Tag: 1800s
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John Kehoe, the Last of the “Molly Maguires,” is Executed in Pennsylvania. December 18, 1878.
Image: John “Black Jack” Kehoe (Public Domain) On this day in history, December 18, 1878, John Kehoe, the last of the “Molly Maguires,” is executed in Pennsylvania. The Molly Maguires, an Irish secret society that had purportedly been accountable for some vigilante justice occurrences in eastern Pennsylvania’s coalfields, upheld their acts as efforts to protect…
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Union General Ulysses S. Grant Took Aim at Jewish Cotton Speculators. Grant Issued an Order Banishing all Jewish People From His Military District, Which Included Portions of Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky. December 17, 1862.
Image: General Grant at his headquarters in Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 1864. (Public Domain). On this day in history, December 17, 1862, Union General Ulysses S. Grant took aim at Jewish cotton speculators, who he thought were the prime motivators behind the black market for cotton. Grant issued an order banishing all Jewish people from…
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The Mysterious Kidnap-for-Hire Case of Four-Year-Old Charley Ross. December 14, 1874.
Image: A likeness of kidnapped Charles Brewster Ross. (Public Domain) On this day in history, December 14, 1874, a failed burglary attempt further confuses one of the first kidnap-for-ransom occurrences. As he was about to go to bed, rich New Yorker Holmes Van Brunt heard thieves breaking into his brother’s house next door. After gathering…
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Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia Resisted Several Attacks by General Ambrose Burnside’s Army of the Potomac and Defeated the Federals at Fredericksburg, Virginia. December 13, 1862.
Image: Gallant Charge of Humphrey’s Division at the Battle of Fredericksburg. (Public Domain). On this day in history, December 13, 1862, Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia resisted several attacks by General Ambrose Burnside’s Army of the Potomac and defeated the Federals at Fredericksburg, Virginia. The rout of the Union Army was…
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Alfred Lord Tennyson’s Poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” is Published, Which Memorializes the Bravery of 600 British Soldiers at the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimea Just Six Weeks Previous. December 9, 1854.
Image: The Charge of the Light Brigade by Richard Caton Woodville Jr., oil on canvas, 1894. (Public Domain) On this day in history, December 9, 1854, The Examiner publishes Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” which memorializes the bravery of 600 British soldiers charging a heavily fortified location during the Battle of…
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On This Day in History, the Boston Belfry Murderer Killed His First Victim. December 5, 1873.
Image: Thomas Piper, the Boston Belfry Murderer. (Public Domain) On this day in history, December 5, 1873, the Boston Belfry murderer killed his first victim. Bridget Landregan was discovered battered and choked to death in the Boston district of Dorchester. A man in black clothes and a flowing cape was seen attempting to sexually assault…
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Napoleon Bonaparte Was Crowned Napoleon I in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, the First French Person to Become Emperor in a Thousand Years. December 2, 1804.
Image: Joséphine kneels before Napoléon during his coronation at Notre Dame. Behind him sits pope Pius VII. (Public Domain). On this day in history, December 2, 1804, Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned Napoleon I in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, the first French person to become emperor in a thousand years. Pope Pius VII gave Napoleon…
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Wild West Wednesday – Wild Bill Hickok and Gambler Davis Tutt Engaged in First Recorded Gunfight in the Old West
Image: Wild Bill Hickok threatens the friends of Davis Tutt after defeating Tutt in a duel. Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, February 1867. (Public Domain) On July 21, 1865, Wild Bill Hickok and gambler Davis Tutt engaged in a gunfight in the town square of Springfield, Missouri. It is the first time in the recorded history…
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American Inventor Thomas Edison Demonstrated His Hand-Cranked Phonograph for the First Time. November 29, 1877.
Image: Photograph of Edison with his phonograph (2nd model), taken in Mathew Brady’s Washington, D.C. studio in April 1878. (Public Domain) On this day in history, November 29, 1877, American inventor Thomas Edison demonstrated his hand-cranked phonograph for the first time. He built a machine that converted the vibrations produced by speaking into grooves on…
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On Thanksgiving Day in 1895, While Navigating a Gas-Powered “Horseless Carriage” of His and His Brother’s Invention, the Mechanic, Creator, and Now Race Car Driver Frank Duryea Triumphs in the First Motor-Car Race in America. November 28, 1895.
Photo of Charles (left) and Frank Duryea in the 1894 Duryea gasoline car. (Public Domain). On this day in history, on Thanksgiving Day (November 28) in 1895, while navigating a gas-powered “horseless carriage” of his and his brother’s invention, the mechanic, creator, and now race car driver Frank Duryea triumphs in the first motor-car race…
History Daily With Francis Chappell Black 