1530s 1534: JACQUES CARTIER BECAME THE FIRST EUROPEAN TO DISCOVER THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER 1540s 1549: CHURCH OF ENGLAND FULLY ADOPTED BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER 1670s BORN 1672: PETER THE GREAT (EMPEROR OF RUSSIA) 1790s 1790: THE FIRST COPYRIGHT FOR A BOOK WAS GIVEN TO […]

1780s 1786: AN ADVERTISEMENT IN A NYC NEWSPAPER BY A MR. HULL OF 76 CHATHAM STREET ANNOUNCED THAT HE WOULD START MANUFACTURING ICE CREAM ON A COMMERCIAL BASIS. IT WAS THE FIRST KNOWN U.S. AD FOR COMMERCIAL ICE CREAM. 1810s BORN 1810: ROBERT SCHUMANN (COMPOSER) […]