Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain was first published in the UK and Canada.
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The Treaty of Paris was signed.
The First Nobel Peace Prizes were awarded to the Red Cross founder Jean Henri Dunant and peace activist Frederic Passy.
Edward VIII signed to abdicate the British throne.
The first edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica was published.
Cristina Fernandez was sworn in as Argentina's first elected female president.
