Editing December 4 (section)

===Pre-1600===
* [[771]] &ndash; [[Austrasia]]n king [[Carloman I]] dies, leaving his brother [[Charlemagne]] as sole king of the [[Francia|Frankish Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Nelson|first=Janet L.|title=King and Emperor: A New Life of Charlemagne|location=Berkeley, Calif.|publisher=University of California Press|date=2021|isbn=9780520383210|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nesjEAAAQBAJ|page=108}}</ref>
* [[963]] &ndash; The lay [[Protonotary apostolic|papal protonotary]] is elected pope and takes the name [[Pope Leo VIII|Leo VIII]], being consecrated on 6 December after ordination.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gregorovius |first=Ferdinand |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tLk4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA348 | page=348 |title=History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages |date=1903 |publisher=Bell |language=en | edition= 2nd English | translator= Gustavus W. Hamilton | volume= III: AD 800–1002 | place= London }}</ref>
*[[1110]] &ndash; An army led by [[Baldwin I of Jerusalem]] and [[Sigurd the Crusader]] of [[Norway]] captures [[Siege of Sidon|Sidon]] at the end of the [[First Crusade]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Phillips|first=Jonathan|title=The Crusades, 1095-1204|location=London|publisher=Routledge|date=2014|isbn=9781315798219|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RxyvAwAAQBAJ|page=ii|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Richard|first=Jean|title=The Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem|location=Amsterdam|publisher=North-Holland Publishing Co.|date=1979|isbn=9780444850928|page=26|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Maalouf|first=Amin|translator-last=Rothschild|translator-first=Jon|title=The Crusades Through Arab Eyes|location=London|publisher=Saqi|date=2012|isbn=9780863568480|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fj0hBQAAQBAJ|page=73}}</ref>
*[[1259]] &ndash; Kings [[Louis IX of France]] and [[Henry III of England]] agree to the [[Treaty of Paris (1259)|Treaty of Paris]], in which Henry renounces his claims to French-controlled territory on continental Europe (including [[Normandy]]) in exchange for Louis withdrawing his support for English rebels.<ref>{{cite book|last=Livingston|first=Michael|title=Crécy: Battle of Five Kings|location=Oxford, U.K.|publisher=Osprey Publishing|date=2022|isbn=9781472847058|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nSxlEAAAQBAJ|pages=56–57}}</ref>
*[[1563]] &ndash; The final session of the [[Council of Trent]] is held<ref>{{cite book|last=McGrath|first=Alister E.|title=Iustitia Dei: A History of the Christian Doctrine of Justification|location=Cambridge, U.K.|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=2020|isbn=9781108472562|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JT_ODwAAQBAJ|page=333}}</ref> nearly 18 years after the body held its first session on December 13, 1545.<ref>{{cite book|last=Duffy|first=Stephen|title=The Dynamics of Grace: Perspectives in Theological Anthropology|location=Eugene, Ore.|publisher=Wipf & Stock|date=2007|isbn=9781556356384|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7yhKAwAAQBAJ|page=221}}</ref>