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===1601–1900=== *[[1607]] – ''[[L'Orfeo]]'' by [[Claudio Monteverdi]], one of the first works recognized as an [[opera]], receives its première performance.<ref>{{cite book|last=Calcagno|first=Mauro|title=From Madrigal to Opera: Monteverdi's Staging of the Self|location=Berkeley, Calif.|publisher=University of Californmia Press|date=2012|isbn=9780520951525|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jIc0uvCGOEsC|pages=16, 20|access-date=2021-02-24|archive-date=2022-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224154053/https://books.google.com/books?id=jIc0uvCGOEsC|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1711]] – ''[[Rinaldo (opera)|Rinaldo]]'' by [[George Frideric Handel]], the first Italian [[opera]] written for the London stage, is premièred.<ref>{{cite book|title= Handel's operas: 1704–1726|last= Dean|first= Winton|author2= Knapp, J Merrill|author-link2= J. Merrill Knapp|year= 1995|publisher= Oxford University Press|location= Oxford|isbn= 9780198164418|url-access= registration|url= https://archive.org/details/handelsoperas1700000dean|pages=182–183}}</ref> *[[1739]] – [[Battle of Karnal]]: The army of [[History of Iran#Before the First World War|Iranian]] ruler [[Nader Shah]] defeats the forces of the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] emperor of [[History of India#The Mughal era|India]], [[Muhammad Shah]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Watts|first=Tim J.|chapter=Delhi, Sack of|title=Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia|editor-last=Mikaberidze|editor-first=Alexander|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2011|isbn=9781598843361|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jBBYD2J2oE4C|pages=271–272|access-date=2021-02-24|archive-date=2021-04-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411204001/https://books.google.com/books?id=jBBYD2J2oE4C|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1803]] – In ''[[Marbury v. Madison]]'', the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] establishes the principle of [[judicial review]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Nowak|first1=John E.|last2=Rotunda|first2=Ronald D.|title=Constitutional Law|location=St. Paul, Minn.|publisher=Thomson/West|date=2004|isbn=9780314144522|pages=1–3}}</ref> *[[1809]] – London's [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane|Drury Lane Theatre]] burns to the ground, leaving its owner, Irish writer and politician [[Richard Brinsley Sheridan]], destitute.<ref>{{cite book|author1=James Fullarton Arnott|author2=James F. Arnott|author3=John William Robinson|title=English Theatrical Literature, 1559-1900: A Bibliography; Incorporating Robert W. Lowe's 'A Bibliographical Account of English Theatrical Literature' Published in 1888|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a6YLAQAAIAAJ|year=1970|publisher=Society for Theatre Research|isbn=978-0-85430-000-6|page=135|access-date=2021-02-23|archive-date=2022-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224154052/https://books.google.com/books?id=a6YLAQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> *1809 – [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Britain]] [[Invasion of Martinique (1809)|invades]] and captures the [[French colonial empire|French]] colony of [[Martinique]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=James |first1=William |title=The naval history of Great Britain during the French revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Vol. 5: 1808 – 1811 |last2=Lambert |first2=Andrew |date=2002 |publisher=Conway Maritime Press |isbn=978-0-85177-909-6 |edition=[Nachdr. der Ausg.] London 1837 |volume=5 |location=London |pages=209}}</ref> *[[1812]] – [[Treaty of Paris (24 February 1812)|Treaty of Paris]] between [[Napoleon]] and [[Frederick William III of Prussia]] against Russia is signed.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rowe |first=Michael |title=The Oxford handbook of the history of nationalism |date=7 March 2013 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=978-0-19-920919-4 |editor-last=Breuilly |editor-first=John |pages=140}}</ref> *[[1813]] – [[Sinking of HMS Peacock]] by [[USS Hornet (1805)|USS Hornet]] on the [[Demerara River]], [[Guyana]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Roosevelt |first=Theodore |title=The Naval War of 1812 |date=1999-05-04 |publisher=[[Modern Library]] |isbn=978-0-375-75419-7 |edition=Reprint |series=Modern Library war |location=New York |pages=94–95}}</ref> *[[1821]] – Final stage of the [[Mexican War of Independence]] from [[Spanish Empire|Spain]] with [[Plan of Iguala]]. *[[1822]] – The first [[Swaminarayan temple]] in the world, [[Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad]], is inaugurated. *[[1826]] – The signing of the [[Treaty of Yandabo]] marks the end of the [[First Anglo-Burmese War]]. *[[1831]] – The [[Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek]], the first removal treaty in accordance with the [[Indian Removal Act]], is proclaimed.<ref>{{cite book|author=United States. Department of Justice|title=Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States: Advising the President and Heads of Departments in Relation to Their Official Duties|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CicrAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA452|year=1852|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=452|access-date=2021-02-23|archive-date=2022-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224154053/https://books.google.com/books?id=CicrAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA452|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Choctaw]]s in [[Mississippi]] cede land east of the river in exchange for payment and land in the West. *[[1848]] – [[List of French monarchs|King]] [[Louis-Philippe of France]] abdicates the throne.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Sir Adolphus William Ward|author2=George Walter Prothero|author3=Sir Stanley Mordaunt Leathes|title=The Cambridge Modern History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jbc8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA101|year=1934|publisher=CUP Archive|pages=101|access-date=2021-02-24|archive-date=2022-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224154059/https://books.google.com/books?id=Jbc8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA101|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1854]] – A [[Penny Red]] with perforations becomes the first perforated [[postage stamp]] to be officially issued for distribution.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Post, and Postal Service |volume= 22 |last= Ingram |first= Thomas Allan | pages = 176–196 see page 191 |quote= English Issues....Line-engraved Stamps....One Penny Stamp....Third issue, February 1854: small crown watermark... }}</ref> *[[1863]] – [[Arizona]] is organized as a [[United States territory]]. *[[1868]] – [[Andrew Johnson]] becomes the first [[President of the United States]] to be [[Impeachment of Andrew Johnson|impeached]] by the [[United States House of Representatives]]. He is later acquitted in the [[United States Senate|Senate]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Floyd Millard Riddick|title=Procedure and Guidelines for Impeachment Trials in the United States Senate|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CZAzg2Ivkk4C&pg=PA3|year=1974|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=3|access-date=2021-02-24|archive-date=2022-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224154103/https://books.google.com/books?id=CZAzg2Ivkk4C&pg=PA3|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1875]] – The {{SS|Gothenburg}} hits the [[Great Barrier Reef]] and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Great Barrier Reef: A Guide to the Reef, Its Islands, and Resorts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KK4QAQAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Glenmede|isbn=978-0-7316-5785-8|page=20|access-date=2021-02-24|archive-date=2022-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224154104/https://books.google.com/books?id=KK4QAQAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1876]] – The stage première of ''[[Peer Gynt]]'', a play by [[Henrik Ibsen]] with incidental music by [[Edvard Grieg]], takes place in Christiania (Oslo), Norway.<ref>{{cite book|author=Edvard Grieg|title=Peer Gynt: suites nos. 1 and 2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oCbnKHiV-wEC&pg=PP4|date=1 January 1997|publisher=Courier Corporation|isbn=978-0-486-29582-4|pages=4|access-date=24 February 2021|archive-date=24 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224154100/https://books.google.com/books?id=oCbnKHiV-wEC&pg=PP4|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1881]] – [[Qing dynasty|China]] and [[Russian Empire|Russia]] sign the [[Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1881)|Sino-Russian Ili Treaty]]. *[[1895]] – [[Revolution]] breaks out in Baire, a town near [[Santiago de Cuba]], beginning the [[Cuban War of Independence]]; the war ends along with the [[Spanish–American War]] in 1898.<ref>{{cite book|author=Jan Knippers Black|title=Area Handbook for Cuba|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FH1EAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA37|year=1976|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=37|access-date=2021-02-24|archive-date=2022-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224154058/https://books.google.com/books?id=FH1EAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA37|url-status=live}}</ref>
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