Editing November 10 (section)

===Pre-1600===
* [[474]] &ndash; Emperor [[Leo II (emperor)|Leo II]] dies after a reign of ten months. He is succeeded by his father [[Zeno (emperor)|Zeno]], who becomes sole ruler of the [[Byzantine Empire]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Carr|first1=John|title=Fighting Emperors of Byzantium|date=2015|publisher=Pen and Sword|isbn=9781473856400|page=55}}</ref>
* [[937]] &ndash; [[Ten Kingdoms]]: [[Li Bian]] usurps the throne and deposes Emperor [[Yang Pu]]. The [[Wu (Ten Kingdoms)|Wu State]] is replaced by Li (now called "Xu Zhigao"), who becomes the first ruler of [[Southern Tang]].
*[[1202]] &ndash; [[Fourth Crusade]]: Despite letters from [[Pope Innocent III]] forbidding it and threatening [[excommunication]], Catholic crusaders [[Siege of Zara|begin a siege]] of Zara (now [[Zadar|Zadar, Croatia]]).
*[[1293]] &ndash; [[Raden Wijaya]] is crowned as the first monarch of [[Majapahit]] kingdom of [[Java]], taking the throne name Kertarajasa Jayawardhana.
*[[1444]] &ndash; [[Battle of Varna]]: The crusading forces of King [[Władysław III of Poland]] (aka ''Ulaszlo I of Hungary'' and ''Władysław III of Varna'') are defeated by the [[Ottoman Empire|Turks]] under Sultan [[Murad II]] and Władysław is killed.
*[[1599]] &ndash; [[Åbo Bloodbath]]: Fourteen noblemen who opposed [[Charles IX of Sweden|Duke Charles]] are decapitated in the [[Old Great Square (Turku)|Old Great Square]] of [[Turku]] ({{langx|sv|Åbo}}) for their involvement in the [[War against Sigismund]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Roberts|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Roberts (historian)|title=The Early Vasas. A History of Sweden 1523–1611|orig-year=1968|year=1986|publisher=Cambridge University Press Archive|isbn=0-521-31182-9|page=386}}</ref>