Editing August 11 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1675]] &ndash; [[Franco-Dutch War]]: Forces of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] defeat the [[France|French]] in the [[Battle of Konzer Brücke]].
*[[1685]] &ndash; [[Morean War]]: The 49-day [[Siege of Coron (1685)|Siege of Coron]] ends with the surrender and massacre of its garrison by the Venetians.<ref>{{cite book | last=Setton | first=Kenneth Meyer | author-link=Kenneth Setton | title=Venice, Austria, and the Turks in the Seventeenth Century | publisher=The American Philosophical Society | location=Philadelphia | year=1991 | isbn=0-87169-192-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XN51y209fR8C | page = 296}}</ref>
*[[1786]] &ndash; Captain [[Francis Light]] establishes the British colony of [[Penang]] in [[Malaysia]].
*[[1804]] &ndash; [[Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor|Francis II]] assumes the title of first [[Emperor of Austria]].
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[Peninsular War]]: French troops engage [[United Kingdom|British]]-[[Portugal|Portuguese]] forces in the [[Battle of Majadahonda]].
*[[1813]] &ndash; In [[Colombia]], Juan del Corral declares the independence of [[Antioquia Department|Antioquia]].
*[[1858]] &ndash; The [[Eiger]] in the [[Bernese Alps]] is ascended for the first time by [[Charles Barrington (mountaineer)|Charles Barrington]] accompanied by [[Christian Almer]] and [[Peter Bohren]].
*[[1871]] &ndash; An [[Stowmarket Guncotton Explosion|explosion of guncotton occurs in Stowmarket]], England, killing 28.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Black |first1=Don |title=Abiding mystery of the Stowmarket gun cotton explosion |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/lifestyle/1871-tragedy-which-cost-23-lives-1214184 |work=Eastern Daily Press |date=5 May 2018 |language=en-UK}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=P |first1=H. B. |title=The Gun-Cotton Explosion at Stowmarket |journal=Nature |pages=309 |language=en |doi=10.1038/004309a0 |date=1 August 1871|volume=4 |issue=94 |bibcode=1871Natur...4..309H |s2cid=4062485 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Spanish–American War]]: American troops enter the city of [[Mayagüez, Puerto Rico]].