Editing January 25 (section)

===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 41|41]] &ndash; After a night of negotiation, [[Claudius]] is accepted as [[Roman emperor]] by the [[Roman Senate|Senate]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Jerome|last=Murphy-O'Connor|author-link=Jerome Murphy-O'Connor|title=St. Paul's Corinth: Texts and Archaeology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j8QPUES_C34C&pg=PA152|year=2002|publisher=Liturgical Press|isbn=978-0-8146-5303-6|pages=152}}</ref>
* [[750]] &ndash; In the [[Battle of the Zab]], the [[Abbasid]] rebels defeat the [[Umayyad Caliphate]], leading to the overthrow of the dynasty.<ref>{{cite book|first=Moshe|last=Sharon|author-link=Moshe Sharon|title=Black Banners from the East: The Establishment of the Abbāsid State: Incubation of a Revolt|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NPvZoG6NtLkC&pg=PA13|year=1983|publisher=JSAI|isbn=978-965-223-501-5|pages=13}}</ref>
*[[1327]] &ndash; Fourteen-year-old [[Edward III of England|Edward III]] ascends the throne of England after [[Edward II of England|his father the king]] is forced to abdicate by [[Isabella of France|Queen Isabella]] and her lover, [[Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March|Roger Mortimer]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Ormrod|first=W.M.|title=Edward III|location=New Haven, Conn.|publisher=Yale University Press|date=2012|isbn=9780300119107|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iqDTn2qmiNAC|page=86}}</ref>
*[[1348]] &ndash; A [[1348 Friuli earthquake|strong earthquake]] strikes the South Alpine region of [[Friuli]] in modern [[Italy]], causing considerable damage to buildings as far away as Rome.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Pierre|last1=Pichard|first2=N. N.|last2=Ambraseys|author-link2=Nicholas Ambraseys|first3=G. N.|last3=Ziogas|title=The Gemona Di Friuli Earthquake of 6 May 1976|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l0xRAAAAMAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Unesco|page=4}}</ref>
*[[1479]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Constantinople (1479)|Treaty of Constantinople]] ends the 16-year-long [[First Ottoman–Venetian War]].<ref>{{The Papacy and the Levant|volume=2|page=328}}</ref>
*[[1494]] &ndash; [[Alfonso II of Naples|Alfonso II]] becomes King of [[Kingdom of Naples|Naples]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Johann Karl Ludwig|last=Gieseler|author-link=Johann Karl Ludwig Gieseler|title=Text-book of Ecclesiastical History|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_g0cNAAAAYAAJ|year=1836|publisher=Carey, Lea, and Blanchard|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_g0cNAAAAYAAJ/page/n250 238]}}</ref>
*[[1515]] &ndash; [[Coronation of the French monarch|Coronation]] of [[Francis I of France]] takes place at [[Reims Cathedral]], where the new monarch is anointed with the oil of Clovis and girt with the sword of [[Charlemagne]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/francis-i-france-dies-rambouillet|title=Francis I of France dies at Rambouillet|first=Richard|last=Cavendish|author-link=Richard Cavendish (occult writer)|date=March 1997|journal=[[History Today]]|volume=47|issue=3|access-date=24 January 2021}}</ref>
*[[1533]] &ndash; [[Henry VIII of England]] secretly marries his second wife [[Anne Boleyn]].<ref>{{cite book|first=George Henry|last=Townsend|author-link=George Henry Townsend|title=The Manual of Dates: A Dictionary of Reference to All the Most Important Events in the History of Mankind to be Found in Authentic Records|url=https://archive.org/details/manualofdatesdic00town|year=1862|pages=[https://archive.org/details/manualofdatesdic00town/page/323 323]}}</ref>
*[[1554]] &ndash; [[São Paulo]], Brazil, is founded by [[Jesuit]] priests.<ref>{{cite book|title=Mid-America: An Historical Review|url=https://archive.org/details/midamericahistor26unse|year=1943|publisher=Loyola University [Institute of Jesuit History]|page=[https://archive.org/details/midamericahistor26unse/page/263 263]}}</ref>
*[[1573]] &ndash; [[Battle of Mikatagahara]]: In Japan, [[Takeda Shingen]] defeats [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Jeroen Pieter|last=Lamers|title=Japonius Tyrannus: The Japanese Warlord, Oda Nobunaga Reconsidered|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2-CIg2yGJx8C|year=2000|publisher=Hotei Publishing|isbn=978-90-74822-22-0}}</ref>
*[[1575]] &ndash; [[Luanda]], the capital of [[Angola]], is founded by the Portuguese navigator [[Paulo Dias de Novais]].<ref>{{cite book|last=James|first=W. Martin|title=Historical Dictionary of Angola|location=Lanham, Md.|publisher=Scarecrow Press|date=2004|isbn=9780810849402|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZtJKDwAAQBAJ|page=209}}</ref>
*[[1585]] &ndash; [[Walter Raleigh]] is knighted, shortly after renaming North America region "Virginia", in honor of Elizabeth I, Queen of England, sometimes referred to as the "Virgin Queen".<ref>{{cite book|first=Clifton|last=Daniel|title=Chronicle of America|publisher=Chronicle publication|year=1989|page=36|isbn=0-13-133745-9}}</ref>