Editing February 4 (section)

===Pre–1600===
* [[211]] &ndash; Following the death of the Roman Emperor [[Septimius Severus]] at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the [[Caledonians]], the empire is left in the control of his two quarrelling sons, [[Caracalla]] and [[Geta (emperor)|Geta]], whom he had instructed to make peace.<ref>{{cite book|first=Anthony R|last=Birley|author-link=Anthony Birley|title=Septimius Severus: The African Emperor|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z8iEAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT238|date=1 June 2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-70745-4|pages=238}}</ref>
* [[960]] &ndash; [[Zhao Kuangyin]] declares himself [[Emperor Taizu of Song]], ending the [[Later Zhou]] and beginning the [[Song dynasty]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Lorge|first=Peter|title=The Reunification of China: Peace through War under the Song Dynasty|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5C7uCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT18|access-date=3 February 2018|date=31 December 2015|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9781316432273|pages=4–5}}</ref>
*[[1169]] &ndash; A [[1169 Sicily earthquake|strong earthquake]] strikes the Ionian coast of Sicily, causing tens of thousands of injuries and deaths, especially in [[Catania]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Ugo|last=Falcando|title=The History of the Tyrants of Sicily by "Hugo Falcandus," 1154–69|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LlkpnG1iAEwC&pg=PA216|year=1998|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=978-0-7190-5435-8|pages=216}}</ref>
*[[1454]] &ndash; [[Thirteen Years' War (1454–66)|Thirteen Years' War]]: The Secret Council of the [[Prussian Confederation]] sends a formal act of disobedience to the [[Grand Masters of the Teutonic Knights|Grand Master]] of the [[Teutonic Order|Teutonic Knights]], sparking the Thirteen Years' War.<ref>{{cite book|last=Prtuz|first=Hans|translator-last=Wright|translator-first=John Henry|title=The Age of Renaissance. Vol. X: A History of All Nations|location=New York|publisher=Lea Brothers & Company|date=1905|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Iws6AQAAIAAJ|page=234|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Sedlar|first=Jean W.|title=A History of East Central Europe. Vol. 3: East Central Europe in the Middle Ages, 1000–1500|location=Seattle|publisher=University of Washington Press|date=2014|isbn=9780295972916|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3o5lrvuwOVwC|page=294}}</ref>
*[[1555]] &ndash; [[John Rogers (Bible editor and martyr)|John Rogers]] is [[burned at the stake]], becoming the first English [[Protestant]] [[martyr]] under [[Mary I of England]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Loach|first=Jennifer|title=Parliament and the Crown in the Reign of Mary Tudor|location=Oxford|publisher=Clarendon Press|date=1986|isbn=9780198229360|page=128}}</ref>