Editing April 21 (section)

===Pre-1600===
*[[753 BC]] &ndash; [[Romulus]] founds [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] ([[founding of Rome|traditional date]]).
*[[43 BC]] &ndash; [[Battle of Mutina]]: [[Mark Antony]] is again defeated in battle by [[Aulus Hirtius]], who is killed. Antony fails to capture [[Mutina]] and [[Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus|Decimus Brutus]] is murdered shortly after.
* [[900]] &ndash; The [[Laguna Copperplate Inscription]] (the earliest known written document found in what is now the [[Philippines]]): the Commander-in-Chief of the [[Kingdom of Tondo]], as represented by the Honourable Jayadewa, Lord Minister of [[Pila, Laguna|Pailah]], pardons from all debt the Honourable Namwaran and his relations.
*[[1092]] &ndash; The [[Diocese of Pisa]] is elevated to the rank of metropolitan [[archdiocese]] by [[Pope Urban II]]
*[[1506]] &ndash; The three-day [[Lisbon Massacre]] comes to an end with the slaughter of over 1,900 suspected Jews by Portuguese Catholics.
*[[1509]] &ndash; [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] ascends the throne of England on the death of his father, [[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]].
*[[1526]] &ndash; The last ruler of the [[Lodi dynasty]], [[Ibrahim Lodi]] is defeated and killed by [[Babur]] in the [[First Battle of Panipat]].