Editing August 9 (section)

===Pre-1600===
*[[48 BC]] &ndash; [[Caesar's Civil War]]: [[Battle of Pharsalus]]: [[Julius Caesar]] decisively defeats [[Pompey]] at [[Farsala|Pharsalus]] and Pompey flees to [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]].<ref>{{cite book|author=David Eggenberger|title=An Encyclopedia of Battles: Accounts of Over 1,560 Battles from 1479 B.C. to the Present|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eSEnw1HuWUoC&pg=PA331|date= 1985|publisher=Courier Corporation|isbn=978-0-486-24913-1|page=331}}</ref>
* [[378]] &ndash; [[Gothic War (376–382)|Gothic War]]: [[Battle of Adrianople]]: A large [[Roman Empire|Roman]] army led by Emperor [[Valens]] is defeated by the [[Visigoths]]. Valens is killed along with over half of his army.<ref>{{cite wikisource |last1=Brodribb |first1=William Jackson |last2=Besant |first2=Walter |title=Constantinople: A Sketch of its History from its Foundation to its Conquest by the Turks in 1453 |date=1879 |publisher=Seeley, Jackson & Halliday |pages=50–51 |wslink=Constantinople: A Sketch of its History from its Foundation to its Conquest by the Turks in 1453/Chapter 3}}</ref>
*[[1173]] &ndash; Construction of the [[campanile]] of the [[Cathedral of Pisa]] (now known as the [[Leaning Tower of Pisa]]) begins; it will take two centuries to complete.
*[[1329]] &ndash; [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Quilon|Quilon]], the first [[Christianity in India|Indian Christian Diocese]], is erected by [[Pope John XXII]]; the French-born Jordanus is appointed the first Bishop.
*[[1428]] &ndash; Sources cite biggest [[Caravan (travellers)|caravan trade]] between [[Podvisoki]] and [[Republic of Ragusa]]. [[Vlachs]] committed to [[Ragusan nobility|Ragusan]] lord Tomo Bunić, that they will with 600 [[horse]]s deliver 1,500 [[Ancient Roman units of measurement#Dry measure|modius]] of [[salt]]. Delivery was meant for Dobrašin Veseoković, and Vlachs price was half of delivered salt.<ref>"Crainich Miochouich et Stiepanus Glegieuich ad meliustenendem super se et omnia eorum bona se obligando promiserunt ser Thome de Bona presenti et acceptanti conducere et salauum dare in Souisochi in Bosna Dobrassino Veselcouich nomine dicti ser Thome modia salis mille quingenta super equis siue salmis sexcentis. Et dicto sale conducto et presentato suprascripto Dobrassino in Souisochi medietatem illius salis dare et mensuratum consignare dicto Dobrassino. Et aliam medietatem pro eorum mercede conducenda dictum salem pro ipsius conductoribus retinere et habere. Promittentes vicissim omnia et singularia suprascripta firma et rata habere et tenere ut supra sub obligatione omnium suorum bonorum. Renuntiando" (9 August 1428), State archive, Ragusa Republic, Series: Diversa Cancellariae, no. XLV, p. 31 verso.</ref>
*[[1500]] &ndash; [[Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503)]]: The Ottomans capture [[Methoni, Messenia]].