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.
British naval vessel HMS Royal George sank, and over 800 lives were lost.
The Gemini V spacecraft returned to Earth, landing in the Atlantic Ocean.
Sir William Huggins discovered the spectrum of a planetary nebula at his observatory in Upper Tulse Hill in London, England.
