Editing July 7 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1667]] &ndash; An English fleet completes the destruction of a French merchant fleet off [[Saint-Pierre, Martinique|Fort St Pierre]], [[Martinique]] during the [[Second Anglo-Dutch War]].<ref>{{cite book |last= Marley |first= David|title= Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the Western Hemisphere|year= 2008 |page=167|isbn= 978-1598841008}}</ref>
*[[1770]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Larga]] between the [[Russian Empire]] and the [[Ottoman Empire]] takes place.
*[[1777]] &ndash; [[Continental Army|American]] forces retreating from [[Fort Ticonderoga]] are defeated in the [[Battle of Hubbardton]].
*[[1798]] &ndash; As a result of the [[XYZ Affair]], the [[United States Congress|US Congress]] rescinds the [[Treaty of Alliance (1778)|Treaty of Alliance]] with France sparking the "[[Quasi-War]]".
*[[1807]] &ndash; The first [[Treaties of Tilsit|Treaty of Tilsit]] between France and Russia is signed, ending hostilities between the two countries in the [[War of the Fourth Coalition]].
*[[1834]] &ndash; In New York City, [[Anti-abolitionist riots (1834)|four nights of rioting]] against [[Abolitionism in the United States|abolitionists]] began.
*[[1846]] &ndash; US troops occupy [[Monterey, California|Monterey]] and [[San Francisco|Yerba Buena]], thus beginning the US [[conquest of California]].
*[[1863]] &ndash; The United States begins its first [[Conscription|military draft]]; exemptions cost $300.
*[[1865]] &ndash; Four conspirators in the [[assassination of Abraham Lincoln]] are hanged.
*[[1892]] &ndash; The [[Katipunan]] is established, the discovery of which by [[Captaincy General of the Philippines|Spanish authorities]] initiated the [[Philippine Revolution]].
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[President of the United States|US President]] [[William McKinley]] signs the [[Newlands Resolution]] annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.