4_1 Events in History.

462 Historic Events for April 1

1748 Ruins of Pompeii found Event
1755 Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, French lawyer (Fisiologia del Gusto) Birth
1772 Ignaz Franz von Mosel, composer Birth
1776 Friedrich von Klinger's "Sturm und Drang," premieres in Leipzig Event
1778 Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, creates "$" symbol Event
1785 J H Ferdinand Olivier, German painter Birth
1789 House of Reps 1st full meeting, NYC, F Muhlenberg 1st speaker Event
1792 Gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women's right to divorce Event
1793 Edouard CorbiŠre, French captain/writer (Le negrier) Birth
1793 Volcano Unsen on Japan erupts killing about 53,000 Event

1799 Narciso Casanovas, composer, dies at 52 Death
1802 Hubert Reis, composer Birth
1803 French law rules the use of intention Event
1807 Vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner, composer, dies at 61 Death
1807 Louis Fran‡ois Chambray, composer, dies at 69 Death
1807 Fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic Birth
1807 Mikl¢s R‚vai, Hungarian linguistic/poet, dies at 57 Death
1809 Willem Ruys J Dz, Dutch ship owner Birth
1809 Nikolai Gogol, writer Birth
1814 Jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian general/cartographer, dies at 87 Death
1815 Otto Von Bismarck, Germany, chancellor (1866-90) Birth
1817 Johannes J van Oosterzee, Dutch theologist Birth
1823 Simon Bolivar Buckner, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1914 Birth
1826 Samuel Mory patents internal combustion engine Event
1830 Carl Borromaus Neuner, composer, dies at 51 Death