Editing September 6 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1620]] &ndash; The [[Pilgrim Fathers|Pilgrims]] sail from [[Plymouth]], England on the ''[[Mayflower]]'' to settle in North America. ([[Old Style]] date; [[September 16]] per [[New Style]] date.)
*[[1628]] &ndash; [[Puritans]] settle [[Salem, Massachusetts|Salem]], which became part of [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]].
*[[1634]] &ndash; [[Thirty Years' War]]: In the [[Battle of Nördlingen (1634)|Battle of Nördlingen]], the Catholic Imperial army defeats Swedish and German Protestant forces.
*[[1781]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: The [[Battle of Groton Heights]] takes place, resulting in a British victory.
*[[1803]] &ndash; British scientist [[John Dalton]] begins using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: Forces under [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] General [[Ulysses S. Grant]] bloodlessly capture [[Paducah, Kentucky]], giving the Union control of the [[Tennessee River]]'s mouth.
*[[1863]] &ndash; American Civil War: [[Confederate States of America|Confederate forces]] evacuate [[Fort Wagner|Battery Wagner]] and [[Morris Island]] in [[South Carolina]].
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Louisa Ann Swain]] of [[Laramie, Wyoming]] becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after [[1807]].
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Eastern Rumelia]] declares its union with [[Bulgaria]], thus accomplishing [[Bulgarian unification]].