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===1601–1900===
*[[1616]] &ndash; Dutch sea-captain [[Dirk Hartog]] makes the second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at the later-named Dirk Hartog Island off the West Australian coast.
*[[1747]] &ndash; War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral Edward Hawke defeats the French at the [[Second Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)|Second Battle of Cape Finisterre]].
*[[1760]] &ndash; King [[George III of the United Kingdom|George III]] succeeds to the British throne on the death of his grandfather [[George II of Great Britain|George II]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/10046/page/1/data.pdf#view=Fit&toolbar=1|work=The London Gazette|title=Published by authority|issue=10046|date=October 1760}}</ref> 
*[[1809]] &ndash; [[Golden Jubilee of George III]] is celebrated in Britain as he begins the fiftieth year of his reign.<ref>Millidge, Judith. ''Royal Jubilees''. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012. p.11</ref>
*[[1812]] &ndash; War of 1812: The American frigate, {{USS|United States|1797|6}}, commanded by Stephen Decatur, [[USS United States vs HMS Macedonian|captures]] the British frigate {{HMS|Macedonian}}.
*[[1822]] &ndash; Greek War of Independence: The [[First Siege of Missolonghi]] begins.
*[[1854]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Balaclava]] takes place during the Crimean War. It is soon memorialized in verse as ''[[The Charge of the Light Brigade (poem)|The Charge of the Light Brigade]]''.
*[[1861]] &ndash; The [[Toronto Stock Exchange]] is created.
*[[1868]] &ndash; The [[Uspenski Cathedral]], designed by [[Aleksey Gornostayev]], is inaugurated in [[Helsinki, Finland]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Katedraalin historia |url=https://www.hos.fi/kirkot-ja-pyhakot/katedraalin-historia/ |website=Helsingin Ortodoksinen Seurakunta |access-date=25 October 2021 |language=fi}}</ref>
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]]’s [[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)|Piano Concerto No. 1 in B♭ minor, Op. 23]] premieres in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], with [[Benjamin Johnson Lang]] as conductor and [[Hans von Bülow]] as soloist.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Steinberg |first=Michael |date=1976–1979 |title=Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Opus 23 |url=https://www.bso.org/works/piano-concerto-no-1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231025025733/https://www.bso.org/works/piano-concerto-no-1 |archive-date=25 October 2023 |access-date=24 October 2023 |website=Boston Symphony Orchestra}}</ref>