Editing December 15 (section)

===Pre-1600===
* [[533]] &ndash; [[Vandalic War]]: [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] general [[Belisarius]] defeats the [[Vandals]], commanded by King [[Gelimer]], at the [[Battle of Tricamarum]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Jacobsen|first=Torsten Cumberland|title=The Gothic War: Rome's Final Conflict in the West|location=Yardley, Pa.|publisher=Westholme|date=2009|isbn=9781594160844|page=345}}</ref>
* [[687]] &ndash; [[Pope Sergius I]] is elected as a compromise between [[antipope]]s Paschal and Theodore.<ref>{{cite book|last=Ekonomou|first=Andrew|date=2007|title=Byzantine Rome and the Greek Popes: Eastern influences on Rome and the papacy from Gregory the Great to Zacharias, A.D. 590–752|publisher=Lexington Books|isbn=978-0739119778}}</ref>
*[[1025]] &ndash; [[Constantine VIII]] becomes sole [[Byzantine Emperor|emperor]] of the [[Byzantine Empire]], 63 years after being crowned co-emperor.<ref>{{cite book|last=Vogt|first=Albert|chapter=The Macedonian Dynasty From 976 to 1057 A.D.|title=The Cambridge Medieval History. Vol. 4: The Eastern Roman Empire|editor-last1=Tanner|editor-first1=J.R.|editor-last2=Previté-Orton|editor-first2=C.W.|editor-last3=Brooke|editor-first3=Z.N.|location=New York|publisher=Macmillan|date=1926|oclc=14739796|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ihg_2ZXHB1cC|page=96}}</ref>
*[[1161]] &ndash; [[Jin–Song wars]]: Military officers conspire against the emperor [[Wanyan Liang]] of the [[Jin dynasty (1115–1234)|Jin dynasty]] after a military defeat at the [[Battle of Caishi]], and assassinate the emperor at his camp.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kuhn|first=Dieter|title=The Age of Confucian Rule: The Song Transformation of China|location=Cambridge, Mass.|publisher=Belknap Press of Harvard University Press|date=2011|isbn=9780674031463|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FnCbDwAAQBAJ|page=81}}</ref>
*[[1167]] &ndash; [[Kingdom of Sicily (Medieval and Early Modern)|Sicilian]] [[Chancellor]] [[Stephen du Perche]] moves the royal court to [[Messina]] to prevent a rebellion.
*[[1256]] &ndash; [[Mongols|Mongol]] forces under [[Hulagu Khan|Hulagu]] enter and dismantle the [[Nizari Ismaili state|Nizari Ismaili]] ([[Order of Assassins|Assassin]]) stronghold at [[Alamut Castle]] (in present-day [[Iran]]) as part of [[Mongol campaign against the Nizaris|their offensive]] on Islamic southwest Asia.
*[[1270]] &ndash; The [[Nizari Ismaili state|Nizari Ismaili]] garrison of [[Gerdkuh]], Persia surrender after 17 years to the [[Mongol campaign against the Nizaris|Mongols]].<ref name="Daftary1992p429">{{cite book |last1=Daftary |first1=Farhad |title=The Isma'ilis: Their History and Doctrines |date=1992 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-42974-0 |page=429 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1467]] &ndash; [[Stephen III of Moldavia]] defeats [[Matthias Corvinus]] of Hungary, with the latter being injured thrice, at the [[Battle of Baia]].
*[[1546]] &ndash; The town of [[Ekenäs, Finland|Ekenäs]] ({{langx|fi|Tammisaari}}) is founded by [[Gustav I of Sweden|King Gustav Vasa of Sweden]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kansallisbiografia.fi/paimenmuisto/seurakunta/5105|title=Tammisaari (Ekenäs)|publisher=[[Kansallisbiografia]]|access-date=8 January 2023|language=fi}}</ref>