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===1601–1900===
*[[1641]] &ndash; [[Arauco War]]: The first [[Parliament of Quillín (1641)|Parliament of Quillín]] is celebrated, putting a temporary hold on hostilities between [[Mapuche]]s and Spanish in Chile.<ref name=barana268>{{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=268|access-date=2019-08-11|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>
*[[1661]] &ndash; [[Restoration (England)|English Restoration]]: The [[Fifth Monarchists]] unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of [[London]], England. The revolt is suppressed after a few days.<ref>{{cite book|first=Alexander|last=Gordon|author-link=Alexander Gordon (Unitarian)|title=Heads of English Unitarian History with Appended Lectures on Baxter and Priestley|url=https://archive.org/details/headsofenglishun00gord|year=1895|publisher=Green|page=[https://archive.org/details/headsofenglishun00gord/page/73 73]}}</ref>
*[[1721]] &ndash; The Committee of Inquiry on the [[South Sea Company|South Sea Bubble]] publishes its findings, revealing details of fraud among company directors and corrupt politicians.<ref>{{cite book|last=Marshall|first=Dorothy|author-link=Dorothy Marshall (historian)|year=1962|title=Eighteenth Century England|publisher=Longman|pages=121–30}}</ref>
*[[1724]] &ndash; [[Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen, BWV 65|''Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen'', BWV 65]], a [[Bach cantata]], for [[Epiphany (holiday)|Epiphany]], is performed the first time.<!-- 300 years in 2024 --><ref>[https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000081?lang=en Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen BWV 65; BC A 27] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304213331/https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000081?lang=en |date=2023-03-04 }} [[Bach Digital]]</ref>
*[[1725]] &ndash; [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J. S. Bach]] leads the first performance of [[Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen, BWV 123|''Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen'', BWV 123]], a [[Chorale cantata cycle|chorale cantata]] for [[Epiphany (holiday)|Epiphany]].<ref>{{cite web
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*[[1781]] &ndash; In the [[Battle of Jersey]], the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey in the [[Channel Islands]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Richard|last=Mayne|title=The Battle of Jersey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DYhnAAAAMAAJ|year=1981|publisher=Phillimore|isbn=978-0-85033-381-7|page=ii}}</ref>
*[[1809]] &ndash; Combined British, Portuguese and colonial Brazilian forces begin the [[Invasion of Cayenne (1809)|Invasion of Cayenne]] during the [[Napoleonic Wars]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Richard (Major.)|last=Johns|title=The Calendar of Victory: Being a Record of British Valour and Conquest by Sea and Land, on Every Day in the Year. Projected and Commenced by the Late Major Johns ... Continued and Completed by Lieut P. H. Nicolas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Erwob1JqJTQC&pg=PA7|year=1855|pages=7}}</ref>
*[[1838]] &ndash; [[Alfred Vail]] and colleagues demonstrate a [[telegraphy|telegraph]] system using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of [[Morse code]]).<ref>{{cite book|first=Julia Keese|last=Colles|title=Authors and Writers Associated With Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pl5UR4v7T1AC&pg=PT286|year=1895|publisher=Library of Alexandria|isbn=978-1-4655-0681-8|pages=286}}</ref>
*[[1839]] &ndash; The [[Night of the Big Wind]], the most damaging storm in 300 years, sweeps across Ireland, damaging or destroying more than 20% of the houses in [[Dublin]].<ref>{{cite book|first1=Julian|last1=Mayes|first2=Dennis|last2=Wheeler|title=Regional Climates of the British Isles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b3sGsH-dsysC&pg=PT279|date=11 September 2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-77143-1|pages=279}}</ref>
*[[1847]] &ndash; [[Samuel Colt]] obtains his first contract for the sale of [[revolver]] pistols to the United States government.<ref>{{cite book|first=Carl Parcher|last=Russell|author-link=Carl Parcher Russell|title=Guns on the Early Frontiers: A History of Firearms from Colonial Times Through the Years of the Western Fur Trade|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BJRJZZIxrmkC&pg=PA217|date=1 January 1980|publisher=U of Nebraska Press|isbn=0-8032-8903-0|pages=217}}</ref>
*[[1870]] &ndash; The inauguration of the [[Musikverein]] in [[Vienna|Vienna, Austria]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.musikverein.at/dermusikverein/musikvereinssaal.php?lang=en|title=Großer Musikvereinssaal|publisher=Wiener Musikverein|language=en|access-date=20 December 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222173724/https://www.musikverein.at/dermusikverein/musikvereinssaal.php?lang=en|archive-date=22 December 2015}}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Second Boer War]]: Having already [[Siege of Ladysmith|besieged]] the fortress at [[Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal|Ladysmith]], [[Boer]] forces attack it, but are driven back by [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] defenders.<ref>{{cite book|first=Alfred Thayer|last=Mahan|author-link=Alfred Thayer Mahan|title=Story of the War in South Africa, 1899-1900|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tseD29KgtQEC&pg=PT140|year=2007|publisher=Library of Alexandria|isbn=978-1-4655-4730-9|pages=140}}</ref>