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===Pre-1600===
* [[406]] &ndash; [[Vandals]], [[Alans]] and [[Suebi]]ans [[Crossing of the Rhine|cross the Rhine]], beginning an invasion of [[Gaul]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Empires besieged : time frame--AD 200-600 |date=1988 |publisher=Alexandria, Va. : Time-Life Books |isbn=978-0-8094-6416-6 |page=38 |url=https://archive.org/details/empiresbesiegedt00time/page/38/mode/2up |access-date=5 September 2022}}</ref>
* [[535]] &ndash; [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] general [[Belisarius]] completes the conquest of [[Sicily]], defeating the [[Ostrogoths|Gothic]] garrison of [[Palermo]] (Panormos), and ending his [[consul]]ship for the year.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kruse |first1=Marion |title=The Politics of Roman Memory: From the Fall of the Western Empire to the Age of Justinian |date=4 October 2019 |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |isbn=978-0-8122-5162-3 |page=117 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[870]] &ndash; [[Battle of Englefield]]: The [[Vikings]] clash with [[ealdorman]] [[Æthelwulf of Berkshire]]. The invaders are driven back to [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]] ([[Kingdom of East Anglia|East Anglia]]); many [[Danes]] are killed.<ref name="Smith1980">{{cite book|author=Albert Hugh Smith|title=The Parker Chronicle 832-900|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3vMwAAAAMAAJ|year=1980|publisher=University of Exeter|isbn=978-0-85989-099-1|page=26}}</ref>
*[[1105]] &ndash; [[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry&nbsp;IV]] is forced to abdicate in favor of his son, [[Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry&nbsp;V]], in [[Ingelheim]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Robinson |first=I. S. |orig-year=1999 |year=2003 |title=Henry IV of Germany, 1056–1106 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=0-521-54590-0 |page=336}}</ref>
*[[1225]] &ndash; The [[Lý dynasty]] of Vietnam ends after 216 years by the enthronement of the boy emperor [[Trần Thái Tông]], husband of the last Lý monarch, [[Lý Chiêu Hoàng]], starting the [[Trần dynasty]].{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}<ref>Minh, Nguyen. ''The Contributions of Salient Vietnamese Zen Masters to the Development of Buddhism During Ly and Tran Dynasties.'' 2017. Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University. Master of Arts. </ref>
*[[1229]] &ndash; [[James I of Aragon|James I the Conqueror]], [[King of Aragon]], enters Medina Mayurqa (now known as [[Palma de Mallorca]], Spain), thus consummating the [[Conquest of Majorca|Christian reconquest]] of the island of [[Mallorca]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=Breve Historia de la guerra antigua y medieval (Brief history of the old and medieval war) |page=211  |author1=F. Xavier Hernández Cardona |author2=Xavier Rubio Campillo |date=October 2010 |publisher=Fareso |language=es|isbn=9788497639743 }}</ref>
*[[1501]] &ndash; The [[First Battle of Cannanore]] commences, seeing the first use of the naval [[line of battle]].{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}
*[[1600]] &ndash; The British [[East India Company]] is chartered.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Low |first1=C. R. |title=History of the Indian Navy: Chapter I. 1600-1622 |journal=The United Service Magazine |date=1875 |issue=3 |page=148 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L-IRAAAAYAAJ |access-date=5 September 2022 |publisher=H. Colburn |language=en}}</ref>