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===1601β1900=== *[[1783]] – In [[Calabria]], a [[1783 Calabrian earthquakes|sequence of strong earthquakes]] begins.<ref name ="Maramai">{{cite journal|title=A revision of the 1783β1784 Calabrian (southern Italy) tsunamis|url=http://www.earth-prints.org/bitstream/2122/2668/1/1496.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718174657/http://www.earth-prints.org/bitstream/2122/2668/1/1496.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-18 |url-status=live|last1=Maramai|first1=A.|last2=Graziani|first2=L.|last3=Tinti|first3=S.|year=2006|journal=Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.|volume=6|issue=6|pages=1053β1060|doi=10.5194/nhess-6-1053-2006|bibcode=2006NHESS...6.1053G|doi-access=free}}</ref> *[[1810]] – [[Peninsular War]]: [[Siege of CΓ‘diz]] begins.{{sfn|Fremont-Barnes|2002|pp=12-13}} *[[1818]] – [[Charles XIV John|Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte]] ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.{{sfn|Bain|1911|p=932}} *[[1852]] – The New [[Hermitage Museum]] in [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia, one of the largest and oldest museums in the world, opens to the public.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 17, 2020 |title=On This Day in 1852 the Hermitage Opened |language=en |work=The Moscow Times |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/02/17/on-this-day-the-hermitage-opened-a69308 |access-date=October 21, 2021}}</ref> *[[1859]] – [[Alexandru Ioan Cuza]], Prince of [[Moldavia]], is also elected as prince of [[Wallachia]], joining the two principalities as a [[personal union]] called the [[United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia|United Principalities]], an autonomous region within the [[Ottoman Empire]], which ushered in the birth of the modern [[Romania]]n state.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.wdl.org/en/item/7314/view/1/69/ |title=The Roumanian Question: The Roumanians and their Lands |last=Stoica |first=Vasile |publisher=Pittsburgh Printing Company |year=1919 |pages=69 |via=[[World Digital Library]]}}</ref> *[[1869]] – The largest [[Alluvium|alluvial]] [[gold]] nugget in history, called the "[[Welcome Stranger]]", is found in [[Moliagul]], Victoria, Australia.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-47041314 |title=Welcome Stranger: World's largest gold nugget remembered |work=[[BBC]] |last=O'Shea |first=Johnny |date=5 February 2019 |access-date=6 November 2021}}</ref> *[[1885]] – King [[Leopold II of Belgium]] establishes the [[Congo Free State|Congo]] as a personal possession.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/23/belgium-begins-to-face-brutal-colonial-legacy-of-leopold-ii |title=Belgium begins to face brutal colonial legacy of Leopold II |work=[[The Guardian]] |last=Boffey |first=Daniel |date=23 November 2019 |access-date=6 November 2021}}</ref>
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