permanent structures for presenting plays.
The first stimulus package was led by the impending collapse of AIG and the filing for bankruptcy of General Motors.
Differences on foreign and domestic policy led to the nation's first political parties.
Articles Of Confederation
Francois-Dominique Toussaint-Louverture led Haiti to become the first independent state in Latin America.
Start of the first political parties.
Its abuse led to a professional body of bureacrats and the civil services.
The destruction of solomon's temple
the construction of the bastille
The destruction of solomon's temple
Garfield was killed by a man who expected to be appointed to government job but was not appointed to the job he wanted. Please see the related link for more info about the assassination.
The first person to create the system which led to the modern system of biological classification was Carl Linnaeus.
The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act established the merit based system of appointments which led to the decline of the spoils/patronage system. Instead of political affiliation government employees were selected by competitive exams and could not be fired based on political affiliation.
At the invitation of bishops, she started convents all over Ireland. She was a great traveller, especially considering the conditions of the time, which led to her patronage of travellers, sailors, etc. Brigid invented the double monastery, the monastery of Kildara, which means Church of the Oak, that she ran on the Liffey river being for both monks and nuns. Saint Conleth became its first bishop; this connection and the installation of a bell that lasted over 1000 years apparently led to her patronage of blacksmiths and those in related fields.
U.S. refusal to recongnize a divided Germany
a period of peace and economic prosperity
The asassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, Bosnia.
At Dominic's baptism, his mother, Blessed Joan, saw a star shining from his chest, which became another of his symbols in art, and led to his patronage of astronomy.