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===1601–1900===
*[[1705]] &ndash; A fire in [[Oulu]], [[Finland]] almost [[Great Oulu fire of 1705|completely destroyed the fourth district]], which covered the southern part of the city and was by far the largest of the city districts.<ref>{{cite book| title=Oulun kaupungin historia I| author=A.H. Virkkunen| publisher=Kirjola Oy |year= 1953|language=fi | pages=130–131}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| title=Oulun kaupungin historia II| author=Aimo Halila| publisher=Kirjola Oy |year= 1953|language=fi | page=71}}</ref>
*[[1715]] &ndash; [[Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War]]: The [[Ottoman Empire]] [[Siege of Nauplia (1715)|captures]] [[Nauplia]], the capital of the [[Republic of Venice]]'s "[[Kingdom of the Morea]]", thereby opening the way to the swift [[Ottoman reconquest of the Morea]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Chasiotis | first=Ioannis | chapter = Η κάμψη της Οθωμανικής δυνάμεως |trans-chapter=The decline of Ottoman power | pages = 8–51 | script-title=el:Ιστορία του Ελληνικού Έθνους, Τόμος ΙΑ′: Ο ελληνισμός υπό ξένη κυριαρχία, 1669–1821 |trans-title=History of the Greek Nation, Volume XI: Hellenism under foreign rule, 1669–1821 | location = Athens | year = 1975 | publisher = Ekdotiki Athinon | language = el}}</ref>
*[[1738]] &ndash; Canadian explorer [[Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye|Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye]] reaches the western shore of [[Lake Michigan]].
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[Tekle Giyorgis I]] begins his first of six reigns as [[Emperor of Ethiopia]].<ref>[[Herbert Weld Blundell|H. Weld Blundell]], ''The Royal chronicle of Abyssinia, 1769–1840'' (Cambridge: University Press, 1922), p. 334</ref>
*[[1807]] &ndash; [[Nicéphore Niépce]] is awarded a patent by [[Napoleon]] for the [[Pyréolophore]], the world's first [[internal combustion engine]], after it successfully powered a boat upstream on the river [[Saône]] in France.
*[[1810]] &ndash; Citizens of [[Bogotá]], [[Viceroyalty of New Granada|New Granada]] declare independence from Spain.
*[[1831]] &ndash; [[Seneca people|Seneca]] and [[Shawnee]] people agree to relinquish their land in western [[Ohio]] for 60,000 acres west of the [[Mississippi River]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Treaty_with_the_Senecas,_Shawnees_and_Wyandots_(1831)|title=Treaty with the Senecas, Shawnees and Wyandots (1831) - Ohio History Central|website=www.ohiohistorycentral.org|language=en|access-date=2018-11-04}}</ref>
*[[1848]] &ndash; The first [[Seneca Falls Convention|Women's Rights Convention]] in [[Seneca Falls (hamlet), New York|Seneca Falls, New York]], a two-day event, concludes.
*[[1864]] &ndash; American Civil War: [[Battle of Peachtree Creek]]: Near [[Atlanta|Atlanta, Georgia]], [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] forces led by General [[John Bell Hood]] unsuccessfully attack [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] [[Union Army|troops]] under General [[William T. Sherman]].
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Austro-Prussian War]]: [[Battle of Lissa (1866)|Battle of Lissa]]: The [[Austro-Hungarian Navy|Austrian Navy]]<!-- No [[Austria-Hungary]] till 1867. -->, led by Admiral [[Wilhelm von Tegetthoff]], defeats the [[Regia Marina|Italian Navy]] near the island of [[Vis (island)|Vis]] in the [[Adriatic Sea]].
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[British Columbia]] joins the [[Canadian Confederation]].
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[The Football Association]] legalizes professionalism in [[association football]] under pressure from the [[British Football Association]].