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1916 CE0,10 ExhibitionThe Last Futurist Exhibition of Paintings 0,10 (pronounced "zero-ten"; Russian: Последняя футуристическая…

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2008 CE1 February 2008 Baghdad bombingsThe 1 February 2008 Baghdad bombings occurred on 1 February 2008, when two suicide bombings occurred in…
2019 CE1 July 2019 Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protestOn 1 July 2019, anti-government protesters in Hong Kong sieged, broke into, and subsequently occupied the…
1792 CE10 August insurrectionThe insurrection of 10 August 1792 was a defining event of the French Revolution, when armed revolutionaries…
1026 CE1026 Manju earthquakeThe 1026 Manju tsunami affected the Sea of Japan coast of the then Iwami Province on June 16. Considered one…
1033 CE1033 Jordan Rift Valley earthquakeAn earthquake struck the Jordan Rift Valley on December 5, AD 1033 and caused extreme devastation in the…
1038 CE1038 Dingxiang earthquakeThe 1038 Dingxiang earthquake devastated present-day Shanxi Province, northern China on 9 January. At least…
1061 CE1061 papal electionThe 1061 papal election was held on 30 September 1061 in San Pietro in Vincoli ("Saint Peter in Chains") in…
1063 CE1063 Marmara earthquakeThe northern coast of the Sea of Marmara was struck by a major earthquake on 23 September 1063. It caused…
1067 CE1066 Granada Anti-Jewish massacreThe 1066 Granada massacre took place on 30 December 1066 (9 Tevet 4827; 10 Safar 459 AH) when a Muslim mob…
1068 CE1068 Near East earthquakeTwo major earthquakes occurred in the Near East on 18 March and 29 May, AD 1068. The two earthquakes are…
1073 CE1073 papal electionThe 1073 papal election (held 22 April 1073) saw the election of Hildebrand of Sovana (who took the papal…
1086 CE1086 papal electionThe 1086 papal election (held 24 May) ended with the election of Desiderius, abbot of Monte Cassino as Pope…
1088 CE1088 Tmogvi earthquakeThe 1088 Tmogvi earthquake (Georgian: თმოგვის მიწისძვრა) occurred on April 16 or April 22, 1088, on Easter…
1088 CE1088 papal electionThe 1088 papal election subsequent to the death of Pope Victor III in 1087 was held on 12 March 1088. Six…
1096 CE1096 Eichō earthquakeThe 1096 Eicho earthquake affected the coast of Japan on 17 December during the Heian period. It is…
1099 CE1099 papal electionThe 1099 papal election following the death of Pope Urban II took place on 13 August 1099. Before his death…
2007 CE11 April 2007 Algiers bombingsThe Algiers Government Palace bombings occurred on 11 April 2007 when two suicide car bombs exploded in the…
1117 CE1117 Verona earthquakeAn earthquake, rated at IX (Violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale, struck northern Italy and Germany on 3…
1118 CE1118 papal electionA papal election was held on 24 January 1118 to choose the successor for Paschal II, who died in Rome on 21…
1119 CE1119 papal electionThe papal election held from January 29 to February 2 1119 was, of all the elections currently considered…
1124 CE1124 papal electionA papal election was held from 16 to 21 December 1124, after the death of Pope Callixtus II on 13 December…
1130 CE1130 papal electionA papal election was held on 14 February 1130, after the death of Pope Honorius II, and resulted in a double…
1138 CE1138 Aleppo earthquakeThe 1138 Aleppo earthquake was among the deadliest earthquakes in history. Its name was taken from the city…
1139 CE1139 Ganja earthquakeThe 1139 Ganja earthquake was one of the worst seismic events in history. It affected the Seljuk Empire and…
1143 CE1143 papal electionA papal election on 26 September 1143 followed the death of Innocent II and resulted in the election of…
1153 CE1153 papal electionThe 1153 papal election followed the death of Pope Eugene III and resulted in the election of Pope Anastasius…
1154 CE1154 papal electionThe 1154 papal election followed the death of Pope Anastasius IV and resulted in the election of Pope Adrian…
1157 CE1157 Hama earthquakeAfter a year of foreshocks, an earthquake occurred on 12 August 1157 near the city of Hama, in west-central…
1159 CE1159 papal electionThe papal election held from 4 to 7 September 1159 following the death of Pope Adrian IV resulted in the…
1169 CE1169 Sicily earthquakeThe 1169 Sicily earthquake occurred on 4 February 1169 at 08:00 local time on the eve of the feast of St.…
1170 CE1170 Syria earthquakeOne of the largest earthquakes to hit Syria occurred early in the morning of 29 June 1170. It formed part of…
1181 CE1181 papal electionThe 1181 papal election followed the death of Pope Alexander III and resulted in the election of Pope Lucius…
1185 CE1185 papal electionThe 1185 papal election (held November 25) was convoked after the death of Pope Lucius III. It resulted in…
1191 CE1191 papal electionThe 1191 papal election took place after the death of Pope Clement III. Pope Clement, according to differing…
1198 CE1198 papal electionThe 1198 papal election (held 8 January) was convoked after the death of Pope Celestine III; it ended with…
1966 CE12-3 incidentThe 12-3 incident (Chinese: 一二·三事件; Portuguese: Motim 1-2-3) was a series of political demonstrations and…
1202 CE1202 B.C. Syria EarthshakeThe 1202 Syria earthquake struck at about dawn on 20 May 1202 (598 AH) with an epicenter in southwestern…
1216 CE1216 papal electionThe 1216 papal election was convoked in Perugia on 18 July 1216 following the death of Pope Innocent III two…
1223 CE1222 Brescia earthquakeThe 1222 Brescia earthquake occurred on Christmas Day in the year 1222. The chronicler Salimbene de Adam…
1222 CE1222 Cyprus earthquakeThe 1222 Cyprus earthquake occurred at about 06:15 UTC on 11 May. It had an estimated magnitude of 7.0–7.5…
1227 CE1227 papal electionThe 1227 papal election (19 March), was convoked after the death of Pope Honorius III on 18 March 1227 at…
1241 CE1241 papal electionThe 1241 papal election (21 September to 25 October) saw the election of Cardinal Goffredo Castiglioni as…
1257 CE1257 Samalas eruptionIn 1257, a catastrophic eruption occurred at Samalas, a volcano on the Indonesian island of Lombok. The event…
1261 CE1261 papal electionThe 1261 papal election (26 May – 29 August) took place after the death of Pope Alexander IV on 25 May and…
1264 CE1264–65 papal electionThe 1264–65 papal election (12 October 1264 – 5 February 1265) was convened after the death of Pope Urban IV…
1268 CE1268–71 papal electionThe papal election that followed the death of Pope Clement IV lasted from 1 December 1268 to 1 September 1271…
1277 CE1277 papal electionThe 1277 papal election (May 30 – November 25), convened in Viterbo after the death of Pope John XXI, was the…
1280 CE1280–81 papal electionThe 1280–81 papal election (September 22 – February 22) elected Simon de Brion, who took the name Pope Martin…
1285 CE1285 papal electionThe 1285 papal election, convened in Viterbo after the death of Pope Martin IV, elected Cardinal Giacomo…
1290 CE1290 Chihli earthquakeThe 1290 Zhili earthquake occurred on 27 September with an epicenter near Ningcheng, Zhongshu Sheng (Zhili)…
1292 CE1292–94 papal electionThe 1292–94 papal election (from 5 April 1292 to 5 July 1294), was the last papal election which did not take…
1293 CE1293 Kamakura earthquakeThe 1293 Kamakura earthquake in Japan occurred at about 06:00 local time on 27 May 1293. It had an estimated…
1294 CE1294 papal conclaveThe 1294 papal conclave (23–24 December) was convoked in Naples after the resignation of Pope Celestine V on…
2008 CE13 September 2008 Delhi bombingsThe 13 September 2008 Delhi bombings were a series of five synchronised bomb blasts that took place within…
1795 CE13 Vendémiaire13 Vendémiaire, Year 4 in the French Republican Calendar (5 October 1795 in the Gregorian calendar), was a…
1303 CE1303 Crete earthquakeThe 1303 Crete earthquake occurred at about dawn on 8 August. It had an estimated magnitude of about 8, a…
1303 CE1303 Hongdong earthquakeThe 1303 Hongdong earthquake occurred in Yuan dynasty of the Mongol Empire, on September 25. The shock was…
1303 CE1303 papal conclaveIn the 1303 papal conclave, Benedict XI was elected to succeed Boniface VIII as pope.
1304 CE1304–05 papal conclaveThe 1304–1305 papal conclave was initiated after the death of Pope Benedict XI in July 1304. It took place in…
1314 CE1314–16 papal conclaveThe papal conclave held from 1 May 1314 to 7 August 1316 in the apostolic palace of Carpentras and then the…
1334 CE1334 papal conclaveThe papal conclave held from 13 to 20 December 1334 in Avignon elected Jacques Fournier to succeed John XXII…
1342 CE1342 papal conclaveThe papal conclave held from 5 to 7 May 1342 was convened after the death of Pope Benedict XII and elected…
1344 CE1344 Syria earthquakeA destructive earthquake affected present-day northwestern Syria and south-central Turkey in January 1344.…
1348 CE1348 Friuli earthquakeThe 1348 Friuli earthquake, centered in the South Alpine region of Friuli, was felt across Europe on 25…
1349 CE1349 Apennine earthquakesOn 9 September 1349, an earthquake sequence began in Italy's Apennine Mountains that severely affected the…
1352 CE1352 papal conclaveThe papal conclave held from 16 to 18 December 1352 was convened after the death of Pope Clement VI and…
1356 CE1356 Basel earthquakeThe 1356 Basel earthquake is the most significant seismological event to have occurred in Central Europe in…
1356 CE1356 Cape St. Vincent earthquakeThe 1356 Lisbon earthquake was a very high magnitude earthquake that struck the Lisbon area and beyond late…
1361 CE1361 Shōhei earthquakeThe 1361 Shōhei earthquake (Japanese: 正平地震) was a major earthquake that occurred on 3 August 1361 in Japan.…
1362 CE1362 papal conclaveA papal conclave was held between 22 September and 28 October 1362 in the Palais des Papes of Avignon to…
1371 CE1370 papal conclaveIn the papal conclave held on 29 and 30 December 1370, after the death of Pope Urban V, Cardinal Pierre de…
1378 CE1378 papal conclaveThe 1378 papal conclave, held from 7–9 April 1378, was the papal conclave which was the immediate cause of…
1382 CE1382 Dover Straits earthquakeThe 1382 Dover Straits earthquake occurred at 15:00 on 21 May. It had an estimated magnitude of 6.0 Ms and a…
1389 CE1389 papal conclaveThe 1389 conclave (25 October – 2 November) was convoked after the death of Pope Urban VI. The conclave is…
139 CE139 Mcurn earthquakeThe 139 Mcurn earthquake is listed in bibliographical records of seismology as having affected the city of…
1404 CE1404 papal conclaveThe 1404 papal conclave (10 October to 17 October) – the papal conclave of the time of the Great Western…
1406 CE1406 papal conclaveThe 1406 papal conclave (18–30 November), the papal conclave of the time of the Great Western Schism…
141 CE141 Lycia earthquakeThe 141 Lycia earthquake occurred in the period AD 141 to 142. It affected most of the Roman provinces of…
1420 CE1420 Caldera earthquakeThe 1420 Caldera earthquake was a pre-Columbian earthquake that shook the southern portion of Atacama Desert…
1428 CE1428 Catalonia earthquakeThe Catalan earthquake of 2 February 1428, known in Catalan as the terratrèmol de la candelera because it…
1431 CE1431 papal conclaveThe 1431 papal conclave (2–3 March) convened after the death of Pope Martin V and elected as his successor…
1447 CE1447 papal conclaveThe 1447 papal conclave (4–6 March), meeting in the Roman basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, elected Pope…
1454 CE1454 Kyōtoku earthquakeThe Kanto and Tōhoku regions of Japan were struck by major earthquake at midnight on 23 November 1454, which…
1455 CE1455 papal conclaveThe 1455 papal conclave (4–8 April) elected Cardinal Alfons de Borja as Pope Callixtus III following the…
1456 CE1456 Central Italy earthquakesOn December 5, 1456, the largest earthquake to occur on the Italian Peninsula in historical times struck the…
1458 CE1458 papal conclaveThe 1458 papal conclave (16–19 August), convened after the death of Pope Callixtus III, elected as his…
1461 CE1461 L'Aquila earthquakeOn 27 November 1461, a powerful earthquake and series of aftershocks struck Italy's Abruzzo region along the…
1464 CE1464 papal conclaveThe 1464 papal conclave (28–30 August), convened after the death of Pope Pius II, elected as his successor…
1465 CE1465 Fez revoltThe 1465 Fez revolt was a popular uprising in the Marinid capital of Fez against Sultan Abd al-Haqq II, the…
1471 CE1471 papal conclaveThe 1471 papal conclave (6–9 August) elected Pope Sixtus IV following the death of Pope Paul II. With the…
1481 CE1481 Rhodes earthquakeThe 1481 Rhodes earthquake occurred at 3:00 in the morning on 3 May. It triggered a small tsunami, which…
1484 CE1484 papal conclaveThe 1484 papal conclave (26–29 August) elected Pope Innocent VIII after the death of Pope Sixtus IV.
1490 CE1490 Ch'ing-yang eventThe Qingyang event was a presumed meteor shower or air burst that took place near Qingyang in March or April…
1491 CE1491 Cyprus earthquakeThe 1491 Cyprus earthquake occurred on 24 April 1491, and resulted in extensive damage across the island of…
1492 CE1492 papal conclaveA papal conclave was held from 6 to 11 August 1492 to elect a new pope to succeed Innocent VIII, who had died…
1498 CE1498 Meiō earthquakeThe 1498 Meiō earthquake (明応地震 Meiō Jishin) struck off the coast of Nankaidō, Japan, at approximately 08:00…
2026 CE14th National Congress of the Communist Party of VietnamThe 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Đại hội đại biểu toàn quốc lần thứ…
1505 CE1505 Lo Mustang earthquakeThe 1505 Lo Mustang earthquake (Nepali: सन् १५०५ को मुस्ताङ भूकम्प) occurred on 6 June 1505 and had an…
1511 CE1511 Idrija earthquakeThe 1511 Idrija earthquake (Slovene: idrijski potres or potres na Idrijskem) occurred on 26 March 1511 with a…
1513 CE1513 papal conclaveThe 1513 papal conclave, occasioned by the death of Pope Julius II on 21 February 1513, opened on 4 March…
1517 CE1517 Safed pogromThe Safed attacks were an incident that took place in Safed soon after the Turkish Ottomans had ousted the…
1522 CE1521–22 papal conclaveThe 1521–22 papal conclave elected Pope Adrian VI to succeed Pope Leo X. The conclave was marked by the early…
1531 CE1531 Lisbon earthquakeThe 1531 Lisbon earthquake occurred in the Kingdom of Portugal on the morning of 26 January 1531, between 4…
1534 CE1534 papal conclaveThe 1534 papal conclave (11 October – 13 October) was convened after the death of Pope Clement VII, and…
1552 CE1552 Siege of EgerThe siege of Eger (Hungarian: Eger ostroma) occurred during the 16th century Ottoman wars in Europe. In 1552…
1555 CE1555 Üsküb earthquakeSkopje is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It lies in the northern part of the country, in…
1556 CE1556 Shaanxi earthquakeOne of the deadliest earthquakes in history occurred in the early morning of 23 January 1556 in Huaxian…
1559 CE1559 papal conclaveThe 1559 papal conclave (5 September – 25 December) was convened on the death of Pope Paul IV and elected…
1565 CE1565–66 papal conclaveThe 1565–66 papal conclave (20 December – 7 January) was convened on the death of Pope Pius IV and ended in…
1570 CE1570 Concepción earthquakeThe 1570 Concepción earthquake occurred at 9:00, on February 8, 1570. The strong earthquake destroyed…
1570 CE1570 Ferrara earthquakeThe 1570 Ferrara earthquake struck the Italian city of Ferrara on November 16 and 17, 1570. After the initial…
1572 CE1572 papal conclaveThe 1572 papal conclave (12–13 May), convoked after the death of Pope Pius V, elected Cardinal Ugo…
1575 CE1575 Valdivia earthquakeThe 1575 Valdivia earthquake occurred at 14:30 local time on December 16. It had an estimated magnitude of…
1580 CE1580 Dover Straits earthquakeThough severe earthquakes in Britain and northern France are rare, the 1580 Dover Straits earthquake appears…
1585 CE1585 papal conclaveThe 1585 papal conclave (21–24 April), convoked after the death of Pope Gregory XIII, elected Cardinal Felice…
1586 CE1586 Tenshō earthquakeThe Tenshō earthquake (Japanese: 天正地震, Hepburn: Tenshō Jishin) occurred in Japan on January 18, 1586, at…
1591 CE1591 papal conclaveThe 1591 conclave (27–29 October) was held after the death of Pope Gregory XIV on 16 October that year, after…
1592 CE1592 papal conclaveThe 1592 papal conclave (10–30 January) elected Pope Clement VIII in succession to Pope Innocent IX.
1596 CE1596 Fushimi earthquakeThe Keichō–Fushimi earthquake (Japanese: 慶長伏見地震, Hepburn: Keicho–Fushimi Jishin) struck Japan on September 5…
1596 CE1596 Siege of EgerThe Ottomans laid siege to the city of Eger (Turkish: Eğri), that lasted from September 20 to October 12…
2022 CE16 March 2022 Chernihiv breadline attackOn 16 March 2022, a Russian attack killed at least 18 and injured 26 civilians in Chernihiv, Ukraine, who…
1604 CE1604 Arica earthquakeThe 1604 Arica earthquake is an earthquake that occurred at 1:30 pm on November 24, 1604, offshore Arica…
1605 CE1605 Guangdong earthquakeThe 1605 Qiongshan earthquake (Chinese: 瓊山地震) occurred on 13 July (33rd year of reign of Emperor Wanli, May…
1605 CE1605 Keichō earthquakeThe 1605 Keichō earthquake (Japanese: 慶長地震) occurred at about 20:00 local time on 3 February. It had an…
1611 CE1611 Aizu earthquakeThe 1611 Aizu earthquake (Japanese: 会津地震) occurred on September 27, 1611, in the Aizu Basin in present-day…
1611 CE1611 Keicho Sanriku earthquakeThe 1611 Sanriku earthquake (慶長三陸地震, Keichō Sanriku Jishin) occurred on December 2, 1611, with an epicenter…
1621 CE1621 papal conclaveThe 1621 papal conclave held from 8 to 9 February 1621, Cardinal Alessandro Ludovisi was elected to succeed…
1622 CE1622 North Guyuan earthquakeThe 1622 North Guyuan earthquake struck Ningxia, China on 25 October with a magnitude of 7.0 Ms and a maximum…
1623 CE1623 papal conclaveThe 1623 papal conclave was convened on the death of Pope Gregory XV and ended with the election of Cardinal…
1627 CE1627 Gargano earthquakeThe 1627 Gargano earthquake struck Gargano and part of Tavoliere, southern Italy, at about mid-day on 30 July…
1638 CE1638 Calabrian earthquakesA series of mainshocks struck Calabria on March 27–28 and June 9, 1638. The first three earthquakes had…
1639 CE1639 Amatrice earthquakeThe 1639 Amatrice earthquake occurred on 7 October near Amatrice, in the upper valley of the river Tronto, at…
1641 CE1641 Caracas earthquakeThe 1641 Caracas earthquake took place in Venezuela on 11 June 1641. It is often known as the San Bernabé…
1641 CE1641 Tabriz earthquakeThe 1641 Tabriz earthquake occurred on the night of 5 February in present-day East Azerbaijan province, Iran.…
1644 CE1644 papal conclaveThe 1644 papal conclave was called upon the death of Pope Urban VIII. It lasted from 9 August to 15 September…
1655 CE1655 papal conclaveThe 1655 conclave was convened following the death of Pope Innocent X and ended with the election of Cardinal…
1660 CE1660 destruction of SafedThe 1660 destruction of Safed occurred during the Druze power struggle in Mount Lebanon, at the time of the…
1662 CE1662 Tontokoro earthquakeThe 1662 Hyūga-nada earthquake and tsunami affected southern Japan on 30 October at 23:01 local time. The…
1663 CE1663 Charlevoix earthquakeThe 1663 Charlevoix earthquake occurred on February 5 in New France (now the Canadian province of Quebec)…
1667 CE1667 Dubrovnik earthquakeThe 1667 Dubrovnik earthquake was one of the three most devastating earthquakes to hit what is now modern…
1667 CE1667 Shamakhi earthquakeThe 1667 Shamakhi earthquake occurred on 25 November 1667 with an epicenter close to the city of Shamakhi…
1667 CE1667 conclaveThe 1667 conclave was convened on the death of Pope Alexander VII and ended with the election of Cardinal…
1668 CE1668 North Anatolia earthquakeNorthern Anatolia was struck by a large earthquake on 17 August 1668 in the late morning. It had an estimated…
1668 CE1668 Shandong earthquakeA major earthquake occurred during the rule of the Qing dynasty in Shandong Province on July 25, 1668. It had…
1669 CE1669–70 papal conclaveThe 1669–70 papal conclave (21 December – 29 April) was convened on the death of Pope Clement IX and ended…
1674 CE1674 Ambon earthquake and megatsunamiThe 1674 Ambon earthquake occurred on February 17 between 19:30 and 20:00 local time in the Maluku Islands.…
1676 CE1676 papal conclaveThe 1676 papal conclave was convened after the death of Pope Clement X and lasted from 2 August until 21…
1679 CE1679 Armenia earthquakeThe 1679 Armenia earthquake (also called Yerevan earthquake or Garni earthquake) took place on June 4 in the…
1681 CE1681 Trondhjem fireThe 1681 Trondhjem fire started on 18 April 1681, in a building near Nidelva, an area of the city of…
1687 CE1687 Peru earthquakeThe 1687 Peru earthquake occurred at 11:30 UTC on 20 October 1687. It had an estimated magnitude of 8.4–8.7…
1688 CE1688 Sannio earthquakeThe 1688 Sannio earthquake occurred in the late afternoon of June 5 in the province of Benevento of southern…
1689 CE1689 Boston revoltThe 1689 Boston revolt was a popular uprising on April 18, 1689, against the rule of Sir Edmund Andros, the…
1689 CE1689 papal conclaveThe 1689 papal conclave was convened after the death of Pope Innocent XI. It led to the election of Cardinal…
1691 CE1691 papal conclaveThe 1691 papal conclave was convened on the death of Pope Alexander VIII and ended with the election of…
1692 CE1692 Jamaica earthquakeThe 1692 Jamaica earthquake struck Port Royal, Jamaica, on 7 June. A stopped pocket watch found in the…
1692 CE1692 Salta earthquakeThe 1692 Salta earthquake took place in the Province of Salta, in the Republic of Argentina on 13 September…
1693 CE1693 Sicily earthquakeThe 1693 Sicily earthquake was a natural disaster that struck parts of southern Italy near Sicily, then a…
1694 CE1694 Irpinia-Basilicata earthquakeThe 1694 Irpinia–Basilicata earthquake occurred on 8 September. It caused widespread damage in the Basilicata…
1699 CE1699 Java earthquakeOn the morning of January 5, 1699, a violent earthquake rocked the then Dutch East Indies city of Batavia on…
1963 CE16th Street Baptist Church bombingThe 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was a terrorist bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in…
2019 CE17 August 2019 Hong Kong protestThe month of August 2019 in the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests saw a continuation of protests throughout the…
2019 CE17 August 2019 Kabul bombingOn 17 August 2019, a suicide bombing took place during a wedding in a wedding hall in Kabul, Afghanistan. At…
2016 CE17 May 2016 Baghdad bombingsIn May 2016, the Islamic State conducted a series of bombing attacks in and around Shia neighbourhoods in…
1700 CE1700 Cascadia earthquakeThe 1700 Cascadia earthquake occurred along the Cascadia subduction zone on January 26, 1700, with an…
1700 CE1700 papal conclaveThe 1700 papal conclave was convened following the death of Pope Innocent XII. It ended in the election of…
1703 CE1703 Apennine earthquakesThe 1703 Apennine earthquakes were a sequence of three earthquakes of magnitude ≥6 that occurred in the…
1703 CE1703 Genroku earthquakeThe 1703 Genroku earthquake (元禄大地震, Genroku Daijishin) occurred at 02:00 local time on December 31 (17:00…
1707 CE1707 Hōei earthquakeThe 1707 Hōei earthquake (宝永地震, Hōei jishin) struck south-central Japan at around 13:45 local time on 28…
1716 CE1716 Algiers earthquakeThe 1716 Algiers earthquake was part of a seismic sequence which began in February and ended in May 1716. The…
1717 CE1717 Guatemala earthquakeThe 1717 Guatemala earthquake struck colonial Guatemala on September 29 with an estimated moment magnitude of…
1718 CE1718 Tongwei–Gansu earthquakeAn earthquake occurred on June 19, 1718, in Tongwei County, Gansu Province, Qing dynasty, present-day China.…
1721 CE1721 Tabriz earthquakeThe 1721 Tabriz earthquake occurred on April 26, with an epicenter near the city of Tabriz, Iran. It leveled…
1721 CE1721 papal conclaveThe 1721 papal conclave was called upon the death of Pope Clement XI. It began on 31 March 1721 and ended on…
1724 CE1724 papal conclaveThe 1724 papal conclave was called upon the death of Pope Innocent XIII. It began on 20 March 1724 and ended…
1727 CE1727 Tabriz earthquakeThe 1727 Tabriz earthquake occurred on 18 November with an epicenter near Tabriz in northwest Iran. The…
1730 CE1730 Valparaíso earthquakeThe 1730 Valparaíso earthquake occurred at 04:45 local time (08:45 UTC) on July 8. It had an estimated…
1730 CE1730 papal conclaveThe 1730 papal conclave was called upon the death of Pope Benedict XIII. It began on 5 March 1730 and ended…
1732 CE1732 Irpinia earthquakeThe 1732 Irpinia earthquake was a seismic event with a magnitude of 6.6 that affected Irpinia and part of…
1732 CE1732 Montreal earthquakeThe 1732 Montreal earthquake was a 5.8 mbLg magnitude earthquake that struck New France at 11:00 a.m. on…
1733 CE1733 slave insurrection on St. JohnThe 1733 slave insurrection on St. John (Danish: Slaveoprøret på Sankt Jan), also known as the Slave Uprising…
1737 CE1737 Kamchatka earthquakeThe 1737 Kamchatka earthquake occurred on October 17 near the southern tip of present-day Russia's Kamchatka…
1738 CE1738 Vrancea earthquakeThe 1738 Vrancea earthquake occurred on 11 June [O.S. 31 May] 1738, during the third rule of Constantin…
1740 CE1740 Batavia massacreThe 1740 Batavia massacre (Dutch: Chinezenmoord, lit. 'Murder of the Chinese'; Indonesian: Geger Pacinan…
1740 CE1740 papal conclaveThe 1740 papal conclave (18 February – 17 August) was convoked after the death of Pope Clement XII on 6…
1746 CE1746 Lima - Callao earthquakeThe 1746 Lima–Callao earthquake occurred at 22:30 local time on 28 October with a moment magnitude of 8.6–8.8…
1751 CE1751 Concepción earthquakeThe 1751 Concepción earthquake was one of the strongest and most destructive recorded quakes in Chilean…
1755 CE1755 Cape Ann EarthquakeThe 1755 Cape Ann earthquake took place off the coast of the British Province of Massachusetts Bay…
1755 CE1755 Lisbon earthquakeThe 1755 Lisbon earthquake, also known as the Great Lisbon earthquake, hit the Iberian Peninsula and…
1755 CE1755 Meknes earthquakeThe 1755 Meknes earthquake affected Morocco on 27 November 1755. The earthquake had a moment magnitude (Mw)…
1757 CE1757 Berlin raidThe 1757 raid on Berlin took place during the Third Silesian War (part of the Seven Years' War). Cavalrymen…
1758 CE1758 papal conclaveThe 1758 papal conclave (15 May – 6 July) was convoked after the death of Pope Benedict XIV on 3 May 1758 and…
1762 CE1762 Arakan earthquakeThe 1762 Arakan earthquake occurred at about 17:00 local time on 2 April, with an epicentre somewhere along…
1763 CE1763 Komárom earthquakeThe 1763 Komárom earthquake occurred on 28 June between 5 and 6 in the morning, in or near the town of…
1766 CE1766 Istanbul earthquakeThe 1766 Istanbul earthquake was a strong earthquake with epicenter in the eastern part of the Sea of…
1769 CE1769 papal conclaveThe 1769 papal conclave (15 February – 19 May) was convoked after the death of Pope Clement XIII on 2…
1770 CE1770 Port-au-Prince earthquakeThe 1770 Port-au-Prince earthquake took place at 7:15 pm local time on June 3, on the Enriquillo fault near…
1771 CE1771 Great Yaeyama TsunamiThe 1771 Great Yaeyama Tsunami (also called 明和の大津波, the Great Tsunami of Meiwa) was caused by the Yaeyama…
1773 CE1773 Guatemala earthquakeThe 1773 Guatemala earthquake struck colonial Guatemala on July 29 at 15:45 local time. It had an estimated…
1774 CE1774–75 papal conclaveThe 1774–75 papal conclave (5 October – 15 February) was convoked after the death of Pope Clement XIV on 22…