Editing November 1 (section)

===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 365|365]] &ndash; The [[Alemanni]] cross the [[Rhine]] and invade [[Gaul]]. Emperor [[Valentinian I]] moves to [[Paris]] to command the army and defend the Gallic cities.
* [[996]] &ndash; Emperor [[Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto III]] issues a deed to Gottschalk, [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Munich and Freising|Bishop of Freising]], which is the oldest known document using the name ''[[Ostarrîchi]]'' (Austria in [[Old High German]]).
*[[1009]] &ndash; [[Berbers|Berber]] forces led by [[Sulayman ibn al-Hakam]] defeat the [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] caliph [[Muhammad II of Córdoba]] in the battle of [[Alcolea]].
*[[1141]] &ndash; [[Empress Matilda]]'s reign as 'Lady of the English' ends with [[Stephen, King of England|Stephen of Blois]] regaining the title of 'King of [[Kingdom of England|England]]'.
*[[1179]] &ndash; [[Philip II of France|Philip II]] is [[coronation|crowned]] as 'King of [[France in the Middle Ages|France]]'.
*[[1214]] &ndash; The port city of [[Sinop, Turkey|Sinope]] [[Siege of Sinope|surrenders]] to the [[Seljuq Turks]].
*[[1348]] &ndash; The anti-royalist [[Union of Valencia]] attacks the Jews of [[Murviedro]] on the pretext that they are [[serf]]s of the [[King of Valencia]] and thus "royalists".
*[[1503]] &ndash; [[Pope Julius II]] is elected.
*[[1512]] &ndash; The ceiling of the [[Sistine Chapel]], painted by [[Michelangelo]], is exhibited to the public for the first time.
*[[1520]] &ndash; The [[Strait of Magellan]], the passage immediately south of mainland South America connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is first discovered and navigated by European explorer [[Ferdinand Magellan]] during the first recorded [[circumnavigation]] voyage.
*[[1555]] &ndash; French [[Huguenot]]s establish the [[France Antarctique]] colony in present-day [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil.
*[[1570]] &ndash; The [[All Saints' Flood (1570)|All Saints' Flood]] devastates the Dutch coast.