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===1601–1900===
*[[1608]] &ndash; The first official English representative to India lands in [[Surat]].
*[[1643]] &ndash; A Dutch fleet [[Dutch expedition to Valdivia|establishes a new colony]] in the ruins of [[Valdivia]] in [[Zona Sur|southern Chile]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Montt Pinto|first=Isabel|url=http://www.buscalibros.cl/libros.php?c=226|oclc=1397610|year=1971|location=Buenos Aires|publisher=Editorial Francisco de Aguirre|title=Breve Historia de Valdivia|language=es|access-date=23 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070218034335/http://www.buscalibros.cl/libros.php?c=226|archive-date=18 February 2007|url-status=dead|page=22}}</ref>
*[[1662]] &ndash; The [[Book of Common Prayer (1662)|1662 ''Book of Common Prayer'']] is [[Act of Uniformity 1662|legally enforced]] as the liturgy of the [[Church of England]], precipitating the [[Great Ejection]] of [[English Dissenters|Dissenter]] ministers from their [[benefice]]s.
*[[1682]] &ndash; [[William Penn]] receives the area that is now the state of [[Delaware]], and adds it to his [[colony]] of [[Province of Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]].
*[[1690]] &ndash; [[Job Charnock]] of the [[East India Company]] establishes a [[Factory (trading post)|factory]] in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], an event formerly considered the founding of the city (in 2003 the [[Calcutta High Court]] ruled that the city's foundation date is unknown).
*[[1743]] &ndash; [[The War of the Hats]]: The [[Swedish army]] surrenders to the [[Russia]]ns in [[Helsinki]], ending the war and starting ''Lesser Wrath''.<ref name="mattila">{{cite book |last1=Mattila |first1=Tapani |title=Meri maamme turvana |trans-title=Sea safeguarding our country |year=1983 |publisher=K. J. Gummerus Osakeyhtiö |location=Jyväskylä |language=Finnish |isbn=951-99487-0-8 }}</ref>
*[[1781]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: A small force of [[Pennsylvania]] [[militia (United States)|militia]] is [[Lochry's Defeat|ambushed and overwhelmed]] by an American Indian group, which forces [[George Rogers Clark]] to abandon his attempt to attack [[Detroit]].
*[[1789]] &ndash; The first [[Battle of Svensksund (1789)|naval battle of the Svensksund]] began in the [[Gulf of Finland]].<ref name="mattila"/>
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[Peninsular War]]: A coalition of Spanish, [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]], and [[Kingdom of Portugal|Portuguese]] forces succeed in lifting the two-and-a-half-year-long [[Siege of Cádiz]].
*[[1814]] &ndash; British troops [[Burning of Washington|capture Washington, D.C.]] and set the [[White House|Presidential Mansion]], [[United States Capitol|Capitol]], [[Washington Navy Yard|Navy Yard]] and many other public buildings ablaze.<ref name="Chase2020"/>
*[[1815]] &ndash; The modern [[Constitution of the Netherlands]] is signed.
*[[1816]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of St. Louis (1816)|Treaty of St. Louis]] is signed in [[St. Louis, Missouri]].
*[[1820]] &ndash; [[Constitutionalism|Constitutionalist]] [[History of Portugal#Crises of the nineteenth century|insurrection]] at [[Porto|Oporto]], Portugal.
*[[1821]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Córdoba]] is signed in [[Córdoba, Veracruz|Córdoba]], now in [[Veracruz (state)|Veracruz]], Mexico, concluding the [[Mexican War of Independence]] from Spain.
*[[1857]] &ndash; The [[Panic of 1857]] begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in United States history.
*[[1870]] &ndash; The [[Wolseley expedition]] reaches [[Manitoba]] to end the [[Red River Rebellion]].
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Mikhail Nikolayevich Muravyov|Count Muravyov]], [[Foreign Minister of Russia]] presents a ''rescript'' that convoked the [[First Hague Peace Conference]].