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===Pre-1600===
*[[1010]] &ndash; [[Ferdowsi]] completes his epic poem ''[[Shahnameh]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Melville |first1=Charles |last2=Berg |first2=Gabrielle van den |title=Shahnama Studies II: The Reception of Firdausi's Shahnama |date=2012 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-21127-8 |page=50 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WGvWp5XDuikC&pg=PA50 |language=en |access-date=2020-09-25 |archive-date=2021-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026001721/https://books.google.com/books?id=WGvWp5XDuikC&pg=PA50 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1126]] &ndash; Following the death of his mother, queen [[Urraca of León]], [[Alfonso VII of León and Castile|Alfonso VII]] is proclaimed king of [[Kingdom of León|León]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Alfonso VII {{!}} king of Leon and Castile |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alfonso-VII#ref254772 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 February 2020 |language=en |archive-date=29 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529105851/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alfonso-VII#ref254772 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1262]] &ndash; [[Battle of Hausbergen]] between bourgeois militias and the army of the bishop of [[Strasbourg]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Battle of Hausbergen |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095924549 |website=Oxford Reference |access-date=10 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141941/https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095924549 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1558]] &ndash; The city of [[Pori]] ({{langx|sv|Björneborg}}) is founded by [[Duke John (Sweden)|Duke John]] on the shores of the [[Gulf of Bothnia]].<ref>{{cite book | author = J. W. Ruuth| title = Porin kaupungin historia II| year = 1958| chapter = Kaupungin perustamiskirje | page = 269| publisher = City of Pori | language = fi}}</ref>