British ship Eliza Frances discovered the island of Jarvis in the South Pacific Ocean.
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The first female students were enrolled at a University in Japan.
Leonardo da Vinci's famous Mona Lisa painting was stolen from the Louvre, Paris, by Vincenzo Perugia.
A 108-year-old message in a bottle washed up on a beach in Amrum, Germany.
Bioshock, the first-person dystopian horror shooter game, was released for Xbox 360 and PC.
The naval battle of Texel took place in the North Sea.