Editing January 25 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1704]] &ndash; The [[Apalachee massacre]]: A combined British and [[Muscogee]] force from the [[Province of Carolina]] destroys the main fortified [[Christian mission|mission]] of Ayubale, breaking Spain's hold on [[Spanish Florida]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Marley|first=David|title=Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the New World, 1492 to the Present|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=1998|isbn=9780874368376|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VafOEAAAQBAJ|page=346}}</ref>
*[[1787]] &ndash; [[Shays' Rebellion]]: The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the [[Springfield Armory]], results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty.
*[[1791]] &ndash; The [[Parliament of Great Britain|British Parliament]] passes the [[Constitutional Act of 1791]] and splits the old [[Province of Quebec (1763–91)|Province of Quebec]] into [[Upper Canada]] and [[Lower Canada]].
*[[1792]] &ndash; The [[London Corresponding Society]] is founded.
*[[1819]] &ndash; [[University of Virginia]] chartered by Commonwealth of Virginia, with [[Thomas Jefferson]] one of its founders.<ref>{{cite web |title = History |url = https://bicentennial.virginia.edu/history |website = University of Virginia Bicentennial |publisher = Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia |access-date = March 3, 2020 |archive-date = March 3, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200303182031/https://bicentennial.virginia.edu/history |url-status = dead }}</ref>
*[[1858]] &ndash; The ''[[Wedding March (Mendelssohn)|Wedding March]]'' by [[Felix Mendelssohn]] is played at the marriage of [[Queen Victoria]]'s daughter, [[Victoria, Princess Royal|Victoria]], and [[Frederick III, German Emperor|Friedrich of Prussia]], and becomes a popular [[wedding procession]]al.
*[[1879]] &ndash; The [[Bulgarian National Bank]] is founded.
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Thomas Edison]] and [[Alexander Graham Bell]] form the [[Oriental Telephone Company]].
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Nellie Bly]] completes her [[Circumnavigation|round-the-world journey]] in 72 days.