English literature classic Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift was published.
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Prince Regent George Augustus Frederick purchased the first copy of Jane Austen's novel ''Sense and Sensibility.”
The Statue of Liberty celebrated its 100th birthday.
Maxentius became a Roman emperor, until his death exactly six years later.
Forty-two people were buried alive in a landslide in Bafoussam, Cameroon.
Explorer Christopher Columbus discovered Cuba.
