Editing June 7 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1628]] &ndash; The [[Petition of Right]], a [[Fundamental Laws of England|major English constitutional document]], is granted the [[Royal Assent]] by [[Charles I of England|Charles I]] and becomes law.
*[[1640]] &ndash; [[Corpus de Sang]] in [[Barcelona]]: Catalan reapers rioted against Spanish Royal soldiers and officers, killing the [[Viceroy of Catalonia]], [[Dalmau de Queralt, Count of Santa Coloma|Dalmau de Queralt]]. Escalation of hostilities between the [[Principality of Catalonia]] and the [[Habsburg Spain|Spanish Monarchy]], leading to the [[Reapers' War]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Corteguera|first1=Luis R.|title=For the Common Good: Popular Politics in Barcelona, 1580-1640|date=2002|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=0801437806|page=188|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HhAjV4KygdQC&dq=Corpus+de+Sang&pg=PA188|accessdate=27 April 2018|language=en}}</ref>
*[[1654]] &ndash; [[Louis XIV]] is crowned King of [[Kingdom of France|France]].
*[[1692]] &ndash; [[Port Royal, Jamaica]], is hit by a [[1692 Jamaica earthquake|catastrophic earthquake]]; in just three minutes, 1,600 people are killed and 3,000 are seriously injured.
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[Richard Henry Lee]] presents the "[[Lee Resolution]]" to the [[Continental Congress]]. The motion is seconded by [[John Adams]] and will lead to the [[United States Declaration of Independence]].
*[[1788]] &ndash; [[French Revolution]]: [[Day of the Tiles]]: Civilians in [[Grenoble]] toss roof tiles and various objects down upon royal troops.
*[[1800]] &ndash; [[David Thompson (explorer)|David Thompson]] reaches the mouth of the [[Saskatchewan River]] in [[Manitoba]].
*[[1810]] &ndash; The newspaper ''[[Gazeta de Buenos Ayres]]'' is first published in [[Argentina]].
*[[1832]] &ndash; The [[Reform Act 1832|Great Reform Act]] of England and Wales receives royal assent.
*  1832   &ndash; [[1829–51 cholera pandemic|Asian cholera]] reaches [[Quebec]], brought by [[Irish Canadian|Irish immigrants]], and kills about 6,000 people in [[Lower Canada]].
*[[1862]] &ndash; The United States and the [[United Kingdom]] agree in the [[Lyons–Seward Treaty of 1862|Lyons–Seward Treaty]] to suppress the [[Atlantic slave trade|African slave trade]].
*[[1866]] &ndash; One thousand eight hundred [[Fenian raids|Fenian raiders]] are repelled back to the United States after looting and plundering the [[Saint-Armand, Quebec|Saint-Armand]] and [[Frelighsburg, Quebec|Frelighsburg]] areas of [[Canada East]].
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[War of the Pacific]]: The [[Battle of Arica]], the assault and capture of [[Morro de Arica]] (Arica Cape), ends the ''Campaña del Desierto'' (Desert Campaign).
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Homer Plessy]] is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, ''[[Plessy v. Ferguson]]''.
*[[1899]] &ndash; American [[Temperance movement in the United States|Temperance]] crusader [[Carrie Nation]] begins her campaign of [[vandalism|vandalizing]] alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in [[Kiowa, Kansas]].