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===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 69|69]] &ndash; The [[Roman legion]]s in [[Germania Superior]] refuse to swear loyalty to [[Galba]]. They rebel and proclaim [[Vitellius]] as emperor.<ref>{{cite book|author=Anthony R Birley|title=Marcus Aurelius: A Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CzYRFge0NnsC&pg=PT15|date=6 December 2012|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-69569-0|pages=15–}}</ref>
* [[366]] &ndash; The [[Alemanni]] cross the frozen [[Rhine]] in large numbers, invading the [[Roman Empire]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Alamanni |volume= 01 |last= Beck|first=  Frederick George Meeson | page = 468; see lines four and five from the end |quote=....Early in the 5th century the Alamanni appear to have crossed the Rhine and conquered and settled Alsace and a large part of Switzerland. }}</ref>
* [[533]] &ndash; Mercurius becomes [[Pope John II]], the first [[pope]] to adopt a new name upon elevation to the papacy.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Mann |first1=Horace K. |title=Pope John II |encyclopedia=Catholic Encyclopedia |date=1910}}</ref>
*[[1492]] &ndash; [[Reconquista]]: The [[Emirate of Granada]], the last [[Moors|Moorish]] stronghold in [[Spain]], surrenders.<ref>Kamen, Henry. "Spain 1469 – 1714 A Society of Conflict." Third edition. pp. 37–38</ref>