Editing October 8 (section)

===Pre-1600===
* [[316]] &ndash; Constantine I [[Battle of Cibalae|defeats]] Roman Emperor Licinius, who loses his European territories.<ref>For the consensus on dating of the battle of Cibalae in 316, see A.S. Christensen, L. Baerentzen, ''Lactantius the Historian'', Museum Tusculanum Press, 1980, p.23, W. Treadgold, ''A history of the Byzantine State and Society'', Stanford University Press, 1997, p. 34, D.S. Potter, p. 378 and C. Odahl, p. 164. For the alternative dating at 314 see, among others, [[Ramsay MacMullen]], ''Constantine'', Routledge, 1987, p. 67 and A. H. M. Jones, ''Constantine and the Conversion of Europe'', The English University Press, 1948, p. 127</ref>
* [[451]] &ndash; The first session of the [[Council of Chalcedon]] begins.
* [[876]] &ndash; Frankish forces led by Louis the Younger [[Battle of Andernach (876)|prevent]] a West Frankish invasion and defeat emperor [[Charles the Bald|Charles II]] ("the Bald").
*[[1075]] &ndash; [[Demetrius Zvonimir of Croatia|Dmitar Zvonimir]] is crowned King of Croatia.
*[[1200]] &ndash; [[Isabella of Angoulême]] is crowned Queen consort of England.
*[[1322]] &ndash; [[Mladen II Šubić of Bribir]] is deposed as the Croatian Ban after the [[Battle of Bliska]].
*[[1480]] &ndash; The [[Great Stand on the Ugra River]] puts an end to Tatar rule over Moscow
*[[1573]] &ndash; End of the Spanish [[siege of Alkmaar]], the first Dutch victory in the Eighty Years' War.