Editing August 6 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1661]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of The Hague (1661)|Treaty of The Hague]] is signed by Portugal and the [[Dutch Republic]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Jan H. Verzijl|title=International Law in Historical Perspective|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WPKRmSk_8PsC&pg=PA493|date= 1972|publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers|isbn=90-286-0022-1|pages=493}}</ref>
*[[1777]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: The bloody [[Battle of Oriskany]] prevents American relief of the [[Siege of Fort Stanwix]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=US Army Military History Research Collection|author2=Joyce L. Eakin|title=Colonial America and the War for Independence|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BmPLVUtqnWIC&pg=PA105|year=1976|publisher=U.S. Army Military History Research Collection|pages=105}}</ref>
*[[1787]] &ndash; Sixty proof sheets of the [[United States Constitution|Constitution of the United States]] are delivered to the [[Constitutional Convention (United States)|Constitutional Convention]] in [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]].
*[[1806]] &ndash; [[Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor]], declares the moribund empire to be dissolved, although he retains power in the [[Austrian Empire]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Craig M. White|title=The Great German Nation: Origins and Destiny|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kXPz0dzGjf0C&pg=PA144|date=2007|isbn=978-1-4343-2549-5|pages=144|publisher=AuthorHouse }}</ref>
*[[1819]] &ndash; [[Norwich University]] is founded in [[Vermont]] as the first private military school in the United States.
*[[1824]] &ndash; [[Peruvian War of Independence]]: Patriot forces led by [[Simón Bolívar]] defeat the Spanish Royalist army in the [[Battle of Junín]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Basadre |first=Jorge |year=2005 |orig-year=First published 1939 |title=Historia de la República del Perú (1822–1933) |volume=1 |pages=90–91 |edition=9th |language=es |trans-title=History of the Republic of Peru (1822–1933) |location=Lima |publisher=El Comercio |isbn=978-612-306-354-2}}</ref>
*[[1825]] &ndash; The [[Bolivian Declaration of Independence]] is proclaimed.
*[[1861]] &ndash; Britain imposes the [[Lagos Treaty of Cession]] to suppress slavery in what is now Nigeria.
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[Ironclad warship|ironclad]] {{Ship|CSS|Arkansas}} is scuttled on the [[Mississippi River]] after suffering catastrophic engine failure near [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]].
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Franco-Prussian War]]: The [[Battle of Spicheren]] is fought, resulting in a German victory.
* 1870 &ndash; Franco-Prussian War: The [[Battle of Wörth]] results in a decisive German victory.
*[[1890]] &ndash; At [[Auburn Correctional Facility|Auburn Prison]] in New York, murderer [[William Kemmler]] becomes the first person to be [[Capital punishment|executed]] by [[electric chair]].