Editing August 22 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1614]] &ndash; [[Fettmilch Uprising]]: Jews are expelled from [[Frankfurt]], [[Holy Roman Empire]], following the plundering of the [[Frankfurter Judengasse|Judengasse]].
*[[1639]] &ndash; Madras (now [[Chennai]]), India, is founded by the [[East India Company|British East India Company]] on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
*[[1642]] &ndash; [[Charles I of England|Charles I]] raises his standard in [[Nottingham]], which marks the beginning of the [[English Civil War]].
*[[1654]] &ndash; [[Jacob Barsimson]] arrives in [[New Amsterdam]]. He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America.
*[[1711]] &ndash; Britain's [[Quebec expedition (1711)|Quebec Expedition]] loses eight ships and almost nine hundred soldiers, sailors and women to rocks at [[Pointe-aux-Anglais]].
*[[1717]] &ndash; Spanish troops land on [[Sardinia]].
*[[1770]] &ndash; [[James Cook]] names and lands on [[Possession Island (Queensland)|Possession Island]], and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as [[New South Wales]].
*[[1777]] &ndash; British forces abandon the [[Siege of Fort Stanwix]] after hearing rumors of [[Continental Army]] reinforcements.
*[[1780]] &ndash; James Cook's ship {{HMS|Resolution|1771|6}} returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
*[[1791]] &ndash; The [[Haiti]]an [[Haitian Revolution|slave revolution]] begins in [[Saint-Domingue|Saint-Domingue, Haiti]].
*[[1798]] &ndash; French troops land at [[Kilcummin, County Mayo]], Ireland to aid the [[Irish Rebellion of 1798|rebellion]].
*[[1827]] &ndash; [[José de La Mar]] becomes [[List of Presidents of Peru|President of Peru]].
*[[1846]] &ndash; The [[Second Federal Republic of Mexico]] is established.
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[Passaleão incident]]: [[João Maria Ferreira do Amaral]], the [[Governor of Macau|governor]] of [[Portuguese Macau]], is [[Passaleão incident#Assassination of Amaral|assassinated]] by a group of Chinese locals, triggering a military confrontation between [[Qing dynasty|China]] and [[History of Portugal (1834–1910)|Portugal]] at the [[Passaleão incident|Battle of Passaleão]] three days after.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Ride |first1=Lindsay Tasman |title=The Voices of Macao Stones |last2=Ride |first2=Violet May |publisher=[[Hong Kong University Press]] |year=1999 |isbn=9789622094871 |edition=Abridged |location=Hong Kong |page=45 |language=en |author-link=Lindsay Tasman Ride}}</ref>
*[[1851]] &ndash; The first [[America's Cup]] is won by the [[yacht]] ''[[America (yacht)|America]]''.
*[[1864]] &ndash; Twelve nations sign the [[First Geneva Convention]], establishing the rules of protection of the victims of armed conflicts.<ref>{{Citation | last = Pictet | first = Jean S. | title = The New Geneva Conventions for the Protection of War Victims | journal = The American Journal of International Law | year = 1951 | volume = 45 | issue = 3 | pages = 462–475 | doi=10.2307/2194544| jstor = 2194544 }}</ref>
*[[1875]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875)|Treaty of Saint Petersburg]] between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of [[Sakhalin]] for the [[Kuril Islands]].
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Mahatma Gandhi]] forms the [[Natal Indian Congress]] (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.