Editing August 28 (section)

===Pre-1600===
* [[475]] &ndash; The [[Roman Empire|Roman]] general [[Orestes (father of Romulus Augustulus)|Orestes]] forces western [[Roman Emperors|Roman Emperor]] [[Julius Nepos]] to flee his [[capital city]], [[Ravenna]].
* [[489]] &ndash; [[Theodoric the Great|Theodoric]], king of the [[Ostrogoths]], defeats [[Odoacer]] at the [[Battle of Isonzo (489)|Battle of Isonzo]], forcing his way into Italy.
* [[632]] &ndash; [[Fatimah]], daughter of the Islamic prophet [[Muhammad]], dies, with her cause of death being a controversial topic among the [[Sunni]] Muslims and [[Shia]] Muslims.
* [[663]] &ndash; [[Silla]]–[[Tang dynasty|Tang]] armies crush the [[Baekje]] restoration attempt and force [[Yamato period|Yamato Japan]] to withdraw from Korea in the [[Battle of Baekgang]].
*[[1189]] &ndash; [[Third Crusade]]: The Crusaders begin the [[Siege of Acre (1189–91)|Siege of Acre]] under [[Guy of Lusignan]].
*[[1521]] &ndash; [[Ottoman wars in Europe]]: The [[Ottoman Turks]] occupy [[Belgrade]].
*[[1524]] &ndash; The [[Kaqchikel people|Kaqchikel]] [[Maya civilization|Maya]] rebel against their former Spanish allies during the [[Spanish conquest of Guatemala]].
*[[1542]] &ndash; [[Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–59)|Turkish–Portuguese War]]: [[Battle of Wofla]]: The Portuguese are scattered, their leader [[Christovão da Gama]] is captured and later executed.
*[[1565]] &ndash; [[Pedro Menéndez de Avilés]] sights land near [[St. Augustine, Florida]] and founds the oldest continuously occupied European-established city in the [[Contiguous United States|continental United States]].