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===1601–1900===
*[[1725]] &ndash; [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J. S. Bach]]'s cantata [[Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden, BWV 6|''Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden'', BWV 6]], is first performed in Leipzig on [[Easter Monday]].<ref name="BD">{{cite web | url = https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000007?lang=en | title = Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden BWV 6; BC A 57 | work = [[Bach Digital]] | date = 2025 }}</ref>
*[[1755]] &ndash; [[Commodore (Royal Navy)|Commodore]] [[William James (naval commander)|William James]] captures the [[Maratha]] fortress of [[Suvarnadurg]] on the west coast of India.<ref>{{cite book|last=Sridharan|first=K.|title=A Maritime History of India|location=New Delhi|publisher=Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India|date=1982|oclc=1027237577|page=112}}</ref>
*[[1792]] &ndash; The [[Coinage Act of 1792|Coinage Act]] is passed by Congress, establishing the [[United States Mint]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Department of the Treasury|title=A Brief History of Coinage Legislation in the United States: 1792-1857|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|date=1891|oclc=1118151364|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F1nPAAAAMAAJ|page=3}}</ref>
*[[1800]] &ndash; [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] leads the premiere of his [[Symphony No. 1 (Beethoven)|First Symphony]] in [[Vienna]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Young|first=John Bell|title=Beethoven's Symphonies: A Guided Tour|location=New York|publisher=Amadeus Press|date=2008|isbn=9781574671698|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G867QI1Un7UC|page=17}}</ref>
*[[1801]] &ndash; [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: In the [[Battle of Copenhagen (1801)|Battle of Copenhagen]] a British [[Royal Navy]] squadron defeats a hastily assembled, smaller, mostly-volunteer [[Royal Danish Navy|Dano-Norwegian Navy]] at high cost, forcing [[Denmark]] out of the [[Second League of Armed Neutrality]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Lauring|first=Palle|translator-last=Hohnen|translator-first=David|title=A History of the Kingdom of Denmark|location=Copenhagen|publisher=Copenhagen Høst|date=1968|oclc=252308058|pages=190–192}}</ref>
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The largest in a series of [[Southern bread riots]] occurs in [[Richmond, Virginia]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Barber|first=E. Susan|chapter=Bread Riots|title=Women in the American Civil War. Vol. 1: A—G|editor-last=Frank|editor-first=Lisa Tendrich|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2008|isbn=9781851096008|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X2GeBUmW_MgC|page=140}}</ref>
*[[1865]] &ndash; American Civil War: Defeat at the [[Third Battle of Petersburg]] forces the [[Army of Northern Virginia]] and the Confederate government to abandon [[Richmond, Virginia]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Bowery|first=Charles R.|title=The Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, 1864-65|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=Praeger|date=2014|isbn=9781440800436|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bxGJBAAAQBAJ|pages=142–145}}</ref>
*[[1885]] &ndash; Canadian [[Cree]] warriors [[Frog Lake Massacre|attack]] the village of [[Frog Lake, Alberta|Frog Lake]], killing nine.<ref>{{cite book|last=Tucker|first=Spencer C.|chapter=Chronology|title=A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East. Vol. 4: 1861—1918|editor-last=Tucker|editor-first=Spencer C.|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC=CLIO|date=2010|isbn=9781851096671|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h5_tSnygvbIC|page=1485}}</ref>