Editing February 26 (section)

===Pre-1600===
*[[747 BC]] &ndash; According to [[Ptolemy]], the [[Epoch (reference date)|epoch]] (origin) of the [[Nabonassar]] Era began at noon on this date.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hannah|first=Robert|title=Greek and Roman Calendars|location=London|publisher=Bloomsbury|date=2013|isbn=9781849667517|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qSOSAQAAQBAJ|page=94}}</ref> Historians use this to establish the modern [[Anno Domini|BC chronology]] for dating historic events.<ref>{{cite book|last=Depuydt|first=Leo|chapter=Calendars and Years in Ancient Egypt: The Soundness of Egyptian and West Asian Chronology in 1500-500 BC and the Consistency of the Egyptian 365-Day Wandering Year|title=Calendars and Years: Astronomy and Time in the Ancient Near East|editor-last=Steele|editor-first=John M.|location=Oxford, UK|publisher=Oxbow Books|date=2007|isbn=9781842173022|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M6emAwAAQBAJ|page=46}}</ref> 
* [[320]] &ndash; [[Chandragupta I]] is officially crowned as the first [[Gupta Emperor]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.ibiblio.org/britishraj/Jackson2/chapter11.html|title=Chapter 11 – The Gupta Empire and the Western Satraps: Chandragupta I to Kumaragupta I}}</ref>
* [[364]] &ndash; [[Valentinian I]] is proclaimed [[Roman Emperor]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland|title=The Roman Imperial Coinage: The family of Constantine I: A.D. 337-364, by J. P. C. Kent|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JyvTAAAAMAAJ|year=1981|publisher=Spink|isbn=978-0-900696-85-5|page=31|access-date=2019-12-23|archive-date=2020-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801120432/https://books.google.com/books?id=JyvTAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1266]] &ndash; [[Battle of Benevento]]: An army led by [[Charles I of Naples|Charles, Count of Anjou]], defeats a combined German and [[Sicily|Sicilian]] force led by [[Manfred, King of Sicily]]. Manfred is killed in the battle and [[Pope Clement IV]] invests Charles as king of [[Sicily]] and [[Kingdom of Naples|Naples]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Canaccini|first=Federico|chapter=Benevento, Battle of|title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology. Vol. 1: Aachen, Siege of — Dyrrachium, Siege and Battle of (1081)|editor-last=Rogers|editor-first=Clifford J.|location=New York|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2010|isbn=9780195334036|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mzwpq6bLHhMC|pages=141–142}}</ref>
*[[1365]] &ndash; The [[Ava Kingdom]] and the royal city of [[Inwa|Ava]] (Inwa) founded by King [[Thado Minbya]].<ref>{{cite book | author=Royal Historical Commission of Burma | author-link=Royal Historical Commission of Burma | title=Hmannan Yazawin | volume=1–3 | year=1829–1832 | location=Yangon | language=my | edition=2003 | publisher=[[Ministry of Information, Myanmar]] | page=396}}: Tuesday, 6th waxing of Tabaung 726 ME = Tuesday, 26 February 1365</ref>