Editing December 17 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1665]] &ndash; The first account of a [[blood transfusion]] is published, in the form of a letter from physician Richard Lower to chemist Robert Boyle, in ''[[Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]]''<ref>“[http://rstl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/2/23-32/617.full.pdf+html An Extract of a Letter, Written by J. Denis, Doctor of Physick and Professor of Philosophy and Mathematics at Paris, Touching a Late Cure of an Inveterate Phrensy by the Transfusion of Blood],” In: ''[[Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]]'', Volume 2. (1666-1667) pp. 617-623. </ref> 
*[[1718]] &ndash; [[War of the Quadruple Alliance]]: Great Britain declares war on Spain.
*[[1777]] &ndash; [[American Revolution]]: [[France in the American Revolutionary War|France]] formally [[France–United States relations|recognizes]] the United States.
*[[1790]] &ndash; The [[Aztec calendar stone]] is discovered at  El Zócalo, Mexico City.
*[[1807]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]: France issues the [[Milan Decree]], which confirms the [[Continental System]].
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]]: U.S. forces attack a [[Lenape]] village in the [[Battle of the Mississinewa]].
*[[1819]] &ndash; [[Simón Bolívar]] declares the independence of [[Gran Colombia]] in Angostura (now [[Ciudad Bolívar]] in [[Venezuela]]).
*[[1835]] &ndash; The second [[Great Fire of New York]] destroys {{convert|13|acre|m2|order=flip}} of New York City's [[Financial District, Manhattan|Financial District]].
*[[1837]] &ndash; A [[fire in the Winter Palace]] of [[Saint Petersburg]] kills 30 guards.
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: General [[Ulysses S. Grant]] issues ''[[General Order No. 11 (1862)|General Order No. 11]]'', expelling [[Jews]] from parts of [[Tennessee]], [[Mississippi]], and [[Kentucky]].
*[[1865]] &ndash; First performance of the [[Symphony No. 8 (Schubert)|Unfinished Symphony]] by [[Franz Schubert]].
*[[1892]] &ndash; First issue of ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' is published.
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's]] [[Schenley Park Casino]], which was the first multi-purpose [[arena]] with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire.