WHAT HAPPENED ON 4. JULY
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The Louisiana Purchase is announced to the American people. (4. July 1803)

In Rome, New York, construction on the Erie Canal begins. (4. July 1817)

Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States, dies the same day as John Adams, second president of the United States, on the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence. (4. July 1826)

Slavery is abolished in New York State. (4. July 1827)

Samuel Francis Smith writes My Country, 'Tis of Thee for the Boston, MA July 4th festivities. (4. July 1831)

Grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool. (4. July 1837)

The Iowa Territory is organized. (4. July 1838)

In Brooklyn, New York City, the first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems, Leaves of Grass, is published. (4. July 1855)

Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels. (4. July 1862)

American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg – Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant after 47 days of siege. 150 miles up the Mississippi River, a Confederate Army was repulsed at the Battle of Helena, Arkansas. (4. July 1863)

American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia withdrew from the battlefield after losing the Battle of Gettysburg, signalling an end to the Southern invasion of the North. (4. July 1863)

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is published. (4. July 1865)

Thoroughbred horses Ten Broeck and Mollie McCarty run a match race, recalled in the song Molly and Tenbrooks. (4. July 1878)

Anglo-Zulu War: the Zululand capital of Ulundi is captured by British troops and burned to the ground, ending the war and forcing King Cetshwayo to flee. (4. July 1879)

In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens. (4. July 1881)

The people of France offer the Statue of Liberty to the people of the United States. (4. July 1886)

The first scheduled Canadian transcontinental train arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia. (4. July 1886)

The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi. (4. July 1887)

Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, so that year it had 367 days, with two occurrences of Monday, July 4. (4. July 1892)

The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole. (4. July 1894)