Page 2: Historical Events In April - 01

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

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

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

1802  On this day in history 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 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 April - 01.   

1814  On April - 01 jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian general/cartographer, dies at 87   

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

1817  Johannes J van Oosterzee, Dutch theologist on April - 01.   

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

1826  On this day in history samuel Mory patents internal combustion engine   

1830  On this day in history 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  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  Edward Austin Abbey, US, painter (Quest of the Holy Grail) on April - 01.   

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  Hard Times begins serialisation in Charles Dickens magazine, Household Words on April - 01.   

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  On this day in history shenandoah Valley campaign, Jackson's Battle of Woodstock, VA   

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

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

1543  François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (d. 1626) was born on this day in history.   

1578  On this day in history birth of william Harvey, England, physician (discovered blood circulation)   

1582  Gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter was born on this day in history.   

1582  Thomas Simpson, composer was born on this day in history.   

1610  On this day in history birth of charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (d. 1703)   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  On April - 01 sigismund I, the Elder, King of Poland, dies at 81   

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.