Chrysanthemums were believed to have been introduced from China to England.
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German polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz demonstrated integral calculus for the first time.
The much-anticipated Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was released for PC, PS4, and Xbox 360.
Canada's second-largest city, Montreal, started dumping untreated waste in the Saint Lawrence River.
Inventor Alan Clark was granted his patent for the telescope.
After nearly four and a half years of cataclysmic conflict, World War I ended.