ralph waldo emerson did the shot heard round the world.
ralph waldo emerson did the shot heard round the world.
who did the shot heard round the world?
ralph waldo emerson
the phrase comes from the opening stanza of ralph waldo emerson's "concord hymn" (1837) and refers to the first shot of the american revolution at the old north bridge in concord, massachusetts, where the first british soldiers fell in the battles of lexington and concord on april 19, 1775. historically, no single shot can be cited as the first shot of the battle or the war. shots were fired earlier that day at lexington, massachusetts, where eight americans were killed and a british soldier was slightly wounded, but accounts of that event are confused and contradictory. the north bridge skirmish did see the first shots by americans acting under orders, the first organized volley by americans, the first british fatalities, and the first british retreat.
shot heard round the world
the phrase "shot heard round the world" (alternatively "shots heard round the world" or "shot heard around the world") has also become associated with the assassination of archduke franz ferdinand of austria in sarajevo on 28 june 1914, an event considered to be one of the immediate causes of world war i. serbian gavrilo princip fired two shots, the first hitting franz ferdinand's wife sophie, duchess of hohenberg, and the second hitting the archduke himself. the death of franz ferdinand, heir to the austro-hungarian throne, propelled austria-hungary and the rest of europe into world war i.









































section::::widespread idiomatic use.
shot heard round the world