| 1259/12/04 |
Henry III of England |
English Sovereign |
Kneeling amid the apple tress in the Palais de la Cite, King Henry III of England pays liege homage to Louis IX of France, renounces his claims to Normandy, Maine, Anjou and Poitou and acknowledges that he holds his continental lands as a peer of France. |
Palais de la Cite |
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| 1426/00/00 |
Masolino da Panicale |
Painter |
In the "Temptation of Adam and Eve", Masolino da Panicale paints Adam and Eve as she prepares to bite into a small, oval shaped, green apple, just offered to her by the serpent. |
Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence |
Florence |
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| 1761/00/00 |
George William Fairfax |
Owner |
G W Fairfax leases 150 acres to William Wildman, a Quaker living in Fairfax County, and his sons, William and John. Provided that they plant at least 100 good apple trees and keep the same well pruned and within good fences and also to build a dwelling. |
Brown-Koerner House |
Purcellville |
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| 1809/09/00 |
John (Appleseed) Chapman |
Owner |
In order to establish an apple orchard to sell saplings to settlers, John Chapman buys his first piece of real estate: lots 145 and 147 along Owl Creek for $50. A hand colored original 1805 map showing the lots hangs in the Mount Vernon Public Library. |
Mount Vernon |
Ohio |
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| 1857/00/00 |
Amos Bronson Alcott |
Home |
Amos Alcott purchases 12 acres with two houses and an apple orchard. |
Orchard House |
Concord, MA |
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| 1857/00/00 |
Abigail May Alcott |
Home |
Amos Alcott purchases 12 acres with two houses and an apple orchard. |
Orchard House |
Concord, MA |
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| 1938/00/00 |
Admiral Richard E Byrd |
Minister of Crown |
Richard E Byrd is the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival's Minister of Crown. |
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Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival |