Vincent van Gogh shot himself at a wheat field in Auvers-Sur-Oise, France, and died from his wounds two days later.
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Around 1,000 prisoners escaped from Queyfiya Prison in Benghazi, Libya.
The Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War was signed in Geneva, Switzerland.
Queen Elizabeth II of England declared the 30th Olympics opened in London, UK.
Tobacco arrived in England for the first time.
Oliver Cromwell's forces from Cambridgeshire and forces from Nottingham met near Gainsborough, ready to battle the following day in the Battle of Gainsborough.