The first edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica was published.
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Martin Luther publicly burned the papal edict, demanding that he recant.
Edward VIII signed to abdicate the British throne.
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.
The first Lord of the Rings film installment, 'The Fellowship of the Ring,' directed by Peter Jackson, premiered in London.
