Historical Events In April - 01

1778  On April - 01 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  On April - 01 volcano Unsen on Japan erupts killing about 53,000   

1799  Narciso Casanovas, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1802  On April - 01 hubert Reis, composer   

1803  On this day in history french law rules the use of intention   

1807  Fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic on April - 01.   

1807  On this day in history louis Francois Chambray, composer, dies at 69   

1809  On April - 01 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 April - 01.   

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

1823  Simon Bolivar Buckner, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1914 on April - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1843  Ludwig Enneccerus, German jurist on this day in history.   

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

1862  On this day in history shenandoah Valley campaign, Jackson's Battle of Woodstock, VA   

1863  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 April - 01.   

1578  William Harvey, England, physician (discovered blood circulation) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history death of emperor Shenzong of China (b. 1048)   

1132  On April - 01 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  Death of Francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer on April - 01.   

1548  On this day in history sigismund I, the Elder, King of Poland, dies at 81   

1580  On April - 01 death of alonso Mudarra, Spanish composer   

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