The British Museum in London was established after King George II gave his Royal assent to parliament.
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Vatican City signed the Lateran Treaty making it an independent state.
The First Crusaders successfully sieged Jerusalem and took it from the Fatimid Caliphate.
During the Great Plague of London, infected persons' homes were marked with crosses.
Machine guns were fired from a US airplane for the first time.
King Louis XIV of France was coronated.
