Editing June 26 (section)

===Pre-1600===
*[[4 AD|4]] &ndash; [[Augustus]] adopts [[Tiberius]].
* [[221]] &ndash; [[Roman emperor]] [[Elagabalus]] adopts his cousin [[Alexander Severus]] as his heir and receives the title of [[Caesar (title)|Caesar]].
* [[363]] &ndash; Roman emperor [[Julian (emperor)|Julian]] is killed during the retreat from the [[Sasanian Empire]]. 
* [[684]] &ndash; [[Pope Benedict II]] is the last pope to require confirmation by the Byzantine emperor before taking office.
* [[699]] &ndash; [[En no Ozuno]], a Japanese mystic and apothecary who will later be regarded as the founder of a folk religion [[Shugendō]], is banished to [[Izu Ōshima]].
*[[1243]] &ndash; Mongols defeat the [[Seljuk Turks]] at the [[Battle of Köse Dağ]].
*[[1295]] &ndash; [[Przemysł II]] crowned [[king of Poland]], following Ducal period. The white eagle is added to the [[Coat of arms of Poland|Polish coat of arms]].
*[[1407]] &ndash; [[Ulrich von Jungingen]] becomes [[Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights]].
*[[1409]] &ndash; [[Western Schism]]: The [[Roman Catholic Church]] is led into a double [[schism (religion)|schism]] as Petros Philargos is crowned [[Pope Alexander V]] after the [[Council of Pisa]], joining [[Pope Gregory XII]] in Rome and [[Antipope Benedict XIII|Pope Benedict XIII]] in [[Avignon]].
*[[1460]] &ndash; [[War of the Roses]]: [[Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick]], and [[Edward IV of England|Edward, Earl of March]], land in England with a rebel army and march on London.
*[[1483]] &ndash; [[Richard III of England|Richard III]] becomes King of England.<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - Radio 4 - This Sceptred Isle - Richard III, the Princes in the Tower and Bosworth |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/sceptred_isle/page/44.shtml?question=44 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=26 June 2020}}</ref>
*[[1522]] &ndash; Ottomans begin the second [[Siege of Rhodes (1522)|Siege of Rhodes]].
*[[1541]] &ndash; [[Francisco Pizarro]] is assassinated in [[Lima]] by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, [[Diego de Almagro]] the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed.
*[[1579]] &ndash; [[Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory]] begins.