Editing June 6 (section)

===Pre-1600===
* [[913]] &ndash; [[Constantine VII]], the eight-year-old illegitimate son of [[Leo VI the Wise]], becomes nominal ruler of the [[Byzantine Empire]] under the [[regency]] of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch [[Nicholas Mystikos]], appointed by Constantine's uncle [[Alexander (Byzantine emperor)|Alexander]] on his deathbed.<ref>{{cite book |last=Grierson |first=Philip |title=Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection: Leo III to Nicephorus III, 717–1801 |year=1973 |publisher=Dumbarton Oaks |location=Washington, D.C. |page=526 |isbn=978-08-84020-45-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dDH8GM4xrysC&pg=PA526}}</ref>
*[[1505]] &ndash; The M8.2–8.8 [[1505 Lo Mustang earthquake|Lo Mustang earthquake]] affects Tibet and Nepal, causing severe damage in [[Kathmandu]] and parts of the Indo-Gangetic plain.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gupta |first1=Harsh K. |last2=Fareeduddin |title=Recent Advances in Earth System Science |year=2008 |publisher=Geological Society of India |location=Bangalore |pages=244, 381 |isbn=978-81-85867-83-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T-hQAQAAIAAJ}}</ref>
*[[1513]] &ndash; [[Battle of Novara (1513)|Battle of Novara]]. In the [[Italian Wars]], Swiss troops defeat the French under [[Louis II de la Trémoille]], forcing them to abandon [[Milan]]; Duke [[Massimiliano Sforza]] is restored.<ref>{{cite book |last=Delbrück |first=Hans |title=The Dawn of Modern Warfare |year=1990 |publisher=University of Nebraska Press |location=Omaha |pages=78–81 |isbn=978-08-03265-86-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MsBMpfMVp-AC&pg=PA78}}</ref>
*[[1523]] &ndash; Swedish regent [[Gustav Vasa]] is elected [[Monarchy of Sweden|King of Sweden]] and, marking a symbolic end to the [[Kalmar Union]], 6 June is designated the country's national day.<ref>{{cite book |last=Lockhart |first=Paul Douglas |title=Sweden in the Seventeenth Century |publisher=Macmillan International Higher Education |location=London |year=2004 |page=6 |isbn=978-02-30802-55-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nNYcBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA6}}</ref><ref name="NK">{{cite news |url=https://www.nordiskamuseet.se/aretsdagar/sveriges-nationaldag |title=Sveriges nationaldag |newspaper=Nordiska Museet |date=26 February 2013 |publisher=Nordis Kamuseet |location=Stockholm |access-date=14 July 2020}}</ref>