The earliest known record of argot was in a 1628 document.

The Book of Mormon is the earliest of the unique writings of the Latter Day Saint movement, the denominations of which typically regard the text not only as scripture but also as a historical record of God's dealings with the ancient inhabitants of the Americas.

The earliest known record of " Chicano " was thought to be in the late 19th or turn of the 20th century in Northwest Indiana.

The findings at Anyang include the earliest written record of Chinese past so far discovered: inscriptions of divination records in ancient Chinese writing on the bones or shells of animals – the so-called " oracle bones ", dating from around 1200 BC.

The earliest record of using chocolate dates back before the Olmec.

The earliest record of somnambulistic clairvoyance is credited to the Marquis de Puységur, a follower of Mesmer, who in 1784 was treating a local dull-witted peasant named Victor Race.

The earliest English record of the kingdom dates to Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, which noted the arrival of Bishop ( later Saint ) Mellitus in London in 604.

Charters were documents drawn up to record grants of land by kings to their followers or to the church, and they provide some of the earliest documentary sources in England.

The earliest record of hominids living in Europe has been found in the Spanish cave of Atapuerca ; fossils found there date to roughly 1. 2 million years ago.

Democritus seems to be the earliest philosopher on record to have categorically embraced a hedonistic philosophy ; he called the supreme goal of life " contentment " or " cheerfulness ", claiming that " joy and sorrow are the distinguishing mark of things beneficial and harmful " ( DK 68 B 188 ).

The earliest clear written record of iron horseshoes is a reference to " crescent figured irons and their nails " in AD 910.

Concerning Herodotus ( 5th century BC ), one of the earliest historians whose work survives, his recount of strange and unusual tales are gripping but not necessarily representative of the historical record.

The Merneptah Stele ( JE 31408 ), the earliest record of the name " Israel " ( Cairo Museum )

The earliest record of the name " Afghan " (" Abgân ") being mentioned is by Shapur I of the Sassanid Empire during the 3rd century CE which is later recorded in the form of " Avagānā " by the Indian astronomer Varāha Mihira in his 6th century CE Brihat-samhita.

135 – 50 BC ), whose work is preserved only in fragments by other writers, offers the earliest historical record of the Helvetii.

These specimens are the earliest known relatives of modern salamanders, and together with the numerous other basal groups of salamanders found in the Asian fossil record, they form a concrete base of evidence for the fact that “ the early diversification of salamanders was well underway ” in Asia during the Jurassic period.

The earliest written record of inoculation is thought to be found in 8th century India, when Madhav wrote the Nidāna, a 79-chapter book which lists diseases along with their causes, symptoms, and complications.

* 1836 Philadelphia surgeon Joseph Parrish ( Dr. Phillip Syng Physic's mentee ) publishes earliest record of interstitial cystitis, in 1836 textbook by Physic's mentee

The earliest record of Digambara beliefs is contained in the Prakrit Suttapahuda of the Digambara mendicant Kundakunda ( c. 2nd century AD ).

This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world.

* Abendana, Jacob in The Jewish encyclopedia: a descriptive record of the history, religion, literature, and customs of the Jewish people from the earliest times to the present day, New York ; London: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1901 – 06, volume 1, p 53.

In the earliest preserved Christian record, a letter of Florentine senate to the King Tvrtko I of Bosnia, dated 20 October 1389, Murad I's killing was described.

The earliest historical record of militia is found in the Old Testament and particularly the Book of Judges.

The earliest record of Native American and African contact occurred in April 1502, when Spanish colonists transported the first Africans to Hispaniola to serve as slaves.

The earliest use of the place name was in 1248 ( in the form Arowe ), and probably referred to the settlement in the area before the founding of the city.

The earliest known settlement at this location was the Ancient Greek city of Cius, which Philip V of Macedon granted to Prusias, the King of Bithynia, in 202 BC.

From the earliest settlement of the Cayman Islands, economic activity was hindered by isolation and a limited natural resource base.

The earliest inhabitants of the islands were probably Arabs and Africans, the latter probably Bantu-speaking ; the earliest evidence of settlement of the islands dates from the eighth century.

Although the area of Dublin Bay has been inhabited by humans since prehistoric times, the writings of Ptolemy ( the Egyptian astronomer and cartographer ) in about 140 AD provide possibly the earliest reference to a settlement there.

The earliest wave dates back to hundreds of years as early marriage and high birthrates propelled Hindu settlement eastward across Nepal, then into Sikkim and Bhutan.

Dating of remains to the biblical history is made difficult by the Bible's lack of datable events and its unreliable internal chronology ; the interpretation of remains has been influenced by religious and nationalistic arguments, as evidenced by arguments over burials from the highland settlement phase ; and no material remains have been found which can reliably separate Israelite from non-Israelite ( Canaanite ) sites in the earliest period.

Irish settlers-both voluntary and forced-were crucial to the Australian colonies from the earliest days of European settlement.

Large numbers of Irish priests, nuns and brothers followed other Irish immigrants to Australia from the earliest years of European settlement in order to provide education to the children of those immigrants.

The Ubaid period marks the Pottery Neolithic to Chalcolithic phase in Mesopotamia, which represents the earliest settlement on the alluvial plain in the south.

While the term Lower Mainland has been recorded from the earliest period of non-native settlement in British Columbia, it has never been officially defined in legal terms.

The earliest settlement at Mehrgarh — in the northeast corner of the site — was a small farming village dated between 7000 BCE to 5500 BCE and the whole area covers a number of successive settlements.

The earliest traces of human settlement in the Nuoro area ( called " the Nuorese ") are the so-called Domus de janas, rock-cut tombs dated at the third millennium BC.

Archeologists place the earliest human settlement of the Samoan archipelago at around 1500 B. C.

The earliest signs of human settlement in present-day Slovenia were found in the Pekel cave in the Loza Woods near Orehek in Inner Carniola, where two stone tools approximately 250, 000 years old were recovered.

The Saxons were originally Ingvaeonic tribes, whose earliest known area of settlement is Northern Albingia, an area approximately that of modern Holstein.

The earliest human settlement occurred circa 8, 000 B. C.

The earliest evidence of settlement in the region dates from the 8th century BC: the inhabitants were apparently linked with the Lusatian and East Pomeranian cultures.

This is the site of the earliest permanent settlement in Maine of which we have a conclusive record.

However, the earliest certain evidence of human settlement in the region of Sparta consists of pottery dating from the Middle Neolithic period, found in the vicinity of Kouphovouno some two kilometres south-southwest of Sparta.

The earliest permanent European settlement occurred in 1647 on the island.

* The earliest known settlement in Plymouth, England dates back to this era.

The earliest traces of human settlement in Estonia are connected with the Kunda culture.