Editing April 17 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1783]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Colbert raid|Colbert's Raid]]: A [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] [[garrison]] under Captain Jacobo du Breuil defeat [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] [[Irregular military|irregular]]s at [[Arkansas Post]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Coleman |first=Roger E. |date=1987 |chapter=Chapter 11: Colbert's Raid |title=The Arkansas Post Story: Arkansas Post National Monument |url=https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/arpo/history.pdf |number=Southwest Culteral Resources Center Professional Papers No. 12 |location=Santa Fe, New Mexico |publisher=[[Eastern National]] |pages=65-67 |access-date=May 17, 2025}}</ref>
*[[1797]] &ndash; Sir [[Ralph Abercromby]] [[Battle of San Juan (1797)|attacks]] [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]], in what would be one of the largest invasions of the Spanish territories in the Americas. 
* 1797 &ndash; Citizens of [[Verona]] begin an unsuccessful [[Veronese Easter|eight-day rebellion]] against the [[French First Republic|French]] occupying forces.
*[[1861]] &ndash; The state of [[Virginia]]'s [[Virginia in the American Civil War#Secession convention|secession convention]] votes to secede from the United States; Virginia later becomes the eighth state to join the [[Confederate States of America]].
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Grierson's Raid]] begins: Troops under [[Union Army]] Colonel [[Benjamin Grierson]] attack central [[Mississippi]].
*[[1864]] &ndash; American Civil War: The [[Battle of Plymouth (1864)|Battle of Plymouth]] begins: [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] forces attack [[Plymouth, North Carolina]].
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Morelos]] is admitted as the 27th state of [[Mexico]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.moreloshabla.com/morelos/un-dia-como-hoy-se-crea-el-estado-de-morelos/|title=Un día como hoy se crea el Estado de Morelos|publisher=Morelos Habla|date=April 17, 2016|language=es|trans-title=A day like today Morelos was created}}</ref>
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Catalpa rescue]]: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from [[Fremantle Prison]] in Western Australia.
*[[1895]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Shimonoseki]] between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the [[First Sino-Japanese War]], and the defeated [[Qing Empire]] is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the [[Liaoning|Fengtian]] province, [[Taiwan]] and the [[Penghu]] to Japan.