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Spanish rule ends in Cuba. |
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New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs. |
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The Manchester Ship Canal, England, is officially opened to traffic. |
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Japan begins using the Gregorian calendar. |
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Ellis Island opens to begin accepting immigrants to the United States. |
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Eritrea consolidates into a colony by the Italian government. |
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First use of football goal nets in England. |
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The first Tournament of Roses is held in Pasadena, California. |
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Queen Victoria is proclaimed empress of India in Delhi. |
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Ferdinand de Lesseps begins French construction of the Panama Canal. |
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Queen Victoria of Britain is proclaimed Empress of India. |
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The Reichsbank opens in Berlin. |
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First edition of The Northern Echo newspaper is published. |
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American Civil War: The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in Confederate territory. |
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The first claim under the Homestead Act is made by Daniel Freeman for a farm in Nebraska. |
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Porfirio Díaz conquers Mexico City. |
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The Cobble Hill Tunnel, in Brooklyn, was finished. |
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United Kingdom claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands. |
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Mary Shelleys novel Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus is published. |
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The importation of slaves into the United States is banned. |
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The French Republican Calendar is abolished. |
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French rule ends in Haiti. Haiti becomes the first black republic and first country independent in the West Indies. |
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Emperor Gia Long orders all bronze wares of the Tây Son Dynasty to be collected and melted into nine cannons for the Royal Citadel in Hu?, Vietnam |
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The legislative union of Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland is completed to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. |
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Dwarf planet Ceres is discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi. |
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The Dutch East India Company ceases to exist. |
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Albany replaces Kingston as the capital of New York State. |
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First edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published. |
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1,500 soldiers of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment under General Anthony Waynes command rebel against the Continental Armys winter camp in Morristown, New Jersey as part of the Pennsylvania (Continentals; Regiment) Mutiny of 1781. |
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The first travellers cheques, which can be used in 90 European cities, go on sale in London for the first time. |
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Bouvet Island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier. |
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John V is crowned King of Portugal. |
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Russia begins using the Julian calendar. |
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Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston. |
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Samuel Pepys starts his diary. |
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Charles II is crowned King of Scotland. |
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Scotland begins using the Julian calendar. |
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Croatian nobles elect Ferdinand I of Austria as king of Croatia in the Parliament on Cetin. |
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King Francis I of France succeeds to the French throne. |
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Albert II of Habsburg is crowned King of Hungary. |
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Michael VIII Palaiologos is proclaimed co-emperor of the Empire of Nicaea with his ward John IV Laskaris. |
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Kievan Ruses adopt the Julian calendar. |
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Prophet Muhammad sets out toward Mecca with the army that will capture it bloodlessly. |
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The last known gladiator competition in Rome takes place. |
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