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===1601β1900=== *[[1604]] – [[Adi Granth]], now known as [[Guru Granth Sahib]], the holy scripture of [[Sikh]]s, is first installed at [[Harmandir Sahib]]. *[[1610]] – [[Claudio Monteverdi]]'s musical work ''[[Vespro della Beata Vergine]]'' (''[[Vespers]] for [[Mary, mother of Jesus|the Blessed Virgin]]'') is first published, printed in Venice and dedicated to [[Pope Paul V]].<ref>{{cite web |editor-last=Wolf |editor-first=Uwe |title=Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine / Marienvesper / Vespers 1610 |url=https://www.carusmedia.com/images-intern/medien/20/2780100/2780100x.pdf |publisher=[[Carus-Verlag]] |location=[[Stuttgart]] |date=October 2013 |pages=xii}}</ref> *[[1644]] – [[Battle of Tippermuir]]: [[James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose]] defeats the [[John Wemyss, 1st Earl of Wemyss|Earl of Wemyss]]'s [[Covenanter]]s, reviving the [[Cavalier|Royalist]] cause. *[[1645]] – [[English Civil War]]. [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scottish]] [[Covenanter]] forces abandon their month-long [[Siege of Hereford]], a [[Cavalier]] stronghold, on news of Royalist victories in Scotland.<ref>Lipscombe, Nick. ''The English Civil War: An Atlas and Concise History of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms 1639β51''. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020. p. 17</ref> *[[1715]] – At the age of five, [[Louis XV of France|Louis XV]] becomes king of France in succession to his great-grandfather, King Louis XIV.<ref>{{cite book |author=Katherine Crawford |title=Perilous Performances: Gender and Regency in Early Modern France |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZneBvHBEyOoC&pg=PA137 |year=2009 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-02998-9 |page=137}}</ref> *[[1763]] – [[Catherine II of Russia]] endorses [[Ivan Betskoy]]'s plans for a [[Foundling Home in Moscow]]. *[[1772]] – The [[Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa]] is founded in [[San Luis Obispo, California]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=Kathleen J. Edgar |author2=Susan E. Edgar |title=Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n0C_RsC6AlcC&pg=PA24 |year=2000 |publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-8239-5491-9 |pages=24}}</ref> *[[1774]] – [[Province of Massachusetts Bay|Massachusetts Bay]] colonists rise up in the bloodless [[Powder Alarm]]. *[[1804]] – [[3 Juno]], one of the largest [[asteroid]]s in the [[Main Belt]], is discovered by the German astronomer [[Karl Ludwig Harding]].<ref>{{cite book |author=W. A. Bellenger |title=A Practical Treatise on the Globes: containing ... the names and situations of the constellations ... |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cPmuYKdcX4kC&pg=PA131 |year=1818 |publisher=Sherwood, Neely & Jones |page=131}}</ref> *[[1831]] – The [[Order of St. Gregory the Great]] is established by [[Pope Gregory XVI]] of the [[Vatican State]] to recognize high support for the Vatican or for the Pope, by a man or a woman, and not necessarily a [[Roman Catholic]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Philippe Levillain |title=The Papacy: Gaius-Proxies |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7VDcmDeLuV4C&pg=PA1072 |year=2002 |publisher=Psychology Press |isbn=978-0-415-92230-2 |pages=1072}}</ref> *[[1836]] – [[Narcissa Whitman]], one of the first English-speaking white women to settle west of the [[Rocky Mountains]], arrives at [[Walla Walla, Washington]]. *[[1838]] – [[Saint Andrew's Scots School]], the oldest school of British origin in South America, is established. *[[1862]] – [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Chantilly]]: [[Confederate States of America|Confederate Army troop]]s defeat a group of retreating [[United States Army|Union Army troop]]s in [[Chantilly, Virginia]].<ref>{{cite book |title=United States Congressional Serial Set |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u0JHAQAAIAAJ&pg=PT812 |year=1888 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |pages=812}}</ref> *[[1864]] – American Civil War: The [[Confederate Army]] General [[John Bell Hood]] orders the evacuation of [[Atlanta]], ending a four-month [[siege]] by General [[William Tecumseh Sherman]]. *[[1870]] – [[Franco-Prussian War]]: The [[Battle of Sedan]] is fought, resulting in a decisive [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussian]] victory. *[[1873]] – [[Cetshwayo]] ascends to the throne as king of the [[Zulu Kingdom|Zulu]] nation following the death of his father [[Mpande]]. *[[1878]] – [[Emma Nutt]] becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by [[Alexander Graham Bell]] to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company. *[[1880]] – The army of [[Ayub Khan (Emir of Afghanistan)|Mohammad Ayub Khan]] is routed by the British at the [[Battle of Kandahar (1880)|Battle of Kandahar]], ending the [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]]. *[[1894]] – Over 400 people die in the [[Great Hinckley Fire]], a [[forest fire]] in [[Hinckley, Minnesota]]. *[[1897]] – The [[Tremont Street Subway]] in Boston opens, becoming the first underground [[rapid transit]] system in North America.
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