Editing June 17 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1631]] &ndash; [[Mumtaz Mahal]] dies during childbirth. Her husband, [[Mughal emperor]] [[Shah Jahan]] I, will spend the next 17 years building her [[mausoleum]], the [[Taj Mahal]].
*[[1665]] &ndash; [[Battle of Montes Claros]]: Portugal definitively secured independence from Spain in the last battle of the [[Portuguese Restoration War]].<ref>{{cite book|last=McMurdo|first=Edward|title=The History of Portugal: From the Commencement of the Monarchy to the Reign of Alfonso III.|url=https://archive.org/details/historyportugal01mcmugoog|access-date=15 July 2018|year=1889|publisher=S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyportugal01mcmugoog/page/n445 424]}}</ref>
*[[1673]] &ndash; [[French people|French]] explorers [[Jacques Marquette]] and [[Louis Jolliet]] reach the [[Mississippi River]] and become the first Europeans to make a detailed account of its course.
*[[1767]] &ndash; [[Samuel Wallis]], a British sea captain, sights [[Tahiti]] and is considered the first European to reach the island.
*[[1773]] &ndash; [[Cúcuta]], Colombia, is founded by [[Juana Rangel de Cuéllar]].
*[[1775]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the [[Battle of Bunker Hill]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Philbrick|first=Nathaniel|title=Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution|location=New York|publisher=Penguin Books|date=2014|isbn=9780143125327|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m7n_AzUJ51QC|pages=xiii, 250}}</ref>
*[[1789]] &ndash; In [[France]], the [[Estates of the realm|Third Estate]] declares itself the [[National Assembly (French Revolution)|National Assembly]].
*[[1794]] &ndash; Foundation of [[Anglo-Corsican Kingdom]].
*[[1795]] &ndash; The burghers of [[Swellendam]] expel the [[Dutch East India Company]] magistrate and declare a republic.
*[[1839]] &ndash; In the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]], [[Kamehameha III]] issues the [[edict of toleration]] which gives [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholics]] the freedom to worship in the [[Hawaiian Islands]]. The [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu|Hawaii Catholic Church]] and the [[Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace]] are established as a result.
*[[1843]] &ndash; The [[Wairau Affray]], the first serious clash of arms between [[Māori people|Māori]] and British settlers in the [[New Zealand Wars]], takes place.
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Vienna, Virginia]].
*[[1863]] &ndash; American Civil War: [[Battle of Aldie]] in the [[Gettysburg Campaign]].
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[American Indian Wars]]: [[Battle of the Rosebud]]: One thousand five hundred [[Sioux]] and [[Cheyenne]] led by [[Crazy Horse]] beat back [[General officer|General]] [[George Crook]]'s forces at Rosebud Creek in [[Montana Territory]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Hedren|first=Paul L.|title=Rosebud, June 17, 1876: Prelude to the Little Big Horn|location=Norman, Okla.|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|date=2019|isbn=9780806162324|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TmGPDwAAQBAJ|pages=xiii, 305}}</ref>
*[[1877]] &ndash; American Indian Wars: [[Battle of White Bird Canyon]]: The [[Nez Perce people|Nez Perce]] defeat the [[United States Cavalry|U.S. Cavalry]] at White Bird Canyon in the [[Idaho Territory]].
*[[1885]] &ndash; The [[Statue of Liberty]] arrives in [[New York Harbor]].
*[[1898]] &ndash; The [[Hospital Corpsman|United States Navy Hospital Corps]] is established.
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Boxer Rebellion]]: [[Eight-Nation Alliance|Western Allied and Japanese]] forces [[Battle of Taku Forts (1900)|capture]] the [[Taku Forts]] in [[Tianjin]], China.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T6VAAAAAYAAJ&q=June+15,+it+was+learned+that+the+mouth+of+the+river+was+protected+by+electric+mines,+that+the+forts+at+Taku+were&pg=PA533|title=Publication, Issue 33 Document (United States. War Dept.)|author=United States. Adjutant-General's Office. Military Information Division|year=1901|publisher=G.P.O.|pages=533–536}}</ref>