Editing October 23 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1641]] &ndash; [[Irish Catholics|Irish Catholic]] gentry from [[Ulster]] attempt to [[Irish Rebellion of 1641|seize control]] of [[Dublin Castle]], the seat of [[English rule in Ireland]], so as to force concessions.
*[[1642]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Edgehill]] is the first major battle of the [[English Civil War]].
*[[1666]] &ndash; The most intense tornado on record in English history, an F4 storm on the [[Fujita scale]] or T8 on the [[TORRO scale]], strikes the county of [[Lincolnshire]], with winds of more than {{convert|213|mph}}.<ref>[https://www.torro.org.uk/research/tornadoes/extremes "British and European Extremes"], The Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (TORRO)</ref>
*[[1707]] &ndash; The [[First Parliament of Great Britain|First Parliament]] of the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] convenes.
*[[1798]] &ndash; The forces of [[Ali Pasha of Janina]] defeat the [[First French Republic|French]] and capture the town of [[Preveza]] in the [[Battle of Nicopolis (1798)|Battle of Nicopolis]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Curlin | first = James S. | chapter = «Remember the Moment when Previsa fell»: The 1798 Battle of Nicopolis and Preveza | pages = 265–296 | title = Preveza B. Proceedings of the Second International Symposium for the History and Culture of Preveza (16–20 September 2009) | volume = I | location = Preveza | year = 2010 | publisher = University of Ioannina, Municipality of Preveza, Actia Nicopolis Foundation | isbn = 978-960-99475-1-0}}</ref>
*[[1812]] &ndash; General [[Claude François de Malet]] [[Malet coup of 1812|begins a conspiracy]] to overthrow [[Napoleon]], claiming that the Emperor died in the [[French invasion of Russia|Russian campaign]].
*[[1850]] &ndash; The first [[National Women's Rights Convention]] begins in [[Worcester, Massachusetts]].
*[[1856]] &ndash; [[Second Opium War]]: Dissatisfied with imperial commissioner [[Ye Mingchen]]'s reparations for the alleged slighting of a British-owned vessel and at Consul [[Harry Parkes (diplomat)|Harry Parkes's]] urging, [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] Rear-Admiral [[Michael Seymour (Royal Navy officer, born 1802)|Michael Seymour]] launches [[Battle of Canton (1856)|an assault on the Barrier Forts outside Canton]] in the first military engagement of the [[Second Opium War]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wong |first=J. Y. |title=Deadly Dreams: Opium, Imperialism, and the Arrow War (1856–1860) in China |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |year=1998 |isbn=0521552559 |pages=89–91 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Battle of Westport]] is the last significant engagement west of the [[Mississippi River]], ending in a [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] victory.
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Meiji Restoration]]: Having taken the [[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate's]] seat of power at [[Edo (Tokyo)|Edo]] and declared it his new capital as [[Tokyo]], [[Emperor Meiji|Mutsuhito]] proclaims the start of the new [[Meiji era]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meiji period |url=https://www.japanpitt.pitt.edu/glossary/meiji-period |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023173018/https://www.japanpitt.pitt.edu/glossary/meiji-period |archive-date=23 October 2023 |access-date=23 October 2023 |website=Japan — Places, Images, Times & Transformation}}</ref>