Facts and Events That Happened in This Year
The first edition of America's oldest newspaper, The New York Evening Post, was published.
The Treaty of Florence was signed, which ended the war between the French Republic and the Kingdom of Naples.
The dwarf planet Ceres was discovered by an Italian monk called Giuseppe Piazzi.
The Union Jack flag was flown for the first time in Dublin, Ireland, to commemorate the union between Great Britain and Ireland.
