The King of France, Louis V, was crowned.
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Noah Cushing patented the washing machine in Quebec, Canada.
New South Wales, Australia, celebrated the first day of homosexuality being legal.
Edward the Confessor was crowned King of England. He was considered the last king of the House of Wessex.
The sweeping machine (vacuum cleaner) was patented in Chicago, US, by Ives W. McGaffey.
Margaret Bondfield became the first female cabinet minister in the UK.
