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===1601–1900===
*[[1604]] &ndash; [[Eighty Years War]]: a besieging Dutch and English army led by [[Maurice of Orange]] forces the Spanish garrison of [[Sluis]] to capitulate.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Duffy|first1=Christopher|title=Siege Warfare: The Fortress in the Early Modern World 1494–1660 Volume 1 of Siege warfare|date=2013|page=89|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781136607875}}</ref>
*[[1612]] &ndash; The "[[Samlesbury witches]]", three women from the [[Lancashire]] village of [[Samlesbury]], [[Kingdom of England|England]], are put on trial, accused of practicing [[witchcraft]], one of the most famous [[Witch-hunt|witch trial]]s in British history.
*[[1666]] &ndash; [[Second Anglo-Dutch War]]: Rear Admiral [[Robert Holmes (Royal Navy officer)|Robert Holmes]] leads a raid on the Dutch island of [[Terschelling]], destroying 150 merchant ships, an act later known as "[[Holmes's Bonfire]]".
*[[1692]] &ndash; [[Salem witch trials]]: In [[Salem, Massachusetts|Salem, province of Massachusetts Bay]], five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.
*[[1745]] &ndash; Prince [[Charles Edward Stuart]] raises his standard in [[Glenfinnan]]: The start of the [[Jacobite rising of 1745|Second Jacobite Rebellion]], known as "the 45".
* 1745 &ndash; [[Ottoman–Persian War (1743–46)|Ottoman–Persian War]]: In the [[Battle of Kars (1745)|Battle of Kars]], the Ottoman army is routed by Persian forces led by [[Nader Shah]].
*[[1759]] &ndash; [[Battle of Lagos]]: Naval battle during the [[Seven Years' War]] between Great Britain and France.
*[[1772]] &ndash; [[Gustav III of Sweden]] stages [[Revolution of 1772|a coup d'état]], in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the [[Riksdag of the Estates|Riksdag]] and the King.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Barton |first1=H. Arnold |title=Gustav III of Sweden and the Enlightenment |journal=Eighteenth-Century Studies |date=1972 |volume=6 |issue=1 |page=11 |doi=10.2307/3031560 |jstor=3031560}}</ref>
*[[1782]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Battle of Blue Licks]]: The last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British [[commander]] [[Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Charles Cornwallis]] following the [[Siege of Yorktown]].
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]]: American frigate {{USS|Constitution}} [[USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere|defeats]] the British frigate {{HMS|Guerriere|1806|6}} off the coast of [[Nova Scotia]], Canada earning the nickname "Old Ironsides".
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[Gervasio Antonio de Posadas]] joins Argentina's [[Second Triumvirate (Argentina)|Second Triumvirate]].
*[[1839]] &ndash; The French government announces that [[Louis Daguerre]]'s [[daguerreotype|photographic process]] is a gift "free to the world".
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[California Gold Rush]]: The ''[[New York Herald]]'' breaks the news to the [[East Coast of the United States]] of the [[gold rush]] in [[California]] (although the rush started in January).
*[[1854]] &ndash; The [[First Sioux War]] begins when [[United States Army]] soldiers kill [[Lakota people|Lakota]] chief [[Conquering Bear]] and in return are [[Grattan massacre|massacred]].
*[[1861]] &ndash; First ascent of [[Weisshorn]], fifth highest summit in the Alps.
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[Dakota War of 1862|Dakota War]]: During an uprising in [[Minnesota]], [[Lakota people|Lakota]] warriors decide not to attack heavily defended [[Fort Ridgely]] and instead turn to the settlement of [[New Ulm, Minnesota|New Ulm]], killing white settlers along the way.