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The formal abolition of Prussia is proclaimed by the Allied Control Council, the Prussian government having already been abolished by the Preußenschlag of 1932.
Born: Tom Courtenay, English actor.
Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for his revolver firearm.
Died: Frederick I of Prussia (born 1657).
George Frideric Handel's opera Nero premieres in Hamburg.
Khosrow II, the last great Shah of the Sasanian Empire (Iran), is overthrown by his son Kavadh II.
Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius as his son, effectively making him his successor.