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Philip van der Straten, sets up a factory in Kelso, thus starting the Border woolen industry

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Pianist and composer John Field gives his first public performance at the Rotunda in Dublin

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Pope Gregory XIII announces the new Gregorian calendar, replacing the Julian calendar

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Prime Minister William Pitt resigns over royal veto on Catholic emancipation