Tag: today in history

April 17 1790 Benjamin Franklin, U.S. patriot, diplomat, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence, died in Philadelphia. 1895 The Sino-Japanese War ended with…

April 14 1775 Benjamin Rush was among those who founded the first American antislavery society. 1828 Noah Webster copyrighted the first edition of his dictionary.…

April 13 1598 The Edict of Nantes gave religious tolerance to the Huguenots in France. 1742 Handel’s Messiah was first publicly performed in Dublin, Ireland.…

April 12 1861 The Civil War began when Fort Sumter was attacked. 1862 James J. Andrews led the raiding party that stole the Confederate locomotive…

April 11 1814 Napoleon was exiled to the island of Elba. 1899 The treaty ending the Spanish-American War took effect. 1921 Iowa imposed the first…

April 10 1790 The U.S. patent system was formed. 1849 The safety pin was patented by Walter Hunt, in New York. 1866 The American Society…

April 7 1862 Gen. Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederates at the battle of Shiloh. 1913 5,000 suffragists march to the Capitol in Washington, D.C.,…

April 6 1830 Joseph Smith and five others organized the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Fayette, New York. 1862 The Battle of…

April 5 1614 Pocahontas married John Rolfe. 1792 George Washington cast the first presidential veto. 1887 Anne Sullivan makes the breakthrough to Helen Keller by…

This day in History April 3 1860 First Pony Express service began. 1882 Outlaw Jesse James was shot in the back by Bob Ford, one…