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===1601–1900=== *[[1620]] – The Bohemian King Frederick I flees Prague to Wroclaw one day after the defeat of his troops in the [[Battle of White Mountain]].<ref>Consequences of Czech Defeat, U.S. Library of Congress</ref> *[[1688]] – [[Glorious Revolution]]: [[William III of England|William of Orange]] captures [[Exeter]]. *[[1719]] – In [[Treaties of Stockholm (Great Northern War)#Treaty with Hanover|a treaty between Sweden and Hanover]] at the close of the [[Great Northern War]], Sweden cedes the [[Bremen-Verden|Duchies of Bremen and Verden]] (in northern Germany) to Hanover.<ref>Heitz, Gerhard; Rischer, Henning (1995). Geschichte in Daten. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (in German). Münster-Berlin: Koehler & Amelang. p. 244. {{ISBN|3-7338-0195-4}}.</ref> *[[1720]] – The synagogue of [[Judah HeHasid (Jerusalem)|Judah HeHasid]] is burned down by Arab creditors, leading to the expulsion of the [[Ashkenazi Jews|Ashkenazim]] from [[Jerusalem]]. *[[1729]] – Spain, France and Great Britain sign the [[Treaty of Seville (1729)|Treaty of Seville]]. *[[1780]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: In the [[Battle of Fishdam Ford]] a force of British and Loyalist troops fail in a surprise attack against the [[South Carolina]] Patriot militia under Brigadier General [[Thomas Sumter]]. *[[1791]] – The Dublin [[Society of United Irishmen]] is founded. *[[1799]] – Napoleon Bonaparte leads the [[Coup of 18 Brumaire]] ending the Directory government, and becoming First Consul of the successor Consulate Government. *[[1851]] – [[Kentucky]] marshals abduct abolitionist minister [[Calvin Fairbank]] from [[Jeffersonville, Indiana]], and take him to Kentucky to stand trial for helping a slave escape. *[[1862]] – [[American Civil War]]: [[United States|Union]] General [[Ambrose Burnside]] assumes command of the [[Army of the Potomac]], after [[George B. McClellan]] is removed. *[[1867]] – The [[Tokugawa shogunate]] hands back power to the [[Emperor of Japan]], starting the [[Meiji Restoration]]. *[[1870]] – The [[Battle of Coulmiers]] ends in a Pyrrhic victory for the French army during the Franco-German War of 1870.<ref>Colonel Rousset, ''Histoire générale de la Guerre franco-allemande'', tome 2, édition Jules Tallandier, Paris.</ref> *[[1872]] – The [[Great Boston Fire of 1872]]. *[[1880]] – A [[1880 Zagreb earthquake|major earthquake]] strikes [[Zagreb]] and destroys many buildings, including [[Zagreb Cathedral]].<ref>Damjanovic, Dragan. "Photo Albums of the 1880 Zagreb Earthquake". ''VisibileInvisibile. Percepire la Città Tra Descrizioni e Omissioni. VI. Città Immaginate: Sguardi Sulla Città Contemporanea, Pages 1833 – 1845''.</ref><ref>Stahuljak, Višnja (2009). ''Potres'' [''Earthquake'']. Zagreb: Naklada Ljevak. {{ISBN|978-953-303-076-0}}.</ref> *[[1881]] – [[Mapuche uprising of 1881|Mapuche rebels]] attack the fortified Chilean settlement of [[Temuco]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Bengoa |first=José |author-link=José Bengoa |title=Historia del pueblo mapuche: Siglos XIX y XX |year=2000 |edition=7th |publisher=[[LOM Ediciones]] |isbn=956-282-232-X |page=313}}</ref> *[[1887]] – The United States receives rights to [[Pearl Harbor]], Hawaii. *[[1888]] – [[Jack the Ripper]] murders [[Mary Jane Kelly]], his final victim in the [[Whitechapel murders]].<ref>Eddleston, ''Jack the Ripper: An Encyclopedia'' p. 19 {{ISBN?}}</ref> *[[1900]] – [[Russian invasion of Manchuria]]: [[Russia]] completes its occupation of [[Manchuria]] with 100,000 troops.<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>
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