Lord Dunmore promised freedom to every slave who enlisted into the British Army.
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John Austin became the last person to be publicly hanged on London's Tyburn Gallows.
Hilary Clinton made history when she became the first-ever First Lady to win a seat for the Democrats in the Senate.
Colorado became the second US state to give women the right to vote.
The opera company The Deutsche Opernhaus (now know as Deutsche Oper Berlin) was founded. They opened with a performance of The Deutsche Opernhaus.
The London Gazette published its first edition under the name The Oxford Gazette.
