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• 970 CEAl-Azhar University foundedAl-Azhar University is a public university in Cairo, Egypt. Founded in 970, and associated with the Al-Azhar…
• 1749 CEAl-Azm Palace builtAl-Azm Palace (Arabic: قصر العظم Qaṣr al-ʿAẓm) is a palace in Damascus, Syria, built in 1749. Located north…
• 2025 CEAl-Baqa Cafe airstrikeOn 30 June 2025, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted an airstrike on the al-Baqa internet café near the…
• 1340 CEAl-Bayda Mosque builtThe al-Beida Mosque (Arabic: جامع البيضاء, lit. 'White Mosque') is a mosque in Fes el-Jdid in the historic…
• 1948 CEAl-Dawayima massacreThe al-Dawayima massacre was the killing of Palestinian civilians by the Israeli army (IDF) that took place…
• 2009 CEAl-Fakhura school incidentThe al-Fakhura school shelling was an Israeli military strike that took place during the Gaza War on 6…
• 2025 CEAl-Farabi School BombingThe Al-Farabi School Bombing occurred in the early morning hours of September 7, 2025, in a southwestern part…
• 462 CEAl-Hannanah Mosque builtThe Al-Hannanah Mosque (Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلْحَنَّانَة, romanized: Masjid al-Ḥannānah), also known as the…
• 2015 CEAl-Hasakah offensiveThe Eastern Hasakah offensive was launched in the Hasakah Governorate during the Syrian Civil War, by the…
• 2015 CEAl-Hasakah offensiveThe Western Hasakah offensive was a military operation in the spring of 2015, waged between the Kurdish YPG…
• 2008 CEAl-Hidaya Mosque massacreThe al-Hidaya Mosque massacre occurred on Saturday 19 April 2008 during the Ethiopian occupation of Somalia…
• 622 CEAl-Ijabah Mosque builtThe Al-Ijabah Mosque (Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلْإِجَابَة, romanized: Masjid Al-Ijābah), also known as Bani Muawiyah…
• 1318 CEAl-Jawali Mosque builtAl-Jawali Mosque or Amir Sanjar al-Jawli Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الجوالي) is a mosque in Hebron, Palestine…
• 1288 CEAl-Khadra Mosque builtThe Al-Khadra Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الخضرة, romanized: Masjid al-Khadra, lit. 'the Green Mosque') also known…
• 1947 CEAl-Khisas raidThe al-Khisas raid, also known as the al-Khisas massacre, was an attack on the Palestinian village of…
• 975 CEAl-Madinat al-Zahira (fortress) builtMadinat al-Zâhira (English: "The resplendent city") was the fortified palace-city and residence of Almanzor…
• 1189 CEAl-Mansour Mosque builtThe Kasbah Mosque (Arabic: مسجد القصبة), also known as the Moulay al-Yazid Mosque, is a historic mosque in…
• 1420 CEAl-Muhdhar Mosque builtAl-Muhdar Mosque (Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلْمُحْضَار, romanized: Masjid Al-Muḥḍār) or Al-Mihdar Mosque (Arabic…
• 1227 CEAl-Mustansiriya University foundedAl-Mustansiriya University (Arabic: الجامعة المستنصرية, romanized: al-Jāmiʿa al-Mustanṣariyya) is a public…
• 1318 CEAl-Nasir Muhammad Mosque builtThe Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque, or more formally, the Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun Mosque, is a mosque…
• 2014 CEAl-Otaiba ambushThe Al-Otaiba ambush was a military operation conducted on 26 February 2014 by Hezbollah against alleged…
• 1398 CEAl-Otrush Mosque builtThe Al-Otrush Mosque (Arabic: جَامِع الْأُطْرُوش, romanized: Jāmiʿ al-ʾUṭrūš), also known as the Demirdash…
• 857 CEAl-Qarawiyyin Mosque builtThe University of al-Qarawiyyin (Arabic: جامعة القرويين, romanized: Jāmiʻat al-Qarawīyīn), also written…
• 2012 CEAl-Qubeir massacreThe Al-Qubeir massacre (Arabic: مجزرة القبير), also known as the Hama massacre, occurred in the small village…
• 1912 CEAl-Rifa'i Mosque builtThe Al-Rifa'i Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الرفاعي, romanized: Al-Rifai, lit. 'Refaai Mosque') is a mosque located in…
• 1224 CEAl-Rukniyah Madrasa (mausoleum) builtAl-Rukniyah Madrasa (Arabic: الْمَدْرَسَة الرُّكْنِيَّة, romanized: al-Madrasah ar-Ruknīyah) is a…
• 1425 CEAl-Saffahiyah Mosque builtThe Al-Saffahiyah Mosque (Arabic: جَامِع السَّفَّاحِيَّة, romanized: Jāmiʿ as-Saffāḥīyah) is a mosque and…
• 1998 CEAl-Salam Mosque builtThe Al-Salam Mosque and Arabian Cultural Center (Ukrainian: Арабський культурний центр) are located in Odesa…
• 1160 CEAl-Salih Tala'i Mosque builtThe al-Salih Tala'i Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الصالح طلائع) is a mosque located in Al-Darb al-Ahmar, south of Bab…
• 2016 CEAl-Shaddadi offensiveThe al-Shaddadi offensive (2016), also known as Operation Wrath of Khabur, was an offensive launched by the…
• 2014 CEAl-Shaitat massacresThe Al-Shaitat massacres were committed by the Islamic State, beginning on October 17, 2014, against members…
• 1315 CEAl-Shamah Mosque builtThe Al-Sham'ah Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الشمعة), also known as the Bab ad-Darum Mosque, is a mosque located in…
• 2023 CEAl-Shifa Hospital SiegeAl-Shifa Hospital, the largest medical complex in Gaza, was placed under siege by Israel in mid-November 2023…
• 2023 CEAl-Shifa ambulance airstrikeA significant number of attacks on healthcare facilities occurred during the Gaza war and genocide. During…
• 2024 CEAl-Tabaeen school attackOn 10 August 2024, Israel struck the Al-Tabaeen school located in eastern Gaza City, which was hosting…
• 698 CEAl-Zaytunah Mosque builtAl-Zaytuna Mosque (Arabic: جامع الزيتونة, romanized: Jāmiʿ al-Zaytūnah, lit. 'Mosque of the olive') is a…
• 1480 CEAlaca Imaret Mosque builtThe Alaca Imaret Mosque (Greek: Αλατζά Ιμαρέτ, from Turkish: Alaca İmaret Camii, lit. 'Colourful Mosque')…
• 1869 CEAlajärvi foundedAlajärvi (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈɑlɑˌjærʋi]; lit. 'lower lake') is a town and municipality of Finland. It…
• 1909 CEAlamo foundedAlamo is a town in Wheeler County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town had a population…
• 1867 CEAlaska PurchaseThe Alaska Purchase occurred in 1867 and resulted in the transfer of Russian America to the United States for…
• 1909 CEAlaska-Yukon-Pacific ExpositionThe Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition, acronym AYP or AYPE, was a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909…
• 1301 CEAlauddin Khilji's conquest of RanthamboreIn 1301, Alauddin Khalji, the ruler of the Delhi Sultanate in India, conquered the neighbouring kingdom of…
• 1100 CEAlaverdi Monastery builtAlaverdi Monastery (Georgian: ალავერდის მონასტერი, romanized: alaverdis monast'eri) is a Georgian Eastern…
• 1899 CEAlaverdi foundedAlaverdi (Armenian: Ալավերդի, Armenian pronunciation: [ɑlɑvɛɾˈdi], Greek: Αλαβερντί), is a city and municipal…
• 1865 CEAlavus foundedAlavus (Swedish: Alavo) is a town and municipality of Finland in the province of Western Finland. Part of the…
• 1715 CEAlba Iulia Fortress builtThe Alba Carolina Citadel (Romanian: Cetatea Alba Carolina, Hungarian: Gyulafehérvári vár) is a star fortess…
• 1200 BCEAlba Longa foundedAlba Longa (occasionally written Albalonga in Italian sources) was an ancient Latin city in Central Italy in…
• 1826 CEAlbany foundedAlbany ( AL-bən-ee; Menang Noongar: Kinjarling) is a port city in the Great Southern region in the Australian…
• 401 CEAlbenga Baptistery (church building) builtThe Baptistery of Albenga is a paleochristian religious structure in Albenga, province of Savona, in the…
• 1872 CEAlbert Memorial (monument) builtThe Albert Memorial is a Gothic Revival ciborium in Kensington Gardens, London, designed and dedicated to the…
• 1282 CEAlbi Cathedral builtThe Cathedral of Saint Cecilia of Albi (French: Cathédrale Sainte-Cécile d'Albi), also known as Albi…
• 929 CEAlbrechtsburg (castle) builtThe Albrechtsburg is a Late Gothic castle erected from 1471 till about 1495. It is located in the town centre…
• 1706 CEAlbuquerque foundedAlbuquerque is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Founded in 1706 as La Villa de…
• 1983 CEAlcalá 20 nightclub fireThe Alcalá 20 nightclub fire occurred on 17 December 1983 at 4:45 a.m. at Alcalá 20, a nightclub at number 20…
• 1057 CEAlcazaba of Málaga (castle) builtThe Alcazaba (Spanish: [alkaˈθaβa, alkaˈsaβa]; from Arabic: القَصَبَة, romanized: al-qaṣabah, pronounced…
• 1187 CEAlcobaça Monastery builtThe Alcobaça Monastery or Alcobasa Monastery (Portuguese: Mosteiro de Alcobaça, Mosteiro de Santa Maria de…
• 5000 BCEAleppo foundedAleppo is a city in northern Syria, which serves as the capital of the Aleppo Governorate, the country's most…
• 1975 CEAleria standoffThe Aleria standoff was a confrontation between members of the French Gendarmerie and Corsican nationalist…
• 1834 CEAlexander Column (monument) builtThe Alexander Column (Russian: Алекса́ндровская коло́нна, Aleksandrovskaya kolonna), also known as…
• 1882 CEAlexander Nevsky Cathedral builtThe St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral (Bulgarian: Храм-паметник "Свети Александър Невски", romanized…
• 1895 CEAlexander Nevsky Cathedral builtThe Alexander Nevsky Cathedral of Tallinn is an Eastern Orthodox cathedral in central Tallinn, Estonia. It…
• 1713 CEAlexander Nevsky Lavra (monastery) builtSaint Alexander Nevsky Lavra or Saint Alexander Nevsky Monastery was founded by Peter I of Russia in 1710 at…
• 1793 CEAlexander Palace builtThe Alexander Palace (Russian: Александровский дворец, romanized: Alexandrovskiy dvorets, IPA…
• 1939 CEAlexandria Library sit-inThe Alexandria Library sit-in was one of the first staged sit-in actions in the United States, pioneering the…
• 330 BCEAlexandria foundedAlexandria is a major city in Egypt. Lying at the western edge of the Nile River Delta, it extends about 40…
• 1365 CEAlexandrian CrusadeThe brief Alexandrian Crusade, also called the sack of Alexandria, occurred in October 1365 and was led by…
• 1301 CEAlexandrov settledAlexandrov (Russian: Александров, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandrəf]) is a town and the administrative center of…
• 1291 CEAleșd foundedAleșd (Romanian pronunciation: [aˈleʃd]; Hungarian: Élesd, Slovak: Alešď) is a town in Bihor County, western…
• 1905 CEAlfonse PogromThe Alfonse pogrom (in Polish, Pogrom alfonsów 'pogrom of the pimps'; the Polish slang term alfons means…
• 1519 CEAlgiers Expedition (1518)In 1519, a joint Spanish-Italian attack on Algiers was ordered by Charles V and commanded by Hugo of Moncada.…
• 944 CEAlgiers foundedAlgiers ( al-JEERZ; Arabic: الجزائر, romanized: al-Jazāʾir, pronounced [al.d͡ʒazaːʔir], locally…
• 1239 CEAlhambra (palace) builtThe Alhambra (Spanish: [aˈlambɾa]; Arabic: الْحَمْرَاء, romanized: al-ḥamrāʼ ) is a palace and fortress…
• 1561 CEAli Pasha's Mosque builtThe Ali Pasha Mosque (Bosnian: Ali-pašina džamija; Turkish: Ali Paşa Camii) is a mosque in the Centar…
• 801 CEAli ebn-e Sahl Mausoleum builtThe Ali ebn-e Sahl Mausoleum is an Islamic mausoleum in Esfahan, in the province of Isfahan, Iran. The mystic…
• 230 BCEAlicante foundedAlicante, in Spanish, or Alacant, in Valencian (officially: Alacant / Alicante), is a city and municipality…
• 1872 CEAlice Springs foundedAlice Springs (Eastern Arrernte: Mparntwe, [ᵐbaⁿɖʷə], colloquially in English The Alice or Alice) is a town…
• 762 CEAlid revolt of 762–763The Alid revolt of 762–763 or Revolt of Muhammad the Pure Soul was an uprising by the Hasanid branch of the…
• 1999 CEAlkhan-Yurt massacreThe Alkhan-Yurt massacre was the December 1999 incident in the village of Alkhan-Yurt near the Chechen…
• 1999 CEAll Nippon Airways Flight 61All Nippon Airways Flight 61 was a scheduled domestic flight from Tokyo Haneda Airport in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan…
• 1882 CEAll-Russia Exhibition 1882The XV All-Russia Artistic and Industrial Exhibition of 1882 was a national exhibition held in Moscow in…
• 2002 CEAllenby Street bus bombingThe Allenby Street bus bombing was a Palestinian suicide bombing that occurred on 19 September 2002 on a Dan…
• 1944 CEAllied Siege of La RochelleThe Allied siege of La Rochelle occurred during the Second World War in 1944–45, when Allied troops invaded…
• 1943 CEAllied invasion of ItalyThe Allied invasion of Italy was the Allied amphibious landing on mainland Italy that took place from 3…
• 1880 CEAlma MassacreThe Alma Massacre involved an April 28, 1880, Chiricahua Apache raid on United States settlers' homes around…
• 1854 CEAlmaty foundedAlmaty is the most populous city in Kazakhstan, with more than two million residents. It lies in the…
• 1883 CEAlmudena Cathedral builtThe Cathedral of Saint Mary the Royal of the Almudena, commonly known as the Almudena Cathedral, is a…
• 1096 CEAlnwick Castle builtAlnwick Castle is a castle and country house in Alnwick in the English county of Northumberland. It is the…
• 600 CEAlodia settledAlodia, also known as Alwa (Old Nubian: ⲁⲣⲟⲩⲁ, Aroua; Byzantine Greek: Ἀρούα, Arouá; Arabic: علوة, ʿAlwa)…
• 2011 CEAlphen aan den Rijn shopping mall shootingOn 9 April 2011, six people were killed by a gunman who entered the Ridderhof mall in Alphen aan den Rijn…
• 1270 CEAlsnö hus settledAlsnö hus ('Alsnö House') is the ruin of a palace at the Hovgården settlement archaeological site, located on…
• 2012 CEAlt Empordà fires of 2012On July 22, 2012 two fires in Alt Empordà, Catalonia, Spain started in la Jonquera and in Portbou that…
• 1969 CEAltamont Free ConcertThe Altamont Speedway Free Festival was a counterculture rock concert in the United States, held on Saturday…
• 1101 CEAltenburg Abbey builtAltenburg Abbey (German: Stift Altenburg) is a Benedictine monastery in Altenburg, Lower Austria. It is…
• 1940 CEAltmark IncidentThe Altmark incident (Norwegian: Altmark-affæren; German: Altmark-Zwischenfall) was a naval incident of World…
• 1932 CEAltona Bloody SundayAltona Bloody Sunday (German: Altonaer Blutsonntag) is the name given to the events of 17 July 1932 when a…
• 2016 CEAltsasu incidentThe Altsasu incident is a judicial case against eight young people from Altsasu, a small town in Navarre…
• 1318 CEAltun Bogha Mosque builtThe Altun Bogha Mosque (Arabic: جَامِع أَلْتُونْبُوغَا, romanized: Jāmiʿ ʾAltūnbūḡā) is a mosque in Aleppo…
• 2023 CEAlumim massacreOn 7 October 2023, dozens of Hamas militants attacked Alumim, a kibbutz close to the border fence with the…
• 960 CEAlupka foundedAlupka (Ukrainian and Russian: Алупка; Crimean Tatar: Alupka; Greek: Ἀλώπηξ, Alòpex) is a resort city located…
• 1987 CEAluth Oya massacreThe Aluth Oya massacre (Also known as Habarana massacre, Good Friday Massacre) was the massacre of 127…
• 1143 CEAlvastra Abbey settledAlvastra Abbey (Alvastra klosterruin) was a Cistercian monastery located at Alvastra in Östergötland, Sweden.
• 1975 CEAlvor AgreementThe Alvor Agreement, signed on 15 January 1975 in Alvor, Portugal, granted Angola independence from Portugal…
• 1235 CEAlâeddin Mosque builtThe Alâeddin Mosque (Turkish: Alâeddin Camii) is the principal monument on Alaaddin Hill (Alaadin Tepesi) in…
• 1223 CEAlâeddin Niğde Mosque builtNiğde Alaaddin Mosque is a historic mosque in Niğde, Turkey. The mosque is in the historical castle of Niğde…
• 1267 CEAlâeddin Sinop Mosque builtAlaaddin Mosque (Turkish: Alâeddin Camii) is a historic mosque in Sinop City, Sinop Province, Turkey.
• 1760 CEAmalienborg (palace) builtAmalienborg (Danish pronunciation: [æˈmɛˀljn̩ˌpɒˀ]) is the official residence of the Danish monarch and…
• 301 CEAmaras Monastery builtAmaras Monastery (Armenian: Ամարաս վանք) is an Armenian monastery near the village of Sos, in the region of…
• 1352 BCEAmarna foundedAmarna (Arabic: العمارنة, romanized: al-ʿAmārna) is an extensive ancient Egyptian archaeological site…
• 2002 CEAmarnath pilgrimage terrorist-attack massacreOn 30 July and 6 August 2002, in the month of Shraavana, 11 people were killed and 30 injured in a terror…
• 2022 CEAmasra mine explosionOn 14 October 2022, an explosion occurred in Amasra coal mine in Amasra, Bartın Province, Turkey, killing 42…
• 1896 CEAmazon Theatre (monument) builtThe Amazon Theatre (Portuguese: Teatro Amazonas) is an opera house located in Manaus, Brazil, in the heart of…
• 1592 CEAmber Fort builtAmer Fort or Amber Fort is a fort located in Amer, Rajasthan, India. Amer is a town with an area of 4 square…
• 1000 CEAmberd (fortress) builtAmberd (Armenian: Ամբերդ) is a 10th-century fortress located 2,300 meters (7,500 ft) above sea level, on the…
• 53 BCEAmbiorix's RevoltAmbiorix's revolt was a rebellion of the Eburones tribe, triggered by the occupation of their territory by a…
• 1776 CEAmbush of GearyThe Ambush of Geary, also known as the Amwell Skirmish, was a skirmish of the American Revolutionary War…
• 1957 CEAmbush of Oued ZeggarThe Oued Zeggar ambush, or the battle of Aïn Kechra, was a military operation by the National Liberation Army…
• 2012 CEAmbush of TagarangabotteThe Ambush of Tagarangabotte took place during the Internal conflict in Azawad. A MUJAO column en route to…
• 2012 CEAmbush of TinsalaneThe ambush of Tinsalane occurred on February 11, 2012, when armed groups of Ansar Dine and the National…
• 3000 BCEAmedi foundedAmedi or Amadiye (Kurdish: ئامێدی, romanized: Amêdî; Arabic: العمادية; Lishanid Noshan: עמידיא, romanized…
• 2001 CEAmerican Airlines Flight 11American Airlines Flight 11 was a domestic passenger flight that was hijacked by five al-Qaeda terrorists on…
• 2001 CEAmerican Airlines Flight 77American Airlines Flight 77 was a scheduled domestic transcontinental passenger flight from Dulles…
• 1869 CEAmerican Museum of Natural History foundedThe American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) is a natural history museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan…
• 1865 CEAmerican Ranch MassacreThe American Ranch massacre occurred in 1865 during the Colorado War. Cheyenne and Sioux warriors attacked a…
• 1866 CEAmerican University of Beirut foundedThe American University of Beirut (AUB; Arabic: الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت, romanized: al-Jāmiʿa l-Amērikiyya…
• 1703 CEAmherst foundedAmherst is a city in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Connecticut River valley.…
• 1872 CEAmik earthquake of 1872The 1872 Amik (Antakya) earthquake occurred on April 3 with an epicenter within the Amik Valley in the…
• 1991 CEAmiriyah shelter bombingAn aerial bombing attack killed at least 408 civilians on 13 February 1991 during the Gulf War, when an…
• 2006 CEAmish school shootingOn October 2, 2006, a mass shooting occurred at the West Nickel Mines School, an Amish one-room schoolhouse…
• 1978 CEAmoco Cadiz oil spillThe Amoco Cadiz oil spill took place on 16 March 1978, when the oil tanker Amoco Cadiz, owned by the American…
• 2016 CEAmoycan Industrial Centre fireThe Amoycan Industrial Centre fire began on 21 June 2016 in a self-storage facility housed in an industrial…
• 436 BCEAmphipolis foundedAmphipolis (Greek: Αμφίπολη, romanized: Amfipoli; Ancient Greek: Ἀμφίπολις, romanized: Amphipolis) was an…
• 1300 CEAmsterdam foundedAmsterdam (Dutch: [ˌɑmstərˈdɑm]; lit. 'Dam in the Amstel') is the capital and largest city of the…
• 1945 CEAmsterdam shooting on the Dam, 7 May 1945The 1945 shooting on Dam square took place during the liberation of Amsterdam on 7 May 1945, in the last days…
• 2012 CEAmuay tragedyThe Amuay tragedy was an explosion at PDVSA's Amuay Refinery, Paraguaná Refinery Complex in Punto Fijo…
• 1942 CEAmélie-les-Bains-Palalda foundedAmélie-les-Bains-Palalda (French pronunciation: [ameli le bɛ̃ palalda]; Catalan: Els Banys i Palaldà) is a…
• 1920 CEAnaconda Road MassacreOn April 21, 1920, during a miners strike in Butte, Montana's copper mines, company guards fired on striking…
• 1949 CEAnacostia Pool RiotThe Anacostia Pool riot took place on June 29, 1949, at a recently desegregated public swimming pool in the…
• 1393 CEAnadoluhisarı foundedAnadoluhisarı (English: Anatolian Fortress), known historically as Güzelce Hisar ("the Beauteous Fortress")…
• 5000 BCEAnantnag foundedAnantnag (also called Islamabad) is the administrative headquarters of Anantnag district of…
• 1600 CEAnanuri (castle) builtAnanuri (Georgian: ანანური) is a castle complex on the Aragvi River in Dusheti Municipality Georgia, about 45…
• 1914 CEAnchorage foundedAnchorage (Denaʼina: Dgheyay Kaq'; Dgheyaytnu), officially the Municipality of Anchorage, is the most…
• 700 BCEAncient Abdera foundedAbdera (Greek: Άβδηρα) is a municipality in the Xanthi regional unit of Thrace, Greece. In classical…
• 813 BCEAncient Carthage foundedAncient Carthage ( KAR-thij; Punic: 𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤟𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕, lit. 'New City') was an ancient civilization based in…
• 899 BCEAncient Corinth foundedCorinth ( KORR-inth; Ancient Greek: Κόρινθος Kórinthos; Doric Greek: Ϙόρινθος Qórinthos; Latin: Corinthus)…
• 386 BCEAncona foundedAncona (also US:; Italian: [aŋˈkoːna] ) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region of central Italy. The…
• 859 CEAndalusian Mosque builtThe Mosque of the Andalusians or Al-Andalusiyyin Mosque (Arabic: جامع الأندلسيين, romanized: Jama'…
• 1401 CEAndechs Abbey builtAndechs Abbey is a Benedictine monastery, now a priory but formerly an abbey, in the municipality of Andechs…
• 1950 CEAnderson Bridge massacreAnderson Bridge massacre (Bengali: অ্যান্ডারসন সেতুর হত্যাকাণ্ড) refers to the massacre of Hindu passengers…
• 2005 CEAndijan massacreOn 13 May 2005, protests erupted in Andijan, Uzbekistan. At one point, troops from the Uzbek National…
• 900 CEAndorra la Vella foundedAndorra la Vella is the capital and largest city of Andorra. It is located high in the east Pyrenees, between…
• 1700 BCEAnemospilia settledAnemospilia (Greek: τα Ανεμόσπηλια) is the archaeological site of an ancient Minoan temple on Crete.
• 802 CEAngkor Wat (temple) builtAngkor Wat (Khmer: អង្គរវត្ត, 'City/Capital of Temples') is a Vaishnava Hindu and Theravada Buddhist temple…
• 1919 CEAnglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919The Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919, also known as the Treaty of Rawalpindi, was a bilateral treaty which brought…
• 1823 CEAnglo-Ashanti warsThe Anglo-Ashanti wars were a series of five conflicts that took place between 1824 and 1900 between the…
• 1897 CEAnglo-Ethiopian Treaty of 1897The Anglo-Ethiopian Treaty of 1897 (sometimes called the Rodd Treaty) was an agreement signed between the…
• 1767 CEAnglo-Mysore warsThe Anglo-Mysore wars were a series of four wars fought during the last three decades of the 18th century…
• 1896 CEAnglo-Zanzibar WarThe Anglo-Zanzibar War was a military conflict fought between the United Kingdom and the Sultanate of…
• 1754 CEAnichkov Palace builtThe Anichkov Palace, a former imperial palace in St. Petersburg, stands at the intersection of Nevsky Avenue…
• 1998 CEAnimazementAnimazement is an annual three-day anime convention held during May at the Raleigh Convention Center in…
• 2005 CEAnime BanzaiAnime Banzai was an annual three-day anime convention held during October at the Davis Conference Center in…
• 2011 CEAnime MidwestAnime Midwest is an annual three-day anime convention held during July at the Donald E. Stephens Convention…
• 2007 CEAnime MilwaukeeAnime Milwaukee (AMKE) is an annual three-day anime convention held during February at the Baird Center and…
• 2017 CEAnime NYCAnime NYC is an annual four-day anime convention held during August at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center…
• 2012 CEAnime Salt LakeAnime Salt Lake was an anime convention held at the Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) Redwood Campus in…
• 1999 CEAnime USAAnime USA (AUSA) is an annual three-day anime convention held during October/November at the Westfields…
• 1995 CEAnime Weekend AtlantaAnime Weekend Atlanta (AWA) is an annual four-day anime convention held during December at the Georgia World…
• 2014 CEAnimeJapanAnimeJapan is a Japanese anime consumer show held annually at the Tokyo Big Sight exhibition center in Tokyo…
• 1788 CEAnjala conspiracyThe Anjala League (Swedish: Anjalaförbundet, Finnish: Anjalan liitto) of 1788 was a scheme by disgruntled…
• 2007 CEAnnapolis ConferenceThe Annapolis Conference was a Middle East peace conference held on 27 November 2007, at the United States…
• 1786 CEAnnapolis ConventionThe Annapolis Convention (formally titled a Meeting of Commissioners to Remedy Defects of the Federal…
• 1960 CEAnne Frank House (monument) builtThe Anne Frank House (Dutch: Anne Frank Huis) is a writer's house and biographical museum dedicated to Jewish…
• 2012 CEAnnecy shootingsThe 2012 Alps killings, known in France as the Chevaline massacre (French: tuerie de Chevaline), were the…
• 1997 CEAnsariya ambushThe Ansariya ambush took place during the conflict between the Israel Defense Forces occupying South Lebanon…
• 3999 BCEAnshan Persia foundedAnshan (Elamite cuneiform: 𒀭𒍝𒀭 Anzan; Sumerian: 𒀭𒊓𒀭𒆠 Ansanᴷᴵ, 𒀭𒊭𒀭𒆠 Anšanᴷᴵ) modern Tall-e Malyan…
• 1230 CEAntalya Mosque builtYivli Minaret Mosque (Turkish: Yivli Minare Camii) is a historic mosque located in Kaleiçi, the old town…
• 149 BCEAntalya foundedAntalya is one of the largest cities in Turkey and the capital of Antalya Province, the fifth-most populous…
• 1625 CEAntananarivo foundedAntananarivo (Malagasy: [antananaˈrivʷ]; French: Tananarive, pronounced [tananaʁiv]), also known by its…
• 1900 CEAnti-Jewish Odessa pogromsThe Odessa pogroms were a series of violent anti-Jewish riots and attacks in the multi-ethnic port city of…
• 1907 CEAnti-Oriental RiotsThe Vancouver riots occurred September 7–9, 1907, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. At about the same…
• 115 CEAntioch earthquake of 115An earthquake occurred in Antioch on 13 December 115 AD. It had an estimated magnitude of 7.5 on the…
• 526 CEAntioch earthquake of 526The 526 Antioch earthquake struck Syria and, in particular, the city of Antioch in the Byzantine Empire. It…
• 528 CEAntioch earthquake of 528The 528 Antioch earthquake was the second major earthquake to affect the city in a span of two years. The…
• 299 BCEAntioch foundedAntioch was a city located in northern Syria at the site of modern Antakya, Turkey. Founded in 300 BC…
• 1768 CEAntique Temple builtThe Antique Temple is a small round temple in the west part of Sanssouci Park in Potsdam. Frederick the Great…
• 800 BCEAntissa foundedAntissa (Ancient Greek: Ἄντισσα) was a city of the island Lesbos (Lesvos), near to Cape Sigrium, the western…
• 36 BCEAntonia Fortress builtThe Antonia Fortress (Aramaic: קצטרא דאנטוניה) was a citadel built by Herod the Great and named for Herod's…
• 142 CEAntonine Wall settledThe Antonine Wall (Latin: Vallum Antonini) was a turf fortification on stone foundations, built by the Romans…
• 2003 CEAntwerp Diamond HeistThe Antwerp diamond heist, dubbed the "heist of the century", was the largest ever diamond heist and one of…
• 1930 CEAntwerp World Exhibition of 1930The Exposition Internationale of Colonial, Maritime, and Art was a world's fair held in Antwerp in 1930 in…
• 1953 CEAnıtkabir (monument) builtAnıtkabir (Turkish: [aˈnɯtkabiɾ]; lit. 'grave monument') is a mausoleum complex located in the Çankaya…
• 2023 CEAoréma attackOn April 15, 2023, jihadists from Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin attacked a group of Burkinabe soldiers…
• 299 BCEApamea foundedApamea (Greek: Ἀπάμεια, Apameia; Arabic: أفامية, romanized: afāmiyah) is an ancient Hellenistic and Roman…
• 400 CEAparan Basilica builtThe Kasagh Basilica (Armenian: Քասաղի բազիլիկա) or the Aparan Basilica, formally known as the Holy Cross…
• 1993 CEAperto '93Aperto ’93 was a contemporary art exhibition conceived by Helena Kontova and Giancarlo Politi, and organized…
• 1850 CEApia foundedApia (Samoan: [a.pi.a]) is the capital and largest city of Samoa. It is located on the central north coast of…
• 2012 CEApodaca prison riotThe Apodaca prison riot occurred on 19 February 2012 at a prison in Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico. Mexico City…
• 587 BCEApollonia foundedApollonia (Ancient Greek, Koine Greek: Ἀπολλωνία; demonym: Ἀπολλωνιάτης, Apolloniates; Latin: Apollonia) was…
• 1812 CEAponte ConspiracyThe Aponte conspiracy (also known as the Aponte rebellion) was a large-scale slave rebellion in Cuba that…
• 1589 CEApostolic Palace builtThe Apostolic Palace is the official residence of the Pope, the head of the Catholic Church, located in…
• 1752 CEAppin MurderThe Appin Murder (Scottish Gaelic: Murt na h-Apainn) was the assassination by a concealed marksman of Colin…