The first edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica was published.
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Mississippi was admitted to the Union, making it the 20th American state.
Edward VIII signed to abdicate the British throne.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain was first published in the UK and Canada.
King Berger of Sweden celebrated Christmas with his brothers before throwing them in his dungeons to die.
Martin Luther publicly burned the papal edict, demanding that he recant.
