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===Pre-1600===
* [[618]] &ndash; Li Yuan becomes [[Emperor Gaozu of Tang]], initiating three centuries of [[Tang dynasty]] rule over China.
* [[656]] &ndash; [[Ali]] becomes Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate.
* [[860]] &ndash; [[Siege of Constantinople (860)|Byzantine–Rus' War]]: A fleet of about 200 [[Rus' Khaganate|Rus']] vessels sails into the [[Bosphorus]] and starts pillaging the suburbs of the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] capital [[Constantinople]].
*[[1053]] &ndash; [[Battle of Civitate]]: Three thousand [[Normans|Norman]] horsemen of [[Humphrey of Hauteville|Count Humphrey]] rout the troops of [[Pope Leo IX]].
*[[1264]] &ndash; The [[Parliament of Ireland]] meets at [[Castledermot]] in [[County Kildare]], the first definitively known meeting of this Irish [[legislature]].
*[[1265]] &ndash; A draft [[Byzantine–Venetian treaty of 1265|Byzantine–Venetian treaty]] is concluded between Venetian envoys and Emperor [[Michael VIII Palaiologos]], but is not ratified by Doge [[Reniero Zeno]].
*[[1391]] &ndash; [[Tokhtamysh–Timur war]]: [[Battle of the Kondurcha River]]: [[Timur]] defeats [[Tokhtamysh]] of the [[Golden Horde]] in present-day southeast Russia.<ref>Tucker, Spencer C. (2009-12-23). A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East [6 volumes]: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-85109-672-5.</ref>
*[[1429]] &ndash; [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII's]] army defeats an [[English Army|English army]] under [[John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury|John Talbot]] at the [[Battle of Patay]] during the [[Hundred Years' War]]. The English lost 2,200 men, over half their army, crippling their efforts during this segment of the war.<ref>{{cite book |first=Kelly |last=DeVries |title=Joan of Arc: A Military Leader |location=Stroud |publisher=History Press |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-7524-6061-1 |page=96}}</ref>