Editing August 30 (section)

===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 70|70]] &ndash; [[Titus]] ends the [[Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE)|siege of Jerusalem]] after destroying [[Second Temple|Herod's Temple]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Bunson|first=Matthew|title=A Dictionary of the Roman Empire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HsrGEFpW80UC&pg=PA212+A+DICTIONARY+OF+THE+ROMAN+EMPIRE+P.212|access-date=12 April 2018|year=1991|publisher=OUP USA|isbn=9780195102338|page=212}}</ref>
*[[1060]] &ndash; The [[Mirdasids]] defeat the [[Fatimid Caliphate]] at the [[Battle of al-Funaydiq]], signalling the definitive loss of [[Aleppo]] for the Fatimids.<ref>{{cite book | last = Bianquis | first = Thierry | author-link = Thierry Bianquis | title = Damas et la Syrie sous la domination fatimide (359-468/969-1076). Deuxième tome | publisher = Presses de l’Ifpo | year = 1989 | url = https://doi.org/10.4000/books.ifpo.6458 | isbn = 978-2-35159-526-8 | language = French | pages=569–571}}</ref> 
*[[1282]] &ndash; [[Peter III of Aragon]] lands at [[Trapani]] to intervene in the [[War of the Sicilian Vespers]].
*[[1363]] &ndash; The five-week [[Battle of Lake Poyang]] begins, in which the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders ([[Chen Youliang]] and [[Zhu Yuanzhang]]) meet to decide who will supplant the [[Yuan dynasty]].
*[[1464]] &ndash; [[Pope Paul II]] succeeds [[Pope Pius II]] as the 211th [[pope]].
*[[1574]] &ndash; [[Guru Ram Das]] becomes the Fourth [[Sikh Guru]]/[[guru|Master]].
*[[1590]] &ndash; [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] enters [[Edo Castle]]. (Traditional [[Japanese calendar|Japanese date]]: August 1, 1590)
*[[1594]] &ndash; King [[James VI of Scotland]] holds a [[masque at the baptism of Prince Henry]] at [[Stirling Castle]].<ref>Martin Wiggins & Catherine Richardson, ''British Drama 1533–1642: A Catalogue: 1590–1597'', vol. 3 (Oxford, 2013), p. 247.</ref>