The First Nobel Peace Prizes were awarded to the Red Cross founder Jean Henri Dunant and peace activist Frederic Passy.
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King Berger of Sweden celebrated Christmas with his brothers before throwing them in his dungeons to die.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain was first published in the UK and Canada.
The Treaty of Paris was signed.
One of the biggest heists in Japan occurred.
Cristina Fernandez was sworn in as Argentina's first elected female president.