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===Pre-1600===
*[[1099]] &ndash; [[First Crusade]]: [[Battle of Ascalon]] Crusaders under the command of [[Godfrey of Bouillon]] defeat [[Fatimid Caliphate|Fatimid]] forces led by [[Al-Afdal Shahanshah]]. This is considered the last engagement of the First Crusade.<ref>{{cite book|author=John France|title=Victory in the East: A Military History of the First Crusade|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Exxeto51p3cC&pg=PA362|year=1994|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-58987-1|pages=362}}</ref>
*[[1121]] &ndash; [[Battle of Didgori]]: The [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] army under King [[David IV of Georgia|David IV]] wins a decisive victory over the famous [[Seljuq dynasty|Seljuk]] commander [[Ilghazi]].
*[[1164]] &ndash; [[Battle of Harim]]: [[Nur ad-Din Zangi]] defeats the [[Crusades|Crusader]] armies of the [[County of Tripoli]] and the [[Principality of Antioch]].<ref>{{cite book|author=R. C. Smail|title=Crusading Warfare 1097–1193|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GZ08AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA183|year=1956|publisher=CUP Archive|isbn=978-0-521-09730-7|pages=183}}</ref>
*[[1323]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Nöteborg]] between Sweden and [[Novgorod Republic]] is signed, regulating the border between the two countries for the first time.<ref name="Christiansen1997">{{cite book|author=Eric Christiansen|title=The Northern Crusades|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a1OWoMo5ZsAC&pg=PT159|year= 1997|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-0-14-193736-6|pages=159–}}</ref>
*[[1492]] &ndash; [[Christopher Columbus]] arrives in the [[Canary Islands]] on his first voyage to the New World.
*[[1499]] &ndash; First engagement of the [[Battle of Zonchio]] between [[Republic of Venice|Venetian]] and [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] fleets.