Editing October 7 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1691]] &ndash; The charter for the [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]] is issued.<ref>{{cite book|author=Eugene Aubrey Stratton|title=Plymouth Colony, Its History & People, 1620–1691|publisher=Ancestry Pub|year=1986|page=137}}</ref>
*[[1763]] &ndash; King George III issues the [[Royal Proclamation of 1763]], closing Indigenous lands in North America north and west of the Alleghenies to white settlements.
*[[1777]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: The Americans defeat British forces under general [[John Burgoyne]] in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the [[Battle of Bemis Heights]], compelling Burgoyne's eventual [[Saratoga campaign#Surrender|surrender]].
*[[1780]] &ndash; American Revolutionary War: American militia defeat [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|royalist]] irregulars led by British major [[Patrick Ferguson]] at the [[Battle of Kings Mountain]] in [[South Carolina in the American Revolution|South Carolina]], often regarded as the turning point in the war's [[Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War|Southern theater]].
*[[1800]] &ndash; French corsair [[Robert Surcouf]], commander of the 18-gun ship ''La Confiance'', captures the British 38-gun ''Kent''.
*[[1826]] &ndash; The [[Granite Railway]] begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.
*[[1828]] &ndash; [[Morea expedition]]: The city of Patras, Greece, is liberated by the French expeditionary force.
*[[1840]] &ndash; [[William II of the Netherlands|Willem II]] becomes King of the Netherlands.
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: A US Navy ship [[Bahia incident|captures]] a Confederate raider in a Brazilian seaport.
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Cornell University]] holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.
*[[1870]] &ndash; Franco-Prussian War: [[Léon Gambetta]] escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon.
*[[1879]] &ndash; Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the [[Dual Alliance (1879)|Dual Alliance]].