Editing June 24 (section)

===Pre-1600===
*[[1312 BC]] &ndash; [[Mursili II]] [[Mursili's eclipse|launches a campaign]] against the Kingdom of [[Azzi-Hayasa]].
*[[AD 109|109]] &ndash; Roman emperor [[Trajan]] inaugurates the [[Aqua Traiana]], an [[Roman aqueduct|aqueduct]] that channels water from [[Lake Bracciano]], {{convert|40|km|mi|abbr=off}} northwest of [[Ancient Rome|Rome]].
* [[474]] &ndash; [[Julius Nepos]] forces Roman usurper [[Glycerius]] to abdicate the throne and proclaims himself Emperor of the [[Western Roman Empire]].
* [[637]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Moira]] is fought between the [[High King of Ireland]] and the Kings of [[Ulster]] and [[Dál Riata]]. It is claimed to be the largest battle in the history of Ireland.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Baron Michael Morris Killanin|author2=Michael V. Duignan|title=The Shell guide to Ireland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B6cMAQAAMAAJ|year=1989|publisher=Gill and Macmillan|isbn=9780717115952}}</ref>
* [[843]] &ndash; The Vikings sack the French city of [[Viking Brittany|Nantes]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thewildpeak.wordpress.com//the-viking-sack-of-nantes.html|title=The-viking-sack-of-nantes|date=12 March 2014|access-date=March 12, 2014}}</ref> 
* [[972]] &ndash; [[Battle of Cedynia]], the first documented victory of Polish forces, takes place.<ref>{{cite book|author=Tony Jaques|title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A-E|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3amnMPTPP5MC&pg=PA215|year=2007|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-33537-2|pages=215}}</ref>
*[[1128]] &ndash; [[Battle of São Mamede]], near [[Guimarães]]: Forces led by [[Afonso I of Portugal|Afonso I]] defeat forces led by his mother [[Theresa, Countess of Portugal|Teresa of León]] and her lover [[Fernando Pérez de Traba]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Alan W. Ertl|title=Toward an Understanding of Europe: A Political Economic Précis of Continental Integration|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X9PGRaZt-zcC&pg=PA300|year=2008|publisher=Universal-Publishers|isbn=978-1-59942-983-0|pages=300}}</ref>
*[[1230]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Jaén (1230)|Siege of Jaén]] begins, in the context of the Spanish Reconquista.<ref>{{cite book|author=Clifford J. Rogers|title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mzwpq6bLHhMC&pg=RA1-PA435|year=2010|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-533403-6|pages=1}}</ref>
*[[1314]] &ndash; [[First War of Scottish Independence]]: The [[Battle of Bannockburn]] concludes with a decisive victory by Scottish forces led by [[Robert the Bruce]].<ref name="White1871">{{cite book|author=Robert White|title=A History of the Battle of Bannockburn, Fought A.D. 1314: With Notices of the Principal Warriors who Engaged in that Conflict|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vVwVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA77|year=1871|publisher=Edmonston and Douglas|pages=77}}</ref>
*[[1340]] &ndash; [[Hundred Years' War]]: [[Battle of Sluys]]: The French fleet is almost completely destroyed by the English fleet commanded in person by King [[Edward III of England|Edward III]].
*[[1374]] &ndash; A sudden outbreak of [[Dancing mania|St. John's Dance]] causes people in the streets of [[Aachen]], Germany, to experience [[hallucination]]s and begin to jump and twitch uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion.
*[[1497]] &ndash; [[John Cabot]] lands in North America at [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]] leading the first European exploration of the region since the [[Vikings]].
*[[1509]] &ndash; [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] and [[Catherine of Aragon]] are crowned King and Queen of England.
*[[1535]] &ndash; The [[Anabaptist]] state of [[Münster Rebellion|Münster]] is conquered and disbanded.
*[[1540]] &ndash; English King [[Henry VIII]] commands his fourth wife, [[Anne of Cleves]], to leave the court.<ref>{{cite book |title=Ecclesiastical memorials relating chiefly to religion, and the reformation of it, and the emergencies of the Church of England, under King Henry VIII, King Edward VI, and Queen Mary I: with large appendixes, containing original papers, records, &c. |url=https://archive.org/details/ecclesiasticalme0102stry/page/n3/mode/2up |last=Strype |first=John |year=1822 |pages=[https://archive.org/stream/ecclesiasticalme0102stry#page/450/mode/2up 450–463] |volume=1}}</ref>
*[[1571]] &ndash; [[Miguel López de Legazpi]] conquers [[Manila]] for Spain, modern day capital of the [[Philippines]].
*[[1593]] &ndash; The Dutch city of [[Geertruidenberg]] held by the Spanish, [[Siege of Geertruidenberg (1593)|capitulates to a besieging Dutch and English]] army led by [[Maurice of Nassau]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Black|first=Jeremy|title=European Warfare, 1494-1660 Warfare and History|date=2005|page=112|publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781134477081}}</ref>