The Prussian Confederation was formed.
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Saint Francis Xavier Church in Baltimore, Maryland, became the first church exclusively for blacks in the US.
Russia declared the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic as independent states.
US President Barack Obama met with the Dalai Lama amid warnings from China.
The first issue of 'The New Yorker' was published.
The first sewing machine was patented in the US.
