Editing September 19 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1676]] &ndash; Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during [[Bacon's Rebellion]]. 
*[[1777]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the [[First Battle of Saratoga]].
*[[1778]] &ndash; The [[Continental Congress]] passes the first [[United States federal budget]].
*[[1796]] &ndash; [[George Washington's Farewell Address]] is printed across America as an open letter to the public.
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: French-Dutch victory against the Russians and British in the [[Battle of Bergen (1799)|Battle of Bergen]].
*[[1846]] &ndash; Two French shepherd children, Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud, experience a [[Marian apparition]] on a mountaintop near La Salette, France, now known as [[Our Lady of La Salette]].<ref>{{cite book|author=John WYSE|title=Manual of the confraternity of La Salette|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7KhdAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA59|year=1855|pages=59}}</ref>
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[Annibale de Gasparis]] discovers the asteroid [[20 Massalia|Massalia]] from the north dome of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Journal of Education for Lower Canada|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=57QwiIAz6nQC&pg=PA25|year=1861|publisher=Department of Education|pages=25}}</ref>
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: Union troops under William Rosecrans [[Battle of Iuka|defeat]] a Confederate force commanded by Sterling Price.<ref>{{cite book|author=Francis Samuel Drake|title=Dictionary of American Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gFpKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA375|year=1874|publisher=J.R. Osgood and Company|pages=375|isbn=9780608426914 }}</ref>
*[[1863]] &ndash; American Civil War: The first day of the [[Battle of Chickamauga]], in northwestern Georgia, the bloodiest two-day battle of the conflict, and the only significant Confederate victory in the war's Western Theater.
*[[1864]] &ndash; American Civil War: Union troops under Philip Sheridan [[Third Battle of Winchester|defeat]] a Confederate force commanded by [[Jubal Early]]. With over 50,000 troops engaged, it was the largest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley.
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Glorious Revolution (Spain)|La Gloriosa]] begins in Spain.
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Franco-Prussian War]]: The [[Siege of Paris (1870–71)|siege of Paris]] begins. The city held out for over four months before surrendering.
*[[1893]] &ndash; In New Zealand, the [[Women's suffrage in New Zealand|Electoral Act of 1893]] is consented to by the governor, giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.