Editing December 10 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1652]] &ndash; Defeat at the [[Battle of Dungeness]] causes the [[Commonwealth of England]] to reform its navy.
*[[1665]] &ndash; The [[Royal Netherlands Marine Corps]] is founded by [[Michiel de Ruyter]].
*[[1684]] &ndash; [[Isaac Newton]]'s derivation of [[Kepler's laws]] from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper ''[[De motu corporum in gyrum]]'', is read to the [[Royal Society]] by [[Edmond Halley]].
*[[1768]] &ndash; The first edition of the ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]'' is published.
*[[1799]] &ndash; France adopts the metre as its official [[unit of length]].
*[[1817]] &ndash; [[Mississippi]] becomes the 20th [[U.S. state]].
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Confederate States of America]] accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares [[Kentucky]] to be the 13th state of the Confederacy.
*  1861   &ndash; Forces led by [[Nguyễn Trung Trực]], an anti-colonial guerrilla leader in southern [[Vietnam]], sink the French [[lorcha (boat)|lorcha]] ''L'Esperance''.
*[[1864]] &ndash; American Civil War: [[Sherman's March to the Sea]]: Major General [[William Tecumseh Sherman]]'s [[Union Army]] troops reach the outer [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] defenses of [[Savannah, Georgia]].
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Russo-Turkish War (1877–78)|Russo-Turkish War]]: The Russian Army [[Siege of Plevna|captures Plevna]] after a 5-month siege. The garrison of 25,000 surviving [[Ottoman Empire|Turks]] surrenders. The Russian victory is decisive for the outcome of the war and the [[Liberation of Bulgaria]].
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Alfred Jarry]]'s ''[[Ubu Roi]]'' premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Spanish–American War]]: The [[Treaty of Paris (1898)|Treaty of Paris]] is signed, officially ending the conflict. Spain cedes administration of [[Cuba]] to the United States, and the United States agrees to pay Spain $20 million for the [[Philippines]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Rowe| first=Joseph M. Jr. |chapter=Treaty of Paris of 1898|title=Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism|editor-last1=Olson|editor-first1=James Stuart|editor-last2=Shadle|editor-first2=Robert|location=New York|publisher=Greenwood Press|date=1991|isbn=9780313262579|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uyqepNdgUWkC|page=624}}</ref>