Daniel Halladay patented the self-governing windmill.
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The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company was incorporated.
The Treaty of Picquigny was signed between France and England, agreeing on a seven-year truce and free trade between the two kingdoms.
The oldest Japanese coinage was minted.
Sir William Huggins discovered the spectrum of a planetary nebula at his observatory in Upper Tulse Hill in London, England.
Quebec Bridge in St Lawrence, Canada, collapsed after four years of construction.
