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===1601–1900===
*[[1651]] &ndash; [[Arauco War]]: Spanish and [[Mapuche]] authorities meet in the [[Parliament of Boroa]] renewing the fragile peace established at the parliaments of Quillín in [[Parliament of Quillín (1641)|1641]] and 1647.<ref name=barana339>{{Cite book|title=Historia general de Chile|last=Barros Arana|first=Diego|publisher=Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes|location=Alicante|url=http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/historia-general-de-chile-tomo-cuarto--0/html/ff2f1efc-82b1-11df-acc7-002185ce6064_69.html#I_15_|edition=Digital edition based on the second edition of 2000|volume=Tomo cuarto|language=es|author-link=Diego Barros Arana|page=339|access-date=2020-11-15|archive-date=2019-10-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019183409/http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/historia-general-de-chile-tomo-cuarto--0/html/ff2f1efc-82b1-11df-acc7-002185ce6064_69.html#I_15_|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=pinochetetal83>{{Cite book|title=Historia militar de Chile|last1=Pinochet Ugarte|first1=Augusto|publisher=Biblioteca Militar|year=1997|last2=Villaroel Carmona|first2=Rafael|last3=Lepe Orellana|first3=Jaime|last4=Fuente-Alba Poblete|first4=J. Miguel|author-link4=Juan Miguel Fuente-Alba|last5=Fuenzalida Helms|first5=Eduardo|edition=3rd|language=es|author-link=Augusto Pinochet|page=83}}</ref> 
*[[1679]] &ndash; King [[Charles II of England]] dissolves the [[Cavalier Parliament]].
*[[1742]] &ndash; [[Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles VII Albert]] becomes [[Holy Roman Emperor]].
*[[1758]] &ndash; During the [[Seven Years' War]] the leading burghers of [[Königsberg]] submit to [[Elizabeth of Russia]], thus forming [[Russian Prussia]] (until 1763).
*[[1817]] &ndash; [[Crossing of the Andes]]: Many soldiers of [[Juan Gregorio de las Heras]] are captured during the [[action of Picheuta]].
*[[1835]] &ndash; Slaves in [[Salvador da Bahia]], Brazil, [[Malê Revolt|stage a revolt]], which is instrumental in ending slavery there 50 years later.
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[California Gold Rush]]: [[James W. Marshall]] finds [[gold]] at [[Sutter's Mill]] near [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]].
*[[1857]] &ndash; The [[University of Calcutta]] is formally founded as the first fully fledged university in [[South Asia]].
*[[1859]] &ndash; The [[United Principalities|United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia]] (later named Romania) is formed as a personal union under the rule of Domnitor [[Alexandru Ioan Cuza]].
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Second Boer War]]: [[Boer]]s stop a British attempt to break the [[Siege of Ladysmith]] in the [[Battle of Spion Kop]].