Prince Regent George Augustus Frederick purchased the first copy of Jane Austen's novel ''Sense and Sensibility.”
The first-ever all-female golf tournament was held.
Beethoven composed his famous short piano piece, 'Für Elise.'
A steamboat patent was granted to the American engineer and inventor Robert Fulton.
The US published its first book on Geology – 'Observations on the Geology of the United States' by William Maclure.
Pellegrini Turri finished the construction of the world's first commercial typewriter.
The Clermont steamboat by Robert Fulton made its maiden trip up the Hudson River.
Beethoven's 4th Symphony in B was performed for the first time.
Beethoven performed his first concert 'for his benefit' at Austria's Royal Imperial Court Theatre.
The world's first recorded parachute jump occurred from 3,300 feet (1,000 m) above Paris.
American abolitionist David Walker published his appeal to the African American publications in Boston.
German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss constructed the first heptadecagon using a ruler and a compass.
Beethoven performed in person for the first time.
Jean Pierre Blanchard flew the first hot air balloon in the US.
The first edition of the world's first Sunday newspaper, The Observer, was published.
Mozart's last opera, 'The Magic Flute,' premiered in Vienna.
HMS Pandora sank at The Great Barrier Reef after a voyage to hunt down the Bounty mutineers in 1790.
Samuel Briggs and his son patented his nail-making machine.
English poet Henry James Pye became Poet Laureate in the United Kingdom.
Harvey Kennedy patented the modern shoelace, which included aglet reinforced tips.
The Power of Symphony by William Hill Brown became the first novel published in America.
Isaac Briggs & William Longstreet was awarded a patent for the first steamboat in the US.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera 'Don Giovanni' premiered in Prague.
The Stoughton Musical Society, the oldest musical society in the US, was formed.
The satirical book 'Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect' by Robert Burns was published.
Mozart published the Haydn Quartets in Vienna.
Benjamin Franklin announced his invention of bifocal eyeglasses.
Hot air balloon crosses the English Channel.
French aviator Élisabeth Thible became the first woman to fly an untethered hot air balloon.
French chemistry and physics teacher Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier made his first successful balloon flight.
Aviation pioneers, the Montgolfier brothers, made the first human ascent in a hot air balloon.
Jacques Charles and the Robert brothers released the first-ever unmanned hydrogen balloon.
Wolfgang Mozart's opera 'Idomeneo' premiered at the Cuvilliés Theatre in Munich, Germany.
Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense.
Amateur British chemist Sir James Jay invented invisible ink.
African-American poet Phillis Wheatley was freed from slavery.
The first edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica was published.
The first idea of a fire escape was patented.
Ann Franklin became one of the first women newspaper publishers.
The first music store in America was opened in Philadelphia by Michael Hillegas.
The British Museum opens.
The English transport ship Duke William sank in the North Atlantic, killing over 360 people.
St Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach premiered in Leipzig, Germany.
English literature classic Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift was published.
Water Music by George Frideric Handel premiered on the River Thames, London, at the request of King George I.
Sir Isaac Newton published his 'Principia' book, which outlined the laws of motion and universal gravitation.
A first-of-its-kind boxing match took place to settle a feud between a butler and a butcher.
A medical paper on smallpox was published in Boston, making it the first medical publication in American history.
The pocket watch patent was awarded to Dutch mathematician and scientist Christiaan Huygens.
John Dryden was appointed as England's first Poet Laureate by King Charles II.
