Editing September 11 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1609]] &ndash; [[Henry Hudson]] arrives on [[Manhattan Island]] and meets the indigenous people living there.
*[[1649]] &ndash; [[Siege of Drogheda]] ends: [[Oliver Cromwell]]'s [[Roundhead|Parliamentarian]] troops take the town and execute its garrison.<ref>{{cite book|author1=James Stuart Olson|author2=Robert Shadle|title=Historical Dictionary of the British Empire|publisher=Greenwood Press|year=1996|page=383}}</ref>
*[[1683]] &ndash; Coalition forces, including the famous [[winged Hussars]], led by Polish King [[John III Sobieski]] lift the siege laid by Ottoman forces ahead of the [[Battle of Vienna]].
*[[1697]] &ndash; [[Battle of Zenta]]: a major engagement in the [[Great Turkish War]] (1683–1699) and one of the most decisive defeats in [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] history.<ref>{{cite book|author1=C. Curtiss Johnson|author2=Trevor Nevitt Dupuy|title=Analysis of Factors that Have Influenced Outcomes of Battles and Wars: A Data Base of Battles and Engagements : Final Report|publisher=Historical Evaluation and Research Organization, Division of T.N. Dupuy Associates|year=1983|page=105}}</ref>
*[[1708]] &ndash; [[Charles XII of Sweden]] stops his march to conquer Moscow outside [[Smolensk]], marking the turning point in the [[Great Northern War]]. The army is defeated nine months later in the [[Battle of Poltava]], and the [[Swedish Empire]] ceases to be a [[major power]].
*[[1709]] &ndash; [[Battle of Malplaquet]]: Great Britain, Netherlands, and Austria fight against France.
*[[1714]] &ndash; [[Siege of Barcelona (1713–14)|Siege of Barcelona]]: [[Barcelona]], capital city of the [[Principality of Catalonia]], surrenders to Spanish and French [[Philip V of Spain|Bourbon]] armies in the [[War of the Spanish Succession]].
*[[1758]] &ndash; [[Battle of Saint Cast]]: France repels British invasion during the [[Seven Years' War]].
*[[1775]] &ndash; [[Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec]] leaves [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]].
*[[1776]] &ndash; British–American [[Staten Island Peace Conference|peace conference]] on [[Staten Island]] fails to stop nascent [[American Revolutionary War]].
*[[1777]] &ndash; American Revolutionary War: [[Battle of Brandywine]]: The British celebrate a major victory in [[Chester County, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{Cite book|title = Brandywine: A Military History of the Battle that Lost Philadelphia but Saved America, September 11, 1777|last = Harris|first = Michael|publisher = Savas Beatiuùuù hie|year = 2014|isbn = 978-1-61121-162-7|location = El Dorado Hills, CA|page = 55}}</ref>
*[[1780]] &ndash; American Revolutionary War: [[Sugarloaf massacre]]: A small detachment of militia from [[Northampton County, Pennsylvania]], are attacked by Native Americans and [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalists]] near [[Little Nescopeck Creek]].
*[[1786]] &ndash; The beginning of the [[Annapolis Convention (1786)|Annapolis Convention]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Schechter | first = Stephen | title = The Reluctant pillar: New York and the adoption of the federal Constitution | publisher = Russell Sage College | location = Troy, NY | year = 1985 | isbn = 9780930309008 | page=35}}</ref>
*[[1789]] &ndash; [[Alexander Hamilton]] is appointed the first [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]].
*[[1792]] &ndash; The [[Hope Diamond]] is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house where they are stored.
*[[1800]] &ndash; The Maltese [[National Congress Battalions]] are disbanded by British [[List of Civil Commissioners of Malta|Civil Commissioner]] [[Alexander Ball]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Milanes | first = Victor | title = The British colonial experience, 1800–1964: the impact on Maltese society | publisher = Mireva Publications | location = Msida, Malta | year = 1988 | isbn = 9781870579018 | page=12}}</ref>
*[[1802]] &ndash; France annexes the [[Kingdom of Sardinia|Kingdom of Piedmont]].
*[[1803]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Delhi (1803)|Battle of Delhi]], during the [[Second Anglo-Maratha War]], between British troops under [[Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake|General Lake]], and [[Maratha]]s of [[Scindia]]'s army under General Louis Bourquin ends in a British victory.<ref>{{cite book | last=Capper | first=John | title=Delhi, the Capital of India | publisher=Asian Educational Services | year=1997 | isbn=978-81-206-1282-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aqqBPS1TDUgC&pg=PA28| page=28}}</ref>
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]]: British troops arrive in [[Mount Vernon]] and prepare to march to and invade [[Washington, D.C.]]
*[[1814]] &ndash; War of 1812: The climax of the [[Battle of Plattsburgh]], a major United States victory in the war.
*[[1826]] &ndash; [[William Morgan (anti-Mason)|Captain William Morgan]], an ex-[[freemason]] is arrested in [[Batavia, New York]] for debt after declaring that he would publish [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18136/18136-h/18136-h.htm The Mysteries of Free Masonry], a book against [[Freemasonry]]. This sets into motion the events that led to his [[William Morgan (anti-Mason)#Disappearance|mysterious disappearance]].
*[[1829]] &ndash; An expedition led by [[Isidro Barradas]] at [[Tampico]], sent by the Spanish crown to retake Mexico, surrenders at the [[Battle of Tampico (1829)|Battle of Tampico]], marking the effective end of Spain's resistance to Mexico's campaign for independence.
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[Anti-Masonic Party]] convention; one of the first American political party conventions.
*[[1836]] &ndash; The [[Riograndense Republic]] is proclaimed by rebels after defeating [[Empire of Brazil]]'s troops in the Battle of Seival, during the [[Ragamuffin War]].
*[[1851]] &ndash; [[Christiana Resistance]]: Escaped slaves led by [[William Parker (abolitionist)|William Parker]] fight off and kill a slave owner who, with a federal marshal and an armed party, sought to seize three of his former slaves in [[Christiana, Pennsylvania]], thereby creating a cause célèbre between slavery proponents and abolitionists.
*[[1852]] &ndash; Outbreak of [[Revolution of 11 September 1852|Revolution of September 11]] resulting in the [[State of Buenos Aires]] declaring independence as a Republic.
*[[1857]] &ndash; The [[Mountain Meadows massacre]]: [[Mormon]] settlers and [[Southern Paiute|Paiute]]s massacre 120 pioneers at [[Mountain Meadows, Utah]].
*[[1881]] &ndash; In the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] state of [[Canton of Glarus|Glarus]], a [[Rockslide of Elm|rockslide]] buries parts of the village of [[Elm, Switzerland|Elm]], destroying 83 buildings and killing 115 people.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Robin Chowdhury|author2=Phil Flentje|author3=Gautam Bhattacharya|title=Geotechnical Slope Analysis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JYHVZRcjEPUC&pg=PA305|year= 2009|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-0-203-86420-3|page=305}}</ref>
*[[1897]] &ndash; After months of pursuit, generals of [[Menelik II of Ethiopia]] capture [[Gaki Sherocho]], the last king of the [[Kingdom of Kaffa|Kaffa]].