Editing August 19 (section)

===Pre-1600===
*[[295 BC]] &ndash; The first temple to [[Venus (mythology)|Venus]], the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by [[Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges (consul 292 BC)|Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges]] during the [[Third Samnite War]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Sabine G. Oswalt|title=Concise Encyclopedia of Greek and Roman Mythology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CdQnAAAAYAAJ|year=1969|publisher=Collins|page=296|isbn=9780695861094}}</ref>
*[[43 BC]] &ndash; [[Augustus|Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus]], later known as Augustus, compels the [[Roman Senate]] to elect him [[Roman consul|Consul]].
* [[947]] &ndash; [[Abu Yazid]], a [[Kharijites|Kharijite]] rebel leader, is defeated and killed in the [[Hodna Mountains]] in modern-day [[Algeria]] by [[Fatimid Caliphate|Fatimid]] forces.
*[[1153]] &ndash; [[Baldwin III of Jerusalem]] takes control of the [[Kingdom of Jerusalem]] from his mother [[Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem|Melisende]], and also [[Siege of Ascalon|captures Ascalon]].
*[[1458]] &ndash; [[Pope Pius II]] is elected the 211th Pope.<ref>{{cite book|author=Renaissance Society of America|title=The Italian Renaissance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xtJoDXWcL3kC&pg=PA79|date=1 January 1993|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-0-8020-7735-6|pages=79}}</ref>
*[[1504]] &ndash; In Ireland, the [[Hiberno-Normans|Hiberno-Norman]] de Burghs (Burkes) and [[Cambro-Normans|Cambro-Norman]] Fitzgeralds fight in the [[Battle of Knockdoe]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Tony Jaques|title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: F-O|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dh6jydKXikoC&pg=PA536|year=2007|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-33538-9|pages=536}}</ref>
*[[1561]] &ndash; [[Mary, Queen of Scots]], aged 18, returns to [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] after spending 13 years in [[France]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Henry Ellis|title=To 1572|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V4rVAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA318|year=1846|publisher=R. Bentley|pages=318}}</ref>