Editing October 6 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1683]] &ndash; Immigrant families found [[Germantown, Philadelphia|Germantown, Pennsylvania]] in the first major immigration of [[German Americans|German people to America]].
*[[1762]] &ndash; [[Seven Years' War]]: The British [[Battle of Manila (1762)|capture Manila]] from Spain and occupy it.
*[[1777]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: British forces [[Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery|capture Forts Clinton and Montgomery]] on the Hudson River.
*[[1789]] &ndash; [[French Revolution]]: King [[Louis XVI of France|Louis XVI]] is forced to change his residence from [[Versailles]] to the [[Tuileries Palace]].
*[[1810]] &ndash; A large fire destroys a third of all the buildings in the town of [[Raahe]] in the [[Grand Duchy of Finland]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://edu.raahe.fi/yhdistykset/matkailuoppaat/palokk.html | title = Ookko kuullu | work = Raahen matkailuoppaat ry | access-date = November 19, 2021 | language = fi}}</ref>
*[[1849]] &ndash; The execution of [[the 13 Martyrs of Arad]] after the Hungarian war of independence.
*[[1854]] &ndash; In England the [[Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead]] leads to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.
*[[1884]] &ndash; The [[Naval War College]] of the United States is founded in [[Rhode Island]].
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia]], the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the [[New England Conservatory of Music]].