The Congress of Vienna declared Kraków, Poland, a free republic state, and the Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland was signed.
The Times of London was first issued.
Scottish civil engineer Thomas Telford designed and completed The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.
President George Washington proclaimed the day an official National Day of Thanksgiving for the United States of America.
The female pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read were found guilty of piracy.
The United States exhibited the country's first-ever lion in Boston.
Navigator Ferdinand Magellan began his exploration of the Pacific Ocean.
The first Native American uprising against Spanish rule occurred in the La Navidad colony.
