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===1601–1900=== *[[1604]] – [[Kepler's Supernova]] is observed in the constellation of Ophiuchus. *[[1610]] – French king [[Louis XIII of France|Louis XIII]] is crowned in Reims Cathedral. *[[1660]] – The [[List of regicides of Charles I|nine regicide]]s who signed the death warrant of [[Charles I of England]] are hanged, drawn and quartered. *[[1662]] – Charles II of England [[Sale of Dunkirk|sells Dunkirk]] to Louis XIV of France for 40,000 pounds. *[[1713]] – [[Great Northern War]]: [[Tsardom of Russia|Russia]] defeats [[Sweden]] in the [[Battle of Kostianvirta]] in [[Pälkäne]].<ref>{{cite book| title = Kostianvirran taistelu : Pälkäne 1713| publisher = Seppo Korppoo & Tapio Korppoo| year =2013| author = Aleksei Blandov| location = Helsinki| isbn =978-952-93-2364-7}}</ref> *[[1771]] – Premiere in Milan of the opera ''[[Ascanio in Alba]]'', composed by Mozart at age 15. *[[1777]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army [[Saratoga campaign|at Saratoga, New York]]. *[[1781]] – American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the [[Siege of Yorktown]]. *[[1800]] – War of the Second Coalition: Britain [[Invasion of Curaçao (1800)|takes control]] of the Dutch colony of Curaçao. *[[1806]] – Former leader of the Haitian Revolution, Emperor [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines|Jacques I]], is assassinated after an oppressive rule. *[[1811]] – The silver deposits of [[Agua Amarga]] are discovered in Chile becoming in the following years instrumental for the [[Patriot Governments (Spanish American independence)|Patriots]] to finance the [[Chilean War of Independence]].<ref name=Cortes2017p25>{{Cite book|title=Chañarcillo, cuando de las montañas brotó la plata|last=Cortés Lutz|first=Guillermo|publisher=[[Museo Regional de Atacama]]|series=Cuadernos de Historia |year=2017|volume=II|language=es|url=https://www.museodeatacama.gob.cl/sites/www.museodeatacama.gob.cl/files/images/articles-88574_archivo_01.pdf|edition=|page=25}}</ref> *[[1814]] – Eight people die in the [[London Beer Flood]]. *[[1850]] – Riots start, which lead to a [[Massacre of Aleppo (1850)|massacre]] in Aleppo.<ref>{{cite book|last=Masters|first=Bruce|title=The Arabs of the Ottoman Empire, 1516–1918: A Social and Cultural History|location=Cambridge|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2013|isbn=978-1-10706-779-0|page=169|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cvTPu0dQyeAC}}</ref> *[[1860]] – First [[The Open Championship]] (referred to in North America as the ''British Open''). *[[1861]] – Aboriginal Australians kill nineteen Europeans in the [[Cullin-la-ringo massacre]].
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