What happend on 4th July

03.07
05.07
1863

American Civil War: Battle of Vicksburg

1862

Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels.

1859

Franco-Piedmontese War: The Battle of Magenta.

1855

In Brooklyn, New York, the first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems titled Leaves of Grass is published.

1845

Near Concord, Massachusetts, Henry David Thoreau embarks on a two-year experiment in simple living at Walden Pond (see Walden).

1840

The Cunard Line's 700 ton wooden paddle steamer RMS Britannia departs from Liverpool bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia on the first transatlantic passenger cruise.

1838

The Iowa Territory is organized.

1837

Grand Junction Railway, world's first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool.

1831

James Monroe dies on the fifty-fifth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

1827

Slavery is abolished in New York State.