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===1601–1900===
*[[1689]] &ndash; [[Boston]]ians rise up [[1689 Boston revolt|in rebellion]] against Sir [[Edmund Andros]].
*[[1738]] &ndash; ''[[Real Academia de la Historia]]'' ("Royal Academy of History") is founded in [[Madrid]].
*[[1775]] &ndash; [[American Revolution]]: The [[British Army during the American Revolutionary War|British Army]] advances up the [[Charles River]] in [[Province of Massachusetts Bay|Massachusetts]] to destroy supplies of American [[militia|militias]], while [[Paul Revere]] and other riders [[Paul Revere's midnight ride|rapidly warn the countryside]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Fischer|first=David Hackett|author-link=David Hackett Fischer|date= 1994|title=Paul Revere's Ride|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=knC-kTFI9_gC|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780195088472}}</ref>
*[[1783]] &ndash; [[Three-Fifths Compromise]]: The first instance of black slaves in the United States of America being counted as three-fifths of persons (for the purpose of taxation), in a resolution of the [[Congress of the Confederation]]. This was later adopted in the 1787 Constitution.<ref>Story, Joseph (1833) ''[[Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States]]'', [https://lonang.com/library/reference/story-commentaries-us-constitution/sto-309/ §641 (Book 3, Chapter 9)]</ref>
*[[1831]] &ndash; The [[University of Alabama]] is founded in [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama]].
*[[1847]] &ndash; American victory at the [[battle of Cerro Gordo]] opens the way for invasion of Mexico.
*[[1857]] &ndash; "[[The Spirits Book]]" by [[Allan Kardec]] is published, marking the birth of [[Kardecist spiritism|Spiritualism]] in France.
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Battle of Dybbøl]]: A [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussian]]-[[Austrian Empire|Austrian]] army defeats Denmark and gains control of [[Duchy of Schleswig|Schleswig]]. Denmark surrenders the province in the following peace settlement.
*[[1897]] &ndash; The [[Greco-Turkish War (1897)|Greco-Turkish War]] is declared between Greece and the [[Ottoman Empire]].
*[[1899]] &ndash; The [[St. Andrew's Ambulance Association]] is granted a [[royal charter]] by [[Queen Victoria]].