Editing September 7 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1620]] &ndash; The town of [[Kokkola]] ({{langx|sv|Karleby}}) is founded by King [[Gustavus Adolphus|Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden]].<ref>[https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10956854 YLE: Kokkolan perustajasta puuveistos Suntin varteen] (in Finnish)</ref><ref>[https://www.kokkola.fi/kokkolan-kaupunki/tietoa-kokkolasta/historia/ Historia – Kokkola] (in Finnish)</ref>
*[[1630]] &ndash; The city of [[Boston]], Massachusetts, is founded in North America.<ref>{{cite book| url = https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa/AFJ7482.0001.001/24| title = Samuel Drake Adams| year = 2005}}</ref>
*[[1652]] &ndash; Around 15,000 [[Han Chinese|Han]] farmers and militia [[Guo Huaiyi Rebellion|rebel]] against [[Dutch Formosa|Dutch rule]] on [[Taiwan]].
*[[1695]] &ndash; [[Henry Every]] perpetrates one of the most profitable pirate raids in history with the capture of the Grand Mughal ship ''[[Ganj-i-Sawai]]''. In response, Emperor [[Aurangzeb]] threatens to end all English trading in India.
*[[1706]] &ndash; [[War of the Spanish Succession]]: [[Siege of Turin]] ends, leading to the withdrawal of French forces from North Italy.
*[[1764]] &ndash; Election of [[Stanisław August Poniatowski]] as the last ruler of the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]].
*[[1776]] &ndash; According to American colonial reports, [[Ezra Lee]] makes the world's first [[submarine]] attack in the ''[[Turtle (submersible)|Turtle]]'', attempting to attach a [[Time bomb (explosive)|time bomb]] to the hull of [[HMS Eagle (1774)|HMS ''Eagle'']] in [[New York Harbor]] (no British records of this attack exist).
*[[1778]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: France [[Invasion of Dominica (1778)|invades Dominica]] in the [[British West Indies]], before Britain is even aware of France's involvement in the war.
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[French invasion of Russia]]: The [[Battle of Borodino]], the bloodiest battle of the [[Napoleonic Wars]], is fought near Moscow and results in a French victory.
*[[1818]] &ndash; [[Charles XIV John of Sweden|Carl III]] of [[Sweden–Norway]] is crowned king of Norway, in [[Trondheim]].
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Pedro I of Brazil|Dom Pedro I]] declares [[Independence of Brazil|Brazil independent]] from Portugal on the shores of the [[Ipiranga Brook]] in [[São Paulo]].
*[[1856]] &ndash; The [[Saimaa Canal]] is inaugurated.<ref>{{cite magazine| title= Saiman kanawa walmistunut | magazine= Sanomia Turusta | date= September 2, 1856 | number= 36 | page= 5 | language= fi}}</ref>
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Mountain Meadows massacre]]: Mormon settlers slaughter most members of a peaceful emigrant wagon train.
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Unification of Italy]]: [[Giuseppe Garibaldi]] enters Naples.
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: Union troops under [[Quincy Adams Gillmore|Quincy A. Gillmore]] capture [[Fort Wagner]] in [[Morris Island]] after a seven-week siege.
*[[1864]] &ndash; American Civil War: [[Atlanta]] is evacuated on orders of [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] General [[William Tecumseh Sherman]].
*[[1876]] &ndash; In [[Northfield, Minnesota]], [[Jesse James]] and the [[James–Younger Gang]] attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.