Editing September 19 (section)

===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 96|96]] &ndash; [[Nerva]], suspected of complicity of the death of [[Domitian]], is declared emperor by Senate. The Senate then annuls laws passed by Domitian and orders his statues to be destroyed.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the World|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1989|page=222|isbn=0-13-133463-8}}</ref> 
* [[634]] &ndash; [[Siege of Damascus (634)|Siege of Damascus]]: The Rashidun Arabs under [[Khalid ibn al-Walid]] capture Damascus from the Byzantine Empire.<ref>{{Citation|last=Pierkins|first=Russell S.|editor-last=Shaw|editor-first=Jeffrey M.|title=War and Religion: An Encyclopedia of Faith and Conflict|volume=1|chapter=Damascus, Arab Conquest of (634 CE)|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KDlFDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA227|editor-last2=Demy|editor-first2=Timothy J.|pages=227–228|date=2017|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-61069-517-6|language=en}}</ref>
*[[1356]] &ndash; [[Battle of Poitiers]]: An English army under the command of [[Edward the Black Prince]] defeats a French army and captures King John II.<ref>{{cite book | last = Patourel | first = John | title = Feudal empires : Norman and Plantagenet | publisher = Hambledon Press | location = London | year = 1984 | isbn = 9780907628224 | page=70}}</ref>
*[[1410]] &ndash; End of the [[Siege of Marienburg (1410)|Siege of Marienburg]]: The [[State of the Teutonic Order]] repulses the joint [[Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569)|Polish]]—[[Grand Duchy of Lithuania|Lithuanian]] forces.<ref>{{citation | first=William |last=Urban |authorlink=William Urban |title=Tannenberg and After: Lithuania, Poland and the Teutonic Order in Search of Immortality |publisher=Lithuanian Research and Studies Center |location=Chicago | year=2003 |edition = Revised | isbn=0-929700-25-2}}</ref><ref>{{citation | first=Stephen |last=Turnbull |authorlink=Stephen Turnbull (historian) |title=Tannenberg 1410: Disaster for the Teutonic Knights |year=2003 |location=London |publisher=Osprey |series=Campaign Series |volume=122 |isbn=978-1-84176-561-7}}</ref>