The first stone of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in Wales is laid.

A four day war between Libya and Egypt ends.

The Acts of Union 1707 is agreed to by the commissioners from the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland that later led to…

A U156 submarine shells Nauset Beach, in Orleans, Massachusetts.

Denmark leaves the League of Nations.

A dam collapses resulting in the death of 268 people in Val di Stava, Italy.

The First Vatican Council decrees the principle of papal infallibility.

The national drinking age in the United States was increased from 18 to 21.

The beginning of the Islamic calendar.