Events Pre-1600. 312 – Constantine the Great enters Rome after his victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, stages a grand adventus in the city, and is met with popular jubilation. Maxentius' body is fished out of the Tiber and beheaded.; 437 – Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II, Eastern Roman Emperor in …

Events Pre-1600. 690 – Empress Wu Zetian establishes the Zhou Dynasty of China.; 1091 – London tornado of 1091: A tornado thought to be of strength T8/F4 strikes the heart of London.; 1346 – The English capture King David II of Scotland at Neville's Cross and imprison him for eleven years.; 1448 – An Ottoman army defeats a Hungarian army at the Second Battle of …