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===1601–1900===
*[[1640]] &ndash; The first university of Finland, the [[Royal Academy of Turku]], is inaugurated in [[Turku]].<ref>Simo Tuomola, Simo: ''Abo – Suomen metropoli: 1600-luku Turussa'', p. 46. (in Finnish)</ref><ref>[http://www.halvi.helsinki.fi/museo/yliopiston_historia/kuninkaallinen_turun_akatemia.htm Kuninkaallinen Turun akatemia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110173152/http://www.halvi.helsinki.fi/museo/yliopiston_historia/kuninkaallinen_turun_akatemia.htm |date=2020-11-10 }} – Arppeanum (in Finnish)</ref>
*[[1738]] &ndash; Baruch Laibov and Alexander Voznitzin are burned alive in [[St. Petersburg]], Russia. Vonitzin had converted to Judaism with Laibov's help, with the consent of [[Emperor of All Russia|Empress]] [[Anna of Russia|Anna Ivanovna]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/2580-baruch-leibov| title = BARUCH LEIBOV - JewishEncyclopedia.com}}</ref>
*[[1741]] &ndash; [[Aleksei Chirikov]] sights land in [[Southeast Alaska]]. He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit [[Alaska]].
*[[1789]] &ndash; [[French Revolution]]: [[Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette]], is named by acclamation [[Colonel General]] of the new [[National Guard (France)|National Guard]] of Paris.
*[[1799]] &ndash; The [[Rosetta Stone]] is found in the [[Egypt]]ian village of [[Rosetta]] by French [[Captain (armed forces)|Captain]] [[Pierre-François Bouchard]] during [[Napoleon]]'s [[French campaign in Egypt and Syria|Egyptian Campaign]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Everything you ever wanted to know about the Rosetta Stone |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/blog/everything-you-ever-wanted-know-about-rosetta-stone |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=British Museum (www.britishmuseum.org) |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1806]] &ndash; [[Pike Expedition]]: [[United States Army]] [[Lieutenant]] [[Zebulon Pike]] begins an expedition from [[Fort Bellefontaine]] near [[St. Louis, Missouri]],  to explore the west.
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]: [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] surrenders aboard {{HMS|Bellerophon|1786|6}}.
*[[1823]] &ndash; A fire destroys the ancient [[Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls]] in Rome, Italy.
*[[1834]] &ndash; The [[Spanish Inquisition]] is officially disbanded after nearly 356 years.
*[[1838]] &ndash; [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]] delivers the [[Divinity School Address]] at [[Harvard Divinity School]], discounting [[Biblical miracles]] and declaring [[Jesus]] a great man, but not God. The [[Protestantism in the United States|Protestant]] community reacts with outrage.
*[[1849]] &ndash; The first [[airstrike|air raid]] in history occurs; Austria launches pilotless balloons against the city of [[Venice]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://airminded.org/2009/08/22/the-first-air-bomb-venice-15-july-1849/|author=Brett Holman|title=The first air bomb: Venice, 15 July 1849|publisher=Airminded|date=22 August 2009|access-date=21 August 2023}}</ref>
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[CSS Arkansas|CSS ''Arkansas'']], the most effective [[Ironclad warship|ironclad]] on the [[Mississippi River]], battles with [[Union Navy]] ships commanded by Admiral [[David Farragut]], severely damaging three ships and sustaining heavy damage herself.
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Reconstruction Era of the United States]]: [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] becomes the last of the former [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] states to be readmitted to the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]].
*  1870   &ndash; [[Canadian Confederation]]: [[Rupert's Land]] and the [[North-Western Territory]] are transferred to Canada from the [[Hudson's Bay Company]], and the province of [[Manitoba]] and the [[Northwest Territories]] are established from these vast territories.
*[[1888]] &ndash; The [[stratovolcano]] [[Mount Bandai]] [[1888 eruption of Mount Bandai|erupts]], killing approximately 500 people in [[Fukushima Prefecture]], Japan.