Editing August 4 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1693]] &ndash; Date traditionally ascribed to [[Dom Pérignon (monk)|Dom Perignon]]'s invention of [[champagne]]; it is not clear whether he actually invented [[champagne]], however he has been credited as an innovator who developed the techniques used to perfect [[sparkling wine]].
*[[1701]] &ndash; [[Great Peace of Montreal]] between [[New France]] and [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] is signed.
*[[1704]] &ndash; [[War of the Spanish Succession]]: [[Gibraltar]] is captured by an English and Dutch fleet, commanded by [[Admiral]] Sir [[George Rooke]] and allied with [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Archduke Charles]].
*[[1781]] &ndash; [[Fourth Anglo-Dutch War]], a fleet of six [[East India Company]] ships sets sail from [[Fort Marlborough]] to raid the Dutch [[Dutch East India Company|VOC factories]] on the West coast of [[Sumatra]] including the major port of [[Padang]].<ref name="I&AQR">{{cite journal |title=The English Connection with Sumatra |journal=Imperial and Asiatic Quarterly Review and Oriental and Colonial Record |date=1968 |page=427 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h-ZGAQAAMAAJ}}</ref>
*[[1783]] &ndash; [[Mount Asama]] erupts in Japan, killing about 1,400 people ([[Tenmei eruption]]). The eruption causes a [[famine]], which results in an additional 20,000 deaths.
*[[1789]] &ndash; [[France]]: [[Abolition of feudalism in France|abolition of feudalism]] by the [[National Constituent Assembly (France)|National Constituent Assembly]].
*[[1790]] &ndash; A newly passed [[tariff]] act creates the ''[[United States Revenue Cutter Service|Revenue Cutter Service]]'' (the forerunner of the [[United States Coast Guard]]).
*[[1791]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Sistova]] is signed, ending the [[Ottoman–Habsburg wars]].
*[[1796]] &ndash; [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: [[Napoleon]] leads the [[Army of Italy (France)|French Army of Italy]] to victory in the [[Battle of Lonato]].
*[[1821]] &ndash; ''[[The Saturday Evening Post]]'' is published for the first time as a weekly newspaper.
*[[1854]] &ndash; The [[Flag of Japan|Hinomaru]] is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships.
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Matica slovenská]], [[Slovakia]]'s public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the [[Slovaks|Slovak nation]], is established in [[Martin, Slovakia|Martin]].
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[American Indian Wars]]: While protecting a railroad survey party in [[Montana]], the [[7th Cavalry Regiment|United States 7th Cavalry]], under [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]] [[George Armstrong Custer]] clashes for the first time with the [[Cheyenne]] and [[Lakota people]] near the [[Tongue River (Montana)|Tongue River]]; only one man on each side is killed.
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Granny (sea anemone)|Granny]], a [[sea anemone]], died in [[Edinburgh]] after nearly 60 years in captivity. Her death was reported in [[The Scotsman]] and [[The New York Times]].<ref name=memoriam>{{cite news |title=In Memoriam – Granny |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/In_Memoriam_-_%22Granny%22 |work=The Scotsman |date=11 October 1887 |location=Edinburgh |page=5 |access-date=21 July 2021 |archive-date=21 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721091848/https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/In_Memoriam_-_%22Granny%22 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=An Aged Sea Anemone |work=New York Times |date=2 November 1887 |page=2 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81777774/death-of-granny/ |access-date=19 July 2021 |archive-date=19 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719195430/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81777774/death-of-granny/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[The Great Fire (Spokane)|The Great Fire]] of [[Spokane, Washington]] destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
*[[1892]] &ndash; The father and stepmother of [[Lizzie Borden]] are found murdered in their [[Fall River, Massachusetts]] home. She will be tried and acquitted for the crimes a year later.