Editing October 28 (section)

===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 97|97]] &ndash; Roman emperor [[Nerva]] is forced by the [[Praetorian Guard]] to adopt general [[Trajan|Marcus Ulpius Trajanus]] as his heir and successor.
* [[306]] &ndash; [[Maxentius]] is proclaimed [[Roman emperor]].
* [[312]] &ndash; Constantine I [[Battle of the Milvian Bridge|defeats Maxentius]], becoming the sole Roman emperor in the West.
* [[969]] &ndash; The [[Byzantine Empire]] [[Siege of Antioch (968–969)|recovers Antioch]] from Arab rule.
*[[1344]] &ndash; The lower town of Smyrna is captured by Latin Christians in response to [[Aydınids|Aydınid]] piracy during the [[Smyrniote crusades]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Setton |first1=Kenneth Meyer |title=The Papacy and the Levant, 1204–1571: The thirteenth and fourteenth centuries |date=1976 |publisher=American Philosophical Society |isbn=978-0-87169-114-9 |page=191 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5Gm79HuBY0cC |access-date=1 September 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1420]] &ndash; [[Beijing]] is officially designated the capital of the [[Ming dynasty]] when the [[Forbidden City]] is completed.
*[[1449]] &ndash; [[Christian I of Denmark|Christian I]] is crowned king of Denmark.
*[[1453]] &ndash; [[Ladislaus the Posthumous]] is crowned king of Bohemia in Prague.
*[[1492]] &ndash; [[Christopher Columbus]] lands in [[Cuba]] on his [[Voyages of Christopher Columbus|first voyage to the New World]], surmising that it is Japan.<ref>{{cite book|first=Clifton|last=Daniel|title=Chronicle of America|publisher=Chronicle publication|year=1989|page=16|isbn=0-13-133745-9}}</ref> 
*[[1516]] &ndash; [[Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–17)|Second Ottoman–Mamluk War]]: Mamluks fail to stop the Ottoman advance towards Egypt at the [[Battle of Yaunis Khan]].
*[[1520]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand Magellan]] reaches the Pacific Ocean.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the 20th Century|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1987|page=12|isbn=0-942191-01-3}}</ref>
*[[1531]] &ndash; [[Abyssinian–Adal war]]: The [[Adal Sultanate]] [[Battle of Amba Sel|seizes]] southern Ethiopia.
*[[1538]] &ndash; The [[Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino]] is founded in what is now the Dominican Republic.