  

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

1543  On April - 01 birth of françois de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (d. 1626)  

1578  William Harvey, England, physician (discovered blood circulation) was born on this day in history.  

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  Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (d. 1703) was born on this day in history.  

1640  On April - 01 birth of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697)  

1085  Death of Emperor Shenzong of China (b. 1048) on this day in history.  

1132  Death of St-Hugues, Bishop of Grenoble (b. 1053) on April - 01.  

1204  Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Louis VII & Henry II, dies at 81 on April - 01.  

1205  On April - 01 amalrik II, King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies  

1528  Death of Francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer on this day in history.  

1548  Sigismund I, the Elder, King of Poland, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

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

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