Editing July 17 (section)

===Pre-1600===
* [[180]] &ndash; [[Scillitan Martyrs|Twelve inhabitants]] of [[Scillium]] (near Kasserine, modern-day [[Tunisia]]) in North Africa are executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world.
*[[1048]] &ndash; [[Pope Damasus II|Damasus II]] is elected pope, and dies 23 days later.<ref>{{cite book|last=Darras|first=Joseph Épiphane|title=A General History of the Catholic Church: From the Commencement of the Christian Era Until the Present Time. Volume III|location=New York|publisher=P. O'Shea, Publisher|date=1866|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SdNAAQAAMAAJ|page=36}}</ref>
*[[1203]] &ndash; The [[Fourth Crusade]] assaults [[Constantinople]]. The [[Byzantine emperor]] [[Alexios III Angelos]] flees from his capital into exile.
*[[1402]] &ndash; Zhu Di, better known by his [[Regnal name|era name]] as the [[Yongle Emperor]], assumes the throne over the [[Ming dynasty]] of China.
*[[1429]] &ndash; [[Hundred Years' War]]: [[Charles VII of France]] is [[coronation of the French monarch|crowned]] the King of France in the [[Reims Cathedral]] after a successful campaign by [[Joan of Arc]].
*[[1453]] &ndash; [[Battle of Castillon]]: The last battle of the [[Hundred Years' War]], the French under [[Jean Bureau]] defeat the English under the [[John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury|Earl of Shrewsbury]], who is killed in the battle in [[Gascony]]. 
* [[1489]] &ndash; [[Sikandar Lodi]] succeeds [[Bahlul Khan Lodi]] as [[Sultan of Delhi]].<ref name="sen2">{{Cite book |last=Sen |first=Sailendra |title=A Textbook of Medieval Indian History |publisher=Primus Books |year=2013 |isbn=978-9-38060-734-4 |pages=122–125}}</ref>