Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain was first published in the UK and Canada.
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One of the biggest heists in Japan occurred.
The Treaty of Paris was signed.
Cristina Fernandez was sworn in as Argentina's first elected female president.
Isaac Newton's calculations and theories based on Kepler's laws were read to the Royal Society in London.
The first edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica was published.
