Editing September 5 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1622]] &ndash; A hurricane overruns a Spanish fleet bound from Havana to Cadiz and sinks the [[Nuestra Señora de Atocha|galleon Atocha]]. Only five men are rescued, but 260 passengers and 200 million pesos are buried with the Atocha under 50 feet of water.<ref>{{cite book|first=Clifton|last=Daniel|title=Chronicle of America|publisher=Chronicle publication|year=1989|page=55|isbn=0-13-133745-9}}</ref> 
*[[1661]] &ndash; Fall of [[Nicolas Fouquet]]: [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]]'s [[Superintendent of Finances]] is arrested in [[Nantes]] by [[Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan|D'Artagnan]], captain of the king's [[musketeer]]s.
*[[1666]] &ndash; [[Great Fire of London]] ends: Ten thousand buildings, including [[Old St Paul's Cathedral]], are destroyed, but only six people are known to have died.
*[[1697]] &ndash; [[War of the Grand Alliance]] : A French warship commanded by Captain [[Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville]] defeated an English squadron at the [[Battle of Hudson's Bay]].
*[[1698]] &ndash; In an effort to Westernize his nobility, [[Tsar]] [[Peter I of Russia]] imposes a tax on beards for all men except the clergy and peasantry.
*[[1725]] &ndash; Wedding of [[Louis XV of France|Louis XV]] and [[Maria Leszczyńska]].
*[[1774]] &ndash; [[First Continental Congress|First]] [[Continental Congress]] assembles in [[Philadelphia]].
*[[1781]] &ndash; [[Battle of the Chesapeake]] in the [[American Revolutionary War]]: The British Navy is repelled by the French Navy, contributing to the [[Siege of Yorktown|British surrender at Yorktown]].
*[[1791]] &ndash; [[Olympe de Gouges]] writes the [[Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen]].
*[[1793]] &ndash; [[French Revolution]]: The [[French National Convention]] initiates the [[Reign of Terror]]. 
*[[1798]] &ndash; [[Conscription]] is made mandatory in France by the [[Jourdan law]]. 
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]]: The [[Siege of Fort Wayne]] begins when Chief [[Winamac]]'s forces attack two soldiers returning from the fort's outhouses.
*[[1816]] &ndash; [[Louis XVIII of France|Louis XVIII]] has to dissolve the [[Chambre introuvable]] ("Unobtainable Chamber").
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Sam Houston]] is elected as the first president of the [[Republic of Texas]].
*[[1839]] &ndash; The United Kingdom declares [[First Opium War|war]] on the [[Qing dynasty]] of China.
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Army of Northern Virginia]] crosses the [[Potomac River]] at [[White's Ford]] in the [[Maryland Campaign]].
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[American Indian Wars]]: [[Oglala Lakota|Oglala Sioux]] [[Tribal chief|chief]] [[Crazy Horse]] is [[bayonet]]ed by a United States soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at [[Fort Robinson]] in [[Nebraska]].
*[[1882]] &ndash; The first United States [[Labor Day]] parade is held in New York City. 
*[[1887]] &ndash; A [[Exeter Theatre Royal fire|fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter]] kills 186, making it the UK's deadliest ever building fire.<ref>{{cite book|title=Theatre Notebook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e543AAAAIAAJ|year=1971|publisher=Society for Theatre Research|page=153}}</ref><ref name=lloyd>{{cite web|title=Theatres in Exeter, Devonshire|url=http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/ExeterTheatres.htm|last=Lloyd|first=Matthew}}</ref><ref name=candle>{{cite book|last=Delderfield|first=Eric R|title=Cavalcade by Candlelight: History of Exeter's Theatres, 1725–1950|year=1950|publisher=ERD Books|isbn=9780900345128}}</ref>