Editing August 10 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1628]] &ndash; The Swedish warship ''[[Vasa (ship)|Vasa]]'' sinks on her maiden voyage off [[Stockholm]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Cederlund|first=Carl Olof|title=Vasa I, The Archaeology of a Swedish Warship of 1628|pages=53–54|editor=Fred Hocker|year=2006|publisher=National Maritime Museums of Sweden |isbn=91-974659-0-9}}</ref>
*[[1641]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of London (1641)|Treaty of London]] between England and Scotland, ending the [[Bishops' Wars]], is signed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bcw-project.org/church-and-state/crisis-in-scotland/treaty-of-london |title=The Treaty of London, 1641 |website=BCW Project |access-date=3 January 2020}}</ref>
*[[1680]] &ndash; The [[Pueblo Revolt]] begins in [[New Mexico]].
*[[1741]] &ndash; King [[Marthanda Varma]] of [[Travancore]] defeats the [[Dutch East India Company]] at the [[Battle of Colachel]], effectively bringing about the end of the Dutch colonial rule in India. <!--The first "major" defeat of a European colonial military power in India-->
*[[1755]] &ndash; Under the direction of [[Charles Lawrence (British Army officer)|Charles Lawrence]], the British begin to [[Expulsion of the Acadians|forcibly deport]] the [[Acadians]] from [[Nova Scotia]] to the [[Thirteen Colonies]] and [[Kingdom of France|France]].
*[[1792]] &ndash; [[French Revolution]]: [[10 August (French Revolution)|Storming of the Tuileries Palace]]: [[Louis XVI]] is arrested and taken into custody as his [[Swiss Guard]]s are massacred by the Parisian mob.
*[[1808]] &ndash; [[Finnish War]]: Swedish forces led by General [[Georg Carl von Döbeln|von Döbeln]] defeat Russian forces led by General Šepelev in the [[Battle of Kauhajoki]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Ruismäki | first =  Liisa | title = Kauhajoen historia: esihistoriasta vuoteen 1918 | page = 398 | year = 1987 | location = Jyväskylä | publisher = Kauhajoen kunta ja seurakunta | isbn = 951-99888-2-3 | language = fi}}</ref>
*[[1835]] &ndash; [[P. T. Barnum]] begins his career as a showman and circus entrepreneur by exhibiting [[Joice Heth]], an octogenerian African slave whom he claims was [[George Washington]]'s [[nursemaid]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Washington|first=Harriet|title=Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans From Colonial Times to the Present|location=New York|publisher=Anchor Books|date=2008|isbn=9780767915472|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=apGhwRt6A7QC|page=86}}</ref>
*[[1856]] &ndash; The [[1856 Last Island hurricane|Last Island hurricane]] strikes [[Louisiana]], resulting in over 200 deaths.
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Wilson's Creek]]: A mixed force of [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]], [[Missouri State Guard]], and Arkansas State troops defeat outnumbered attacking [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces in the southwestern part of the state.
*[[1864]] &ndash; After Uruguay's governing [[National Party (Uruguay)|Blanco Party]] refuses Brazil's demands, [[José Antônio Saraiva]] announces that the Brazilian military will begin reprisals, beginning the [[Uruguayan War]].