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===1601–1900=== *[[1642]] – [[First English Civil War]]: The [[Battle of Powick Bridge]], the first engagement between the primary field armies of the [[Cavalier|Royalists]] and the [[Roundheads|Parliamentarians]], ended in a Royalist victory.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gaunt|first=Peter|title=The English Civil War: A Military History|location=London|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic|year=2019|isbn=9781350143517|pages=69–71}}</ref> *[[1779]] – [[American Revolution]]: [[John Paul Jones]], naval commander of the United States, on board the {{USS|Bonhomme Richard|1765|6}}, wins the [[Battle of Flamborough Head]].<ref>{{Citation| last = Thomas| first = Ewan| title = John Paul Jones: Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy| page = 170| year = 2010| publisher = Simon and Schuster| isbn = 978-1-451-60399-6}}</ref> *[[1803]] – [[Second Anglo-Maratha War]]: The [[Battle of Assaye]] is fought between the [[British East India Company]] and the [[Maratha Confederacy|Maratha Empire]] in India.<ref name=Naravane>{{Cite book |last=Naravane |first=M.S. |title=Battles of the Honorable East India Company |publisher=A.P.H. Publishing Corporation |year=2014 |isbn=9788131300343 |pages=69–71}}</ref> *[[1821]] – [[Siege of Tripolitsa|Tripolitsa]], Greece, is captured by Greek rebels during the Greek War of Independence. *[[1846]] – Astronomers [[Urbain Le Verrier]], [[John Couch Adams]] and [[Johann Gottfried Galle]] collaborate on the [[discovery of Neptune]]. *[[1868]] – The [[Grito de Lares]] occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule. *[[1879]] – The [[Macedo-Romanian Cultural Society]] is founded.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://life.hotnews.ro/stiri-prin_oras-23377159-moment-aniversar-referinta-societatea-cultura-macedo-romana-implineste-140-ani-infiintare-baneadza-armanamea.htm|title=Moment aniversar de referință: Societatea de Cultură Macedo-Română împlinește 140 de ani de la înființare. S-bâneadzâ Armânamea!|first=Ionuț|last=Băiaș|newspaper=[[HotNews]]|date=20 September 2019|language=ro}}</ref> *[[1884]] – On the night of 23–24 September, the steamship ''Arctique'' runs aground near [[Cape Virgenes]] leading to the discovery of nearby [[Placer mining|placer]] gold, beginning the [[Tierra del Fuego gold rush]].<ref>{{Cite journal|title=La minería aurífera en la región austral americana (1869-1950)|journal=[[Historia (history of the Americas journal)|Historia]]|url=https://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-71942003003600009|last=Martinic Beros|first=Mateo|volume=36|doi=10.4067/S0717-71942003003600009|year=2003|doi-broken-date=1 November 2024 |language=Spanish|author-link=Mateo Martinic}}</ref> *[[1899]] – The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the [[Battle of Olongapo]].
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