Editing October 6 (section)

===Pre-1600===
*[[105 BC]] &ndash; [[Cimbrian War]]: Defeat at the [[Battle of Arausio]] of the [[Roman army of the mid-Republic]]
*[[69 BC]] &ndash; [[Third Mithridatic War]]: The [[Roman army of the late Republic|military]] of the [[Roman Republic]] [[Battle of Tigranocerta|subdue Armenia]].
*[[AD 23]] &ndash; Rebels decapitate [[Wang Mang]] two days after his capital was sacked during a [[Lulin|peasant rebellion]].
*[[AD 404|404]] &ndash; [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] Empress [[Aelia Eudoxia|Eudoxia]] dies from the miscarriage of her seventh pregnancy.
* [[618]] &ndash; [[Transition from Sui to Tang]]: [[Wang Shichong]] decisively defeats [[Li Mi (Sui dynasty)|Li Mi]] at the [[Battle of Yanshi]].
*[[1539]] &ndash; Spain's [[De Soto Expedition|DeSoto expedition]] takes over the Apalachee capital of [[Anhaica]] for their winter quarters.
*[[1600]] &ndash; ''[[Euridice (Peri)|Euridice]]'', the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance, beginning the [[Baroque|Baroque period]].