Editing October 29 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1611]] &ndash; [[Shuysky Tribute|Russian homage]] to the King of Poland, [[Sigismund III Vasa]].
*[[1621]] &ndash; [[The London Pageant of 1621]] celebrates the inauguration of [[Edward Barkham (Lord Mayor)]].<ref>{{cite book |first1=Tracey |last1=Hill |title=Pageantry and Power: A Cultural History of the Early Modern Lord Mayor's Show, 1585–1639 |publisher=Manchester University Press |date=2017 |page=312 |isbn=9781526130259}}</ref>
*[[1658]] &ndash; [[Second Northern War]]: Naval forces of the [[Dutch Republic]] defeat the Swedes in the [[Battle of the Sound]].
*[[1665]] &ndash; Portuguese forces [[Battle of Ambuila|defeat]] the [[Kingdom of Kongo]] and decapitate King [[António I of Kongo]], also known as Nvita a Nkanga.
*[[1675]] &ndash; [[Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz|Leibniz]] makes the first use of the [[long s]] (∫) as a symbol of the [[integral]] in [[calculus]].
*[[1792]] &ndash; [[Mount Hood]] ([[Oregon]]) is named after [[Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood]] by Lt. William E. Broughton who sighted the mountain near the mouth of the [[Willamette River]].
*[[1863]] &ndash; Eighteen countries meet in [[Geneva]] and agree to form the [[International Committee of the Red Cross|International Red Cross]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Durand |first1=André |title=The International Committee of the Red Cross |journal=International Review of the Red Cross |date=April 1981 |volume=21 |issue=221 |pages=59–75 |doi=10.1017/S0020860400086095}}</ref>
*  1863   &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Wauhatchie]]: Forces under [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] General [[Ulysses S. Grant]] repel a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] attack led by General [[James Longstreet]] in one of the few night battles of the war, protecting the Union's recently opened [[Military supply-chain management|supply line]] into [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Battle Detail Wauhatchie|url=https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battles-detail.htm?battleCode=tn021|publisher=National Park Service|website=NPS.gov|access-date=October 29, 2024}}</ref>
*[[1888]] &ndash; The [[Convention of Constantinople]] is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the [[Suez Canal]] during war and peace.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sabel |first1=Robbie |editor1-last=Lutmar |editor1-first=C. |editor2-last=Rubinovitz |editor2-first=Z. |title=The Suez Canal: Past Lessons and Future Challenges |date=2022 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=Cham, Switzerland |isbn=9783031156700 |page=137 |chapter=International Law and Freedom of Navigation Through the Suez Canal}}</ref>