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===Pre-1600===
* [[474]] &ndash; Seven-year-old [[Leo II (emperor)|Leo II]] succeeds his maternal grandfather [[Leo I (emperor)|Leo I]] as [[Byzantine emperor]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Fik |last=Meijer |author-link=Fik Meijer |title=Emperors Don't Die in Bed |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3uN_AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA158 |date=31 July 2004 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=1-134-38405-X |pages=158}}</ref> He dies ten months later.
* [[532]] &ndash; [[Nika riots]] in [[Constantinople]] fail.
*[[1126]] &ndash; [[Emperor Huizong of Song|Emperor Huizong]] abdicates the Chinese throne in favour of his son [[Emperor Qinzong of Song|Emperor Qinzong]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Frederick W. |last=Mote |author-link=Frederick W. Mote |title=Imperial China 900-1800 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SQWW7QgUH4gC&pg=PA105 |year=2003 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-01212-7 |pages=105}}</ref>
*[[1486]] &ndash; King [[Henry VII of England]] marries [[Elizabeth of York]], daughter of [[Edward IV of England|Edward IV]], uniting the [[House of Lancaster]] and the [[House of York]].<ref>{{cite book |first=James |last=BIRCHALL |title=England under the Tudors and Stuarts: a history of two centuries of revolution, etc |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ub1XAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA3 |year=1861 |publisher=Simpkin, Marshall & Company |pages=3}}</ref>
*[[1562]] &ndash; [[Pope Pius IV]] reopens the [[Council of Trent]] for its third and final session.
*[[1586]] &ndash; The magnitude 7.9 [[1586 Tenshō earthquake|Tenshō earthquake]] strikes [[Honshu]], Japan, killing 8,000 people and triggering a [[tsunami]].<ref name=NGDC>{{citation |title=Significant Earthquake Database |url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/5957 |author=National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) |publisher=[[National Geophysical Data Center]], [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]] |doi=10.7289/V5TD9V7K |year=1972 |type=Data Set}}</ref>