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The French frigate Méduse strikes the Bank of Arguin and 151 people on board have to be evacuated on an improvised raft, a case immortalised by Géricault's painting The Raft of the Medusa.
Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers slaughter 158 civilians.
At the Battle of Fulford, Harald Hardrada defeats earls Morcar and Edwin.
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