Editing November 4 (section)

===Pre-1600===
*[[1354]] &ndash; [[War of the Straits]]: The [[Republic of Genoa|Genoese]] fleet under [[Paganino Doria]] defeats and captures the entire [[Republic of Venice|Venetian]] fleet under [[Niccolò Pisani]] at the [[Battle of Sapienza]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Musarra | first = Antonio | title = Il Grifo e il Leone: Genova e Venezia in lotta per il Mediterraneo | year = 2020 | publisher = Editori Laterza | location = Bari and Rome | isbn = 978-88-581-4072-7 | language = Italian | pages = 240–241}}</ref>
*[[1429]] &ndash; [[Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War]]: [[Joan of Arc]] [[Siege of Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier|liberates Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier]].
*[[1493]] &ndash; [[Christopher Columbus]] reaches the [[Leeward Islands]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the World|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1989|page=18|isbn=0-13-133463-8}}</ref> 
*[[1501]] &ndash; [[Catherine of Aragon]] (later [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]]'s first wife) meets [[Arthur Tudor]], Henry VIII's older brother – they would later marry.
*[[1576]] &ndash; [[Eighty Years' War]]: In [[Flanders]], Spain captures [[Antwerp]] (which is [[Sack of Antwerp|nearly destroyed]] after three days).