1814 - Francis Scott KeyFrancis Scott Key ( August 1, 1779 January 11, 1843) was an American lawyer and amateur poet. He is buried in Frederick, Maryland and is an alumnus of St. John's College, Annapolis. During the War of 1812, Key was detained on a British ship during the bat writes The Star-Spangled Bannerbroadside on September 17 under the title "The Defence of Fort M'Henry," with an explanatory note explaining the circumstances of its writing. Of the five copies made, two are known to still exist. Fort McHenry. 1814 copy of "The Star-Spangled Banner" was
1847Events January 4 Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government. January 13 The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican-American War in California. January 16 John C. Fremont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory. - Winfield ScottWinfield Scott ( June 13, 1786 May 29, 1866) was a United States general, diplomat, and Presidential candidate. Some historians rate him the ablest American general of his time. Scott was born on his family's farm near Petersburg, Virginia. He attended th captures Mexico CityMexico City ( Spanish: Ciudad de Mexico known in Pre-Columbian times as Tenochtitlan is the capital of Mexico; it geographically spans both the Mexican Federal District and part of the state of Mexico, to the north of the Federal District. Mexico City is
18861886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) Events January 18 Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. January 29 Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile. March - Typewriter1910, could not have seen characters as they were typed. A typewriter is a mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic device with a set of "keys" that, when pressed, cause characters to be printed on a document, usually paper. In the late 19th and the s ribbon patented
1901Events January 1 World celebrates what is regarded as the start of the new century. Zero-ists' argument that new century should be celebrated in 1900 rejected worldwide). January 1 The six colonies that make up Australia are federated as under an act of t - Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.
