Editing August 10 (section)

===Pre-1600===
* [[654]] &ndash; [[Pope Eugene I]] elected to succeed Martinus I.
* [[955]] &ndash; [[Battle of Lechfeld (955)|Battle of Lechfeld]]: [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor]] defeats the [[Magyars]], ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West.
* [[991]] &ndash; [[Battle of Maldon]]: The English, led by [[Byrhtnoth]], [[Ealdorman]] of [[Essex]], are defeated by a band of inland-raiding [[Vikings]] near [[Maldon, Essex]].
*[[1030]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Azaz (1030)|Battle of Azaz]] ends with a humiliating retreat of the Byzantine emperor, [[Romanos III Argyros]], against the [[Mirdasid]] rulers of [[Aleppo]]. The retreat degenerates into a rout, in which Romanos himself barely escapes capture.<ref>{{cite book | last=Halm | first=Heinz | author-link = Heinz Halm | title = Die Kalifen von Kairo: Die Fatimiden in Ägypten, 973–1074 | language = de | trans-title = The Caliphs of Cairo: The Fatimids in Egypt, 973–1074 | publisher = C. H. Beck | location = Munich | year = 2003 | isbn = 3-406-48654-1 | pages=341–342}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Shepard | first=J. | author-link= Jonathan Shepard | chapter=Azaz, Battle near | editor-last=Rogers | editor-first=C. | editor-link=Clifford J. Rogers | title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology, Volume 1 | location=Oxford | publisher=Oxford University Press | year=2010 | page=102 | chapter-url={{Google Books|mzwpq6bLHhMC|page=102|plainurl=y}} | isbn=978-0-19-533403-6}}</ref>
*[[1270]] &ndash; [[Yekuno Amlak]] takes the [[Emperor of Ethiopia|imperial throne]] of [[Ethiopian Empire|Ethiopia]], restoring the [[Solomonic dynasty]] to power after a 100-year [[Zagwe dynasty|Zagwe]] [[interregnum]].
*[[1316]] &ndash; The [[Second Battle of Athenry]] takes place near [[Athenry]] during the [[Bruce campaign in Ireland]].
*[[1346]] &ndash; [[Jaume Ferrer]] sets out from [[Mallorca]] for the "River of Gold", the [[Senegal River]].<ref>{{cite book|first1=Pierre|last1=Channu|first2=Katharine|last2=Bertram|title=European expansion in the later Middle Ages|location=Amsterdam|publisher=North-Holland Publishing|year=1979|pages=83–84|isbn=978-0-44485-132-1}}</ref>
*[[1512]] &ndash; The naval [[Battle of Saint-Mathieu]], during the [[War of the League of Cambrai]], sees the simultaneous destruction of the Breton ship ''La Cordelière'' and the English ship ''The Regent''.
*[[1519]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand Magellan]]'s five ships set sail from [[Seville]] to circumnavigate the globe. The [[Basques|Basque]] second-in-command [[Juan Sebastián Elcano]] will complete the expedition after [[Ferdinand Magellan#Death in the Philippines|Magellan's death]] in the [[Philippines]].
*[[1557]] &ndash; [[Battle of St. Quentin (1557)|Battle of St. Quentin]]: Spanish victory over the French in the [[Italian War of 1551–59]].
*[[1585]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Nonsuch]] signed by [[Elizabeth I]] of England and the [[Dutch Revolt|Dutch Rebels]].