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===1601–1900===
*[[1721]] &ndash; The [[Great Northern War]] between [[Sweden]] and [[Tsardom of Russia|Russia]] ends in the [[Treaty of Nystad]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Toivo J. Paloposki|title=Suurvallan loppu|publisher=Weilin & Göös|year=1985|isbn=951-35-2492-2|location=Espoo|language=fi}}</ref>
*[[1727]] &ndash; [[Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange|Anne]], eldest daughter of King [[George II of Great Britain]], is given the title [[Princess Royal]].
*[[1757]] &ndash; [[Battle of Gross-Jägersdorf]]: Russian force under Field Marshal [[Stepan Fyodorovich Apraksin]] beats a smaller Prussian force commanded by Field Marshal [[Hans von Lehwaldt]], during the [[Seven Years' War]].<ref>Peter H. Wilson, ''The Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire.'' Penguin, 2016, pp. 478–479.</ref>
*[[1791]] &ndash; {{HMS|Pandora|1779|6}} sinks after having run aground on the outer [[Great Barrier Reef]] the previous day.
*[[1799]] &ndash; The entire Dutch fleet [[Vlieter Incident|is captured]] by British forces under the command of Sir [[Ralph Abercromby]] and [[Admiral]] Sir Charles Mitchell during the [[War of the Second Coalition]].
*[[1800]] &ndash; [[Gabriel Prosser]] postpones a planned [[slave rebellion]] in [[Richmond, Virginia]], but is arrested before he can make it happen.
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[First Battle of Kulm]]: French forces are defeated by an Austrian-[[Prussia]]n-Russian alliance.
*  1813   &ndash; [[Creek War]]: [[Fort Mims massacre]]: [[Creek people|Creek]] "[[Red Sticks]]" kill over 500 settlers (including over 250 armed militia) in Fort Mims, north of [[Mobile, Alabama]].
*[[1835]] &ndash; Australia: [[Melbourne, Victoria]] is founded.
*[[1836]] &ndash; The city of [[Houston]] is founded by [[Augustus Chapman Allen]] and [[John Kirby Allen]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Houston: A History |first=David G. |last=McComb |publisher=University of Texas Press |location=Austin |year=1981 |edition=2nd |page=11}}</ref>
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Richmond]]: [[Confederate States of America|Confederates]] under [[Edmund Kirby Smith]] rout [[Union Army|Union]] forces under General [[William "Bull" Nelson]].
*[[1873]] &ndash; Austrian explorers [[Julius von Payer]] and [[Karl Weyprecht]] discover the [[archipelago]] of [[Franz Josef Land]] in the Arctic Sea.
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Philippine Revolution]]: After Spanish victory in the [[Battle of San Juan del Monte]], eight provinces in the [[Philippines]] are declared under martial law by the Spanish [[Governor-General of the Philippines|Governor-General]] [[Ramón Blanco y Erenas]].