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===1601–1900===
*[[1697]] &ndash; [[St Paul's Cathedral]], rebuilt to the design of Sir [[Christopher Wren]] following the [[Great Fire of London]], is consecrated.<ref>{{cite book|author=J. S. Bromley|title=The New Cambridge Modern History: Volume 6, The Rise of Great Britain and Russia, 1688-1715/25|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OOgzAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA262|date=2 July 1970|publisher=CUP Archive|isbn=978-0-521-07524-4|pages=262}}</ref>
*[[1763]] &ndash; Dedication of the [[Touro Synagogue]], in [[Newport, Rhode Island]], the first synagogue in what will become the United States.<ref>{{cite book|title=Touro Synagogue of Congregation Jeshuat Israel, Newport, Rhode Island: Founded 1658, Dedicated 1763, Designated as a National Historic Site, 1946|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HvY7AAAAMAAJ|year=1948|publisher=Society of Friends of Touro Synagogue National Historic Shrine|page=7}}</ref>
*[[1766]] &ndash; Swedish parliament approves the [[Swedish Freedom of the Press Act]] and implements it as a ground law, thus being first in the world with freedom of speech.  
*[[1804]] &ndash; At [[Notre Dame Cathedral]] in Paris, [[Napoleon|Napoleon Bonaparte]] [[Coronation of Napoleon|crowns]] himself [[Emperor of the French]].<ref>{{cite book|author=[[Vincent Cronin]]|title=[[Napoleon Bonaparte: An Intimate Biography|Napoleon]]|year=1971 |page=250}}</ref>
*[[1805]] &ndash; [[War of the Third Coalition]]: [[Battle of Austerlitz]]: French troops under [[Napoleon]] decisively defeat a joint [[Russian Empire|Russo]]-[[Austrian Empire|Austria]]n force.<ref>{{cite book|author=Frederick C. Schneid|title=Napoleon's conquest of Europe: the War of the Third Coalition|year=2005|publisher=Greenwood Press|page=137}}</ref>
*[[1823]] &ndash; [[Monroe Doctrine]]: In a [[State of the Union address|State of the Union message]], U.S. President [[James Monroe]] proclaims American neutrality in future European conflicts, and warns European powers not to interfere in the Americas.
*[[1845]] &ndash; [[Manifest destiny|Manifest Destiny]]: In a [[State of the Union address|State of the Union message]], U.S. President [[James K. Polk]] proposes that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[Franz Joseph I of Austria|Franz Joseph I]] becomes [[Emperor of Austria]].
*[[1851]] &ndash; French President [[Napoleon III|Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte]] overthrows the [[French Second Republic|Second Republic]].
*[[1852]] &ndash; Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte becomes Emperor of the French as [[Napoleon III]].
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Origins of the American Civil War]]: Militant [[Abolitionism in the United States|abolitionist]] leader [[John Brown (abolitionist)|John Brown]] is hanged for his [[John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry|October raid]] on [[Harpers Ferry, Virginia]] (now West Virginia).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schraff |first1=Anne E. |title=John Brown: "We Came to Free the Slaves" |date=2010 |publisher=Enslow Publishers |isbn=9780766033559 |pages=103–107 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g9vccT4QhlIC&q=john%20brown%20executed&pg=PA103 |access-date=20 May 2021}}</ref>
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Alabama]] ratifies the [[13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution]], followed by North Carolina, then Georgia; U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks.
*[[1867]] &ndash; At [[Tremont Temple]] in [[Boston]], British author [[Charles Dickens]] gives his first public reading in the United States.
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Philippine–American War]]: The [[Battle of Tirad Pass]], known as the "Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.