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===1601–1900===
*[[1627]] &ndash; The [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Navy]] has its greatest and last naval victory in the [[Battle of Oliwa]].
*[[1660]] &ndash; At [[Gresham College]], twelve men, including [[Christopher Wren]], [[Robert Boyle]], [[John Wilkins]], and Sir [[Robert Moray]] decide to found what is later known as the [[Royal Society]].
*[[1666]] &ndash; At least 3,000 men of the [[Royal Scots Army]] led by [[Tam Dalyell of the Binns]] defeat about 900 [[Covenanter]] insurgents led by [[James Wallace of Auchens]] in the [[Battle of Rullion Green]].
*[[1785]] &ndash; The first [[Treaty of Hopewell]] is signed, by which the United States acknowledges [[Cherokee]] lands in what is now [[East Tennessee]].
*[[1798]] &ndash; Trade between the United States and modern-day Uruguay begins when [[John Leamy (merchant)|John Leamy]]'s frigate ''John'' arrives in [[Montevideo]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Chandler|first=Charles L.|date=June 1953|title=Catholic Merchants of Early Philadelphia|journal=Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia|volume=64|issue=2|pages=94–103|jstor=44210305}}</ref>
*[[1811]] &ndash; [[Beethoven]]'s [[Piano Concerto No. 5 (Beethoven)|Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73]], premieres at the [[Gewandhaus]] in [[Leipzig]].
*[[1814]] &ndash; ''[[The Times]]'' of London becomes the first newspaper to be produced on a steam-powered [[printing press]], built by the German team of [[Koenig & Bauer]].
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[Public holidays in Panama|Panama Independence Day]]: Panama separates from Spain and joins [[Gran Colombia]].
*[[1843]] &ndash; [[Kingdom of Hawaii#Anglo-Franco Proclamation|Ka Lā Hui (Hawaiian Independence Day)]]: The [[Kingdom of Hawaii]] is officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Confederate States of America]] accept a rival state government's [[Missouri secession|pronouncement]] that declares [[Missouri in the American Civil War|Missouri]] to be the 12th state of the Confederacy.
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: In the [[Battle of Cane Hill]], [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] troops under General [[James G. Blunt]] defeat General [[John Marmaduke]]'s Confederates.
*  1862   &ndash; [[Notts County F.C.]] is founded in [[Nottingham]], England, making it the oldest professional [[Association football]] club in the world.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.footballhistory.org/club/notts-county.html | title=Notts County FC history and facts }}</ref>
*[[1885]] &ndash; Bulgarian victory in the [[Serbo-Bulgarian War]] preserves the [[Unification of Bulgaria]].
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Women's suffrage in New Zealand]] concludes with the [[1893 New Zealand general election]].
*[[1895]] &ndash; The [[Chicago Times-Herald race|first American automobile race]] takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago's [[Jackson Park (Chicago)|Jackson Park]] to [[Evanston, Illinois]]. [[Frank Duryea]] wins in approximately 10 hours.
*[[1899]] &ndash; The [[Second Boer War]]: A British column is engaged by [[Boer]] forces at the [[Battle of Modder River]]; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.