Editing November 22 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1635]] &ndash; [[Dutch Formosa|Dutch colonial forces]] on [[Taiwan]] launch a [[Dutch pacification campaign on Formosa|pacification campaign]] against [[Taiwanese aborigines|native villages]], resulting in Dutch control of the middle and south of the island.<ref>{{cite book |last=Junius |first=R. |chapter=Robertus Junius to the Directors of the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce of the East India Company |title=Formosa under the Dutch: Described from Contemporary Records |editor-link=William Campbell (missionary) |editor-last=Campbell |editor-first=William |year=1903 |orig-year=1636 |publisher=Kegan Paul |location=London |url=https://archive.org/details/formosaunderdut01campgoog |oclc=644323041 |page=117|isbn=9789576380839 }}</ref>
*[[1718]] &ndash; [[Royal Navy]] Lieutenant [[Robert Maynard]] attacks and boards the vessels of the British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "[[Blackbeard]]") off the coast of [[North Carolina]]. The casualties on both sides include Maynard's first officer Mister Hyde and Teach himself.<ref>{{Citation | last = Lee | first = Robert E. | title = Blackbeard the Pirate | publisher = John F. Blair | location = North Carolina | year = 2002 | orig-year = 1974 | isbn = 0-89587-032-0 | pages=120–124}}</ref>
*[[1837]] &ndash; Canadian journalist and politician [[William Lyon Mackenzie]] calls for a [[Upper Canada Rebellion|rebellion]] against the United Kingdom in his essay "To the People of [[Upper Canada]]", published in his newspaper ''The Constitution''.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Champlain Society|author2=Ontario Heritage Foundation|title=Rebellion of 1837 in Upper Canada|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K6H6vqtEof8C&pg=PA104|year=1985|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press – MQUP|isbn=978-0-88629-026-9|page=104}}</ref>
*[[1855]] &ndash; In [[Birmingham]], England, [[Albert, Prince Consort]] lays the foundation stone of the [[Birmingham and Midland Institute]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rct.uk/group/421/content/collections/royal-archives/prince-alberts-official-papers/the-laying-of-the-2|title=Prince Albert's Official Papers |date=22 November 1855|website=Royal Collection Trust|access-date=3 August 2022}}</ref> 
*[[1869]] &ndash; In [[Dumbarton]], Scotland, the [[clipper]] ''[[Cutty Sark]]'' is launched.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/behind-the-scenes/blog/cutty-sark-149-years-history|title=Cutty Sark – 149 years of history|date=20 November 2018|website=Royal Museums Greenwich|access-date=28 October 2020}}</ref> 
*[[1873]] &ndash; The French steamer [[SS Ville du Havre|SS ''Ville du Havre'']] sinks in 12 minutes after colliding with the Scottish iron clipper ''[[Loch Line|Loch Earn]]'' in the Atlantic, with a loss of 226 lives.<ref>{{cite book|last=Flayhart|first=William H.|title=Disaster at Sea: Shipwrecks, Storms, and Collisions on the Atlantic|location=New York|publisher=W.W. Norton & Co.|date=2003|isbn=9780393326512|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AGLeVdGbA5wC|pages=63–68}}</ref>