Editing February 19 (section)

===Pre-1600===
* [[197]] &ndash; Emperor [[Septimius Severus]] defeats [[Roman usurper|usurper]] [[Clodius Albinus]] in the [[Battle of Lugdunum]], the bloodiest battle between Roman armies.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Graham |first=A. J. |date=1978 |title=The Numbers at Lugdunum |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4435642 |journal=Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte |volume=27 |issue=4 |pages=625–630 |jstor=4435642 |issn=0018-2311 |access-date=2021-09-05 |archive-date=2021-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905052932/https://www.jstor.org/stable/4435642 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[356]] &ndash; The [[anti-paganism policy of Constantius II]] forbids the worship of pagan idols in the Roman Empire.
*[[1594]] &ndash; Having already been elected to the throne of the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] in 1587, [[Sigismund III Vasa|Sigismund III]] of the [[House of Vasa]] is crowned King of Sweden, having succeeded his father [[John III of Sweden]] in 1592.
*[[1600]] &ndash; The Peruvian [[stratovolcano]] [[Huaynaputina]] explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Adams |first1=Nancy K. |last2=de Silva |first2=Shanaka L. |last3=Self |first3=Stephen |last4=Salas |first4=Guido |last5=Schubring |first5=Steven |last6=Permenter |first6=Jason L. |last7=Arbesman |first7=Kendra |date=2001-04-01 |title=The physical volcanology of the 1600 eruption of Huaynaputina, southern Peru |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s004450000105 |journal=Bulletin of Volcanology |language=en |volume=62 |issue=8 |pages=493–518 |doi=10.1007/s004450000105 |bibcode=2001BVol...62..493A |s2cid=129649755 |issn=1432-0819 |access-date=2021-09-14 |archive-date=2022-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219163738/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s004450000105 |url-status=live }}</ref>