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 this day in history.   

1789  House of Reps first full meeting, NYC, F Muhlenberg first speaker on April - 01.   

1789  On April - 01 house of Reps 1st full meeting, NYC, F Muhlenberg 1st speaker   

1792  On April - 01 gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women's right to divorce   

1793  On April - 01 volcano Unsen on Japan erupts killing about 53,000   

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

1802  Hubert Reis, composer on April - 01.   

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   

1807  Louis Francois Chambray, composer, dies at 69 on April - 01.   

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

1814  Jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian general/cartographer, dies at 87 on April - 01.   

1815  On April - 01 otto Von Bismarck, Germany, chancellor (1866-90)   

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  On April - 01 samuel Mory patents internal combustion engine   

1830  On this day in history carl Borromaus Neuner, composer, dies at 51   

1832  Robert the Hermit, US ex-slave/hermit in Massachusetts, dies on this day in history.   

1834  Isidore Edouard Legouix, composer on April - 01.   

1836  Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Cocos Islands on this day in history.   

1843  Ludwig Enneccerus, German jurist on April - 01.   

1847  On April - 01 gavriil Musicescu, composer   

1850  SF County Govt established on April - 01.   

1852  On April - 01 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  On April - 01 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  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 April - 01 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  On April - 01 birth of william Harvey, England, physician (discovered blood circulation)   

1582  Gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter was born on April - 01.   

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  Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697) was born on this day in history.   

1085  On April - 01 death of emperor Shenzong of China (b. 1048)   

1132  On April - 01 death of st-Hugues, Bishop of Grenoble (b. 1053)   

1204  On April - 01 eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Louis VII & Henry II, dies at 81   

1205  Amalrik II, King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies on this day in history.   

1528  On April - 01 death of francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer   

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

1580  On this day in history death of alonso Mudarra, Spanish composer   

1611  On April - 01 death of gillis van Valkenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 72