Editing September 10 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1607]] &ndash; [[Edward Maria Wingfield]] is ousted as first president of the governing council of the [[Colony of Virginia]]; he is replaced by [[John Ratcliffe (governor)|John Ratcliffe]].
*[[1608]] &ndash; [[John Smith (explorer)|John Smith]] is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia.
*[[1622]] &ndash; Fifty-five Christians are executed in [[Nagasaki]] during the [[Great Genna Martyrdom]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Roldán-Figueroa |first=Rady |url=https://brill.com/view/title/58436 |title=The Martyrs of Japan: Publication History and Catholic Missions in the Spanish World (Spain, New Spain, and the Philippines, 1597–1700) |date=2021 |publisher=Brill |isbn=978-90-04-45806-2 |pages=13–34 [32] |chapter=Background: Catholic Missions in Japan |doi=10.1163/9789004458062}}</ref>
*[[1640]] &ndash; [[Reapers' War]]: [[Junta de Braços]] (Assembly of [[Estates of the realm|Estates]]) of the [[Principality of Catalonia]] summoned. It assumes the sovereignty and enacts a series of revolutionary mesures which will lead to the [[Catalan Republic (1640–1641)|Catalan Republic]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Simon Tarrés |first1=Antoni |title=1640 |date=2019 |publisher=Rafael Dalmau, Editor |location=Barcelona |isbn=978-84-232-0851-7 |page=317}}</ref>
*[[1724]] &ndash; [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] leads the first performance of [[Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78|''Jesu, der du meine Seele'', BWV 78]], a [[Chorale cantata cycle|chorale cantata]] based on a passion hymn by [[Johann Rist]].<ref>{{cite web
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*[[1776]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Nathan Hale]] volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
*[[1798]] &ndash; At the [[Battle of St. George's Caye]], British Honduras defeats Spain.
*[[1813]] &ndash; The United States defeats a British Fleet at the [[Battle of Lake Erie]] during the War of 1812.
*[[1846]] &ndash; [[Elias Howe]] is granted a patent for the sewing machine.
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[George Mary Searle]] discovers the asteroid [[55 Pandora]].
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Lattimer massacre]]: A [[Posse comitatus (common law)|sheriff's posse]] kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States.
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Empress Elisabeth of Austria]] is assassinated by [[Luigi Lucheni]].