Editing October 4 (section)

===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 23]] &ndash; Rebels sack the Chinese capital [[Chang'an]] during a [[Lülin|peasant rebellion]]. 
*[[1209]] &ndash; [[Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto IV]] is crowned [[Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor]] of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] by [[Pope Innocent III]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Alexander | first = Michael | title = Three crises in early English history: personalities and politics during the Norman Conquest, the reign of King John, and the Wars of the Roses | publisher = University Press of America | location = Lanham, Md | year = 1998 | isbn = 9780761811886 | page=123}}</ref>
*[[1302]] &ndash; The [[Byzantine–Venetian War (1296–1302)|Byzantine–Venetian War]] comes to an end.
*[[1363]] &ndash; [[Battle of Lake Poyang]]: In one of the largest naval battles in history, Zhu Yuanzhang's rebels defeat rival Chen Youliang.
*[[1511]] &ndash; Formation of the [[War of the League of Cambrai|Holy League]] of Aragon, the Papal States and Venice against France.
*[[1535]] &ndash; The [[Coverdale Bible]] is printed, with translations into English by William Tyndale and Myles Coverdale.<ref>{{cite book|author=Henry Stevens|title=The Bibles in the Caxton celebration, MDccclxxvii, or, A bibliographical description of ... Bibles in various languages|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ThACAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA71|year=1878|pages=71}}</ref>
*[[1582]] &ndash; The [[Gregorian Calendar]] is introduced by Pope Gregory XIII.
*[[1597]] &ndash; Governor [[Gonzalo Méndez de Canço]] begins to suppress a native uprising against his rule in what is now the US state of Georgia.