Editing June 23 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1611]] &ndash; The mutinous crew of [[Henry Hudson]]'s fourth voyage sets Henry, his son and seven loyal crew members adrift in an open boat in what is now [[Hudson Bay]]; they are never heard from again.
*[[1683]] &ndash; [[William Penn]] signs a friendship treaty with [[Lenape]] Indians in [[Pennsylvania]].
*[[1713]] &ndash; The French residents of [[Acadia]] are given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave [[Nova Scotia]], Canada.
*[[1757]] &ndash; [[Battle of Plassey]]: Three thousand British troops under [[Robert Clive]] defeat a 50,000-strong Indian army under [[Siraj ud-Daulah]] at [[Plassey]].
*[[1758]] &ndash; [[Seven Years' War]]: [[Battle of Krefeld]]: British, Hanoverian, and Prussian forces defeat French troops at [[Krefeld]] in Germany.
*[[1760]] &ndash; Seven Years' War: [[Battle of Landeshut (1760)|Battle of Landeshut]]: Austria defeats [[Prussia]].
*[[1780]] &ndash; [[American Revolution]]: [[Battle of Springfield (1780)|Battle of Springfield]] fought in and around [[Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey|Springfield, New Jersey]] (including [[Short Hills, New Jersey|Short Hills]], formerly of Springfield, now of [[Millburn, New Jersey|Millburn]] Township).
*[[1794]] &ndash; Empress [[Catherine the Great|Catherine II]] of Russia grants Jews permission to settle in [[Kyiv]].
*[[1810]] &ndash; [[John Jacob Astor]] forms the [[Pacific Fur Company]].
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]]: Great Britain revokes the restrictions on American commerce, thus eliminating one of the chief reasons for going to war.
*[[1860]] &ndash; The [[United States Congress]] establishes the [[United States Government Publishing Office|Government Printing Office]].
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: At [[Fort Towson]] in the [[Oklahoma Territory]], [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[Brigadier General (CSA)#Brigadier general|Brigadier General]] [[Stand Watie]] surrenders the last significant Confederate army.
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Christopher Latham Sholes]] received a patent for an invention he called the [[Typewriter|"Type-Writer"]].
*[[1887]] &ndash; The [[Rocky Mountains Park Act]] becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first [[national park]], [[Banff National Park]].
*[[1894]] &ndash; The [[International Olympic Committee]] is founded at the [[University of Paris|Sorbonne]] in Paris, at the initiative of Baron [[Pierre de Coubertin]].