Page 2: Historical Events In April - 01

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

1785  J H Ferdinand Olivier, German painter on April - 01.   

1789  On April - 01 house of Reps first full meeting, NYC, F Muhlenberg first speaker   

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

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 this day in history narciso Casanovas, composer, dies at 52   

1802  Hubert Reis, composer on April - 01.   

1803  On this day in history 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  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  On April - 01 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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history sF County Govt established   

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

1852  Edward Austin Abbey, US, painter (Quest of the Holy Grail) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1854  On this day in history hard Times begins serialisation in Charles Dickens magazine, Household Words.   

1857  On April - 01 herman Melville publishes The Confidence-Man.   

1858  Arnold Aletrino, Dutch physician-criminologist/author (From Life) on this day in history.   

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 April - 01.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1640  Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697) was born on April - 01.   

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 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 April - 01.   

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