Washington Irving meeting George Washington |
1: Oliver Pollack invents the dollar sign: $ (1778)
2: Spanish explorer Ponce De Leon sights Florida for the
first time, and after landing at what is now St. Augustine, claims it for the
Spanish Crown. (St. Augustine has the distinction of being the continental US’s
oldest city.) (1513)
2: Congress passes the Coinage Act, establishing the U.S.
Mint. (1792)
3: Birth of American folk writer Washington Irving
(1783-1859) in New York City.
By George Bernard Butler, jr. - Historic Hudson Valley, Public Domain, Link
By George Bernard Butler, jr. - Historic Hudson Valley, Public Domain, Link
7: Uprising by 27 enslaved Africans. The state militia was
called out to deal with the situation; 6 slaves committed suicide and 21 were
executed. (1712)
9: French explorer LaSalle reaches the Mississippi river.
(1691)
13: Birth of Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) in Albemarle
County, Virginia.
14: First abolitionist society in America founded in
Philadelphia. (1775)
14: First American
Dictionary of the English Language published by Noah Webster. (1828) Until
this time, spelling was not standardized, even among the educated.
15: First school for the deaf established in Hartford,
Connecticut, by Thomas H. Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc. (1817)
18: “The Red Coats are coming!” Famous “midnight ride” by Paul
Revere--and William Dawes--from Charlestown to Lexington and Concord,
Massachusetts, on the eve of what is marked by many as the beginning of the
American Revolution. (1775)
19: The Revolutionary War begins at Lexington, Massachusetts.
(1775)
24: The founding of the Library of Congress in Washington,
DC. (1800)
27: First Lieutenant Presley N. O'Bannon, who with seven
other Marines was part of a force of Greeks and Arabs led by American Consul
William Eaton, raised the United States flag for the first time over a
conquered fortress of the Old World at Derne, a stronghold of the Tripolitan
pirates. Two Marines were killed and one wounded in the assault on the walled
city. (1805, from www.usmcu.edu)
First Inauguration of George Washington |
30: The presidential oath of office administered for the
first time ever, to George Washington. (1789)
My thanks to The History Place, Holiday Insights, and Marine Corps University.
My thanks to The History Place, Holiday Insights, and Marine Corps University.
Thank you SHANNON, I really enjoy these posts.
ReplyDeleteBlessings, Tina
It's great to keep history in the forefront. I think we lose something when we forget what came before!
ReplyDeleteI agree. And no matter how much history I study, I always run across some tidbit that surprises me!
DeleteGreat post! Love to see everything that happened! April was a pretty good month. :)
ReplyDeleteIt was! And thanks. :)
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