The largest known solar storm occurred, causing electrical problems to telegraph services.
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Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt named her son Ptolemy XV Caesar a co-ruler of Egypt.
Machine guns were used for the first time in a battle in Omdurman, Sudan, Africa.
The Great Fire of London began.
The first battle between the Spanish settlers and the Mexican natives of the Otomi and Tlaxcalans tribespeople started.
Dieudonne Costes and Maurice Bellonte successfully flew the first non-stop transatlantic flight from east to west when they landed in New York City.
