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===1601–1900===
*[[1610]] &ndash; During [[Henry Hudson]]'s search for the [[Northwest Passage]], he sails into what is now known as [[Hudson Bay]].
*[[1776]] &ndash; The signing of the [[United States Declaration of Independence]] took place.
*[[1784]] &ndash; The first British [[mail coach]] service ran from [[Bristol]] to [[London]].<ref name="CBOD">{{cite book |last1=Fergusson |first1=Rosalind |title=Book of Days: A miscellany of popular antiquities in connection with the calendar |date=2004 |publisher=[[Chambers (publisher)|Chambers]] |isbn=0550100830 |page=377}}</ref> 
*[[1790]] &ndash; The [[1790 United States census|first]] [[United States Census]] is conducted.
*[[1798]] &ndash; [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: The [[Battle of the Nile]] concludes in a British victory.
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[Charles X of France]] abdicates the throne in favor of his grandson [[Henri, Count of Chambord|Henri]].
*[[1858]] &ndash; The [[Government of India Act 1858]] replaces Company rule in India with that of the British Raj.<ref name="CBOD"/>
*[[1869]] &ndash; Japan's [[Edo society]] class system is abolished as part of the [[Meiji Restoration]] reforms.
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Tower Subway]], the world's first [[rapid transit|underground tube railway]], opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
*[[1873]] &ndash; The [[Clay Street Hill Railroad]] begins operating the first [[cable car (railway)|cable car]] in San Francisco's famous [[San Francisco cable car system|cable car system]].
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Anglo-Afghan War]]: The [[Siege of Malakand]] ends when a relief column is able to reach the [[British Indian Army|British]] garrison in the [[Malakand Agency|Malakand states]].