Editing July 22 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1686]] &ndash; [[Albany, New York]] is formally chartered as a municipality by Governor [[Thomas Dongan]].
*[[1706]] &ndash; The [[Acts of Union 1707]] are agreed upon by commissioners from the [[Kingdom of England]] and the [[Kingdom of Scotland]], which, when passed by each country's Parliament, leads to the creation of the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]].
*[[1793]] &ndash; [[Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)|Alexander Mackenzie]] reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first recorded human to complete a transcontinental crossing of North America.
*[[1796]] &ndash; Surveyors of the [[Connecticut Land Company]] name an area in [[Ohio]] "[[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]]" after Gen. [[Moses Cleaveland]], the superintendent of the surveying party.
*[[1797]] &ndash; [[Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1797)|Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife]]: Battle between Spanish and British naval forces during the [[French Revolutionary Wars]]. During the Battle, Rear-Admiral [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Nelson]] is wounded in the arm and the arm had to be partially amputated.
*[[1802]] &ndash; Emperor [[Gia Long]] conquers [[Hanoi]] and unified [[Viet Nam]], which had experienced centuries of feudal warfare.
*[[1805]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]: [[War of the Third Coalition]]: [[Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805)|Battle of Cape Finisterre]]: An inconclusive naval action is fought between a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral [[Pierre-Charles Villeneuve]] of France and a British fleet under Admiral [[Robert Calder]].
*[[1812]] &ndash; Napoleonic Wars: [[Peninsular War]]: [[Battle of Salamanca]]: British forces led by [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Arthur Wellesley]] (later the Duke of Wellington) defeat French troops near [[Salamanca]], Spain.
*[[1833]] &ndash; The [[Slavery Abolition Act 1833|Slavery Abolition Act]] passes in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|British House of Commons]], initiating the gradual abolition of [[slavery]] in most parts of the [[British Empire]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=MINISTERIAL PLAN FOR THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY. (Hansard, 22 July 1833) |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1833/jul/22/ministerial-plan-for-the-abolition-of#S3V0019P0_18330722_HOC_15 |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=api.parliament.uk}}</ref>
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Atlanta]]: Outside [[Atlanta]], [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] General [[John Bell Hood]] leads an unsuccessful attack on [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] troops under General [[William T. Sherman]] on Bald Hill.
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Katharine Lee Bates]] writes "[[America the Beautiful]]" after admiring the view from the top of [[Pikes Peak]] near [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]].
*[[1894]] &ndash; The first ever motor race is held in France between the cities of [[Paris–Rouen (motor race)|Paris and Rouen]]. The fastest finisher was the Comte [[Jules-Albert de Dion]], but the "official" victory was awarded to [[Albert Lemaître]] driving his three-horsepower petrol engined [[Peugeot]].