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===1601–1900===
*[[1607]] &ndash; English colonists establish "James Fort", which would become [[Jamestown, Virginia]], the earliest permanent English settlement in the Americas.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-25 |title=Jamestown Colony {{!}} History, Foundation, Settlement, Map, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Jamestown-Colony |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1608]] &ndash; The [[Protestant Union]], a coalition of [[Protestant]] [[Germany|German]] states, is founded to defend the rights, land and safety of each member against the [[Catholic Church]] and Catholic German states.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Keley|first1=Charles W.|last2=Raymond|first2=Gregory A.|title=Exorcising the Ghost of Westphalia: Building World Order in the New Millennium|location=Upper Saddle River, N.J.|publisher=[[Prentice Hall]]|date=2002|isbn=9780130163028|page=48}}</ref>
*[[1610]] &ndash; [[Henry IV of France]] is assassinated by [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] zealot [[François Ravaillac]], and [[Louis XIII]] ascends the throne.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bell|first=John Bowyer|title=Assassin|location=New Brunswick, N.J.|publisher=[[Transaction Publishers]]|date=2009|isbn=9781412805094|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mtazQUWbUmsC|pages=5–8}}</ref>
*[[1643]] &ndash; Four-year-old [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]] becomes King of France upon the death of his father, [[Louis XIII of France|Louis XIII]].
*[[1747]] &ndash; [[War of the Austrian Succession]]: A British fleet under [[George Anson, 1st Baron Anson|Admiral George Anson]] defeats the French at the [[First Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)|First Battle of Cape Finisterre]].
*[[1796]] &ndash; [[Edward Jenner]] administers the first [[smallpox]] [[inoculation]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Baxby|first=Derrick|author-link = Derrick Baxby|chapter=Edward Jenner's Role in the Introduction of Smallpox Vaccine|title=History of Vaccine Development|editor-last=Plotkin|editor-first=Stanley A.|location=New York|publisher=[[Springer Publishing]]|date=2011|isbn=9781441913388|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wf2jS_4lCOAC|page=13}}</ref>
*[[1800]] &ndash; The [[6th United States Congress]] [[Recess (break)#Parliamentary procedure|recesses]], and the process of moving the [[Federal government of the United States]] from [[Philadelphia]] to [[Washington, D.C.]], begins the following day.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bryan|first=Wilhelmus Bogart|chapter=The Removal of the Seat of Government to Washington|title=The Removal of the Seat of Government to the District of Columbia|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office]]|date=1900|url=https://archive.org/details/removalseatgove00busegoog|page=3|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Spofford|first=Ainsworth R.|chapter=Removal of the Government to the District of Columbia in 1800|title=Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Establishment of the Seat of Government in the District of Columbia|editor-last=Cox|editor-first=William V.|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=United States Government Publishing Office|date=1901|url=https://archive.org/details/celebrationoneh00busegoog|page=247}}</ref>
*[[1804]] &ndash; [[William Clark]] and 42 men depart from [[Camp Dubois]] to join [[Meriwether Lewis]] at [[St Charles, Missouri]], marking the beginning of the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]]{{'s}} historic journey up the [[Missouri River]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Jones|first=Landon Y.|title=The Essential Lewis and Clark|location=New York|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|date=2000|isbn=9780060011598|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TAW9QhUzk5QC|page=1}}</ref>
*[[1811]] &ndash; [[Paraguay]]: [[Pedro Juan Caballero (politician)|Pedro Juan Caballero]], [[Fulgencio Yegros]] and [[José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia]] start actions to depose the Spanish governor.
*[[1836]] &ndash; The [[Treaties of Velasco]] are signed in Velasco, Texas.
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Mindon Min]] was [[Coronation of Mindon Min|crowned as King of Burma]] in [[Mandalay]], [[Burma]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Yi Yi |first1=Dr |title=Life at the Burmese Court under the Konbaung Kings |work=Online Burma/Myanmar Library |date=1982 |publisher=Department of Universities History Research, University of Yangon |location=Yangon |pages=100–147 |url=https://www.burmalibrary.org/en/life-at-the-burmese-court-under-the-konbaung-kings |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: During the [[Vicksburg campaign]], [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces drive [[Confederate States of America|Confederates]] under [[Joseph E. Johnston]] out of [[Jackson, Mississippi]] in the [[Battle of Jackson]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Battle of Jackson (May 14)|url=https://www.nps.gov/vick/learn/historyculture/jackson.htm|website=NPS.gov|publisher=National Park Service|date=February 15, 2018|access-date=May 17, 2024}}</ref>
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Boshin War]]: The [[Battle of Utsunomiya Castle]] ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward.<ref>{{cite web |title=About The Boshin War - Battles, Aftermath, and Modern Depictions |url=http://yabai.com/p/3581 |website=YABAI|date=December 2017 }}</ref>
*[[1870]] &ndash; The first game of [[rugby football|rugby]] in New Zealand is played in [[Nelson, New Zealand|Nelson]] between [[Nelson College]] and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.<ref>{{cite book|last=McConnell|first=Robin|chapter=Rugby Union Football, New Zealand|title=Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice|editor-last1=Nauright|editor-first1=John|editor-last2=Parrish|editor-first2=Charles|location=Santa Barbara, California|publisher=[[ABC-Clio]]|date=2012|isbn=9781598843002|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IkLYDgTnMxEC|page=439}}</ref>
*[[1878]] &ndash; The [[Salem witchcraft trial (1878)|last witchcraft trial held in the United States]] begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of [[Christian Science]], accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.<ref>{{cite book|last=Springer|first=Fleta Campbell|title=According to the Flesh: A Biography of Mary Baker Eddy|location=New York|publisher=[[Coward-McCann]]|year=1930|isbn=9781163386170|page=240|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Mizruchi|first=Susan L.|chapter=Cosmopolitan Variations|title=The Cambridge History of American Literature Vol. 3, Prose Writing 1860–1920|editor-last=Bercovitch|editor-first=Sacvan|location=Cambridge, UK|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|year=2005|isbn=9780521301053|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xyefIV_Q6XAC|page=533}}</ref>
*[[1879]] &ndash; The first group of 463 [[Indian indenture system|Indian indentured laborers]] arrives in [[Fiji]] aboard the {{ship||Leonidas|ship|2}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=https://girmitiya.girmit.org/new/index.php/history/ |website=GIRMIT |access-date=9 October 2022}}</ref>