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===1601–1900===
*[[1609]] &ndash; [[Beaver Wars]]: At [[Fort Ticonderoga|Ticonderoga]] (now [[Crown Point, New York]]), [[Samuel de Champlain]] shoots and kills two [[Iroquois]] chiefs on behalf of his native allies. 
*[[1619]] &ndash; In [[Jamestown, Virginia]], the first Colonial European representative assembly in the Americas, the [[Virginia General Assembly]], convenes for the first time.
*[[1627]] &ndash; [[1627 Gargano earthquake|An earthquake]] kills about 5,000 people in [[Gargano]], [[Italy]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Numerical simulations of the 1627 Gargano Tsunami |url=ftp://ftp.ingv.it/pub/alessio.piatanesi/PAPERS/1997_Perspectives_Tsu_Haz_Red_Hebenstrait.pdf |language=en |publisher=University of Bologna, accessed via ftp.ingv.it|access-date=26 July 2020 |year=1997}}</ref>
*[[1635]] &ndash; [[Eighty Years' War]]: The [[Siege of Schenkenschans]] begins; [[Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange]], begins the recapture of the strategically important fortress from the [[Spanish Army]].
*[[1645]] &ndash; [[English Civil War]]: [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scottish]] [[Covenanter]] forces under the [[Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven|Earl of Leven]] launch the [[Siege of Hereford]], a remaining [[Cavalier|Royalist]] stronghold.<ref>Rayner, Michael. ''English Battlefields: An Illustrated Encyclopaedia''. Tempus, 2004. p.174</ref>
*[[1656]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Warsaw (1656)|Battle of Warsaw]] ends with a [[Swedish Empire|Swedish]]-[[Brandenburg-Prussia|Brandenburger]] victory over a larger [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth|Polish-Lithuanian]] force.
*[[1676]] &ndash; [[Nathaniel Bacon (colonist)|Nathaniel Bacon]] issues the "Declaration of the People of Virginia", beginning [[Bacon's Rebellion]] against the rule of Governor [[William Berkeley (governor)|William Berkeley]].
*[[1729]] &ndash; Founding of [[Baltimore|Baltimore, Maryland]]. 
*[[1733]] &ndash; The first [[Freemasonry|Masonic]] [[Grand Lodge]] in the future United States is constituted in [[Massachusetts]]. 
*[[1756]] &ndash; In [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli|Bartolomeo Rastrelli]] presents the newly built [[Catherine Palace]] to [[Elizabeth of Russia|Empress Elizabeth]] and her courtiers.
*[[1811]] &ndash; Father [[Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla]], leader of the [[Mexican War of Independence|Mexican insurgency]], is executed by the Spanish in [[Chihuahua City]], Mexico.
*[[1859]] &ndash; First ascent of [[Grand Combin]], one of the highest summits in the [[Alps]].
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[American Indian Wars]]: Representatives of the United States and tribal leaders including [[Chief Pocatello]] (of the [[Shoshone]])  sign the [[Box Elder Treaty|Treaty of Box Elder]].
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Valuev Circular]] banned the publication of religious, educational and training books in [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]] in the [[Russian Empire]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Remy |first1=Johannes |title=The Valuev Circular and Censorship of Ukrainian Publications in the Russian Empire (1863-1876): Intention and Practice. |url=https://www.academia.edu/10023082 |website=academia.edu |access-date=1 April 2024}}</ref> 
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of the Crater]]: [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces attempt to break [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] lines at [[Siege of Petersburg|Petersburg, Virginia]] by exploding a large bomb under their trenches.
*[[1865]] &ndash; The [[steamboat]] ''[[Brother Jonathan (steamer)|Brother Jonathan]]'' sinks off the coast of [[Crescent City, California]], killing 225 passengers, the deadliest shipwreck on the Pacific Coast of the U.S. at the time.
*[[1866]] &ndash; Armed Confederate veterans in [[New Orleans riot]] against a meeting of [[Radical Republican]]s, killing 48 people and injuring another 100.
*[[1871]] &ndash; The [[Staten Island Ferry]] ''Westfield'''s boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.