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===1601–1900=== *[[1607]] – An estimated 200 square miles (51,800 ha) along the coasts of the [[Bristol Channel]] and [[Severn Estuary]] in England are destroyed by [[1607 Bristol Channel floods|massive flooding]], resulting in an estimated 2,000 deaths.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bryant |first1=Edward |last2=Haslett |first2=Simon |year=2002 |url=http://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1100&context=scipapers |title=Was the AD 1607 Coastal Flooding Event in the Severn Estuary and Bristol Channel (UK) Due to a Tsunami |journal=Archaeology in the Severn Estuary |issue=13 |pages=163–167 |issn=1354-7089}}</ref> *[[1648]] – [[Eighty Years' War]]: The [[Peace of Münster|Treaty of Münster and Osnabrück]] is signed, ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Bardo Fassbender|author2=Anne Peters|author3=Simone Peter|author4=Daniel Högger|title=The Oxford Handbook of the History of International Law|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PI9nw2tQu4IC&pg=PA80|date=November 2012|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-959975-2|pages=80}}</ref> *[[1649]] – [[Charles I of England]] is executed in Whitehall, London.<ref name=CharlesI>{{cite web |title=BBC - History - King Charles I |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/charles_i_king.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=18 January 2022}}</ref> *[[1661]] – [[Oliver Cromwell]], [[Lord Protector#Cromwellian republican Commonwealth|Lord Protector]] of the [[Commonwealth of England]], is [[posthumous execution|ritually executed]] more than two years after his death, on the 12th anniversary of the execution of [[Charles I of England|the monarch]] he himself deposed.<ref>{{cite book|author=Laura Lunger Knoppers|title=Constructing Cromwell: Ceremony, Portrait, and Print 1645-1661|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A7_D1t3JMUwC&pg=PA182|date=22 June 2000|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-66261-1|pages=182}}</ref> *[[1667]] – [[Truce of Andrusovo|The Truce of Andrusovo]] is signed, ending the [[Russo-Polish War (1654–1667)|Russian-Polish War of 1654-1667]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Truce of Andrusovo signed |url=https://www.prlib.ru/en/history/619017 |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=Presidential Library |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Truce of Andrusovo {{!}} Virtual Shtetl |url=https://sztetl.org.pl/en/glossary/truce-andrusovo |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=sztetl.org.pl}}</ref> *[[1789]] – [[Tây Sơn dynasty|Tây Sơn]] forces [[Battle of Ngọc Hồi-Đống Đa|emerge victorious]] against [[Qing dynasty|Qing]] armies and liberate the capital [[Thăng Long]]. *[[1806]] – The original [[Lower Trenton Bridge]] (also called the Trenton Makes the World Takes Bridge), which spans the [[Delaware River]] between [[Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Morrisville, Pennsylvania]] and [[Trenton, New Jersey]], is opened. *[[1820]] – [[Edward Bransfield]] sights the [[Trinity Peninsula]] and claims the discovery of [[Antarctica]]. *[[1826]] – The [[Menai Suspension Bridge]], considered the world's first modern suspension bridge, connecting the [[Isle of Anglesey]] to the north West coast of Wales, is opened. *[[1835]] – In the first assassination attempt against a President of the United States, [[Richard Lawrence (failed assassin)|Richard Lawrence]] attempts to shoot president [[Andrew Jackson]], but fails and is subdued by a crowd, including several congressmen as well as Jackson himself. *[[1847]] – [[Yerba Buena, California]] is renamed [[San Francisco, California]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=San Francisco History - Past, Present & Future |url=https://www.sanfrancisco.net/history |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=www.sanfrancisco.net |language=en}}</ref> *[[1858]] – The first Hallé concert is given in [[Manchester]], England, marking the official founding of [[The Hallé]] orchestra as a full-time, professional orchestra. *[[1862]] – [[American Civil War]]: The first American [[ironclad warship]], the {{USS|Monitor}} is launched.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of the USS Monitor {{!}} Monitor National Marine Sanctuary |url=https://monitor.noaa.gov/about/history.html#:~:text=Construction%20immediately%20began%20at%20the,River,%20ready%20to%20do%20battle. |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=monitor.noaa.gov}}</ref> *[[1889]] – [[Archduke]] [[Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria]], heir to the [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian]] crown, is found dead with his mistress [[Baroness Mary Vetsera]] in the [[Mayerling Incident|Mayerling]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1964-01-26 |title=Mayerling Remains A Mystery |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/01/26/archives/mayerling-remains-a-mystery.html |access-date=2023-08-27 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2006-03-04 |title=Crown Prince Rudolf Of Austria & the Mayerling Incident |url=https://www.virtualvienna.net/crown-prince-rudolf-of-austria/ |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=Virtual Vienna |language=en}}</ref>
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