Editing November 8 (section)

===Pre-1600===
* [[960]] &ndash; [[Battle of Andrassos]]: [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]] under [[Leo Phokas the Younger]] score a crushing victory over the [[Hamdanid]] [[Emir of Aleppo]], [[Sayf al-Dawla]].
*[[1278]] &ndash; [[Trần Thánh Tông]], the second emperor of the [[Trần dynasty]], decides to pass the throne to his crown prince [[Trần Khâm]] and take up the post of Retired Emperor.
*[[1291]] &ndash; The [[Republic of Venice]] enacts a law confining most of Venice's glassmaking industry to the "island of [[Murano]]".<ref>{{cite book  |last = United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce  |title = Commerce Report  |publisher = U.S. Department of Commerce  |year = 1917   <!-- November 27 -->  |location = Washington, DC  |page = 789  |oclc =16914088}}</ref>
*[[1519]] &ndash; [[Hernán Cortés]] enters [[Tenochtitlán]] and [[Aztec]] ruler [[Moctezuma II|Moctezuma]] welcomes him with a great celebration. 
*[[1520]] &ndash; [[Stockholm Bloodbath]] begins: A successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces results in the execution of around 100 people, mostly noblemen.
*[[1576]] &ndash; [[Eighty Years' War]]: [[Pacification of Ghent]]: The [[States General of the Netherlands]] meet and unite to oppose Spanish occupation.