Editing July 26 (section)

===Pre-1600===
* [[657]] &ndash; [[First Fitna]]: In the [[Battle of Siffin]], troops led by [[Ali|Ali ibn Abu Talib]] clash with those led by [[Muawiyah I]].
* [[811]] &ndash; [[Battle of Pliska]]: [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine Emperor]] [[Nikephoros I]] is killed and his heir [[Staurakios]] is seriously wounded.<ref>George Ostrogorsky, ''History of the Byzantine State'' (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1957), p.&nbsp;174</ref>
* [[920]] &ndash; Rout of an alliance of Christian troops from [[Navarre]] and [[León, Spain|Léon]] against the Muslims at the [[Battle of Valdejunquera]].
*[[1309]] &ndash; [[Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor|The Holy Roman Emperor Henry VII]] is recognized [[King of the Romans]] by [[Pope Clement V]].
*[[1509]] &ndash; The Emperor [[Krishnadevaraya]] ascends to the throne, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the [[Vijayanagara Empire]].
*[[1529]] &ndash; [[Francisco Pizarro González]], Spanish conquistador, is appointed governor of Peru.
*[[1579]] &ndash; [[Francis Drake]], the English explorer, discovers a "fair and good" bay on the coast of the [[Pacific Northwest]] (probably [[Oregon]] or [[Washington (state)|Washington]]).<ref>{{cite book|first=Melissa|last=Darby|title=Thunder Go North: The Hunt for Sir Francis Drake's Fair and Good Bay|publisher=University of Utah Press|year=2019|isbn=978-1-60-781725-3}}</ref> 
*[[1581]] &ndash; [[Act of Abjuration|Plakkaat van Verlatinghe (Act of Abjuration)]]: The northern [[Low Countries]] declare their independence from the Spanish king, [[Philip II of Spain|Philip II]].