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===1601–1900=== *[[1645]] – Archbishop [[William Laud]] is beheaded for treason at the [[Tower of London]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Cicely Veronica |last=Wedgwood |title=The King's War, 1641-1647 |place=London |publisher=Collins |date=1958 |pages=376–378}}</ref> *[[1776]] – American Revolution: [[Thomas Paine]] publishes his pamphlet ''[[Common Sense (pamphlet)|Common Sense]]''.<ref>{{cite book |author=Steven Blakemore |title=Literature, Intertextuality, and the American Revolution: From Common Sense to Rip Van Winkle |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5UeSBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1 |date=31 August 2012 |publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson |isbn=978-1-61147-573-9 |pages=1}}</ref> *[[1791]] – The [[Siege of Dunlap's Station]] begins near [[Cincinnati]] during the [[Northwest Indian War]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Harvey L. Carter |title=The Life and Times of Little Turtle: First Sagamore of the Wabash |url=https://archive.org/details/lifetimesoflittl0000cart |url-access=registration |year=1987 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=978-0-252-01318-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/lifetimesoflittl0000cart/page/109 109]}}</ref> *[[1812]] – The [[New Orleans (steamboat)|first steamboat]] on the [[Ohio River]] or the [[Mississippi River]] arrives in [[New Orleans]], 82 days after departing from [[Pittsburgh]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Laws and General Ordinances of the City of New Orleans: Together with the Acts of the Legislature, Decisions of the Supreme Court, and Constitutional Provisions Relating to the City Government |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xitPAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA19 |year=1870 |publisher=Simmons & Company, printers |pages=19}}</ref> *[[1861]] – [[American Civil War]]: [[Florida]] becomes the third state to secede from the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Weitz |first1=Seth A. |last2=Sheppard |first2=Jonathan C. |title=A Forgotten Front: Florida During the Civil War Era |location=Tuscaloosa, Ala. |publisher=The University of Alabama Press |date=2018 |isbn=978-0-8173-1982-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Is9ZDwAAQBAJ |page=4}}</ref> *[[1863]] – The [[Metropolitan Railway]], the world's oldest underground railway, opens between [[Paddington tube station (Circle and Hammersmith & City lines)|Paddington]] and [[Farringdon station|Farringdon]], marking the beginning of the [[London Underground]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Norton |first=Graham |title=Victorian London: How to Find Your Way Round the Growing Metropolis of Queen Victoria's Reign |location=London |publisher=Macdonald |date=1969 |oclc=1008524765 |page=73}}</ref> *[[1870]] – [[John D. Rockefeller]] incorporates [[Standard Oil]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Chernow |first=Ron |title=Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. |location=New York |publisher=Vintage Books |date=2004 |isbn=978-1-4000-7730-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mleb5acWQF4C |page=132}}</ref> *[[1876]] – The [[Plan of Tuxtepec]] is announced.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pesquera |first=Servicio de Información Agroalimentaria y |title=Plan de Tuxtepec |url=http://www.gob.mx/siap/articulos/plan-de-tuxtepec |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=gob.mx |language=es}}</ref>
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