Facts and Events That Happened in This Year
The world's first recorded parachute jump occurred from 3,300 feet (1,000 m) above Paris.
The Treaty of Campo Formio was signed between France and Austria.
Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson's attempt to conquest Tenerife, Spain, failed.
Napoleon formed the Ligurian Republic.
America's second president John Adams was inaugurated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Bank of England printed the first one-pound and two-pound banknotes.
£1 notes were circulated in Britain.
Italy used its current tri-colored flag for the first time.
