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===1601–1900===
*[[1736]] &ndash; The [[Lebanese Council of 1736]] begins, a major turning point in the reform of the [[Maronite Church]]. In the following three days, the assembled Maronite and Latin clergy presided by [[Yusuf ibn Siman as-Simani]] discuss various reforms and elaborate rules and canons.<ref>{{cite book |last1=O’Mahony |first1=Anthony |editor1-last=Angold |editor1-first=Michael |title=The Cambridge History of Christianity  - Volume 5: Eastern Christianity |date=2008 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-81113-2|pages=519–520 |language=en |chapter=Syriac Christianity in the modern Middle East}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Moosa |first1=Matti |title=The Maronites in History |date=2005 |publisher=Gorgias Press |location=New York |isbn=1-59333-182-7|pages=270–272 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1744]] &ndash; War of the Austrian Succession: France and Spain defeat Sardinia at the [[Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo]], but soon have to withdraw from Sardinia anyway.
*[[1791]] &ndash; The first performance of Mozart's opera ''[[The Magic Flute]]'' takes place two months before his death.
*  1791   &ndash; France's [[National Constituent Assembly (France)|National Constituent Assembly]] is dissolved, to be replaced the next day by the [[National Legislative Assembly (France)|National Legislative Assembly]].
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Georges Bizet]]'s opera ''[[Les pêcheurs de perles]]'', premiered in [[Paris]].<ref>{{Almanacco|match=Les pêcheurs de perles}}</ref>
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Thomas Edison]]'s first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as [[Vulcan Street Plant|Appleton Edison Light Company]]) begins operation.
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Jack the Ripper]] kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.