Navigator Ferdinand Magellan began his exploration of the Pacific Ocean.
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Explorer Richard E. Byrd became the first person to fly over the South Pole.
The Times of London was first issued.
The Chicago Times-Herald sponsored the United States' first-ever car race, with the winning car going an average of 7 miles per hour.
The Congress of Vienna declared Kraków, Poland, a free republic state, and the Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland was signed.
British pharmacist John Walker invented the matchstick by accident.
