Libraries - Library of Congress
Time: Friday Apr 25, 1800
Place: Washington D.C., U.S.
Details: The Library of Congress was established on 24 April 1800, when president John Adams signed an act of Congress providing for the transfer of the seat of government from Philadelphia to the new capital city of Washington.
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Library of Congress-From the Capitol building to its new headquarters
1897 - Washington D.C., U.S.
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Library of Congress-The Veterans History Project
2000 - Washington D.C., U.S.
![Library of Congress-Billington established the Library Collections Security Oversight Committee](/assets/placeholder.png)
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Library of Congress-Billington established the Library Collections Security Oversight Committee
1992 - Washington D.C., U.S.
![Library of Congress-Lost 300](/assets/placeholder.png)
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Library of Congress-Lost 300
2008 - Washington D.C., U.S.
![Library of Congress-Harry Truman appointed Luther H. Evans as librarian of Congress](/assets/placeholder.png)
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Library of Congress-Harry Truman appointed Luther H. Evans as librarian of Congress
1944 - Washington D.C., U.S.
On This Day - 25 April
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![Lady Liberty under a blue sky](https://historydraft.com/files/f2a5a1f0-dba1-4a1f-9cd9-84fa0d109da0.160.webp)
Statue of Liberty-La Liberté éclairant le monde
Tuesday Apr 25, 1876 - Paris, France
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World War II-East Prussian Offensive
Wednesday Apr 25, 1945 - East Prussia (Present Day in Poland)
![W. E. B. Du Bois-United Nations Conference on International Organization](/assets/placeholder.png)
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W. E. B. Du Bois-United Nations Conference on International Organization
Wednesday Apr 25, 1945 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
![Martin Bormann-Gerda Bormann and the Children fled Obersalzberg for Italy](/assets/placeholder.png)
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Martin Bormann-Gerda Bormann and the Children fled Obersalzberg for Italy
Wednesday Apr 25, 1945 - Italy
![Benito Mussolini-Escaping to Spain](/assets/placeholder.png)
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Benito Mussolini-Escaping to Spain
Wednesday Apr 25, 1945 - Spain
April 1800
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Benjamin Banneker-Banneker's journals
Apr, 1800 - U.S.
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Napoleon-Siege of Genoa
Sunday Apr 6, 1800 - Genoa, Italy
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Library of Congress-Library of Congress was subsequently established
Thursday Apr 24, 1800 - Washington D.C., U.S.
1800
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Halloween-Halloween became a major holiday in North America
Jan, 1800 - North America
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Napoleon-Napoleon and his troops crossed the Swiss Alps into Italy
1800 - Italy
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Simón Bolívar-Bolívar was sent to Spain to follow his military studies in Madrid
1800 - Madrid, Spain
![Benjamin Banneker-Banneker's journals](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Benjamin Banneker](https://historydraft.com/files/f3d7b946-85da-47c7-b0ba-251393b354ce.160.webp)
Benjamin Banneker-Banneker's journals
Apr, 1800 - U.S.
![Napoleon-Siege of Genoa](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Napoleon Bonaparte](https://historydraft.com/files/9540a136-e5b1-4dfc-927d-e1c640099be7.160.webp)
Napoleon-Siege of Genoa
Sunday Apr 6, 1800 - Genoa, Italy