Editing February 3 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1637]] &ndash; [[Tulip Mania]] collapses within the [[Dutch Republic]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Earl A. Thompson|title=The Tulipmania: Fact or Artifact|publisher=Public Choice|year=2007|page=6}}</ref>
*[[1639]] &ndash;  The [[House of Assembly of Barbados]] meets for the first time.<ref>{{cite book|author=Edward Goulborn Sinckler|title=The Barbados Handboo|publisher=Duckworth and Company|year=1913|page=7}}</ref>
*[[1690]] &ndash; The [[Massachusetts Bay Colony|colony of Massachusetts]] issues the first [[paper money]] in the Americas.
*[[1706]] &ndash; During the [[Battle of Fraustadt]] Swedish forces defeat a superior [[Saxony|Saxon]]-Polish-Russian force by deploying a [[double envelopment]].
*[[1716]] &ndash; The [[1716 Algiers earthquake]] sequence began with an {{M|w}} 7.0 mainshock that caused severe damage and killed 20,000 in Algeria.<ref name="NGDC">{{cite web |title=Significant Earthquake Information |url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/1203 |website=ngdc.noaa.gov |publisher=NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information |access-date=13 October 2021}}</ref>
*[[1781]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: British forces [[Capture of Sint Eustatius|seize]] the [[Dutch Republic|Dutch]]-owned Caribbean island [[Sint Eustatius]].
*[[1783]] &ndash; [[Spain–United States relations]] are first established.
*[[1787]] &ndash; Militia led by General [[Benjamin Lincoln]] crush the remnants of [[Shays' Rebellion]] in [[Petersham, Massachusetts]].
*[[1807]] &ndash; A British military force, under Brigadier-General Sir [[Samuel Auchmuty (British Army officer)|Samuel Auchmuty]] captures the [[Spanish Empire]] city of [[Montevideo]], now the capital of [[Uruguay]].
*[[1809]] &ndash; [[Illinois Territory|The Territory of Illinois]] is created by the [[10th United States Congress]].
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[José de San Martín]] defeats a Spanish royalist army at the [[Battle of San Lorenzo]], part of the [[Argentine War of Independence]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Franklin D. Margiotta|title=Brassey's Encyclopedia of Military History and Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nmYjAQAAIAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Brassey's|isbn=978-0-02-881096-6|page=835}}</ref>
*[[1830]] &ndash; The [[London Protocol (1830)|London Protocol of 1830]] establishes the full independence and sovereignty of [[Greece]] from the [[Ottoman Empire]] as the final result of the [[Greek War of Independence]].
*[[1862]] &ndash; Moldavia and Wallachia formally unite to create the [[United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia|Romanian United Principalities]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zHTN-TQkd3cC&pg=PA79 |title=Romania: Borderland of Europe |last=Boia |first=Lucian |publisher=Reaktion Books |year=2001 |isbn=9781861891037 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1870]] &ndash; The [[Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution]] is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.