The US Department of Foreign Affairs, the fledgling nation’s first federal agency, was established.
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Queen Elizabeth II of England declared the 30th Olympics opened in London, UK.
The first recorded example of having to 'quarantine' was written by The Ragusan Republic.
The Battle of Bouvines began.
Tobacco arrived in England for the first time.
Vincent van Gogh shot himself at a wheat field in Auvers-Sur-Oise, France, and died from his wounds two days later.
