Editing December 14 (section)

===Pre-1600===
* [[557]] &ndash; [[Constantinople]] is severely damaged by [[557 Constantinople earthquake|an earthquake]], which cracks the dome of [[Hagia Sophia]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Evans|first=J.A.S.|title=The Emperor Justinian and the Byzantine Empire|location=Westport, Conn.|publisher=Greenwood Press|date=2005|isbn=9780313325823|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xDNv6qZ_I-IC|page=xx}}</ref>
* [[835]] &ndash; [[Sweet Dew Incident]]: [[Emperor Wenzong of Tang|Emperor Wenzong]] of the [[Tang dynasty]] conspires to kill the powerful [[eunuch]]s of the Tang court, but the plot is foiled.<ref>{{cite book|last=Broughton|first=Jeffrey L.|title=Zongmi on Chan|location=New York|publisher=Columbia University Press|date=2009|isbn=9780231143929|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WsJIbu1WXEUC|page=204}}</ref>
*[[1287]] &ndash; [[St. Lucia's flood]]: The [[Zuiderzee]] sea wall in the Netherlands collapses, killing over 50,000 people.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wallenfeldt|first=Jeff|title=Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands|location=New York|publisher=Britannica Educational|date=2014|isbn=9781615309733|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3eGbAAAAQBAJ|page=140}}</ref>
*[[1542]] &ndash; Princess [[Mary, Queen of Scots|Mary Stuart]] becomes [[Queen of Scots]] at the age of one week on the death of her father, [[James V of Scotland]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Fraser|first=Antonia|title=Mary Queen of Scots|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|date=2015|isbn=9781780229263|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YE9GAwAAQBAJ|page=3}}</ref>