1710 – The first law regulating copyright is issued in Great Britain 1790 – Robert Gray is first American to circumnavigate the Earth 1841 – New York Tribune begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley 1849 – Safety pin patented by Walter Hunt (NYC); sold rights for $400 1864 – Austrian Archduke Maximilian becomes emperor of...
Walker Evans was an American photographer best known for his work for the Farm Security Administration documenting the effects of the Great Depression. Much of Evans's work from the FSA period uses the large-format 8x10-inch camera.
451 – Attila’s Huns plunder Metz 529 – First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (“Body of Civil Law”) is issued by order of Justinian I, Eastern Roman Emperor. 1348 – Prague U, 1st university in central Europe, formed by Charles IV 1712 – Slave revolt in New York City. The Revolt was an uprising by...
Gutenberg Bible of the New York Public Library.
Bought by James Lenox in 1847, it was the first copy to be acquired by a United States citizen.
46 BC – Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) in the battle of Thapsus. 1199 – King Richard I of England dies from an infection following the removal of an arrow from his shoulder. 1580 – One of the largest earthquakes recorded in the history of England, Flanders,...
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, known as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance.
He was born April 6, 1483 and died April 6,1520
1566 – Two-hundred Dutch noblemen, led by Hendrick van Brederode, force themselves into the presence of Margaret of Parma and present the Petition of Compromise, denouncing the Spanish Inquisition in the Seventeen Provinces. 1614 – In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. 1621 – The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts on...
Linear B is a syllabic script that was used for writing Mycenaean Greek, the earliest attested form of Greek. The script predates the Greek alphabet by several centuries. The oldest Mycenaean writing dates to about 1450 BC.
1460 – University of Basel in Swizerland forms 1655 – Battle at Postage Farina, Tunis: English fleet beats Barbary pirates 1660 – English King Charles II sends Declaration of Breda (Freedom of Religion) 1686 – English king James II publishes Declaration of Indulgence 1687 – King James II orders his declaration of indulgence read in...
Martin Luther King Jr. "Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that."
1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vézelay, urgin 1312 – 2nd council of Vienna 1764 – Austrian archduke Jozef crowned himself Roman Catholic king 1776 – Washington receives honorary degree from Harvard College 1856 – Gunpowder in church explodes killing 4,000 in Rhodos 1922 – Stalin appointed General...
Washington Irving"Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them."Washington Irving portrait, painted by Daniel Huntington
