Giovanni Fontanna, an Italian engineer built a human powered device in 1418. It had four wheels and a loop of rope connected by gears.
The first bicycle was invented by German Baron Karl von Drais, it was called Draisienne. It didn't have pedals, the rider had to sit on the frame and push the bike ahead using his legs.He introduced it to public in Mannhein in 1817.
A Scottish Blacksmith Kirkpatcik is believed to have invented the first mechanically propelled bicycle in 1839, this claim is disputed.
Pierre Michaux, a Frenchman was the first person to add mechanical crank drive with pedal on a bicycle. His cycle had enlarged front wheels, It was first mass produced bicycle.
Pittsburg Landing fit into the Northern strategy in fighting the war by the Union wanting to gain control of the tributaries that flowed into the Mississippi River.
