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[[File:Frodsham chronometer mechanism.jpg|thumb|Marine chronometer]]
* The [[Halifax Treaties]] are concluded between the various bands of the [[Miꞌkmaq]], other [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] people and the [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] in [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]], notably in the [[Burying the Hatchet ceremony (Nova Scotia)|Burying the Hatchet ceremony]] on June 25.
* In [[Dutch colonization of the Guianas|Dutch Guyana]], a "state" formed by escaped slaves signs a treaty with the local governor.
* [[Marine chronometer]] invented as a means to accurately determine longitude.
* [[Matthew Boulton]]'s [[Soho Manufactory]] opens in the midlands of England.
* The music for "''[[Ah! vous dirai-je, maman]]''" ("Ah, would I tell you Mom?") is first published in [[Kingdom of France|France]] by a Monsieur Bouin in his book ''Les Amusements d'une Heure et Demy''; in 1806, English poet [[Jane Taylor (poet)|Jane Taylor]] publishes her poem, ''The Star'', whose words fit the rhythm of the tune and become the children's song ''[[Twinkle Twinkle Little Star]]''.<ref>{{cite book|first=Richard|last=Stokes|title=The Penguin Book of English Song: Seven Centuries of Poetry from Chaucer to Auden|publisher=Penguin|year=2016|page=xiiv}}</ref> 
* [[Faber-Castell|Faber-Castell Company]] is founded by Kasper Faber in [[Nuremberg]], [[Holy Roman Empire|Germany]].
* [[Johann Heinrich Lambert]] finds a [[proof that π is irrational]].
* ''[[Elus Cohens|l'Ordre des Chevaliers Maçons Élus Coëns de l'Univers]]'' is founded.</onlyinclude>