Freed black man Richard Johnson was granted 100 acres of land in the state of Virginia.
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Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, fell to the armies of Timur.
Saint Anterus became the Bishop of Rome.
North Carolina became the 12th state to join the United States of America.
The movie 'Frankenstein,' based on Mary Shelley's 1818 novel of the same name, was released in the US.
Pope Sergius I consecrated Willibrord as bishop of the Frisians at the Church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere in Rome, Italy.
