Editing June 16 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1632]] &ndash; The [[Plymouth Company]] granted a land patent to [[Thomas Purchase]], the first [[settler]] of [[Pejepscot, Maine]], settling at the site of [[Fort Andross]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wheeler |first1=George Augustus |author-link=George Augustus Wheeler |last2=Wheeler |first2=Henry Warren |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AmSFIvLGjLoC |year=1878 |pages=7–8 |title=History of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell, Maine: Including the Ancient Territory Known as Pejepscot |edition=1st |publisher=A. Mudge & Sons, Printers |publication-place=[[Boston]] | via=[[Google Books]] |lccn=01008940}}(Archive source [[Harvard Library]])</ref>
*[[1745]] &ndash; [[War of the Austrian Succession]]: [[New England]] colonial troops under the command of [[William Pepperrell]] capture the [[Fortress of Louisbourg]] in [[Louisbourg]], [[New France]] ([[Old Style]] date).
*[[1746]] &ndash; War of the Austrian Succession: Austria and [[Sardinia]] defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the [[Battle of Piacenza]].
*[[1755]] &ndash; [[French and Indian War]]: The [[Military history of France|French]] surrender [[Fort Beauséjour]] to the British, leading to the [[Expulsion of the Acadians|expulsion]] of the [[Acadians]].
*[[1760]] &ndash; French and Indian War: [[Robert Rogers (British Army officer)|Robert Rogers]] and his [[Rogers' Rangers|Rangers]] surprise French held [[Fort Sainte Thérèse]] on the [[Richelieu River]] near [[Lake Champlain]]. The fort [[Sainte-Thérèse Raid|is raided and burned]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Loescher |first1=Burt Garfield |title=The history of Rogers' rangers, Volume 1 |year=2009|orig-year=1946 |publisher=Heritage Books Inc|pages=101–02 |isbn=9780788417412}}</ref>
*[[1779]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: Spain [[Spain and the American Revolutionary War#Declaration of war|declares war]] on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the [[Great Siege of Gibraltar]] begins.
*[[1795]] &ndash; [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: In what became known as [[Cornwallis's Retreat]], a British [[Royal Navy]] squadron led by Vice Admiral [[William Cornwallis]] strongly resists a much larger [[French Navy]] force and withdraws largely intact, setting up the French Navy defeat at the [[Battle of Groix]] six days later.
*[[1811]] &ndash; Survivors of an attack the previous day by [[Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations|Tla-o-qui-aht]] on board the [[Pacific Fur Company]]'s ship ''[[Tonquin (1807)|Tonquin]]'', intentionally detonate a powder magazine on the ship, [[Battle of Woody Point|destroying it]] and killing about 100&nbsp;attackers.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Tonquin |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/tonquin/ |last=Gough |first=Barry M. |language=en |encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia |publisher=[[Historica Canada]] |access-date=2018-09-06}}</ref>
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[Battle of Ligny]] and [[Battle of Quatre Bras]], two days before the [[Battle of Waterloo]].
*[[1819]] &ndash; A [[1819 Rann of Kutch earthquake|major earthquake]] strikes the [[Kutch district]] of western India, killing over 1,543 people and raising a {{convert|6|m|ft|adj=mid|-high}}, {{convert|6|km|mi|adj=mid|-wide}}, ridge, extending for at least {{convert|80|km}}, that was known as the Allah Bund ("Dam of God").<ref>{{cite web|url= http://floodobservatory.colorado.edu/Publications/MetamorphosisofIndus.pdf|title=Anthropocene Metamorphosis of the Indus Delta and Lower Floodplain|access-date=22 December 2015}}</ref>
*[[1824]] &ndash; A meeting at Old Slaughter's coffee house in London leads to the formation of what is now the [[Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals]] (RSPCA).<ref>{{cite web |title=The History of the RSPCA |url=https://www.animallaw.info/article/history-rspca |publisher=Michigan State University College of Law |access-date=29 March 2022}}</ref>
*[[1836]] &ndash; The formation of the [[London Working Men's Association]] gives rise to the [[Chartism|Chartist Movement]].
*[[1846]] &ndash; The [[Papal conclave, 1846|Papal conclave of 1846]] elects [[Pope Pius IX]], beginning the longest reign in the history of the papacy.
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Abraham Lincoln]] delivers his ''[[Lincoln's House Divided Speech|House Divided]]'' speech in [[Springfield, Illinois]].
*[[1871]] &ndash; The [[Universities Tests Act 1871]] allows students to enter the universities of [[University of Oxford|Oxford]], [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] and [[Durham University|Durham]] without religious tests (except for those intending to study [[theology]]).
*[[1883]] &ndash; The [[Victoria Hall stampede|Victoria Hall theatre panic]] in [[Sunderland, Tyne and Wear|Sunderland]], England, kills 183 children.
*[[1884]] &ndash; The first purpose-built roller coaster, [[LaMarcus Adna Thompson]]'s "[[Switchback Railway]]", opens in New York's [[Coney Island]] amusement park.
*[[1897]] &ndash; A treaty annexing the [[Republic of Hawaii]] to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.