• 630s — Caliph Abu Bakr commanded his army: "Bring no harm to the trees, nor burn them with fire, especially those which are fruitful. Slay not any of the enemy's flock, save for your food."
• 676 — Cuthbert of Lindisfarne enacts … See more

• 1466 — The city of Paris forces butchers to dispose of animal wastes outside the city (Ponting)
• 1488 — The English Parliament passes an act … See more

• 1609 — Hugo Grotius publishes Mare Liberum (The Free Sea) with arguments for the new principle that the sea was international territory free to use it for seafaring trade. The … See more

• Arabic medical treatises dealing with environmentalism or environmental science, including pollution, were written by See more

• 1306 — King Edward I of England bans the burning of sea-coal by proclamation in London, after its smoke had become a problem. See more

• 1520 to 1527, Madeira islands : destruction of the laurisilva forest, or the woods which once clothed the whole island when the Portuguese settlers decided to clear the land for farming by setting most of the island on fire. It is said that the fire burned for seven years. See more

• 1711 — Jonathan Swift notes the contents of London's gutters: "sweepings from butchers' stalls, dung, guts and blood, drowned puppies, stinking sprats, all drenched in mud..." See more