The first partial facial transplant was given to Isabelle Dinoire in France after a dog attacked her.
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The 400th anniversary of the end of the Transatlantic Slave Trade was celebrated with the 'Year of Return' in Ghana.
British pharmacist John Walker invented the matchstick by accident.
The Hofburg fire destroyed part of the Royal Court in Vienna, Austria.
The Congress of Vienna declared Kraków, Poland, a free republic state, and the Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland was signed.
Ross McWhirter, who co-founded the Guinness Book of World Records with his twin brother, was shot dead.
