Editing October 11 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1614]] &ndash; The [[New Netherland Company]] applies to the [[States General of the Netherlands]] for exclusive trading rights [[New Netherland|in what is now the northeastern United States]].
*[[1634]] &ndash; The [[Burchardi flood]] kills around 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
*[[1649]] &ndash; Cromwell's New Model Army [[Sack of Wexford|sacks Wexford]], killing over 2,000 Irish Confederate troops and 1,500 civilians.
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[American Revolution]]: A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain [[Battle of Valcour Island|is defeated]] by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.
*[[1797]] &ndash; The Royal Navy [[Battle of Camperdown|decisively defeats]] the Batavian Navy at Camperdown during the French Revolutionary Wars.
*[[1811]] &ndash; The ''[[John Stevens (inventor, born 1749)|Juliana]]'' begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry in New York harbor.
*[[1840]] &ndash; The Maronite leader [[Bashir Shihab II]] surrenders to the [[Ottoman Empire]] and later is sent to Malta in exile.
*[[1852]] &ndash; The [[University of Sydney]], Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: Confederate troops conduct a [[raid on Chambersburg]], Pennsylvania.
*[[1865]] &ndash; Hundreds of black men and women march in Jamaica, starting the [[Morant Bay rebellion]].
*[[1890]] &ndash; In Washington, D.C., the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]] is founded.
*[[1899]] &ndash; The [[Second Boer War]] erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.