<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicéphore_Niépce" id="mwaQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nicéphore Niépce">Nicéphore Niépce</a> is awarded a patent by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon" id="mwag" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Napoleon">Napoleon</a> for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyréolophore" id="mwaw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pyréolophore">Pyréolophore</a>, the world's first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_combustion_engine" id="mwbA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Internal combustion engine">internal combustion engine</a>, after it successfully powered a boat upstream on the river <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saône" id="mwbQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Saône">Saône</a> in France.