Editing October 24 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1641]] &ndash; [[Felim O'Neill of Kinard]], the leader of the [[Irish Rebellion of 1641|Irish Rebellion]], issues his [[Proclamation of Dungannon]], justifying the uprising and declaring continued loyalty to King [[Charles I of England]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Sir John Thomas Gilbert|title=A Contemporary History of Affairs in Ireland, from 1641 to 1652|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mSkdAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA362|year=1879|publisher=For the Irish archaeological and Celtic society|pages=2|access-date=2020-01-17|archive-date=2020-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807014733/https://books.google.com/books?id=mSkdAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA362|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1648]] &ndash; The [[Peace of Westphalia]] is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War.
*[[1795]] &ndash; Poland is [[Third Partition of Poland|completely consumed]] by Russia, Prussia and Austria.
*[[1812]] &ndash; Napoleonic Wars: The [[Battle of Maloyaroslavets]] takes place near Moscow.<ref>{{cite book|author=Gregory Fremont-Barnes|title=The encyclopedia of the French revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars: a political, social, and military history|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U4IRAQAAMAAJ|year= 2006|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-85109-646-6|page=416|access-date=2020-01-17|archive-date=2020-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806035429/https://books.google.com/books?id=U4IRAQAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[Treaty of Gulistan]]: The [[Russo-Persian War (1804–1813)|Russo-Persian War of 1804-1813]] comes to a close with the signing of the [[Treaty of Gulistan]], under which terms [[Qajar Iran]] agrees to cede the bulk of its Caucasian territories, which comprise much of modern [[Dagestan]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Armenia]], and [[Azerbaijan]], to the [[Russian Empire]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=Russia at War: From the Mongol Conquest to Afghanistan, Chechnya, and Beyond |publisher=[[ABC-Clio]] |year=2015 |editor-last=Dowling |editor-first=Timothy C. |volume=2 |location=Santa Barbara, CA |pages=728–729 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1851]] &ndash; [[William Lassell]] discovers the moons Umbriel and Ariel orbiting Uranus.
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Sheffield F.C.]], the world's oldest association football club still in operation, is founded in England.
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Convention of Peking]]: The [[Second Opium War]] formally comes to a close, with [[Qing dynasty|Qing China]] ceding [[Kowloon]] in perpetuity to the victorious [[British Empire]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bruce |first=James |date=15 December 1860 |title=Convention of Peace Between Her Majesty and the Emperor of China |pages=270–271 |work=[[Hong Kong Government Gazette]] |url=https://webb-site.com/codocs/ConventionOfPeking.pdf |access-date=24 October 2023}}</ref>
*[[1861]] &ndash; The [[first transcontinental telegraph]] line across the United States is completed.
*[[1871]] &ndash; An estimated 17 to 22 Chinese immigrants are [[Chinese massacre of 1871|lynched]] in Los Angeles, California.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gonzales-Day|first=Ken|title=Lynching in the West, 1850–1935|location=Durham, N.C.|publisher=Duke University Press|date=2006|isbn=9780822337812|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Brtdets-U0kC|pages=80–82}}</ref>
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Shinpūren rebellion]]: Upset at the Westernisation of [[Meiji period|Meiji Japan]] and the abolition of the [[Edo society|Tokugawa feudal hierarchy]], the ''Keishintō'', a group of extremist [[Shinto]] [[shizoku|former samurai]], launch a surprise attack against the Meiji government in [[Kumamoto Prefecture]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rogers |first=John M. |title=New Directions in the Study of Meiji Japan |publisher=[[Brill Publishers]] |year=1997 |isbn=9004107355 |editor-last=Hardacre |editor-first=Helen |location=Leiden, the Netherlands |pages=408–409 |language=en |chapter=Divine Destruction: the Shinpūren Rebellion of 1876 |editor-last2=Kern |editor-first2=Adam L.}}</ref>
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Normanton incident]]: As the British merchant vessel ''Normanton'' sinks off the coast of [[Empire of Japan|Japan]], her European officers appear to commandeer the ship’s lifeboats for themselves, leaving her Asian crew and passengers to die and conjuring significant political outrage in Japan.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Toyoda |first=Tetsuya |title=Modern Japanese Political Thought and International Relations |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]] |year=2018 |isbn=9781786603692 |editor-last=Rösch |editor-first=Felix |location=London|page=46 |language=en |chapter=Japan’s Early Challenge to Eurocentrism and the World Court |editor-last2=Watanabe |editor-first2=Atsuko}}</ref>
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Henry Parkes]] delivers the [[Tenterfield Oration]], effectively starting the federation process in Australia.<ref>{{cite book|author=Helen Irving|title=The Centenary Companion to Australian Federation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AbFbCyp0isMC&pg=PA429|year= 1999|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-57314-6|page=429|access-date=17 January 2020|archive-date=18 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818214951/https://books.google.com/books?id=AbFbCyp0isMC&pg=PA429|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[First Sino-Japanese War]]: [[Battle of Jiuliancheng]]: Under the command of General [[Yamagata Aritomo]], the [[Imperial Japanese Army]] covertly crosses the [[Yalu River]] into [[Qing dynasty|Qing]] territory and launches an assault on the fortifications at [[Hushan Great Wall|Hushan]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Paine |first=S. C. M. |title=The Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895: Perceptions, Power, and Primacy |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |year=2010 |isbn=9780511550188 |pages=200–201 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; U.S. Government announces plans to buy [[Danish West Indies]] for $7 million.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the 20th Century|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1987|page=20|isbn=0-942191-01-3}}</ref>