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===1601–1900===
*[[1636]] &ndash; [[Utrecht University]] is founded in the [[Netherlands]].
*[[1640]] &ndash; The [[Royal Academy of Turku]], the first university of [[Finland]], is founded in the city of [[Turku]] by Queen [[Christina, Queen of Sweden|Christina of Sweden]] at the proposal of Count [[Per Brahe the Younger|Per Brahe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.maailmanmuisti.fi/index.php?page=archives-of-the-royal-academy-of-turku-and-the-imperial-alexander-university|title=Archives of the Royal Academy of Turku and the Imperial Alexander University|work=Memory of the World Programme|publisher=[[UNESCO|UNESCO National Committee]]|access-date=March 23, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Jussi Välimaa|title=A History of Finnish Higher Education from the Middle Ages to the 21st Century|chapter=The Founding of the Royal Academy of Turku in 1640|pages=77–78|publisher=Springer|year=2019|isbn=978-3030208073}}</ref>
*[[1651]] &ndash; The [[Real Situado|Silver-loaded]] Spanish ship ''San José'', pushed south by strong winds, [[wreckage of San José|is wrecked on the coast of southern Chile]] and its surviving crew members are killed by indigenous [[Cunco people|Cuncos]].<ref name=Solano1899>{{cite book |last=Solano Astaburuaga |first=Francisco|edition=2nd|orig-year=1867 |date=1899 |title=Diccionario Geográfico de la República de Chile |page=280 |language=es }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Historia general de Chile|last=Barros Arana|first=Diego|publisher=Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes|location=Alicante|chapter-url=http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/historia-general-de-chile-tomo-cuarto--0/html/ff2f1efc-82b1-11df-acc7-002185ce6064_69.html#I_15_|date=|edition=Digital edition based on the second edition of 2000|volume=Tomo cuarto|language=Spanish|chapter=Capítulo XIV|author-link=Diego Barros Arana|page=340}}</ref> 
*[[1697]] &ndash; [[Safavid Iran|Safavid]] government troops [[Safavid occupation of Basra (1697–1701)|take control of Basra]].
*[[1700]] &ndash; [[William Dampier]] is the first European to circumnavigate [[New Britain]], discovering it is an island (which he names Nova Britannia) rather than part of [[New Guinea]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Johnstone|first=Christine Isobel|title=Lives and Voyages of Drake, Cavendish, and Dampier: Including an Introductory View of the Earlier Discoveries in the South Sea, and the History of the Buccaneers|location=Edinburgh|publisher=Oliver & Boyd|date=1831|oclc=1259930|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JtkDAAAAQAAJ|pages=444–445}}</ref>
*[[1812]] &ndash; An [[1812 Caracas earthquake|earthquake]] devastates [[Caracas]], Venezuela.
*  1812   &ndash; A political cartoon in the ''Boston-Gazette'' coins the term "[[gerrymander]]" to describe oddly shaped [[electoral district]]s designed to help incumbents win reelection.
*[[1830]] &ndash; The [[Book of Mormon]] is published in [[Palmyra (town), New York|Palmyra, New York]].
*[[1839]] &ndash; The first [[Henley Royal Regatta]] is held.
*[[1871]] &ndash; The elections of Commune council of the [[Paris Commune]] are held. 
*[[1885]] &ndash; The [[Métis people (Canada)|Métis]] people of the [[District of Saskatchewan]] under [[Louis Riel]] begin the [[North-West Rebellion]] against [[Canada]].
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Brunner Mine disaster|An explosion]] at the [[Brunner Mine]] near [[Greymouth]], New Zealand, kills 65 coal miners in the country's worst industrial accident.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Brunner Mine explosion|url=https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/brunner-mine-explosion/|access-date=2021-03-22|website=|publisher=[[Christchurch City Libraries]]|language=en-NZ}}</ref>