Editing September 26 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1687]] &ndash; [[Morean War]]: The [[Parthenon]] in Athens, used as a gunpowder depot by the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] garrison, is partially destroyed after being bombarded during the [[Siege of the Acropolis (1687)|Siege of the Acropolis]] by [[Republic of Venice|Venetian]] forces.
*[[1688]] &ndash; The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the [[Glorious Revolution]].
*[[1777]] &ndash; American Revolution: British troops [[Philadelphia campaign|occupy]] Philadelphia.
*[[1789]] &ndash; [[George Washington]] appoints [[Thomas Jefferson]] the first [[United States Secretary of State]].<ref>{{cite book|author=George Washington|title=The Writings of George Washington: Part fifth: comprising speeches and messages to Congress, proclamations, and addresses|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vOip62Ta_WgC&pg=PA432|year=1837|publisher=American Stationers' Company, John B. Russell|pages=432}}</ref>
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[War of the 2nd Coalition]]: French troops [[Second Battle of Zurich|defeat]] Austro-Russian forces, leading to the collapse of Suvorov's campaign.<ref>{{cite book|title=The United Service|url=https://archive.org/details/unitedservice07unkngoog|year=1904|publisher=L.R. Hamersly & Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/unitedservice07unkngoog/page/n8 685]}}</ref> 
*[[1810]] &ndash; A new [[Swedish Act of Succession|Act of Succession]] is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates, and [[Jean Baptiste Bernadotte]] becomes heir to the Swedish throne.<ref>{{cite book|author=William Rae Wilson|title=Travels in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Hanover, Germany, Netherlands, &c|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6eZdYl28maMC&pg=RA1-PA5|year=1826|publisher=Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green|pages=1}}</ref>