Facts and Events That Happened in This Year
Eggnog riots begin at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York.
British pharmacist John Walker invented the matchstick by accident.
Major Gordon Laing became the first non-Muslim to enter Timbuktu.
The galaxy Centaurus A was discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop.
Pope Leo XII renewed the prohibition of members of the Catholic Church from joining the Freemasons.
