Editing March 6 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1651]] &ndash; The town of [[Kajaani]], known at the time as ''Cajanaburg'', is founded by Count [[Per Brahe the Younger|Per Brahe]], the [[Governor-General of Finland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kajaani.fi/kajaanin-kaupungin-370-juhlavuoden-tunnus/|title=Kajaanin kaupungin 370 juhlavuoden tunnus|website=Kajaani.fi|access-date=8 April 2024|language=fi|archive-date=8 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408055955/https://www.kajaani.fi/kajaanin-kaupungin-370-juhlavuoden-tunnus/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://agricolaverkko.fi/review/opas-kajaanin-linnan-vaiheisiin/|title=Opas Kajaanin linnan vaiheisiin|first=Reijo|last=Valta|publisher=Agricola|date=21 June 2005|access-date=8 April 2024|language=fi|archive-date=8 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408055954/https://agricolaverkko.fi/review/opas-kajaanin-linnan-vaiheisiin/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1788]] &ndash; The [[First Fleet]] arrives at [[Norfolk Island]] in order to found a [[convict settlement]].
*[[1820]] &ndash; The [[Missouri Compromise]] is signed into law by President [[James Monroe]]. The compromise allows [[Missouri]] to [[admission to the Union|enter the Union]] as a [[Slave states and free states|slave state]], brings [[Maine]] into the Union as a [[Slave states and free states|free state]], and makes the rest of the northern part of the [[Louisiana Purchase]] territory slavery-free.
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Texas Revolution]]: [[Battle of the Alamo]]: After a thirteen-day [[siege]] by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers, including frontiersman [[Davy Crockett]] and colonel [[Jim Bowie]], defending the [[Alamo Mission in San Antonio|Alamo]] are killed and the fort is captured.
*[[1857]] &ndash; The Supreme Court of the United States rules 7–2 in the ''[[Dred Scott v. Sandford]]'' case that the Constitution does not confer citizenship on black people.
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Dmitri Mendeleev]] presents the first [[periodic table]] to the Russian Chemical Society.
*[[1882]] &ndash; The [[Kingdom of Serbia|Serbian kingdom]] is re-founded.