Facts and Events That Happened in This Year
The Great Flood of St Petersburg killed 10,000 people and affected almost half a million more.
One thousand Nigerian troops were airlifted into Liberia to end the occupation of Monrovia.
Noah Cushing patented the washing machine in Quebec, Canada.
The diaries of Lord Byron were burned by six of the poet's friends.
Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th (Chorale) Symphony premiered in Vienna.
