Editing June 14 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1618]] &ndash; Joris Veseler prints the first Dutch newspaper ''[[Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c.]]'' in [[Amsterdam]] (approximate date).
*[[1645]] &ndash; [[English Civil War]]: [[Battle of Naseby]]: Twelve thousand [[Roundhead|Royalist]] forces are beaten by fifteen thousand [[Long Parliament|Parliamentarian]] soldiers.
*[[1658]] &ndash; [[Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659)|Franco-Spanish War]]: [[Turenne]] and the French army win a decisive victory over the Spanish at the [[Battle of the Dunes (1658)|battle of the Dunes]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Stanley|first=Slander|title=Ground Warfare: An International Encyclopedia, Volume 1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L_xxOM85bD8C&pg=PA247|year=2002|publisher=Penguin|isbn=978-1-57607-344-5|page=247}}</ref>
*[[1690]] &ndash; King [[William III of England]] (William of Orange) lands in Ireland to confront the former [[James II of England|King James II]].
*[[1775]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: the [[Continental Army]] is established by the [[Continental Congress]], marking the birth of the [[United States Armed Forces]].
*[[1777]] &ndash; The [[Second Continental Congress]] passes the [[Flag Acts|Flag Act of 1777]] adopting the [[Flag of the United States|Stars and Stripes]] as the [[Flag of the United States]].
*[[1789]] &ndash; [[Mutiny on the Bounty]]: {{HMS|Bounty}} mutiny survivors including Captain [[William Bligh]] and 18 others reach [[Timor]] after a nearly {{convert|7,400|km|mi|abbr=on}} journey in an open boat.
*[[1800]] &ndash; The French Army of [[Napoleon|First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte]] defeats the Austrians at the [[Battle of Marengo]] in Northern Italy and re-conquers Italy.
*[[1807]] &ndash; Emperor [[Napoleon]]'s French [[Grande Armée]] defeats the [[Russian Empire|Russian]] Army at the [[Battle of Friedland]] in Poland (modern Russian  [[Kaliningrad Oblast]]) ending the [[War of the Fourth Coalition]].
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[Badi VII]], king of [[Funj Sultanate|Sennar]], surrenders his throne and realm to Ismail Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, bringing the 300 year old Sudanese kingdom to an end.
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Charles Babbage]] proposes a [[difference engine]] in a paper to the [[Royal Astronomical Society]].
*[[1830]] &ndash; Beginning of the [[French Algeria|French colonization of Algeria]]: Thirty-four thousand French soldiers begin their [[Invasion of Algiers in 1830|invasion of Algiers]], landing 27 kilometers west at [[Sidi Fredj]].
*[[1839]] &ndash; [[Henley Royal Regatta]]: the village of [[Henley-on-Thames]], on the [[River Thames]] in [[Oxfordshire]], stages its first [[regatta]].
*[[1846]] &ndash; [[Bear Flag Revolt]] begins: [[United States|Anglo]] settlers in [[Sonoma, California]], start a rebellion against Mexico and proclaim the [[California Republic]].
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Second Battle of Winchester]]: A [[United States|Union]] garrison is defeated by the [[Army of Northern Virginia]] in the [[Shenandoah Valley]] town of [[Winchester, Virginia]].
*  1863   &ndash; Second Assault on the Confederate works at the [[Siege of Port Hudson]] during the American Civil War.
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Trade union]]s are legalized in Canada.
*[[1888]] &ndash; The [[White Rajah]]s territories become the [[British protectorate]] of [[Kingdom of Sarawak|Sarawak]].
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Territory of Hawaii|Hawaii]] becomes a [[United States territory]].
*  1900   &ndash; The second [[German Naval Laws|German Naval Law]] calls for the [[Imperial German Navy]] to be doubled in size, resulting in an [[Anglo-German naval arms race]].