Daniel Halladay patented the self-governing windmill.
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The oldest Japanese coinage was minted.
Rowntree's introduced the famous Kit Kat featuring three layers of wafer cut into finger slices and surrounded by milk chocolate.
British naval vessel HMS Royal George sank, and over 800 lives were lost.
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company was incorporated.
Sir William Huggins discovered the spectrum of a planetary nebula at his observatory in Upper Tulse Hill in London, England.
