Claudius Amyand performed the first recorded appendectomy at St George’s Hospital in London.
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Spanish conquistadors founded the city of Quito.
A first edition of 'The Birds of America' by John James Audubon was auctioned at Sotheby's, London, England, for £7,321,250 ($10 million) – which took the record for any book at auction.
The Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed.
US President Abraham Lincoln ordered the hanging of 39 Santee Sioux Indians.
Hasbro was founded as Hassenfeld Brothers in Providence, Rhode Island.
