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===1601–1900===
*[[1732]] &ndash; [[James Oglethorpe]] is granted a [[royal charter]] for the colony of the future U.S. state of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].
*[[1772]] &ndash; The [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] [[schooner]] ''[[Gaspee Affair|Gaspee]]'' is burned in Narragansett Bay, [[Rhode Island]].
*[[1798]] &ndash; [[Irish Rebellion of 1798]]: [[Battle of Arklow|Battles of Arklow]] and [[Battle of Saintfield|Saintfield]].
*[[1815]] &ndash; End of the [[Congress of Vienna]]: The new European political situation is set. 
*[[1856]] &ndash; Five hundred [[Mormon handcart pioneers|Mormon]]s leave [[Iowa City, Iowa]] for the [[Mormon Trail]].
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Stonewall Jackson]] concludes his successful [[Jackson's Valley Campaign|Shenandoah Valley Campaign]] with a victory in the [[Battle of Port Republic]].
*[[1863]] &ndash; American Civil War: The [[Battle of Brandy Station]] in [[Virginia in the American Civil War|Virginia]], the largest cavalry battle on American soil, ends [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] cavalry dominance in the [[Eastern theater of the American Civil War|eastern theater]].
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Treaty of Tientsin (1885)|Treaty of Tientsin]] is signed to end the [[Sino-French War]], with [[Qing dynasty|China]] eventually giving up [[Tonkin]] and [[Annam (Chinese province)|Annam]] – most of present-day [[Vietnam]] – to France.
*[[1900]] &ndash; Indian nationalist [[Birsa Munda]] dies of [[cholera]] in a British prison.