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===Pre-1600===
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*[[497 BC]] &ndash; The first [[Saturnalia]] festival was celebrated in [[ancient Rome]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Bradley|first=Keith R.|title=The Early Development of Slavery at Rome|journal=Historical Reflections / Réflexions Historiques|date=Spring 1985|volume=12|issue=1|page=3|jstor=41298844|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41298844}}</ref>
* [[546]] &ndash; [[Sack of Rome (546)|Siege of Rome]]: The [[Ostrogoths]] under king [[Totila]] plunder the city, by bribing the [[Byzantine Empire|Eastern Roman]] garrison.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gibbon|first=Edward|title=The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire|location=New York|publisher=Modern Library|year=2005|isbn=9780345478849|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9xriVJrENcMC|page=752}}</ref>
* [[920]] &ndash; [[Romanos I Lekapenos]] is crowned co-emperor of the underage [[Constantine VII]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Speake|first=Graham|title=Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic Tradition. Vol. 2: L—Z|location=New York|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2021|isbn=9781135942137|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pJoMEAAAQBAJ|page=1465}}</ref>
* [[942]] &ndash; Assassination of [[William I of Normandy]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Petkov|first=Kiril|title=The Kiss of Peace: Ritual, Self, and Society in the High and Late Medieval West|location=Boston|publisher=Brill|year=2003|isbn=9789004130388|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vc_1PAcOgnUC|page=39}}</ref>
* [[1297]] &ndash; King [[Kyawswa of Pagan]] is overthrown by the [[Myinsaing Kingdom|three Myinsaing brothers]], marking the de facto end of the [[Pagan Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite journal | author=Than Tun | author-link=Than Tun | title=History of Burma: A.D. 1300–1400 | journal=[[Journal of Burma Research Society]] | date=December 1959 | volume=XLII | number=II | pages=119–120}}</ref>
* [[1354]] &ndash; [[Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut|Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut and Holy Roman Empress]] and her son [[William I, Duke of Bavaria]], sign a peace treaty ending the [[Hook and Cod wars]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blok |first=P. J. |title=Inhoudsopgave van Geschiedenis van het Nederlandsche volk. Deel 1 |url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/blok013gesc01_01/index.php |access-date=December 12, 2024 |website=DBNL |page=326 |language=nl}}</ref>
*[[1398]] &ndash; [[Tughlaq dynasty|Sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud]]'s armies in Delhi are defeated by [[Timur]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Srivastava|first=Ashirbadi Lal|title=The History of India, 1000 A.D.—1707 A.D.|location=Jaipur, India|publisher=Shiva Lal Agarwala|year=1964|oclc=1100402590|page=181}}</ref>
*[[1538]] &ndash; [[Pope Paul III]] excommunicates [[Henry VIII of England]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Scarisbrick|first=J.J.|title=Henry VIII|location=New Haven, Conn.|publisher=Yale University Press|year=1997|isbn=978-0-30007158-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oSuFAwAAQBAJ|page=361}}</ref>
*[[1583]] &ndash; [[Cologne War]]: Forces under [[Ernest of Bavaria]] defeat troops under [[Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg]] at the [[Siege of Godesberg]].
*[[1586]] &ndash; [[Emperor Go-Yōzei|Go-Yōzei]] becomes [[Emperor of Japan]].