Editing September 12 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1609]] &ndash; [[Henry Hudson]] begins his exploration of the [[Hudson River]] while aboard the ''[[Halve Maen]]''.
*[[1634]] &ndash; A gunpowder factory [[1634 Valletta explosion|explodes]] in [[Valletta]], Malta, killing 22 people and damaging several buildings.
*[[1683]] &ndash; [[Great Turkish War|Austro-Ottoman War]]: [[Battle of Vienna]]: Several European armies join forces to defeat the [[Ottoman Empire]].
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[Battle of North Point]]: an American detachment halts the British land advance to [[Baltimore]] in the [[War of 1812]].
*[[1847]] &ndash; [[Mexican–American War]]: the [[Battle of Chapultepec]] begins.
*[[1848]] &ndash; A new constitution marks the establishment of [[Switzerland as a federal state]].
*[[1857]] &ndash; The {{SS|Central America}} sinks about 160 miles east of [[Cape Hatteras]], [[North Carolina]], drowning a total of 426 passengers and crew, including Captain [[William Lewis Herndon]]. The ship was carrying 13–15 tons of gold from the [[California gold rush]].
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord]], a world record scoreline in professional Association football.
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Harare|Salisbury]], [[Rhodesia]], is founded.
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Tirah campaign]]: In the [[Battle of Saragarhi]], ten thousand Pashtun tribesmen suffer several hundred casualties while attacking 21 Sikh soldiers in British service.