The First Nobel Peace Prizes were awarded to the Red Cross founder Jean Henri Dunant and peace activist Frederic Passy.
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Isaac Newton's calculations and theories based on Kepler's laws were read to the Royal Society in London.
Cristina Fernandez was sworn in as Argentina's first elected female president.
One of the biggest heists in Japan occurred.
Winston Churchill was awarded the Nobel prize in Literature.
The Treaty of Paris was signed.