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===Pre-1600===
*[[74 BC]] &ndash; A group of officials, led by the [[Han dynasty#Western Han|Western Han]] minister [[Huo Guang]], present articles of impeachment against the new emperor, [[Marquis of Haihun|Liu He]], to the imperial regent, [[Grand Empress Dowager Shangguan|Empress Dowager Shangguan]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sima |first=Guang |title=Zizhi Tongjian |year=1084 |language=zh |chapter=卷 024 |chapter-url=https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E8%B3%87%E6%B2%BB%E9%80%9A%E9%91%91/%E5%8D%B7024}}</ref>
*[[29 BC]] &ndash; [[Octavian]] holds the second of three consecutive [[Roman triumph|triumphs]] in [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] to celebrate the victory over the [[Dalmatian tribes]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=William Michael Murray|author2=Phōtios Michaēl Petsas|title=Octavian's Campsite Memorial for the Actian War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ciALAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA128|year=1989|publisher=American Philosophical Society|isbn=978-0-87169-794-3|page=128}}</ref>
*[[1040]] &ndash; King [[Duncan I of Scotland|Duncan I]] is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival [[Macbeth, King of Scotland|Macbeth]]. The latter succeeds him as [[List of Scottish monarchs|King of Scotland]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Edward Peck|title=North-east Scotland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mm0nAQAAMAAJ|year=1981|publisher=J. Bartholomew & Son|page=16|isbn=9780702880216}}</ref>
*[[1183]] &ndash; [[Taira no Munemori]] and the [[Taira clan]] take the young [[Emperor Antoku]] and the [[Imperial Regalia of Japan|three sacred treasures]] and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the [[Minamoto clan]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brinkley |first1=Frank & Kikuchi |title=A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era |year=1912 |publisher=Library of Alexandria |isbn=978-1-4655-1304-5 |page=530 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bzRen1dcdTwC&pg=PT530 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Antoku {{!}} Emperor of Japan |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antoku |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1264]] &ndash; After tricking the [[Republic of Venice|Venetian]] [[galley]] fleet into sailing east to the [[Levant]], the [[Republic of Genoa|Genoese]] capture an entire Venetian trade convoy at the [[Battle of Saseno]].<ref>{{cite journal | last = Dotson | first = John E. | title = Fleet Operations in the First Genoese-Venetian War, 1264–1266 | pages = 165–180 | journal = Viator. Medieval and Renaissance Studies | volume = 30 | year = 1999 | issn = 0083-5897 | doi = 10.1484/J.VIATOR.2.300833 }}</ref>
*[[1352]] &ndash; [[War of the Breton Succession]]: Anglo-Bretons defeat the [[Kingdom of France|French]] in the [[Battle of Mauron]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wagner |first1=John A. |title=Encyclopedia of the Hundred Years War |year=2006 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-313-32736-0 |page=214 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uVZ893wOWgoC&pg=PA214 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1370]] &ndash; [[Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor]], grants [[city privileges]] to [[Karlovy Vary]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Matoušek |first1=Václav |last2=Mautner |first2=Pavel |last3=Pavelka |first3=Tomáš |title=Text, Speech and Dialogue: 8th International Conference, TSD 2005, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, September 12–15, 2005, Proceedings |date=25 August 2005 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-540-31817-0 |page=9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnUFCAAAQBAJ&pg=PR9 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1385]] &ndash; [[1383–85 Portuguese interregnum|Portuguese Crisis of 1383–85]]: [[Battle of Aljubarrota]]: Portuguese forces commanded by [[John I of Portugal]] defeat the [[Castile (historical region)|Castilian]] army of [[John I of Castile]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Battle of Aljubarrota {{!}} Portugal [1385] |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Aljubarrota |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1592]] &ndash; The first sighting of the [[Falkland Islands]] by [[John Davis (English explorer)|John Davis]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Purdy |first1=John |title=The New Sailing Directory for the Ethiopic Or Southern Atlantic Ocean ... |year=1855 |publisher=Richard Holmes Laurie |page=137 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0WYDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA137 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1598]] &ndash; [[Nine Years' War (Ireland)|Nine Years' War]]: [[Battle of the Yellow Ford]]: Irish forces under [[Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone]], defeat an English expeditionary force under [[Henry Bagenal]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Grant |first1=R. G. |title=1001 Battles That Changed the Course of History |date=2017 |publisher=Book Sales |isbn=978-0-7858-3553-0 |page=307 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ZNADwAAQBAJ&pg=PA307 |language=en}}</ref>