Britain declared war on France after Napoleon Bonaparte continued interfering in Italy and Switzerland.
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The Crusaders lost control of the city of Acre, the Kingdom of Jerusalem's last bastion, after a fourteen-day siege.
John Bellingham was sentenced to death for assassinating Spencer Perceval, the British Prime Minister.
The Worms massacre began.
India had their first successful nuclear bomb test.
The US Congress passed Selective Service Act.
