Paris barred women from legally wearing pants.
There were some exceptions, like horse riding and bicycling. The law wasn’t annulled until 2013.
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The opera company The Deutsche Opernhaus (now know as Deutsche Oper Berlin) was founded. They opened with a performance of The Deutsche Opernhaus.
The Stoughton Musical Society, the oldest musical society in the US, was formed.
The Ensisheim Meteorite – the oldest meteorite with an observed fall – struck the Earth in France.
Using Johannes Kepler's predictions, French scientist Pierre Gassendi became the first person to witness Mercury's transit between the Earth and the Sun.
Lord Dunmore promised freedom to every slave who enlisted into the British Army.
