Italy used its current tri-colored flag for the first time.
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French forces attacked Calais and took it back from English rule.
Black men were chased away by gunmen after trying to rescue white survivors during a mine explosion.
The first telephone call was made across the Atlantic – from London to New York.
The first US commercial bank, The Bank of North America, opened in Philadelphia.
The US celebrated the opening of the country's first railroad station in Baltimore.
