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===1601–1900===
*[[1792]] &ndash; [[Battle of Jemappes]] in the [[French Revolutionary Wars]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Smith|first=Digby|title=The Napoleonic Wars Data Book|publisher=Greenhill|year=1998|isbn=978-1-85367-276-7|location=London|page=214}}</ref>
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Abraham Lincoln]] is [[1860 United States presidential election|elected]] the 16th [[president of the United States]] with only 40% of the popular vote, defeating [[John C. Breckinridge]], [[John Bell (Tennessee politician)|John Bell]], and [[Stephen A. Douglas]] in a four-way race.<ref>{{cite web|title=1860 Presidential Election|url=https://www.270towin.com/1860_Election/|website=270ToWin.com|access-date=November 6, 2020}}</ref>
*[[1869]] &ndash; In [[New Brunswick, New Jersey]], [[Rutgers College]] defeats [[Princeton University]] (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the [[1869 college football season#First football game ever played|first official]] intercollegiate American [[College football|football]] game.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ruweb.rutgers.edu/timeline/1800m.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070127085157/http://ruweb.rutgers.edu/timeline/1800m.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 27, 2007|title=Rutgers Through the Years|date=January 27, 2007}}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; President [[William McKinley]] is [[1900 United States presidential election|re-elected]], along with his vice-presidential running mate, Governor [[Theodore Roosevelt]] of New York. Republicans also swept the congressional elections, winning increased majorities in both the [[1900 and 1901 United States Senate elections|Senate]] and the [[1900 United States House of Representatives elections|House of Representatives]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the 20th Century|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1987|page=21|isbn=0-942191-01-3}}</ref>