Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned the Emperor of France in Paris.
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The world's first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction happened in Chicago Pile-1 at the University of Chicago. It was overseen by Enrico Fermi.
The Chinese child Emperor Pu Yi ascended the Chinese throne at the age of two.
The Battle of Tirad Pass was fought.
Sweden introduced a groundbreaking Freedom of Press Act, becoming the first nation to introduce freedom of speech.
The 'I Robot' collection of sci-fi short stories by Isaac Asimov was published by Genome Press in the US.
