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===1601–1900===
*[[1610]] &ndash; The [[Anglo-Powhatan Wars|First Anglo-Powhatan War]] begins in [[Colony of Virginia|colonial Virginia]].
*[[1810]] &ndash; [[Napoleon]] annexes [[Westphalia]] as part of the [[First French Empire]].
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[American Indian Wars]]: The [[Creek people|Creek]] sign the [[Treaty of Fort Jackson]], giving up huge parts of [[Alabama]] and [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[Louis Philippe]] becomes the king of the French following abdication of Charles X.
*[[1842]] &ndash; The [[Webster–Ashburton Treaty]] is signed, establishing the United States–Canada border east of the [[Rocky Mountains]].
*[[1854]] &ndash; American [[Transcendentalism|Transcendentalist]] philosopher [[Henry David Thoreau]] publishes his memoir ''[[Walden]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Witherell |first1=Elizabeth |last2=Dubrulle |first2=Elizabeth |title=Reflections on Walden |url=https://thoreau.library.ucsb.edu/thoreau_walden.html |website=The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau |access-date=9 August 2022}}</ref>
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[Åland War]]: The [[Battle of Suomenlinna]] begins.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nolan |first1=Edward Henry |title=The History of the War Against Russia, Volume 7 |pages=397–399 |date=1855 |publisher=Virtue |location=London |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofwaragai07nola/page/397/mode/1up |access-date=9 August 2022}}</ref>
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Cedar Mountain]]: At [[Culpeper County, Virginia|Cedar Mountain, Virginia]], [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] General [[Stonewall Jackson]] narrowly defeats [[Union Army|Union]] forces under General [[John Pope (general)|John Pope]].
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[American Indian Wars]]: [[Battle of the Big Hole]]: A small band of [[Nez Perce people|Nez Percé Indians]] clash with the [[United States Army]].
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Thomas Edison]] receives a [[patent]] for a two-way [[Telegraphy|telegraph]].
*[[1897]] &ndash; The first [[International Congress of Mathematicians]] is held in [[Zürich]], [[Switzerland]].<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1897-08-01|title=The International Congress of Mathematicians|journal=Nature|language=en|volume=56|issue=1452|pages=395|doi=10.1038/056395a0|bibcode=1897Natur..56Q.395. |s2cid=3967488 |issn=1476-4687|doi-access=free}}</ref>