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===1601–1900=== *[[1614]] – [[Raid on Żejtun]]: The south east of [[Malta]], and the town of [[Żejtun]], suffer a raid from [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] forces. This was the last unsuccessful attempt by the Ottomans to conquer the island of [[Malta]]. *[[1630]] – [[Thirty Years' War]]: Four thousand Swedish troops under [[Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden|Gustavus Adolphus]] land in [[Pomerania]], Germany. *[[1685]] – [[Battle of Sedgemoor]]: Last battle of the [[Monmouth Rebellion]]. Troops of King James II defeat troops of [[James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth]]. *[[1751]] – [[Pope Benedict XIV]] suppresses the [[Patriarchate of Aquileia]] and establishes from its territory the Arch[[diocese]] of [[Udine]] and [[Gorizia]]. *[[1777]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Siege of Fort Ticonderoga (1777)|Siege of Fort Ticonderoga]]: After a bombardment by British [[artillery]] under General [[John Burgoyne]], [[United States|American forces]] retreat from [[Fort Ticonderoga]], New York. *[[1779]] – [[Battle of Grenada]]: The French defeat British naval forces in the [[Caribbean]] during the [[American Revolutionary War]]. *[[1791]] – At [[Padua]], the Emperor [[Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor|Leopold II]] calls on the monarchs of Europe to join him in demanding the king of France [[Louis XVI]]'s freedom.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the World|publisher=Eca, Publication|year=1989|page=766|isbn=0-13-133463-8}}</ref> *[[1801]] – [[First Battle of Algeciras]]: Outnumbered [[French Navy]] ships defeat the [[Royal Navy]] in the fortified Spanish port of [[Algeciras]]. *[[1809]] – The second day of the [[Battle of Wagram]]; France defeats the Austrian army in the largest battle to date of the Napoleonic Wars. *[[1854]] – The [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] of the [[United States]] held its first convention in [[Jackson, Michigan]]. *[[1885]] – [[Louis Pasteur]] successfully tests his [[vaccine]] against [[rabies]] on [[Joseph Meister]], a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog. *[[1887]] – [[David Kalākaua]], monarch of the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]], is forced to sign the [[Bayonet Constitution]], which transfers much of the king's authority to the [[Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii]]. *[[1892]] – Three thousand eight hundred [[strike action|striking]] steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with [[Pinkerton National Detective Agency|Pinkerton]] agents during the [[Homestead Strike]], leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.
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