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===1601–1900===
*[[1622]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Höchst]] takes place during the  [[Thirty Years' War]].
*[[1631]] &ndash; The [[Sack of Baltimore]]: The Irish village of [[Baltimore, County Cork|Baltimore]] is attacked by [[Barbary slave trade]]rs.
*[[1652]] &ndash; [[Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha]] is appointed [[Grand Vizier]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]].
*[[1685]] &ndash; [[Monmouth Rebellion]]: [[James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth]] declares himself King of England at [[Bridgwater]].
*[[1756]] &ndash; A [[British Empire|British]] [[garrison]] is imprisoned in the [[Black Hole of Calcutta]].
*[[1782]] &ndash; The [[Congress of the Confederation|U.S. Congress]] adopts the [[Great Seal of the United States]].
*[[1787]] &ndash; [[Oliver Ellsworth]] moves at the [[Federal Convention]] to call the government the 'United States'.
*[[1789]] &ndash; [[Deputy (legislator)|Deputies]] of the [[History of France|French]] [[Estates-General of 1789|Third Estate]] take the [[Tennis Court Oath]].
*[[1791]] &ndash; King [[Louis XVI]], disguised as a valet, and the French royal family attempt to [[Flight to Varennes|flee Paris]] during the French Revolution.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the World|publisher=Eca, Publication|year=1989|page=765|isbn=0-13-133463-8}}</ref> 
*[[1819]] &ndash; The U.S. vessel {{SS|Savannah}} arrives at [[Liverpool]], United Kingdom. It is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]], although most of the journey is made under sail.
*[[1837]] &ndash; King [[William IV]] dies, and is succeeded by his niece, [[Queen Victoria|Victoria]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Queen Victoria: The woman who redefined Britain's monarchy |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ks3-gcse-history-queen-victoria-monarchy/z73rnrd |website=BBC |access-date=16 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1840]] &ndash; [[Samuel Morse]] receives the patent for the [[telegraph]].
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[Barbu Catargiu]], the [[Prime Minister of Romania]], is assassinated.
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[West Virginia]] is admitted as the 35th [[U.S. state]].
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Alexander Graham Bell]] installs the world's first commercial [[telephone]] service in [[Hamilton, Ontario]], Canada.
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Lizzie Borden]] is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother.
*[[1895]] &ndash; The [[Kiel Canal]], crossing the base of the [[Jutland]] peninsula and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, is officially opened.
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Boxer Rebellion]]: The [[Imperial Chinese Army]] begins a [[Siege of the International Legations|55-day siege]] of the [[Beijing Legation Quarter|Legation Quarter]] in Beijing, China.
*  1900   &ndash; Baron [[Eduard Toll]], leader of the [[Russian polar expedition of 1900–02|Russian Polar Expedition of 1900]], departs [[Saint Petersburg]] in Russia on the explorer ship ''[[Zarya (polar ship)|Zarya]]'', never to return.