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===1601–1900===
*[[1713]] &ndash; [[Great Northern War]]: After losing the [[Battle of Helsinki (1713)|Battle of Helsinki]] to the Russians, the Swedish and Finnish troops burn the entire city, so that it would not remain intact in the hands of the Russians.<ref>{{cite book |first=Seppo |last=Aalto |title=Kruununkaupunki – Vironniemen Helsinki 1640–1721 |publisher=[[Finnish Literature Society]] |location=Helsinki |year=2015 |isbn=978-952-222-675-4 |language=fi}}</ref>
*[[1812]] &ndash; Prime Minister [[Spencer Perceval]] is [[Assassination of Spencer Perceval|assassinated]] by [[John Bellingham]] in the lobby of the British House of Commons.<ref name=":0">{{cite book |last=Gillen |first=Mollie |title=Assassination of the Prime Minister: The shocking death of Spencer Perceval |publisher=Sidgwick and Jackson |location=London |year=1972 |isbn=978-0-283-97881-4 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/assassinationofp0000gill |pages=3–4}}</ref>
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[William Lawson (explorer)|William Lawson]], [[Gregory Blaxland]] and [[William Wentworth]] discover a [[1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains|route across the Blue Mountains]], opening up inland Australia to settlement.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lawson's journal |author=Lawson, William (1774–1850) |date=29 September 2015 |url=http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/exploration/blue_mountains/lawson/lawson.html |publisher=State Library of NSW |access-date=22 May 2019}}</ref>
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.<ref>Dr. Surendra Nath Sen, pages 71–73 "Eighteen Fifty-Seven", Publications Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India.</ref>
*[[1880]] &ndash; Seven people are killed in the [[Mussel Slough Tragedy]], a gun battle in California.<ref>{{cite web |ref={{harvid|Office of Historic Preservation}} | url=http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21424 | title=Kings County | work=California Historical Landmarks | publisher=California Office of Historic Preservation | access-date=2005-09-12 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*[[1889]] &ndash; An [[Wham Paymaster robbery|attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort]] results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two [[Medal of Honor|Medals of Honor]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Upton |first1=Larry T. |last2=Ball |first2=Larry D. |date=Summer 1997 |title=Who Robbed Major Wham? Facts and Folklore behind Arizona's Great Paymaster Robbery |journal=The Journal of Arizona History |publisher=Arizona Historical Society |volume=38 |issue=2 |jstor=41696339 |page=121}}</ref>
*[[1894]] &ndash; Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a [[Pullman Strike|wildcat strike]].<ref>Cleveland, Grover. [https://archive.org/details/governmentinchi00clev ''The Government and the Chicago Strike of 1894''] [1904]. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1913. Page 4</ref>