Editing November 17 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1603]] &ndash; English explorer, writer and [[courtier]] Sir [[Walter Raleigh]] goes on trial for [[treason]].
*[[1775]] &ndash; The city of [[Kuopio|Kuopio, Finland]] (belonging to [[Sweden]] at this time) is founded by King [[Gustav III of Sweden]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.kuopio.fi/web/information-about-kuopio/history-and-basic-data |title= History and basic data |website= Kuopio in Brief |access-date= 1 October 2023 |publisher= City of Kuopio |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161104050751/https://www.kuopio.fi/web/information-about-kuopio/history-and-basic-data |archive-date= 4 November 2016 |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
*[[1777]] &ndash; [[Articles of Confederation]] (United States) are submitted to the states for ratification.
*[[1796]] &ndash; [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: [[Battle of the Bridge of Arcole]]: French forces defeat the Austrians in Italy.
*[[1800]] &ndash; The [[United States Congress]] holds its first [[6th United States Congress|session]] in Washington, D.C.
*[[1810]] &ndash; Sweden declares war on its ally the United Kingdom to begin the [[Anglo-Swedish War (1810–12)|Anglo-Swedish War]], although no fighting ever takes place.
*[[1811]] &ndash; [[José Miguel Carrera]], Chilean founding father, is sworn in as President of the executive Junta of the government of [[Chile]].
*[[1820]] &ndash; Captain [[Nathaniel Palmer]] becomes the first American to see Antarctica. (The [[Antarctic Peninsula|Palmer Peninsula]] is later named after him.)
*[[1831]] &ndash; [[Ecuador]] and [[Venezuela]] are separated from [[Gran Colombia]].
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[1837 Valdivia earthquake|An earthquake in Valdivia]], south-central Chile, causes a tsunami that leads to significant destruction along Japan's coast.<ref name=Cisternasetal2018>{{cite journal |last1=Cisternas |first1=M. |last2=Carvajal |first2=M. |last3=Wesson |first3=R. |last4=Ely |first4=L.L.|last5=Gorigoitia |first5=N. |date=2018 |title=Exploring the Historical Earthquakes Preceding the Giant 1960 Chile Earthquake in a Time-Dependent Seismogenic Zone|journal=Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America |volume= 107|issue= 6|pages= 2664–2675|doi=10.1785/0120170103|url=https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1125&context=cotsfac }}</ref>
*[[1856]] &ndash; [[American frontier|American Old West]]: On the [[Sonoita Creek|Sonoita River]] in present-day southern [[Arizona]], the United States Army establishes [[Fort Buchanan, Arizona|Fort Buchanan]] in order to help control new land acquired in the [[Gadsden Purchase]].
*[[1858]] &ndash; Modified [[Julian day|Julian Day]] zero.
*  1858   &ndash; The city of [[Denver]], [[Colorado]] is founded.
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Siege of Knoxville]] begins: During the [[Knoxville campaign]], [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] forces under General [[James Longstreet]] besiege the city of [[Knoxville, Tennessee]] and its [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] defenders led by General [[Ambrose Burnside]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Battle of Knoxville|url=https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/battle-of-knoxville/|author=Groce, W. Todd|website=TennesseeEncyclopedia.net|publisher=Tennessee Historical Society|date=October 8, 2017|access-date=November 17, 2024}}</ref>
*[[1869]] &ndash; In [[Egypt]], the [[Suez Canal]], linking the [[Mediterranean Sea]] with the [[Red Sea]], is inaugurated.
*[[1878]] &ndash; First assassination attempt against [[Umberto I of Italy]] by anarchist [[Giovanni Passannante]], who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. [[Prime Minister of Italy|Prime Minister]] [[Benedetto Cairoli]] blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg.
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Serbo-Bulgarian War]]: The decisive [[Battle of Slivnitsa]] begins.
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[H. H. Holmes]], one of the first modern [[serial killer]]s, is arrested in [[Boston]], Massachusetts.
*[[1896]] &ndash; The [[Western Pennsylvania Hockey League]], which later became the first [[ice hockey]] league to openly trade and hire players, [[1896–97 WPHL season|began play]] at [[Pittsburgh]]'s [[Schenley Park Casino]].