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===1601–1900===
*[[1680]] &ndash; [[Trunajaya rebellion]]: [[Amangkurat II]] of Mataram and his bodyguards [[Trunajaya rebellion#Trunajaya's death|execute the rebel leader]] [[Trunajaya]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Pigeaud|first=Theodore Gauthier Thomas|author-link=Theodoor Gautier Thomas Pigeaud|title=Islamic States in Java 1500–1700: Eight Dutch Books and Articles by Dr H.J. de Graaf|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_BVJCAAAQBAJ|date=1976|publisher=Martinus Nijhoff|location=The Hague|isbn=90-247-1876-7}}</ref>
*[[1776]] &ndash; Empress [[Maria Theresa]] of Austria amends the [[Constitutio Criminalis Theresiana]] to include the abolition of torture throughout the Habsburg-ruled countries of Austria and Bohemia.<ref>{{cite book|author=Derek Beales|title=Joseph II: Volume 1, In the Shadow of Maria Theresa, 1741-1780|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2008|isbn=9780521525886|page=238}}</ref>
*[[1777]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: American forces under the command of General [[George Washington]] repulse a British attack led by General [[Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Charles Cornwallis]] at the [[Battle of the Assunpink Creek]] near [[Trenton, New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Ketchum|first=Richard|title=The Winter Soldiers: The Battles for Trenton and Princeton|publisher=Holt Paperbacks; 1st Owl books ed edition |year=1999|isbn=0-8050-6098-7}}</ref>
*[[1788]] &ndash; [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] becomes the fourth state to ratify the [[United States Constitution]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Census of population and housing (2000): Georgia Population and Housing Unit Counts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7VHtNij1aQYC&pg=PP13|publisher=DIANE Publishing|isbn=978-1-4289-8569-8|pages=13}}</ref>
*[[1791]] &ndash; [[Northwest Indian War]]: The [[Big Bottom massacre]] is committed by [[Lenape]] and [[Wyandot people|Wyandot]] warriors in the [[Ohio Country]], North America.<ref>{{cite book|author=Steve Rajtar|title=Indian War Sites: A Guidebook to Battlefields, Monuments, and Memorials, State by State with Canada and Mexico|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bnMwCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA187|date=1 July 1999|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-4590-5|pages=187}}</ref>
*[[1818]] &ndash; The British [[Institution of Civil Engineers]] is founded by a group of six engineers; [[Thomas Telford]] would later become its first president.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j_jNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA72|year=1866|publisher=Published for the proprietor|pages=72–}}</ref>
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The three-day [[Battle of Stones River]] ends in a [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] victory when the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[Army of Tennessee]] under General [[Braxton Bragg]] are repulsed for the final time by the [[Army of the Cumberland]] under General [[William Rosecrans|William S. Rosecrans]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Battle of Stones River|url=https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/battle-of-stones-river/|author=McDonough, James L.|website=TennesseeEncyclopedia.net|publisher=Tennessee Historical Society|date=October 8, 2017|access-date=November 30, 2024}}</ref>
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Uruguayan War]]: The [[Siege of Paysandú]] ends as the [[Empire of Brazil|Brazilians]] and [[Colorado Party (Uruguay)|Coloradan]]s capture [[Paysandú]], Uruguay.<ref>{{cite book | last = Maia | first = Prado | title = A Marinha de Guerra do Brasil na Colônia e no Império | edition = 2 | year = 1975 | publisher = Cátedra | location = Rio de Janeiro | language = pt|page=266 }}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; American statesman and diplomat [[John Hay]] announces the [[Open Door Policy]] to promote trade with China.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/law/help/us-treaties/bevans/m-ust000001-0278.pdf |title=Commercial Rights in China ("Open Door" Policy): Declarations by France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Japan, and Russia accepting United States proposal for "open door" policy in China, September 6, 1899-March 20, 1900, 1 Bevans 278 |website=[[Library of Congress]] |access-date=January 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221161724/http://www.loc.gov/law/help/us-treaties/bevans/m-ust000001-0278.pdf |archive-date=February 21, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Chicago Canal]] opens.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the 20th Century|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1987|page=10|isbn=0-942191-01-3}}</ref>