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===Pre-1600===
* [[506]] &ndash; [[Alaric II]], eighth king of the [[Visigoths]], promulgates the [[Breviary of Alaric]] (''Breviarium Alaricianum'' or ''Lex Romana Visigothorum''), a collection of "[[Roman law]]".
* [[880]] &ndash; [[Battle of Luneberg Heath|Battle of Lüneburg Heath]]: King [[Louis III of France]] is defeated by the Norse [[Great Heathen Army]] at [[Lüneburg Heath]] in [[Saxony]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Sir Francis|last=Palgrave|author-link=Francis Palgrave|title=The History of Normandy and of England|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V9YLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA569|year=1851|publisher=J. W. Parker and son|pages=569}}</ref>
* [[962]] &ndash; ''[[Translatio imperii]]'': [[Pope John XII]] crowns [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor]], the first [[Holy Roman Emperor]] in nearly 40 years.
*[[1032]] &ndash; [[Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor]] becomes king of [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]].
*[[1141]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Lincoln (1141)|Battle of Lincoln]], at which [[Stephen, King of England]] is defeated and captured by the allies of [[Empress Matilda]].<ref>{{cite book|first=R. H. C.|last=Davis|author-link=R. H. C. Davis|title=From Alfred the Great to Stephen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ihkne5TofGcC&pg=PA193|date=1 January 1991|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-1-85285-045-6|pages=193}}</ref>
*[[1207]] &ndash; [[Terra Mariana]], eventually comprising present-day [[Latvia]] and [[Estonia]], is established.
*[[1428]] &ndash; An [[1428 Catalonia earthquake|intense earthquake]] struck the [[Principality of Catalonia]], with the [[epicenter]] near [[Camprodon]].<ref name="CFTI4">{{cite web|url=http://storing.ingv.it/cfti4med/quakes/M2286.html|title=Catalogue of Strong Earthquakes in Italy 461 B.C. - 1997and Mediterranean area 760 B.C. - 1500|author=Guidoboni E.|author2=Ferrari G.|author3=Mariotti D.|author4=Comastri A.|author5=Tarabusi G.|author6=Valensise G.|name-list-style=amp|access-date=2010-02-24| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100326045332/http://storing.ingv.it/cfti4med/| archive-date= 26 March 2010 <!--Added by DASHBot-->}}</ref> Widespread destruction and heavy casualties were reported.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=13 March 2011|date=March 2011|title=El terratrèmol de Catalunya de 1428|url=http://blogs.sapiens.cat/historiadorvital/2011/03/12/el-terratremol-de-catalunya-de-1428/|work=[[Sàpiens]]}}<!-- auto-translated from Catalon by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
*[[1438]] &ndash; Nine leaders of the [[Transylvanian peasant revolt]] are executed at [[Turda|Torda]].
*[[1461]] &ndash; Wars of the Roses: The [[Battle of Mortimer's Cross]] results in the death of Owen Tudor.
*[[1536]] &ndash; Spaniard [[Pedro de Mendoza]] founds [[Buenos Aires|Buenos Aires, Argentina]].