Editing June 8 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1663]] &ndash; [[Portuguese Restoration War]]: Portuguese victory at the [[Battle of Ameixial]] ensures Portugal's independence from Spain.<ref>Rui Natário, As Grandes Batalhas da História de Portugal, Marcador Editora, Barcarena, 2013 (in Portuguese)</ref>
*[[1772]] &ndash; [[Alexander Fordyce]] flees to [[Kingdom of France|France]] to avoid debt repayment, triggering the [[British credit crisis of 1772–1773|credit crisis of 1772]] in the [[British Empire]] and the [[Dutch Republic]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=5 of the World's Most Devastating Financial Crises {{!}} Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/list/5-of-the-worlds-most-devastating-financial-crises|access-date=2022-01-13|website=www.britannica.com|language=en}}</ref>
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Continental Army]] attackers are driven back at the [[Battle of Trois-Rivières]].
*[[1783]] &ndash; [[Laki]], a [[volcano]] in [[Iceland]], begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year [[famine]].
*[[1789]] &ndash; [[James Madison]] introduces [[United States Bill of Rights|twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution]] in Congress.
*[[1794]] &ndash; [[Maximilien Robespierre]] inaugurates the [[French Revolution]]'s new state religion, the [[Cult of the Supreme Being]], with large organized festivals all across France.
*[[1856]] &ndash; A group of 194 [[Pitcairn Islands|Pitcairn Islanders]], descendants of the mutineers of {{HMS|Bounty}}, arrives at [[Norfolk Island]], commencing the Third Settlement of the Island.
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Tennessee in the American Civil War|Tennessee]] secedes from the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]].
*[[1862]] &ndash; American Civil War: A [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] victory by forces under General [[Stonewall Jackson]] at the [[Battle of Cross Keys]], along with the [[Battle of Port Republic]] the next day, prevents [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces from reinforcing General [[George B. McClellan]] in his [[Peninsula campaign]].
*[[1867]] &ndash; Coronation of [[Franz Joseph I of Austria|Franz Joseph]] as [[King of Hungary]] following the Austro-Hungarian compromise (''[[Ausgleich]]'').
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Herman Hollerith]] applies for US [[patent]] #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his [[punched card]] [[calculator]].