Editing July 11 (section)

===Pre-1600===
* [[813]] &ndash; Byzantine emperor [[Michael I Rangabe|Michael I]], under threat by conspiracies, abdicates in favor of his general [[Leo V the Armenian|Leo the Armenian]], and becomes a [[monk]] (under the name Athanasius).
*[[AD 911|911]] &ndash; Signing of the [[Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte]] between [[Charles the Simple]] and [[Rollo]] of Normandy.
*[[1174]] &ndash; [[Baldwin IV]], 13, becomes [[King of Jerusalem]], with [[Raymond III, Count of Tripoli]] as regent and [[William of Tyre]] as chancellor.
*[[1302]] &ndash; [[Battle of the Golden Spurs]] (''Guldensporenslag'' in Dutch): A coalition around the [[Flanders|Flemish]] cities defeats the king of France's royal army.
*[[1346]] &ndash; [[Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles IV]], [[Count of Luxembourg]] and [[King of Bohemia]], is elected [[King of the Romans]].
*[[1405]] &ndash; [[Ming dynasty|Ming]] admiral [[Zheng He]] sets sail [[Ming treasure voyages|to explore the world]] for the first time.
*[[1410]] &ndash; [[Ottoman Interregnum]]: [[Süleyman Çelebi]] [[Battle of Edirne (1410)|defeats]] his brother [[Musa Çelebi]] outside the Ottoman capital, [[Edirne]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Kastritsis | first = Dimitris | title = The Sons of Bayezid: Empire Building and Representation in the Ottoman Civil War of 1402–13 | publisher = BRILL | year = 2007 | isbn = 978-90-04-15836-8 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=u_evCQAAQBAJ | pages=152–153}}</ref>
*[[1476]] &ndash; [[Pope Julius II|Giuliano della Rovere]] is appointed bishop of [[Coutances]].
*[[1576]] &ndash; While exploring the [[Atlantic Ocean#Northern Atlantic|North Atlantic Ocean]] in an attempt to find the [[Northwest Passage]], [[Martin Frobisher]] sights [[Greenland]], mistaking it for the hypothesized (but non-existent) island of "Frisland".<ref>{{cite book|last=McGhee|first=Robert|title=The Arctic Voyages of Martin Frobisher: An Elizabethan Adventure|location=Montréal|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press|date=2006|isbn=9780773531550|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1mVg8wU_TsgC|pages=42–43}}</ref>