The Peloponnesian war came to an end when Admiral Lysander and his Spartan armies defeated their Athenian foes.
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Kathmandu, Nepal, was devastated by a major earthquake.
New York state became the first to require license plates on automobiles.
Porsche was officially added to the commercial register in Germany.
A highwayman, Nicolas Pelletier, was the first man to be executed by the guillotine in Paris, France.
Romania and Bulgaria signed the European Union's Treaty of Accession, the last step to joining the Union.
