Page 2: Historical Events In April - 01

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

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

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  Volcano Unsen on Japan erupts killing about 53,000 on April - 01.   

1799  Narciso Casanovas, composer, dies at 52 on April - 01.   

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  Louis Francois Chambray, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1815  On this day in history otto Von Bismarck, Germany, chancellor (1866-90)   

1817  On April - 01 johannes J van Oosterzee, Dutch theologist   

1823  Simon Bolivar Buckner, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1914 on this day in history.   

1826  Samuel Mory patents internal combustion engine on this day in history.   

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

1832  On this day in history robert the Hermit, US ex-slave/hermit in Massachusetts, dies   

1834  On April - 01 isidore Edouard Legouix, composer   

1836  On this day in history charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Cocos Islands   

1843  On April - 01 ludwig Enneccerus, German jurist   

1847  Gavriil Musicescu, composer on this day in history.   

1850  SF County Govt established on April - 01.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1863  Wartime conscription law in US goes into effect on April - 01.   

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

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

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 April - 01.   

1578  William Harvey, England, physician (discovered blood circulation) was born on April - 01.   

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

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

1132  On April - 01 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  Death of Francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer on this day in history.   

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 April - 01.