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* The Spanish government lifts the restrictions against neutrals trading with the colonies, thus acknowledging Spain's inability to supply the colonies with needed goods and markets.
* [[Robert Burns]]'s version of the [[Scots language|Scots]] poem ''[[Auld Lang Syne]]'' is first published, in this year's volume of ''The [[Scots Musical Museum]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/robertburns/works/auld_lang_syne/|title=Robert Burns – Auld Lang Syne|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=2012-01-26}}</ref>
* Annual British iron production reaches 125,000 tons.
* Rizla rolling papers established.
* Shinyukan School, predecessor of [[Keio University|Keio Gijyuku University]], founded in [[Nakatsu]], [[Kyushu Island]], Japan.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
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