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===1601–1900===
*[[1725]] &ndash; [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J. S. Bach]] leads his ''[[Tafelmusik|Tafel-Music]]'' ''[[Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen, BWV 249a|Shepherd Cantata]]'' for the birthday of [[Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels]].<ref>{{cite web
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*[[1763]] &ndash; [[Berbice slave uprising]] in [[Guyana]]: The first major slave revolt in South America.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://guyanasouthamerica.gy/people/history-and-historical-stories/cuffy-statue-or-the-1763-monument/the-1763-berbice-slave-rebellion/|title=The 1763 Berbice Slave Rebellion|website=People, History and Culture of Guyana|access-date=23 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/22/dutch-exhibition-offers-new-insight-into-berbice-slave-uprising |title=Dutch exhibition offers new insight into Berbice slave uprising |first=Daniel |last=Boffey |date=22 January 2021 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
*[[1778]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben|Baron von Steuben]] arrives at [[Valley Forge, Pennsylvania]], to help train the [[Continental Army]].
*[[1820]] &ndash; [[Cato Street Conspiracy]]: A plot to murder all the British cabinet ministers is exposed and the conspirators arrested.<ref>{{cite book |author=John Campbell Baron Campbell |title=The Lives of the Chief Justices of England |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=klszAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA98 |year=1881 |publisher=F. D. Linn |pages=98 |access-date=2021-02-23 |archive-date=2022-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223150558/https://books.google.com/books?id=klszAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA98 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Texas Revolution]]: The [[Siege of the Alamo]] (prelude to the [[Battle of the Alamo]]) begins in [[San Antonio, Texas]].
*[[1847]] &ndash; [[Mexican–American War]]: [[Battle of Buena Vista]]: In Mexico, American troops under future president General [[Zachary Taylor]] defeat Mexican General [[Antonio López de Santa Anna]].
*[[1854]] &ndash; The official independence of the [[Orange Free State]], South Africa is declared.
*[[1861]] &ndash; President-elect [[Abraham Lincoln]] arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after the thwarting of an alleged [[Baltimore Plot|assassination plot]] in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]].
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Reconstruction Era]]: Post-[[American Civil War|U.S. Civil War]] military control of [[Mississippi]] ends and it is readmitted to the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]].
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Alabama]] becomes the first [[U.S. state]] to enact an [[Competition law|anti-trust law]].
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Sino-French War]]: French Army gains an important victory in the [[Battle of Đồng Đăng (1885)|Battle of Đồng Đăng]] in the [[Tonkin]] region of Vietnam.
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Charles Martin Hall]] produced the first samples of [[aluminium]] from the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, [[Julia Brainerd Hall]].<ref>{{Cite journal |url=https://www.cairn.info/revue-cahiers-d-histoire-de-l-aluminium-2012-1-page-84.htm |title=The Aluminium False Twins. Charles Martin Hall and Paul Héroult's First Experiments and Technological Options |last=Laparra |first=Maurice |journal=Cahiers d'Histoire de l'Aluminium |date=2012 |pages=84–105 |doi=10.3917/cha.048.0084 |access-date=2019-02-23 |archive-date=2019-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224001741/https://www.cairn.info/revue-cahiers-d-histoire-de-l-aluminium-2012-1-page-84.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1887]] &ndash; The [[French Riviera]] is hit by a [[1887 Liguria earthquake|large earthquake]], killing around 2,000.
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Émile Zola]] is imprisoned in France after writing ''[[J'Accuse…!]]'', a letter accusing the French government of [[antisemitism]] and wrongfully imprisoning [[Captain (OF-2)|Captain]] [[Alfred Dreyfus]].
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Second Boer War]]: During the [[Battle of the Tugela Heights]], the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.