Editing July 28 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1635]] &ndash; In the [[Eighty Years' War]], the Spanish capture the strategic Dutch fortress of [[Siege of Schenkenschans|Schenkenschans]].
*[[1656]] &ndash; [[Second Northern War]]: [[Battle of Warsaw (1656)|Battle of Warsaw]] begins.
*[[1778]] &ndash; Constitution of the [[province of Cantabria]] ratified at the Assembly Hall in [[:es:Puente San Miguel (Reocín)|Bárcena la Puente, Reocín, Spain]].
*[[1794]] &ndash; [[French Revolution]]: [[Maximilien Robespierre]] and [[Louis Antoine de Saint-Just]] are executed by [[guillotine]] in [[Paris|Paris, France]].
*[[1808]] &ndash; [[Mahmud II]] became [[Sultan of the Ottoman Empire]] and [[Caliph of Islam]].
*[[1809]] &ndash; [[Peninsular War]]: [[Battle of Talavera]]: Sir [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Arthur Wellesley]]'s British, Portuguese and Spanish army defeats a French force led by [[Joseph Bonaparte]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Viscountess Elizabeth Milbanke Lamb Melbourne|title=Byron's "Corbeau Blanc": The Life and Letters of Lady Melbourne|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lSxTHfP5EyEC&pg=PA113|year=1998|publisher=Texas A&M University Press|isbn=978-0-89096-672-3|pages=113}}</ref>
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[José de San Martín]] declares the independence of [[Peru]] from Spain.
*[[1854]] &ndash; {{USS|Constellation|1854}}, the last all-sail warship built by the [[United States Navy]] and now a museum ship in [[Baltimore Harbor]], is commissioned.<ref>{{cite web |title=Constellation II (Sloop-of-War) |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/c/constellation-ii.html |website=NHHC |publisher=[[Naval History and Heritage Command]], [[United States Navy]]  |date= 9 February 2004 |access-date=25 July 2020}}</ref>
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Ezra Church]]: [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] troops make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces from [[Atlanta|Atlanta, Georgia]].
*[[1866]] &ndash; At the age of 18, [[Vinnie Ream]] becomes the first and youngest female artist to receive a commission from the United States government for a statue (of [[Abraham Lincoln]]).
*[[1868]] &ndash; The [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|14th Amendment]] to the [[United States Constitution]] is certified, establishing [[African American]] citizenship and guaranteeing [[due process]] of law.
*[[1883]] &ndash; A [[1883 Casamicciola earthquake|moderate earthquake]] measuring magnitude 4.3–5.2 strikes the Italian island of [[Ischia]], killing over 2,300 people.<ref name="Carlino">{{cite journal |author1=S. Carlino |author2=E. Cubellis |author3=A. Marturano |title=The catastrophic 1883 earthquake at the island of Ischia (southern Italy): macroseismic data and the role of geological conditions |journal=Natural Hazards |date=2010 |volume=52 |issue=231 |pages=231–247 |doi=10.1007/s11069-009-9367-2|bibcode=2010NatHa..52..231C |hdl=10.1007/s11069-009-9387-y |s2cid=140602189 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
*[[1896]] &ndash; The city of [[Miami]] is incorporated.