Editing May 26 (section)

===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 17|17]] &ndash; [[Germanicus]] celebrates a [[Roman triumph|triumph]] in Rome for his victories over the [[Cherusci]], [[Chatti]], and other [[Germanic peoples|German tribes]] west of the [[Elbe]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Lindsay Powell|title=Germanicus: The Magnificent Life and Mysterious Death of Rome's Most Popular General|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qDERBQAAQBAJ&pg=PR33|date=25 September 2013|publisher=Pen and Sword|isbn=978-1-4738-2692-2|pages=33}}</ref>
* [[451]] &ndash; [[Battle of Avarayr]] between [[Armenians|Armenian]] rebels and the [[Sasanian Empire]] takes place. The Sasanids defeat the Armenians militarily but guarantee them freedom to openly practice [[Christianity]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Deirdre Holding|author2=Tom Allen|title=Armenia: with Nagorno Karabagh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Upx-DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA40|date=12 December 2018|publisher=Bradt Travel Guides|isbn=978-1-78477-079-2|pages=40}}</ref>
* [[946]] &ndash; [[Kingdom of England|England]] is left temporarily without a monarch after the death of King [[Edmund I]] in a street fight, resulting in Edmund's brother [[Eadred]] assuming the throne for the minority of Edmund's two sons.<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Whitelock|editor-first=Dorothy|editor-link=Dorothy Whitelock|title=English Historical Documents, Volume 1, c. 500–1042|edition=2nd |year=1979|orig-date=1st edition 1955 |publisher=Routledge|location=London|isbn= 978-0-415-14366-0|page=551}}</ref>
* [[961]] &ndash; King [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto I]] elects his six-year-old son [[Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto II]] as [[heir apparent]] and co-ruler of the [[East Francia|East Frankish Kingdom]]. He is crowned at [[Aachen]], and placed under the tutelage of his grandmother [[Matilda of Ringelheim|Matilda]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Otto II. |volume= 20 |quote= third line "He was chosen German king at Worms in 961, crowned at Aix-la-Chapelle on the 26th of May 961"}}</ref>
*[[1135]] &ndash; [[Alfonso VII of León and Castile]] is crowned in [[León Cathedral]] as ''[[Imperator totius Hispaniae]]'' (''Emperor of all of Spain'').<ref>{{cite book|author1=John Doran|author2=Damian J. Smith|title=Pope Innocent II (1130-43): The World vs the City|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l6ZTDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA193|date=10 June 2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-07831-9|pages=193}}</ref> 
*[[1293]] &ndash; An [[1293 Kamakura earthquake|earthquake strikes Kamakura, Kanagawa]], Japan, killing about 23,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/494|title= Significant Earthquake Information|last=National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): NCEI/WDS Global Significant Earthquake Database. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information|year= 1972|publisher= NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information|accessdate=30 March 2022|doi=10.7289/V5TD9V7K}}</ref>
*[[1328]] &ndash; [[William of Ockham]], the [[Franciscan]] Minister-General [[Michael of Cesena]], and two other Franciscan leaders secretly leave [[Avignon]], fearing a death sentence from [[Pope John XXII]].
*[[1538]] &ndash; [[Geneva]] expels [[John Calvin]] and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in [[Strasbourg]] for the next three years.<ref>{{cite book|author=Neville Williams|title=Chronology of the Expanding World, 1492 to 1762|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hYsUAQAAIAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Helicon|isbn=978-0-09-178269-6|page=98}}</ref>
*[[1573]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Haarlemmermeer]], a naval engagement in the [[Eighty Years' War]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam).|author2=C.J. de Bruyn Kops|author3=Rijksmuseum Amsterdam|title=All the Paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam: A Completely Illustrated Catalogue|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k18kAQAAMAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Rijksmuseum|isbn=978-90-6179-010-5|page=592}}</ref>