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===1601β1900=== *[[1659]] – [[Shivaji|Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj]], [[Maratha Confederacy|Maratha King]] kills [[Afzal Khan (general)|Afzal Khan]], [[Adilshahi]] in the battle popularly known as [[Battle of Pratapgarh]]. *[[1674]] – [[Third Anglo-Dutch War]]: As provided in the [[Treaty of Westminster (1674)|Treaty of Westminster]], Netherlands cedes [[New Netherland]] to [[England]]. *[[1702]] – English colonists under the command of [[James Moore Sr.|James Moore]] [[Siege of St. Augustine (1702)|besiege]] Spanish [[St. Augustine, Florida|St. Augustine]] during [[Queen Anne's War]]. *[[1766]] – The last colonial governor of [[New Jersey]], [[William Franklin]], signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed [[Rutgers University]]). *[[1775]] – The [[United States Marine Corps]] is [[United States Marine Corps birthday ball|founded]] at [[Tun Tavern]] in [[Philadelphia]] by [[Samuel Nicholas]]. *[[1793]] – A [[Goddess of Reason]] is proclaimed by the [[French Convention]] at the suggestion of [[Pierre Gaspard Chaumette]]. *[[1821]] – [[The Gesture of Rufina Alfaro|Cry of Independence]] by Rufina Alfaro at [[Los Santos District|La Villa de Los Santos]], [[Panama]] setting into motion a revolt which led to [[History of Panama#Independence|Panama's independence from Spain]] and to it immediately becoming part of [[Gran Colombia|Colombia]]. *[[1847]] – The passenger ship ''[[Stephen Whitney (ship)|Stephen Whitney]]'' is wrecked in thick fog off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 92 of the 110 on board. The disaster results in the construction of the [[Fastnet Rock|Fastnet Rock lighthouse]]. *[[1865]] – Major [[Henry Wirz]], the superintendent of [[Andersonville, Georgia#History|a prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia]], is [[hanging|hanged]], becoming one of only three [[American Civil War]] soldiers [[execution (legal)|executed]] for [[war crime]]s. *[[1871]] – [[Henry Morton Stanley]] locates missing explorer and missionary, [[David Livingstone]] in [[Ujiji]], near [[Lake Tanganyika]], famously greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"<ref name=Chase2019>{{cite book |title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months |year= 2019 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-64143-316-7 |page=551 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dKpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA551 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1898]] – Beginning of the [[Wilmington insurrection of 1898]], the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history.
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