King Louis XIV of France was coronated.
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During the Great Plague of London, infected persons' homes were marked with crosses.
King Kamehameha III of Hawaii signed the Declaration of Rights, which was a significant movement away from the country's 'ancient ways.'
The US and Britain signed the Lyons-Seward Treaty.
Machine guns were fired from a US airplane for the first time.
Queen Elizabeth I and George VI became the first king and queen of Great Britain to travel to the US.
