who was the first to write "shots heard around the world"?

Answer 1

The expression comes from the first stanza of Ralph Waldo Emerson's 1837 "Concord Hymn", which commemorated the beginning of the American Revolution (in April 19, 1775 at Lexington & Concord Massaschusetts)::

"By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April's breeze unfurled;
Here once the embattled farmers stood;
And fired the shot heard round the world."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concord_Hymn
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lexington_and_Concord

Answer 2

ralph waldo emerson