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===1601–1900===
*[[1608]] &ndash; A newly [[Nationalization|nationalized]] silver mine in Scotland at [[Hilderston, West Lothian]] is re-opened by [[Bevis Bulmer]].<ref>Samuel Lythe, ''The Economy of Scotland in Its European Setting, 1550-1625'' (Edinburgh, 1960), pp. 55-6.</ref>
*[[1639]] &ndash; [[William Coddington]] founds [[Newport, Rhode Island]].<ref name=redwood1891>{{Citation |publisher = Redwood Library |location = Newport, R.I |author = George C. Mason |title = Annals of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum |date = 1891 |ol = 13993479M }}</ref>
*[[1721]] &ndash; In the [[Papal States]], Cardinal Michelangelo dei Conti is [[1721 papal conclave|elected]] [[Pope]], and takes the name [[Pope Innocent XIII|Innocent XIII]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/SV1721.html|title=SEDE VACANTE 1721|website=www.csun.edu|access-date=2025-04-21}}</ref>
*[[1788]] &ndash; King Louis XVI of France attempts to impose the reforms of [[Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne]] by abolishing the parlements.
*[[1794]] &ndash; Branded a traitor during the [[Reign of Terror]], French chemist [[Antoine Lavoisier]], who was also a tax collector with the ''[[Ferme générale]]'', is tried, convicted and guillotined in one day in Paris.
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[Greek War of Independence]]: The Greeks defeat the Turks at the [[Battle of Gravia Inn]].
*[[1842]] &ndash; A train [[Versailles rail accident|derails and catches fire]] in Paris, killing between 52 and 200 people.
*[[1846]] &ndash; [[Mexican–American War]]: American forces led by Zachary Taylor [[Battle of Palo Alto|defeat]] a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande in the first major battle of the war.
*[[1877]] &ndash; At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first [[Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show]] opens.
*[[1886]] &ndash; Pharmacist [[John Pemberton]] first sells a carbonated beverage named "[[Coca-Cola]]" as a patent medicine.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lussier|first=Robert N.|title=Management Fundamentals: Concepts, Applications, Skill Development|location=Mason, Ohio|publisher=South-Western/Cengage Learning|date=2008|isbn=9781111577537|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F1c3wHNDF-wC|page=113}}</ref>
*[[1898]] &ndash; The first games of the [[Italian football league system]] are played.
*[[1899]] &ndash; The [[Irish Literary Theatre]] in Dublin produced its first play.