Editing December 29 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1607]] &ndash; According to [[John Smith (explorer)|John Smith]], [[Pocahontas]], daughter of [[Powhatan]] leader [[Powhatan (Native American leader)|Wahunsenacawh]], successfully pleads for his life after tribal leaders attempt to execute him.<ref>{{cite book |first=Clifton |last=Daniel |title=Chronicle of America |publisher=Chronicle publication |year=1989 |page=47 |isbn=0-13-133745-9}}</ref> 
*[[1778]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: British forces under the command of [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Archibald Campbell (British Army officer, born 1739)|Archibald Campbell]] defeat American forces under [[Major general (United States)|Major General]] [[Robert Howe (Continental Army officer)|Robert Howe]] and [[Capture of Savannah|capture]] the port city of [[Savannah, Georgia]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lawrence |first1=Alexander A. |title=General Robert Howe and the British Capture of Savannah in 1778 |journal=The Georgia Historical Quarterly |date=1952 |volume=36 |issue=4 |pages=303–327 |jstor=40577396 |issn=0016-8297}}</ref>
*[[1812]] &ndash; {{USS|Constitution}}, under the command of [[Captain (United States O-6)|Captain]] [[William Bainbridge]], captures {{HMS|Java|1811|6}} off the coast of Brazil after a three-hour battle.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brodine |first1=Charles E. |title=Interpreting Old Ironsides: An Illustrated Guide to USS Constitution |date=2007 |publisher=Naval Historical Center, Dept. of the Navy |isbn=978-0-945274-54-4 |pages=102–104}}</ref>
*[[1835]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of New Echota]] is signed, ceding all the lands of the [[Cherokee]] east of the [[Mississippi River]] to the United States.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Vipperman |first1=Carl J. |title=The Bungled Treaty of New Echota: The Failure of Cherokee Removal, 1836-1838 |journal=The Georgia Historical Quarterly |date=1989 |volume=73 |issue=3 |pages=540–558 |jstor=40582016 |issn=0016-8297}}</ref>
*[[1845]] &ndash; The United States [[Texas annexation|annexes]] the [[Republic of Texas]] and admits it as the 28th state.<ref>{{cite book |last1=O'Neill |first1=R. |title=Texas War of Independence |date=2011 |publisher=[[Rosen Publishing|Rosen Publishing Group]] |page=85 |isbn=978-1-4488-1332-2}}</ref> 
*[[1860]] &ndash; The launch of {{HMS|Warrior|1860|6}}, with her combination of screw [[propeller]], iron hull and [[Ironclad warship|iron armour]], renders all previous warships obsolete.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Davies |first1=Wyn |title=HMS Warrior: Ironclad Frigate 1860 |date=2011 |publisher=Seaforth |isbn=978-1-84832-095-6 |pages=6, 9, 19}}</ref>
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Battle of Chickasaw Bayou]] ends in a [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] defeat as forces under General [[William Tecumseh Sherman|William T. Sherman]] are repulsed with heavy losses by [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] troops under General [[John C. Pemberton]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Chickasaw Bayou |url=https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battles-detail.htm?battleCode=ms003 |website=NPS.gov |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=November 30, 2024}}</ref>
*[[1874]] &ndash; The military coup of [[Arsenio Martínez-Campos y Antón|Gen. Martinez Campos]] in [[Sagunto]] ends the failed [[First Spanish Republic]] and the [[Restoration (Spain)|monarchy is restored]] as [[Alfonso XII of Spain|Prince Alfonso]] is proclaimed King of [[Spain]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=López Sánchez |first1=Carmina |editor1-last=Müller |editor1-first=Frank Lorenz |editor2-last=Mehrkens |editor2-first=Heidi |title=Sons and Heirs: Succession and Political culture in Nineteenth-century Europe |date=2015 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |isbn=978-1-137-45498-0 |pages=147–159}}</ref>
*[[1876]] &ndash; The [[Ashtabula River railroad disaster]] occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at [[Ashtabula, Ohio]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Aldrich |first1=Mark |title=Engineering Success and Disaster: American Railroad Bridges, 1840-1900 |journal=Railroad History |date=1999 |issue=180 |pages=31–72 |jstor=43522104 |issn=0090-7847}}</ref>
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Wounded Knee Massacre]]: On [[Pine Ridge Indian Reservation]], 300 [[Lakota people|Lakota]] are killed by the United States [[7th Cavalry Regiment]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=PRATT |first1=SCOTT L. |title=Wounded Knee and the Prospect of Pluralism |journal=The Journal of Speculative Philosophy |date=2005 |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=150–166 |doi=10.2307/25670562 |jstor=25670562 |issn=0891-625X}}</ref>