Editing October 15 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1651]] &ndash; [[Qing Dynasty|Qing]] forces capture the [[Zhoushan Island|island of Zhoushan]]. [[Zhu Yihai|Zhu Yihai, Prince of Lu]], resident of the island and [[List of emperors of the Ming dynasty#Southern Ming|regent]] of the [[Southern Ming]], flees to [[Kinmen]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Great Enterprise: The Manchu Reconstruction of the Imperial Order in Seventeenth-century China|author=Frederic Wakeman Jr.|year=1986|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=0-520-04804-0|page=771}}</ref>
*[[1781]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Raft Swamp]] marks the last battle fought in North Carolina during the [[American Revolutionary War]] with a Patriot victory.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://amrevnc.com/battle-raft-swamp/ | title=Battle of Raft Swamp &#124; American Revolution Tour of N.C. | date=23 June 2020 }}</ref> It occurred four days before the British surrender at Yorktown. 
*[[1783]] &ndash; The [[Montgolfier brothers]]' hot air balloon makes the first human ascent, piloted by [[Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Army Logistician|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FSI6AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA8-PA25|year=1973|publisher=U.S. Army Logistics Management Center|page=25}}</ref>
*[[1793]] &ndash; Queen [[Marie Antoinette]] of France is tried and convicted of treason.<ref>{{cite book|title=The French Revolution: Voices from a Momentous Epoch, 1789–1795|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2tNnAAAAMAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Simon & Schuster|isbn=978-0-671-69925-3|page=199}}</ref>
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[Napoleon]] begins his exile on Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.<ref>{{cite book|author=David Nicholls|title=Napoleon: A Biographical Companion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PmCdv91zPS0C&pg=PA227|year=1999|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-87436-957-1|pages=227}}</ref>
*[[1864]] &ndash; American Civil War: The Union garrison of Glasgow, Missouri [[Battle of Glasgow, Missouri|surrenders]] to Confederate forces.
*[[1878]] &ndash; The [[Edison Electric Light Company]] begins operation.
*[[1888]] &ndash; The [[From Hell letter|"From Hell" letter]] allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.