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===1601β1900=== *[[1675]] – [[Plymouth Colony]] governor [[Josiah Winslow]] leads a colonial militia against the [[Narragansett people|Narragansett]] during [[King Philip's War]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schultz |first1=Eric B. |last2=Tougias |first2=Michael J. |date=2000 |title=King Philip's War: The History and Legacy of America's Forgotten Conflict |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rrcczZ-Bx1kC |publisher=Countryman Press |pages=244β248 |isbn=9780881504835}}</ref> * [[1707]] β Four British naval vessels [[Scilly naval disaster of 1707|run aground]] on the Isles of Scilly because of faulty navigation. In response, the first [[Longitude Act]] is enacted in 1714.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dunn |first=Richard |date=27 October 2014 |title=Isles of Scilly Disaster β Part 2 |url=http://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/behind-the-scenes/blog/1707-isles-scilly-disaster-%E2%80%93-part-2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804015735/http://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/behind-the-scenes/blog/1707-isles-scilly-disaster-β-part-2#oj7mUDmiIV7A4pyL.99 |archive-date=4 August 2017 |access-date=28 December 2024 |website=Royal Museums Greenwich}}</ref> *[[1795]] – The [[French Directory]], a five-man revolutionary government, is created.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kolla |first=Edward James |year= 2017 |title=Sovereignty, International Law, and the French Revolution |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KBs0DwAAQBAJ |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=177 |isbn=9781107179547}}</ref> *[[1868]] – [[Time zone]]: New Zealand officially adopts a [[Time in New Zealand|standard time]] to be observed nationally.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/time/ |title=Time |last1=Biswell |first1=Shelly Farr |last2=Nester |first2=Richard |website=New Zealand Geographic |access-date=5 December 2022}}</ref> *[[1882]] – The [[Great Oulu fire of 1882|great fire]] destroys a large part of [[Oulu]]'s city center in [[Oulu Province]], [[Grand Duchy of Finland|Finland]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Kustaa Hautala|title=Oulun kaupungin historia IV|pages=319β323|publisher=Kirjapaino Oy Kaleva|year=1976|location=Oulu|isbn=951-9327-00-2|language=fi}}</ref> *[[1889]] – [[North Dakota]] and [[South Dakota]] are admitted as the 39th and 40th [[U.S. state]]s.<ref name=dakota>{{cite web |url=https://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/gilded/jb_gilded_dakotas_1.html |title=North Dakota and South Dakota Were Admitted to the Union |website=America's Library |access-date=4 December 2022}}</ref> *[[1899]] – The [[Boer]]s begin their 118-day [[Siege of Ladysmith|siege]] of British-held [[Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal|Ladysmith]] during the [[Second Boer War]].<ref>{{cite book |last=MacDonald |first=Donald |date=1900 |title=How We Kept the Flag Flying: The Story of the Siege of Ladysmith |url=https://archive.org/details/howwekeptflagfl00macdgoog/page/n46/mode/2up |publisher=Ward, Lock & Co. |page=41 |isbn=9785873791002}}</ref>
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