Editing January 12 (section)

===Pre-1600===
* [[475]] &ndash; [[List of Byzantine emperors|Byzantine Emperor]] [[Zeno (emperor)|Zeno]] is forced to flee his capital at [[Constantinople]], and his general, [[Basiliscus]] gains control of the empire.<ref>{{cite book |last=Barton |first=Tamsyn |title=Power and knowledge: Astrology, physiognomics, and medicine under the Roman Empire |year= 2002 |publisher=University of Michigan Press |isbn=0-472-08852-1 |page=60 }}</ref>
*[[1528]] &ndash; [[Gustav I of Sweden]] is crowned King of Sweden, having already reigned since his election in June 1523.<ref>{{cite book|last=Scott|first=Franklin Daniel|title=Sweden: The Nation's History|location=Carbondale, Ill.|publisher=Southern Illinois University Press|date=1992|isbn=9780809314898|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qv8zxie3A18C|pages=121, 129}}</ref>
*[[1554]] &ndash; [[Bayinnaung]], who would go on to assemble the [[Toungoo dynasty|largest empire]] in the history of Southeast Asia, is crowned [[List of Burmese monarchs|King of Burma]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Kaung|first=Thaw|title=Accounts of King Bayinnaung's Life and Hanthawadi Hsinbyu-mya-shin Ayedawbon, a Record of His Campaigns|journal=Myanmar Historical Research Journal|date=June 2003|page=29|url=https://www.uclmyanmar.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/4-Accounts-of-King-Bayinnaung.pdf|access-date=January 12, 2023}}</ref>