Editing August 23 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1628]] &ndash; [[George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham|George Villiers]], the first [[Duke of Buckingham]], is assassinated by [[John Felton (assassin)|John Felton]].
*[[1655]] &ndash; [[Battle of Sobota]]: The [[Swedish Empire]] led by [[Charles X Gustav]] defeats the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]].
*[[1703]] &ndash; [[Edirne event]]: Sultan [[Mustafa II]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] is dethroned.
*[[1775]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: King [[George III]] delivers his [[Proclamation of Rebellion]] to the [[Court of St James's]] stating that the [[Thirteen Colonies|American colonies]] have proceeded to a state of open and avowed rebellion.
*[[1782]] &ndash; British forces under [[Edward Despard]] complete [[Battle of the Black River|the reconquest]] of the [[Black River (settlement)|Black River settlements]] on the [[Mosquito Coast]] from the Spanish.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Dawson |first1=Frank Griffith  |date=November 1983 |title=William Pitt's Settlement at Black River on the Mosquito Shore: A Challenge to Spain in Central America, 1732–87 |journal=The Hispanic American Historical Review |volume= 63 |issue= 4  |pages=677–706 |jstor=2514901|doi= 10.2307/2514901|publisher=Duke University Press}}</ref>
*[[1784]] &ndash; Western [[North Carolina]] (now eastern [[Tennessee]]) declares itself an independent state under the name of [[State of Franklin|Franklin]]; it is not accepted into the United States, and only lasts for four years.
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[Napoleon|Napoleon Bonaparte]] leaves [[Egypt]] for [[First French Republic|France]] ''en route'' to seizing power.
*[[1813]] &ndash; At the [[Battle of Großbeeren]], the [[Old Prussians|Prussians]] under [[Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow|Von Bülow]] repulse the French army.
*[[1831]] &ndash; [[Nat Turner's slave rebellion|Nat Turner's]] [[slave revolt|rebellion]] of [[Slavery in the United States|enslaved Virginians]] is suppressed.<ref name="VAnom">{{cite web |author=Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff |date=July 1973 |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Belmont |url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Southampton/087-0030_Belmont_1973_Final_Nomination.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227091400/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Southampton/087-0030_Belmont_1973_Final_Nomination.pdf |archive-date=December 27, 2016 |access-date=October 8, 2013 |website=Government of Virginia |publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources}}</ref>
*[[1839]] &ndash; The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares for the [[First Opium War]] with [[Qing dynasty|Qing China]].
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Union Navy]] [[Siege of Fort Morgan|captures Fort Morgan, Alabama]], thus breaking [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] dominance of all ports on the [[Gulf of Mexico]] except [[Galveston, Texas]].
*[[1866]] &ndash; The [[Austro-Prussian War]] ends with the [[Peace of Prague (1866)|Treaty of Prague]].
*[[1873]] &ndash; The [[Albert Bridge, London|Albert Bridge]] in [[Chelsea, London]] opens.
*[[1898]] &ndash; The [[Southern Cross Expedition]], the first British venture of the [[Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration]], departs from London.