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===Pre-1600===
* [[421]] &ndash; [[Constantius III]] becomes [[Roman emperor|co-emperor]] of the [[Western Roman Empire]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Constantius III {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Constantius-III |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216212934/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Constantius-III |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1238]] &ndash; The [[Mongol Empire|Mongols]] burn the Russian city of [[Vladimir, Russia|Vladimir]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Grigorjevič |first=Jan Vasilij |title=Batu-kan istorijski roman |publisher=[[Prosvjeta]] |others=Translated by Nikola Tomičić; Illustrated by Đorđe Lobačev |year=1991 |isbn=8607005944 |location=Belgrade |language=sr |oclc=438360055}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Shubin |first=Daniel H. |title=A History of Russian Christianity |date=February 2, 2004 |publisher=Algora Pub. |isbn=9780875862897 |edition=Volume 1 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1250]] &ndash; [[Seventh Crusade]]: Crusaders engage [[Ayyubid dynasty|Ayyubid]] forces in the [[Battle of Mansurah (1250)|Battle of Al Mansurah]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Rogers |first=Clifford J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mzwpq6bLHhMC&pg=PA567 |title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology |date=June 21, 2010 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=978-0-19-533403-6 |edition=1st |pages=567 |language=en |access-date=February 6, 2019 |archive-date=January 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128095249/https://books.google.com/books?id=mzwpq6bLHhMC&pg=PA567#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1347]] &ndash; The [[Byzantine civil war of 1341–47]] ends with a power-sharing agreement between [[John VI Kantakouzenos]] and [[John V Palaiologos]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nicol |first=Donald M. |title=The Last Centuries of Byzantium, 1261–1453 |date=October 29, 1993 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=978-0-521-43991-6 |edition=2nd |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=de Vries-Van der Velden |first=Eva |title=L'élite byzantine devant l'avance turque à l'époque de la guerre civile de 1341 à 1354 |publisher=J.C. Gieben |year=1989 |isbn=978-90-5063-026-9 |location=Amsterdam |language=fr |oclc=22210318}}</ref>
*[[1587]] &ndash; [[Mary, Queen of Scots]] is executed on suspicion of having been involved in the [[Babington Plot]] to murder her cousin, [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth I]].<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Mary Queen of Scots |url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/mary-queen-of-scots |website=[[Westminster Abbey]] |access-date=8 October 2022 |language=en |archive-date=8 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008133609/https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/mary-queen-of-scots |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Catholicism in the Elizabethan age - WJEC Catholic plots - Ridolfi, Throckmorton, Babington|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zpy9fcw/revision/4|website=[[BBC Bitesize]]|access-date=8 October 2022|archive-date=8 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008133952/https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zpy9fcw/revision/4|url-status=live}}</ref>