Editing December 28 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1659]] &ndash; The [[Maratha Confederacy|Marathas]] defeat the [[Adil Shahi dynasty|Adilshahi]] forces in the [[Battle of Kolhapur]].
*[[1768]] &ndash; King [[Taksin]]'s coronation achieved through conquest as a king of [[Thailand]] and established [[Thonburi]] as a capital.
*[[1795]] &ndash; Construction of [[Yonge Street]], formerly recognized as the longest street in the world, begins in [[York, Upper Canada]] (present-day [[Toronto]]).
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[John C. Calhoun]] becomes the first [[Vice President of the United States]] to resign. He resigned after being elected Senator from South Carolina.
*[[1835]] &ndash; [[Osceola]] leads his [[Seminole]] warriors in [[Florida]] into the [[Second Seminole War]] against the United States Army.
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[South Australia]] and [[Adelaide]] are founded.
*  1836   &ndash; Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico with the signing of the [[Spanish attempts to reconquer Mexico|Santa María–Calatrava Treaty]].
*[[1846]] &ndash; [[Iowa]] is admitted as the 29th [[U.S. state]].
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Tay Bridge disaster]]: The central part of the [[Tay Rail Bridge]] in [[Dundee]], Scotland, United Kingdom collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Indian National Congress]], a political party of India, is founded in [[Bombay Presidency]], British India.
*[[1895]] &ndash; The [[Auguste and Louis Lumière|Lumière brothers]] perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in ''Boulevard des Capucines''.
*  1895   &ndash; [[Wilhelm Röntgen]] publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of [[radiation]], which later will be known as [[x-ray]]s.