Page 2: 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 this day in history.   

1789  On April - 01 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  On April - 01 volcano Unsen on Japan erupts killing about 53,000   

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

1802  On April - 01 hubert Reis, composer   

1803  On April - 01 french law rules the use of intention   

1807  On April - 01 fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic   

1807  On April - 01 louis Francois Chambray, composer, dies at 69   

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

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 April - 01.   

1823  On this day in history simon Bolivar Buckner, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1914   

1826  Samuel Mory patents internal combustion engine on April - 01.   

1830  Carl Borromaus Neuner, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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

1834  Isidore Edouard Legouix, composer on April - 01.   

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  On April - 01 gavriil Musicescu, composer   

1850  SF County Govt established on this day in history.   

1852  On this day in history second Burmese War breaks out after British ultimatum to King of Burma.   

1852  On April - 01 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 April - 01.   

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

1858  On April - 01 arnold Aletrino, Dutch physician-criminologist/author (From Life)   

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

1863  On April - 01 wartime conscription law in US goes into effect   

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

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1220  Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272) was born on this day in history.   

1283  On April - 01 birth of ludwig IV of Baveria, Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor (1314-47)   

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 this day in history.   

1582  On April - 01 birth of gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter   

1582  Thomas Simpson, composer was born on April - 01.   

1610  On April - 01 birth of charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (d. 1703)   

1640  On this day in history birth of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697)   

1085  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history death of alonso Mudarra, Spanish composer   

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