Editing July 16 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1661]] &ndash; The first [[banknote]]s in Europe are issued by the Swedish bank [[Stockholms Banco]].
*[[1683]] &ndash; Manchu [[Qing dynasty]] naval forces under commander [[Shi Lang]] defeat the [[Kingdom of Tungning]] in the [[Battle of Penghu]] near the [[Penghu|Pescadores Islands]].
*[[1769]] &ndash; Father [[Junípero Serra]] founds [[California]]'s first mission, [[Mission San Diego de Alcalá]]. Over the following decades, it evolves into the city of [[San Diego|San Diego, California]].
*[[1779]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Light infantry]] of the [[Continental Army]] seize a fortified [[British Army]] position in a midnight bayonet attack at the [[Battle of Stony Point]].
*[[1790]] &ndash; The [[Washington, D.C.|District of Columbia]] is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the [[Residence Act]].
*[[1809]] &ndash; The city of [[La Paz]], in what is today [[Bolivia]], declares its independence from the [[Monarchy of Spain|Spanish Crown]] during the [[La Paz revolution]] and forms the Junta Tuitiva, the first independent government in Spanish America, led by [[Pedro Domingo Murillo]].
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[Antonio María Claret y Clará]] founds the Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, popularly known as the [[Claretians]] in [[Vic, Spain|Vic]], in the province of [[Barcelona]], [[Catalonia]], Spain.
*[[1858]] &ndash; The last [[Lourdes apparitions|apparition]] of the Blessed Virgin Mary to [[Bernadette Soubirous]] in Lourdes, France.<ref>{{cite book|author=William J. Collinge|title=Historical Dictionary of Catholicism|date=15 August 2021|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=9781538130186|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GAo0EAAAQBAJ&q=16+july+apparition+Lourdes&pg=PA276}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lourdes-france.org/en/expliquez-moi-les-apparitions/|title=Friday 16th July 1858 The 18th and final apparition|website=www.lourdes-france.org}}</ref>
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: At the order of President [[Abraham Lincoln]], Union troops begin a 25-mile [[Manassas campaign|march]] into [[Virginia]] for what will become the [[First Battle of Bull Run]], the first major land battle of the war.<ref>{{cite book|author=Edward G. Longacre|title=The Early Morning of War: Bull Run, 1861|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0nUCBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA535|date=22 October 2014|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|isbn=978-0-8061-4761-1|pages=535}}</ref>
*[[1862]] &ndash; American Civil War: [[David Farragut]] is promoted to [[rear admiral]], becoming the first officer in [[United States Navy]] to hold an admiral rank.