The first edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica was published.
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain was first published in the UK and Canada.
One of the biggest heists in Japan occurred.
Isaac Newton's calculations and theories based on Kepler's laws were read to the Royal Society in London.
The First Nobel Peace Prizes were awarded to the Red Cross founder Jean Henri Dunant and peace activist Frederic Passy.
The Treaty of Paris was signed.
