Nov. 17, 1749: Father of Modern Canning Born

1749: Nicolas Appert is born. He will invent the modern food-canning process while trying to help Napoleon conquer Europe. By 1795, France was in an expansionist mood and quarreling with its neighbors. As the army and navy found themselves increasingly embroiled in foreign entanglements, the realization that an army travels on its stomach began forcefully [...]