Page 2: Historical Events In April - 01

1778  On April - 01 oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, creates "$" symbol   

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

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 April - 01.   

1792  On this day in history gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women's right to divorce   

1793  On April - 01 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 April - 01 french law rules the use of intention   

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

1807  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1823  On April - 01 simon Bolivar Buckner, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1914   

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 this day in history.   

1843  On this day in history ludwig Enneccerus, German jurist   

1847  Gavriil Musicescu, composer on April - 01.   

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

1857  Herman Melville publishes The Confidence-Man on this day in history.   

1858  On this day in history arnold Aletrino, Dutch physician-criminologist/author (From Life)   

1862  Shenandoah Valley campaign, Jackson's Battle of Woodstock, VA on this day in history.   

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 April - 01.   

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  On April - 01 birth of gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter   

1582  On April - 01 birth of thomas Simpson, composer   

1610  Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (d. 1703) was born on April - 01.   

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

1085  Death of Emperor Shenzong of China (b. 1048) on April - 01.   

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  Amalrik II, King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1611  On this day in history death of gillis van Valkenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 72