Thomas Edison filed his patent for the Optical Phonograph.
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The University of Greifswald was founded in Germany. It was the second university in continental Northern Europe.
Nine regicides of King Charles I were sentenced to death.
Iran attempted to create the world's largest sandwich at 1,500 meters long but failed due to a crowd eating it before it was measured.
The Treaty of Campo Formio was signed between France and Austria.
The adventure comedy movie 'Around the World in 80 Days' premiered in New York, US.
