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• 1966 CEAberfan disasterThe Aberfan disaster (Welsh: Trychineb Aberfan) was the catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip on 21…
• 1868 CEAbergele rail disasterThe Abergele rail disaster took place near Abergele, North Wales, in August 1868. At the time, it was the…
• 1277 CEAberystwyth Castle builtAberystwyth Castle (Welsh: Castell Aberystwyth) is a Grade I listed Edwardian fortress located in…
• 1109 CEAberystwyth foundedAberystwyth (Welsh: [abɛˈrəstʊɨθ] ) is a university and seaside town and a community in Ceredigion, Wales. It…
• 2024 CEAbeïbara massacresThe Abeïbara massacres were several massacres carried out by the Malian Armed Forces and Wagner Group against…
• 1898 CEAbidjan foundedAbidjan ( AB-ih-JAHN, French: [abidʒɑ̃]; N'ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the largest city and the former capital of Ivory…
• 2026 CEAbiemnom massacreThe Abiemnom massacre took place in Abiemnom, South Sudan on March 1, 2026. The attack killed at least 169…
• 2021 CEAbo church massacreOn 5 March 2021, suspected Oromo Liberation Army gunmen attacked the village of Debos Kebele killing 29…
• 2019 CEAbrar Fahad murderOn October 6, 2019, Abrar Fahad, a second-year student in the Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE)…
• 1215 CEAbrud foundedAbrud (Latin: Abruttus; Hungarian: Abrudbánya; German: Großschlatten) is a town in the north-western part of…
• 1914 CEAbschwangen massacreThe Abschwangen massacre was a massacre committed by Russian troops during World War I on 29 August 1914 in…
• 1996 CEAbu Salim Prison massacreAbu Salim prison (Arabic: سجن أبو سليم, romanized: Sijn Abū Salīm) is a maximum security prison in Tripoli…
• 1273 BCEAbu Simbel (temple) builtAbu Simbel is a historic site comprising two massive rock-cut temples in the village of Abu Simbel (Arabic…
• 1326 CEAbu'l-Fida Mosque builtThe Abu'l-Fida Mosque (Arabic: جَامِع أَبُو الْفِدَا, romanized: Jāmiʿ Abū'l-Fidāʾ) is a mosque and mausoleum…
• 1984 CEAbuja National Mosque builtThe Abuja National Mosque (Arabic: الجامع الوطني أبوجا), also known as the Nigerian National Mosque, is the…
• 1828 CEAbuja foundedAbuja is the capital city of Nigeria, strategically situated at the geographic midpoint of the country…
• 2024 CEAbundant Life Christian School shootingOn December 16, 2024, a school shooting occurred at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin…
• 2019 CEAcarigua prison riotA group of inmates were involved in a prison riot on 24 May 2019 in the police station cellblocks in…
• 1985 CEAccomarca massacreThe Accomarca massacre occurred on 14 August 1985, in the peasant village of Accomarca, now a neighbourhood…
• 2001 CEAccra Sports Stadium disasterA stampede occurred at the Ohene Djan Stadium in Accra, Ghana, on 9 May 2001. It killed 126 people, making it…
• 1873 CEAceh WarThe Aceh War (Indonesian: Perang Aceh; Acehnese: Prang Acèh; 1873–1904), was an armed military conflict…
• 1890 CEAchilleion (palace) builtThe Achilleion (Greek: Αχίλλειο, Katharevousa: Αχίλλειον) is a palace built on Corfu for Empress Elisabeth of…
• 1854 CEAchulet MassacreThe Achulet Massacre refers to the 1854 massacre of an estimated 65-150 Tolowa Indians at the hands of…
• 1899 CEAcre WarThe Acre War, known in Brazil as Acrean Revolution (Portuguese: Revolução Acreana) and in Spanish as Guerra…
• 1499 BCEAcre foundedAcre ( AH-kər, AY-kər), known in Hebrew as Akko (Hebrew: עַכּוֹ, ʻAkkō, IPA: [ˈako]) and in Arabic as Akka…
• 700 BCEAcrocorinth foundedAcrocorinth (Greek: Ακροκόρινθος, lit. 'Upper Corinth' or 'the acropolis of ancient Corinth') is a monolithic…
• 500 BCEAcropolis of Athens foundedThe Acropolis of Athens (Ancient Greek: ἡ Ἀκρόπολις τῶν Ἀθηνῶν, romanized: hē Akropolis tōn Athēnōn; Modern…
• 1997 CEActeal massacreThe Acteal massacre (Spanish: Matanza de Acteal) was a massacre of 45 people attending a prayer meeting of…
• 1861 CEAction at Blue Mills LandingThe action at Blue Mills Landing, also known as the Battle of Liberty, was a battle of the American Civil War…
• 1880 CEAction at BronkhorstspruitThe Battle of Bronkhorstspruit was the first major engagement of the First Boer War. It took place by the…
• 1304 CEAction at HapprewThe Battle of Happrew was a skirmish which took place around 20 February 1304, during the First War of…
• 1692 CEAction at La HogueThe action at La Hogue occurred during the pursuit by the English and Dutch of the French fleet after the…
• 1297 CEAction at LanarkThe action at Lanark was an attack at Lanark, Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence in May…
• 1941 CEAction at Mechili, 24 January 1941The action at Mechili was an engagement between units of the British 7th Armoured Division of the Western…
• 1914 CEAction at NéryThe Affair of Néry was a skirmish fought on 1 September 1914 between the British Army and the German Army…
• 1861 CEAction at SpringfieldThe First Battle of Springfield was a battle of the American Civil War that took place on October 25, 1861…
• 1801 CEAction of 1 August 1801The action of 1 August 1801 was a single-ship action of the First Barbary War fought between the American…
• 1800 CEAction of 1 January 1800The action of 1 January 1800 was a naval battle of the Quasi-War that took place off the coast of present-day…
• 1944 CEAction of 1 November 1944The action of 1 November 1944, also known as the Ambush off Pag Island, was a naval engagement in the Kvarner…
• 1795 CEAction of 10 April 1795The action of 10 April 1795 was a minor naval engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars in which a…
• 1917 CEAction of 10 March 1917The action of 10 March 1917 was a single-ship action in the First World War between the Imperial German Navy…
• 1779 CEAction of 11 November 1779The action of 11 November 1779 was fought between the Royal Navy frigate HMS Tartar and the Spanish Navy…
• 1917 CEAction of 11–12 December 1917The action of 11–12 December 1917 was a German naval operation in the North Sea against convoys sailing on…
• 1640 CEAction of 12–17 January 1640The action of 12–17 January 1640 was a naval battle between a Dutch fleet and a combined Spanish-Portuguese…
• 1964 CEAction of 13 December 1964The action of 13 December 1964 was a minor naval action between the Australian minesweeper HMAS Teal and two…
• 1797 CEAction of 13 January 1797The action of 13 January 1797 (known by the French as the Naufrage du Droits de l'Homme; "shipwreck [or…
• 1806 CEAction of 13 March 1806The action of 13 March 1806 was a naval engagement of the Napoleonic Wars, fought when a British and a French…
• 1798 CEAction of 14 December 1798The action of 14 December 1798 was fought between the 32-gun British frigate HMS Ambuscade and the 24-gun…
• 1742 CEAction of 14 June 1742The action of 14 June 1742 was a minor naval battle of the War of the Austrian Succession in which a small…
• 1918 CEAction of 15 February 1918The action of 15 February 1918 was a naval engagement in the Strait of Dover of the English Channel during…
• 1782 CEAction of 16 March 1782The action of 16 March 1782 was a naval engagement between a British Royal Naval frigate HMS Success and a…
• 1917 CEAction of 16 March 1917The Action of 16 March 1917 was a naval engagement in which the British armed boarding steamer SS Dundee and…
• 1644 CEAction of 16 May 1644This battle took place on 16 May 1644 during the Danish-Swedish War near List Deep, between Sylt and Rømø in…
• 1865 CEAction of 17 November 1865The action of 17 November 1865 was a minor naval engagement that took place off Tomé, during the Chincha…
• 1917 CEAction of 17 November 1917The action of 17 November 1917 was a naval battle of the First World War. The action was fought between a…
• 1639 CEAction of 18 February 1639The action of 18 February 1639 was a naval battle of the Eighty Years' War fought off Dunkirk between a Dutch…
• 1748 CEAction of 18 March 1748The action of 18 March 1748 was a naval engagement during the War of Jenkins' Ear in which a fleet of six…
• 1782 CEAction of 18 October 1782The action of 18 October 1782 was a minor naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War, in which the…
• 1916 CEAction of 19 August 1916The action of 19 August 1916 was one of two attempts in 1916 by the German High Seas Fleet to engage elements…
• 1707 CEAction of 2 May 1707The action of 2 May 1707, also known as Beachy Head, was a naval battle of the War of the Spanish Succession…
• 1778 CEAction of 20 October 1778The action of 20 October 1778 was an inconclusive engagement between the French ship-of-the-line Triton and…
• 1781 CEAction of 21 July 1781The action of 21 July 1781 (French: Combat naval en vue de Louisbourg, or Combat naval à la hauteur de…
• 1917 CEAction of 22 August 1917The action of 22 August 1917, took place during the First World War, in the Ypres Salient on the Western…
• 1713 CEAction of 22 July 1713The Battle of Hogland on 22 July 1713 was a naval battle between Sweden and Russia which took place on 22…
• 1803 CEAction of 22 June 1803The action of 22 June 1803 was a naval battle between the United States Navy and the Tripolitan Navy during…
• 1914 CEAction of 22 September 1914The Action of 22 September 1914 was an attack by the German U-boat U-9 that took place during the First World…
• 1650 CEAction of 23 November 1650The action of 23 November 1650 was a minor naval battle between Spain and France, in which a small Spanish…
• 1797 CEAction of 25 January 1797The action of 25 January 1797 was a minor naval battle of the French Revolutionary Wars, fought in the Gulf…
• 1566 CEAction of 26 July 1566The battle that took place on 26 July 1566 during the Northern Seven Years' War and was a slight victory for…
• 1646 CEAction of 26 May 1646This battle took place on 26 May 1646 at the mouth of the Dardanelles Strait, during the Cretan War. The…
• 1942 CEAction of 27 March 1942The action of 27 March 1942 was a naval encounter between the United States and Germany during World War II…
• 1751 CEAction of 28 November 1751The action of 28 November 1751 was a naval engagement off Cape St. Vincent between a squadron of two Spanish…
• 1644 CEAction of 28 September 1644The action of 28 September 1644 was a naval battle which was fought in the Eastern Mediterranean when six…
• 1564 CEAction of 30 May 1564The First Battle of Öland (Swedish: Första slaget vid Ölands norra udde), was part of the Nordic Seven Years…
• 1681 CEAction of 30 September 1681The action of 30 September 1681 was a 2-hour fight that took place on 30 September 1681 near Cape St Vincent…
• 1800 CEAction of 31 March 1800The action of 31 March 1800 was a naval engagement of the War of the Second Coalition fought between a Royal…
• 1941 CEAction of 4 April 1941The action of 4 April 1941 was a naval engagement fought during the Battle of the Atlantic during the Second…
• 1565 CEAction of 4 June 1565This battle took place on 4 June 1565 between an allied fleet of 33 Danish and Lübecker ships, under Trolle…
• 1917 CEAction of 4 May 1917The action of 4 May 1917 was a naval and air engagement of the First World War in the North Sea. The action…
• 1804 CEAction of 5 October 1804The action of 5 October 1804 was fought off Cabo de Santa Maria during the Napoleonic Wars. In the…
• 1782 CEAction of 6 December 1782The action of 6 December 1782 was a naval encounter primarily fought between HMS Ruby and the French ship…
• 1746 CEAction of 6 July 1746The action of 6 July 1746 was an inconclusive naval engagement between the British and French fleets during…
• 1794 CEAction of 6 November 1794The action of 6 November 1794 (Known in French as the Combat du 16 Brumaire an III) was a naval engagement…
• 1565 CEAction of 7 July 1565This battle in the Northern Seven Years' War took place on 7 July 1565 and was a decisive victory for a…
• 1780 CEAction of 8 January 1780The action of 8 January 1780 was a naval encounter off Cape Finisterre between a British Royal Naval fleet…
• 1716 CEAction of 8 July 1716The Action of 8 July 1716 was an indecisive naval battle that took place on 8 July 1716 during a Turkish…
• 1755 CEAction of 8 June 1755The action of 8 June 1755 was a naval battle between France and Great Britain early in the French and Indian…
• 1796 CEAction of 8 September 1796The action of 9 September 1796 was an inconclusive minor naval engagement between small French Navy and…
• 1780 CEAction of 9 August 1780The action of 9 August 1780 was a naval engagement during the American Revolutionary War and a part of the…
• 1702 CEAction of August 1702The action of August 1702 was an inconclusive naval battle of the War of the Spanish Succession fought…
• 1915 CEAction of the Hohenzollern RedoubtThe Actions of the Hohenzollern Redoubt took place on the Western Front in World War I from 13 to 19 October…
• 1940 CEAction off CalabriaThe Battle of Calabria (Battaglia di Punta Stilo) on 9 July 1940, was a naval battle during the Battle of the…
• 1863 CEAction off Galveston LightThe action off Galveston Light was a short naval battle fought during the American Civil War in January 1863.…
• 1917 CEAction off LerwickThe action off Lerwick ("Lerrick") was a naval engagement on 17 October 1917 fought in the North Sea during…
• 1942 CEActions along the MatanikauThe Actions along the Matanikau—sometimes referred to as the Second and Third Battles of the Matanikau—were…
• 1916 CEActions of the Bluff, 1916The Actions of the Bluff were local operations in 1916 carried out in Flanders during the First World War by…
• 100 CEAd Deir (monument) builtEd-Deir (Arabic: الدير, lit. 'The Monastery'), also spelled el-Deir and ad-Deir/ad-Dayr, is a monumental…
• 1899 CEAdamawa WarsThe Adamawa Wars (1899–1907) were initially a series of military expeditions and border conflicts between the…
• 6000 BCEAdana foundedAdana is a large city in southern Turkey. The city is situated on the Seyhan River, 35 km (22 mi) inland from…
• 1909 CEAdana massacreThe Adana massacre (Armenian: Ադանայի կոտորած; Turkish: Adana Katliamı) occurred in the Adana vilayet of the…
• 1998 CEAdana–Ceyhan earthquake of 1998The 1998 Adana–Ceyhan earthquake occurred at 16:55 local time on 27 June with a moment magnitude of 6.3 and a…
• 1886 CEAddis Ababa foundedAddis Ababa ( AD-iss AB-ə-bə; Amharic: አዲስ አበባ [adˈdis ˈaβəβa], lit. 'new flower'; Oromo: Finfinnee, lit.…
• 1846 CEAddison foundedAddison is an incorporated town in Dallas County, Texas, United States. The 2020 census population was…
• 1960 CEAdelaide Fringe FestivalAdelaide Fringe, formerly Adelaide Fringe Festival, is Australia's biggest arts festival and is the world's…
• 1836 CEAdelaide foundedAdelaide ( AD-il-ayd; Kaurna: Tarndanya [ˈd̪̥aɳɖaɲa]) is the capital and most populous city of South…
• 1839 CEAden ExpeditionThe Aden Expedition was a naval operation that the British Royal Navy carried out in January 1839. Following…
• 2015 CEAden unrestThe Aden unrest was a conflict between Islamist factions, such as al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, and…
• 1199 CEAdhai Din Ka Jhonpra (mosque) builtThe Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra (literally "shed of 2½ days") is a historical former mosque in the city of Ajmer, in…
• 1896 CEAdibo daliThe Battle of Adibo was a German military campaign in 1896 against the Dagbamba of West Africa in Adibo, now…
• 1375 CEAdina Mosque builtThe Adina Mosque (Bengali: আদিনা মসজিদ) is a historical mosque located in Pandua, a town in the Malda…
• 1971 CEAdityapur massacreAdityapur massacre (Bengali: আদিত্যপুর গণহত্যা) refers to the massacre of 63 Bengali Hindus by the Pakistani…
• 1911 CEAdmiralty Arch (monument) builtAdmiralty Arch is a historic landmark building in London, providing road and pedestrian access between The…
• 1074 CEAdmont Abbey builtAdmont Abbey (German: Stift Admont, IPA: [ʃ͡tɪft ˈaːdˌmont]) is a Benedictine monastery located on the Enns…
• 2020 CEAegean Sea earthquake of 2020An earthquake with a moment magnitude of 7.0 occurred on 30 October 2020 about 14 km (8.7 mi) northeast of…
• 1981 CEAer Lingus Flight 164Aer Lingus Flight 164 was a scheduled Boeing 737-200 passenger flight that was hijacked on 2 May 1981, on…
• 1914 CEAerial combat of 5 October 1914The first aerial combat in history that ended in a victory for an air force took place in the region of the…
• 1983 CEAeroflot Flight 6833Aeroflot Flight 6833, en route from Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, to Leningrad, Russian SFSR, with an intermediate…
• 475 BCEAetna foundedAetna (Ancient Greek: Αἴτνη, Aítnē), was an ancient city of Magna Graecia in Sicily, situated at the foot of…
• 1778 CEAffair at Little Egg HarborThe Affair at Little Egg Harbor took place on October 15, 1778, in South Jersey during the American…
• 1779 CEAffair of Fielding and BylandtThe affair of Fielding and Bylandt was a brief naval engagement off the Isle of Wight on 31 December 1779…
• 1733 CEAffair of Porto NovoThe affair of Porto Novo (also known the Porto Novo incident) was a successful attack by the British East…
• 2008 CEAfrican Renaissance Monument builtThe African Renaissance Monument (French: Monument de la Renaissance Africaine) is a 50-metre (164 ft) tall…
• 2016 CEAfriqiyah Airways Flight 209Afriqiyah Airways Flight 209 was a domestic passenger flight from Sabha to Tripoli, Libya that was hijacked…
• 1994 CEAfula Bus suicide bombingThe Afula bus suicide bombing was carried out on 6 April 1994, at a bus stop next to an Egged bus in the…
• 1994 CEAfula axe attackThe Afula axe attack was a 1994 attack by a Palestinian member of Hamas on a 19-year-old female Israeli…
• 2003 CEAfula mall bombingThe Afula mall bombing was a suicide bombing on May 19, 2003, in which a Palestinian woman blew herself up…
• 2002 CEAfyon earthquake of 2002The Afyonkarahisar Province of western Turkey was struck by a Mw 6.2–6.7 earthquake on 3 February 2002 at…
• 1350 CEAfyonkarahisar Castle builtThe Castle of Afyonkarahisar (Turkish: Afyonkarahisar Kalesi) is a historical fortification, which was built…
• 1995 CEAfyon–Dinar earthquake of 1995The 1995 Dinar earthquake occurred on 1 October in Dinar (District), Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. It had an Mw…
• 1985 CEAgacher Strip WarThe Agacher Strip War (French: Guerre de la Bande d’Agacher), also known as the Christmas War (French: Guerre…
• 1961 CEAgatheAgate was the codename of the first French nuclear underground test. It was conducted by the Joint Special…
• 1968 CEAgbekoyaThe Agbekoya Parapo Revolt of 1968–1969, popularly known as Agbekoya or the Egbe Agbekoya Revolt, was a…
• 1181 CEAggstein Castle builtAggstein Castle (German: Burgruine Aggstein, lit. "castle ruins of Aggstein") is a ruined castle on the right…
• 1870 CEAghdam Mosque builtThe Aghdam Mosque (Azerbaijani: Ağdam məscidi) or Juma Mosque (Azerbaijani: Cümə məscidi) is a Shia mosque…
• 1001 CEAgiou Panteleimonos monastery builtSaint Panteleimon Monastery (Greek: Μονή Αγίου Παντελεήμονος, romanized: Moní Agíou Panteleímonos, Russian…
• 1101 CEAgiou Pavlou monastery builtAgiou Pavlou Monastery (Greek: Μονή Αγίου Παύλου; Romanian: Mănăstirea Sfântul Pavel) is an Eastern Orthodox…
• 1280 CEAgnita foundedAgnita (Romanian pronunciation: [aɡˈnita]; German: Agnetheln; Transylvanian Saxon: Ongenîtlen; Hungarian…
• 1995 CEAgreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory WaterbirdsThe Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds, or African-Eurasian Waterbird…
• 2016 CEAgricultural Penitentiary of Monte Cristo riotA riot at the Agricultural Penitentiary of Monte Cristo (Portuguese: Penitenciária Agrícola de Monte Cristo)…
• 579 BCEAgrigento foundedAgrigento (Italian: [aɡriˈdʒɛnto]; Sicilian: Girgenti [dʒɪɾˈdʒɛndɪ] or Giurgenti [dʒʊɾˈdʒɛndɪ]) is a city on…
• 1995 CEAguas Blancas massacreThe Aguas Blancas Massacre was a massacre that took place on 28 June 1995, in the municipality of Coyuca de…
• 1919 CEAgulis massacreThe Agulis massacre (Armenian: Ագուլիսի ջարդեր) was a massacre of the Armenian population of Agulis…
• 1999 CEAhat Jami Mosque builtThe Ahat Jami Mosque (Ukrainian: Мечеть Ахать Джамі, romanized: Mechet Akhat Dzhami; Russian: Ахать-Джами…
• 1992 CEAhatovići massacreThe Ahatovići massacre was the mass killing of 47 captured Bosniak soldiers from the suburb of Ahatovići, in…
• 1201 CEAhmadalilar Mausoleum builtAhmadalilar Mausoleum (Azerbaijani: Arğalı türbəsi) is a mausoleum in the Əhmədalılar village of Fuzuli…
• 1411 CEAhmedabad foundedAhmedabad ( AH-mə-də-ba(h)d, Hindi: [ɛɦ(ɛ)md̪aːbaːd̪]), also spelt Amdavad (Gujarati: [ˈəmdɑʋɑd]) and…
• 1993 CEAhmići massacreThe Ahmići massacre was the mass murder of approximately 120 Bosniak civilians by members of the Croatian…
• 749 BCEAigai foundedAegae or Aigai (Ancient Greek: Αἰγαί, Aigaí, Latinized: Aegae, Greek: Αιγές, romanized: Aiges) was the…
• 1857 CEAiken massacreThe Aiken massacre was an 1857 lynching in central Utah, United States, of five Californian travelers…
• 1973 CEAir Battle of El MansouraThe air battle of Mansoura was an air battle that took place in 1973 during the Yom Kippur War between the…
• 2025 CEAir Busan Flight 391Air Busan Flight 391 was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by Air Busan from Gimhae…
• 1994 CEAir France Flight 8969Air France Flight 8969 (Operation Rock Climber) was an Air France Airbus A300 flight that was hijacked on 24…
• 1985 CEAir India Flight 182Air India Flight 182 was a scheduled international flight from Toronto Pearson International Airport (as Air…
• 1987 CEAir New Zealand Flight 24Air New Zealand Flight 24 was hijacked on the tarmac at Nadi International Airport, Fiji, on 19 May 1987. The…
• 2007 CEAir West Flight 612Air West Flight 612 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by Air West between Khartoum and…
• 1944 CEAir battle over the Ore MountainsThe Air battle over the Ore Mountains (German: Luftschlacht über dem Erzgebirge) took place around midday on…
• 1200 CEAisha Bibi (monument) builtThe Aisha-Bibi (Kazakh: Айша бибі) is an 11th or 12th-century mausoleum for a noble woman located in the…
• 1384 CEAizuwakamatsu Castle builtTsuruga Castle (鶴ヶ城, Tsuru-ga-jō), also known as Aizuwakamatsu Castle (会津若松城 Aizu-Wakamatsu-jō) is a Japanese…
• 200 BCEAjanta Caves (temple) builtThe Ajanta Caves are 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments dating from the second century BCE to about 480 CE…
• 2010 CEAjka alumina plant accidentA caustic waste reservoir chain collapsed at the Ajkai Timföldgyár alumina plant in Ajka, Veszprém County, in…
• 1184 CEAjlun Castle builtAjloun Castle (Arabic: قلعة عجلون, romanized: Qalʻat 'Ajloun), medieval name Qalʻat ar-Rabad, is a…
• 2007 CEAkaa foundedAkaa (Finnish: [ˈɑkɑː]; Swedish: Ackas) is a town and a municipality in Pirkanmaa, Finland. It was created on…
• 1617 CEAkashi Castle builtAkashi Castle (明石城, Akashi-jō) is an Edo period Japanese castle located in the city of Akashi, Hyōgo…
• 1996 CEAkashi Kaikyō Bridge builtThe Akashi Kaikyo Bridge (Japanese: 明石海峡大橋, Hepburn: Akashi Kaikyō Ōhashi) is a suspension bridge that links…
• 2001 CEAkashi pedestrian bridge accidentThe Akashi pedestrian bridge accident (明石歩道橋事故, Akashi hodōkyō jiko) was a human crush that occurred on 21…
• 1604 CEAkbar's Tomb builtAkbar's tomb is the mausoleum of the third and greatest Mughal emperor Akbar. The tomb was built in 1605–1613…
• 1290 CEAkershus Fortress builtAkershus Fortress (Norwegian: Akershus Festning, pronounced [ɑkəʂˈhʉːs ˈfɛ̂sːtnɪŋ]) or Akershus Castle…
• 1971 CEAkhira massacreAkhira massacre (Bengali: আখিরা গণহত্যা) was a massacre of the emigrating Hindus of the then Dinajpur…
• 2008 CEAkhmad Kadyrov Mosque builtThe Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque (Chechen: Кадыров Ахьмадан цӀарах дина маьждиг, romanized: Kadirov Ahmadan ċarax…
• 901 CEAkhtala monastery builtAkhtala (Armenian: Ախթալայի վանք), also known as Pghindzavank (Armenian: Պղնձավանք, meaning Coppermine…
• 1908 CEAkhund Abuturab Tomb builtAkhund Abuturab Mausoleum is a nationally significant historical-architectural monument in Azerbaijan…
• 2008 CEAkihabara massacreA mass murder took place on 8 June 2008 in the Akihabara shopping quarter in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The…
• 733 CEAkita Castle builtAkita Castle (秋田城, Akita-jō) refers to the ruins of a Nara period fortified settlement located in what is now…
• 1986 CEAkkaraipattu massacreAkkaraipattu massacre happened on 19 February 1986 when approximately 80 Tamil farm workers were killed by…
• 1826 CEAkkerman ConventionThe Akkerman Convention was a treaty signed on October 7, 1826, between the Russian and the Ottoman Empires…
• 2018 CEAklaz and Awkassa massacresOn 26 and 27 April 2018, militants from the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara attacked two refugee camps…
• 580 BCEAkragas foundedAkragas (Ancient Greek: Ἀκράγας) was an Ancient greek city state on the southern coast of Sicily, renowned…
• 662 BCEAkrai foundedAkrai (Ancient Greek: Ἄκραι; Latin: Acrenses) was a Greek colony of Magna Graecia founded in Sicily by the…
• 2002 CEAkshardham Temple attackOn 24 September 2002, multiple terrorists attacked the Swaminarayam Akshardham Temple in Gandhinagar…
• 570 CEAksumite siege of MeccaA famous siege led by Abraha in Islamic tradition, the leader of Aksumite Himyar, who had sought to expand…
• 1869 CEAktobe (fortress) builtAktobe (Kazakh: Ақтөбе, romanized: Aqtöbe, pronounced [ɑqtɵbʲé]; Russian: Актобе) is a major city in western…
• 1818 CEAkure–Benin WarThe Akure–Benin War of 1818 was a conflict between the Benin and Akure in what is now southwestern Nigeria.…
• 2022 CEAkwaya massacreThe Akwaya massacre happened on 25 June 2022, when militants killed at least 26 civilians in the village of…
• 1661 CEAkō Castle builtAkō Castle (赤穂城, Akō-jō) is a former flatland Japanese castle located in the city of Akō, Hyōgo Prefecture…
• 685 CEAl Abbas Mosque builtThe Al-Abbas Shrine (Arabic: العتبة العباسية) is the mausoleum of Abbas ibn Ali, situated near the Imam…
• 1988 CEAl Fateh Grand Mosque builtThe Al-Fateh Mosque, also known as the Al-Fateh Islamic Center and as the Al Fateh Grand Mosque, (Arabic…
• 1252 CEAl Haoua Mosque builtThe al-Hawa Mosque (Arabic: جامع الهواء; also transliterated as al-Haoua Mosque in French), also known as the…
• 100 CEAl Khazneh settledAl-Khazneh (Arabic: الخزنة; IPA: [al.xaz.na], "The Treasury"), also known as Khaznat el-Far'oun (treasury of…
• 1985 CEAl Noor Mosque builtThe Al Noor Mosque (Arabic: مسجد النور‎, Masjid al-Noor) is a Sunni mosque in the Christchurch suburb of…
• 2008 CEAl Saleh Mosque builtAl-Saleh Mosque (Arabic: جَامِع ٱلصَّالِح, romanized: Jāmiʿ Aṣ-Ṣāliḥ) is a modern mosque in Sana'a that is…
• 1215 CEAl-Adiliyah Madrasa (mausoleum) builtAl-Adiliyah Madrasa (Arabic: الْمَدْرَسَة الْعَادِلِيَّة, romanized: al-Madrasah al-ʿĀdilīyah) is a…
• 1125 CEAl-Aqmar Mosque builtThe Aqmar Mosque or al-Aqmar Mosque (Arabic: الجامع الأقمر, romanized: al-jāmiʿ al-aqmar, lit. 'Moonlit…
• 2024 CEAl-Aqsa Hospital massacreOn 14 October 2024, the Israeli Air Force struck tents within the grounds of the Shuhada al-Aqsa Hospital in…
• 710 CEAl-Aqsa Mosque builtThe Aqsa Mosque, also known as the Qibli Mosque, is the main congregational mosque or prayer hall in the…
• 1969 CEAl-Aqsa Mosque fireThe Al-Aqsa mosque fire was an arson attack on Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque, the primary prayer hall within the…
• 1424 CEAl-Ashraf Mosque builtThe Al-Ashraf Mosque, also known as the Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan al-Ashraf Barsbay (Arabic: مسجد ومدرسة…
• 1397 CEAl-Ashrafiya Madrasa (mosque) builtMadrasa and Mosque of Al-Ashrafiya or Al-Ashrafiya Mosque (Arabic: جامع ومدرسة الأشرفية) is a historical…
• 945 CEAl-Askari Shrine builtThe Al-Askari Shrine (Arabic: العتبة العسكرية), also known as the 'Askariyya Shrine and the Al-Askari Mosque…
• 2024 CEAl-Awda School massacreOn 9 July 2024, the Israel Defense Forces bombed Al-Awda school – the UNRWA-run school that had been…
• 971 CEAl-Azhar Mosque builtAl-Azhar Mosque (Arabic: الجامع الأزهر, romanized: al-Jāmiʿ al-ʾAzhar, lit. 'The Resplendent Congregational…