Editing July 2 (section)

===Pre-1600===
* [[437]] &ndash; Emperor [[Valentinian III]] begins his reign over the [[Western Roman Empire]]. His mother [[Galla Placidia]] ends her [[Regent|regency]], but continues to exercise [[Politics|political]] influence at the court in [[Rome]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Atkinson|first=Kenneth|title=Empress Galla Placidia and the Fall of the Roman Empire|location=Jefferson, N.C.|publisher=McFarland & Company|date=2020|isbn=9781476682358|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mDnlDwAAQBAJ|page=134}}</ref>
* [[626]] &ndash; [[Li Shimin]], the future [[Emperor Taizong of Tang]], ambushes and kills his rival brothers [[Li Yuanji]] and [[Li Jiancheng]] in the [[Xuanwu Gate Incident]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Chen|first=Jack Wei|title=The Poetics of Sovereignty: On Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty|location=Cambridge, Mass.|publisher=Harvard University Press|date=2010|isbn=9780674056084|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5wlDivOQGakC|pages=23–25}}</ref>
* [[706]] &ndash; In [[China]], [[Emperor Zhongzong of Tang]] inters the bodies of relatives in the [[Qianling Mausoleum]], located on [[Mount Liang]] outside [[Chang'an]].
* [[866]] &ndash; [[Battle of Brissarthe]]: The [[Francia|Franks]] led by [[Robert the Strong]] are defeated by a joint [[Bretons|Breton]]-[[Vikings|Viking]] army.
* [[936]] &ndash; King [[Henry the Fowler]] dies in his [[Kaiserpfalz|royal palace]] in [[Memleben]]. He is succeeded by his son [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto I]], who becomes the ruler of [[East Francia]].
* [[963]] &ndash; The [[Byzantine army]] proclaims [[Nikephoros II Phokas]] [[Byzantine emperor|Emperor of the Romans]] on the plains outside [[Kayseri|Cappadocian Caesarea]].
*[[1298]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Göllheim]] is fought between [[Albert I of Habsburg]] and [[Adolf, King of the Romans|Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg]].
*[[1494]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Tordesillas]] is ratified by Spain.
*[[1504]] &ndash; [[Bogdan III the One-Eyed]] becomes [[Voivode]] of [[Moldavia]].
*[[1555]] &ndash; Ottoman Admiral [[Turgut Reis]] sacks the Italian city of [[Paola, Calabria|Paola]].
*[[1561]] &ndash; [[Menas of Ethiopia|Menas, emperor of Ethiopia]], defeats a revolt in [[Emfraz]].
*[[1582]] &ndash; [[Battle of Yamazaki]]: [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] defeats [[Akechi Mitsuhide]].