William Shakespeare’s play The Tempest is first performed at Whitehall Palace in London.

The Congress of Vienna starts to re-draw the European political map.

The Springhill Mining Disaster in Springhill, Nova Scotia kills 39 miners.

Napoleon is defeated at the Battle of Vyazma

Pope Pius XII declares papal infallibility.

6,500 American soldiers are exposed to ‘Desert Rock’ atomic explosions for training in Nevada (Operation Buster-Jangle). Participation was compulsory