Editing August 3 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1601]] &ndash; [[Long Turkish War|Long War]]: [[Habsburg monarchy|Austria]] captures [[Transylvania]] in the [[Battle of Goroszló]].
*[[1645]] &ndash; [[Thirty Years' War]]: The [[Battle of Nördlingen (1645)|Second Battle of Nördlingen]] sees French forces defeating those of the [[Holy Roman Empire]].
*[[1678]] &ndash; [[René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle|Robert LaSalle]] builds the ''[[Le Griffon]]'', the first known ship built on the [[Great Lakes]].
*[[1778]] &ndash; The theatre ''[[La Scala]]'' in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's ''[[Europa riconosciuta]]''.
*[[1795]] &ndash; [[Treaty of Greenville]] is signed, ending the [[Northwest Indian War]] in the [[Ohio Country]].
*[[1811]] &ndash; First ascent of [[Jungfrau]], third highest summit in the [[Bernese Alps]] by brothers Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer.
*[[1829]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Lewistown]] is signed by the [[Shawnee]] and [[Seneca people|Seneca]] peoples, exchanging land in [[Ohio]] for land west of the [[Mississippi River]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Treaty_of_Lewistown_(1829)|title=Treaty of Lewistown (1829) |website=Ohio History Central |access-date=2018-11-04}}</ref>
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[Harvard University]] wins the first [[Harvard–Yale Regatta|Boat Race]] between [[Yale University]] and Harvard. The race is also known as the first ever American intercollegiate athletic event.
*[[1859]] &ndash; The [[American Dental Association]] is founded in [[Niagara Falls, New York]].
*[[1900]] &ndash; The [[Firestone Tire and Rubber Company]] is founded.