The British Museum in London was established after King George II gave his Royal assent to parliament.
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Machine guns were fired from a US airplane for the first time.
King Louis XIV of France was coronated.
King Kamehameha III of Hawaii signed the Declaration of Rights, which was a significant movement away from the country's 'ancient ways.'
The Day of the Tiles took place.
The USSR's Venera 16 probe was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on a trip to Venus.
