Editing June 9 (section)

===Pre-1600===
*[[411 BC]] &ndash; The [[Athenian coup of 411 BC|Athenian coup]] succeeds, forming a short-lived [[oligarchy]].
*[[AD 53|53]] &ndash; The [[Roman emperor]] [[Nero]] marries [[Claudia Octavia]].
*[[AD 68|68]] &ndash; [[Nero]] dies by suicide after quoting [[Vergil]]'s ''[[Aeneid]]'', thus ending the [[Julio-Claudian dynasty]] and starting the civil war known as the [[Year of the Four Emperors]].
* [[721]] &ndash; [[Odo of Aquitaine]] defeats the [[Moors]] in the [[Battle of Toulouse (721)|Battle of Toulouse]].
*[[AD 747|747]] &ndash; [[Abbasid Revolution#Persian phase|Abbasid Revolution]]: [[Abu Muslim Khorasani]] begins an open revolt against [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] rule, which is carried out under the sign of the [[Black Standard]].
*[[1311]] &ndash; [[Duccio]]'s [[Maestà (Duccio)|Maestà]], a seminal artwork of the early [[Italian Renaissance]], is unveiled and installed in [[Siena Cathedral]] in [[Siena]], Italy.
*[[1523]] &ndash; The Parisian Faculty of Theology fines [[Simon de Colines]] for publishing the Biblical commentary ''Commentarii initiatorii in quatuor Evangelia'' by [[Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples]].
*[[1534]] &ndash; [[Jacques Cartier]] is the first European to describe and map the [[Saint Lawrence River]].