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• 1816 CEAppin massacreThe Appin massacre was the mass murder of Aboriginal men, women and children in the New South Wales…
• 2013 CEApple Music FestivalThe Apple Music Festival (formerly known as the iTunes Festival) was a concert series held by Apple, Inc. and…
• 1988 CEApple Valley foundedApple Valley is an incorporated town in the Victor Valley of San Bernardino County, California, United…
• 1120 CEAppleby Castle builtAppleby Castle is in the town of Appleby-in-Westmorland overlooking the River Eden (grid reference NY685200).…
• 1555 CEApril 1555 papal conclaveThe April 1555 papal conclave (5–9 April) was convoked after the death of Pope Julius III. The cardinals at…
• 2009 CEApril 2009 Afghanistan earthquakeThe 2009 Afghanistan earthquake was a dip-slip doublet earthquake occurred in eastern Afghanistan, with an…
• 2009 CEApril 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election protestsProtests against the April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election results began on 6 April 2009 in major cities…
• 2010 CEApril 2010 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslidesThe April 2010 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides was an extreme weather event that affected the State of…
• 2010 CEApril 2010 Sumatra earthquakeThe 2010 Banyak Islands earthquake occurred on April 7 at 5:15 AM local time with a moment magnitude of 7.8…
• 2011 CEApril 2011 Fukushima earthquakeA strong intraplate earthquake, with a magnitude of 6.6 on the moment magnitude scale (Mw), occurred at 17:16…
• 2011 CEApril 2011 Miyagi earthquakeThe April 2011 Miyagi earthquake (2011年 宮城県沖地震, 2011-Nen Miyagi-ken-oki jishin) occurred off the coast of…
• 2012 CEApril 2012 Kaduna bombingsA suicide car bombing occurred on Easter Day church services in the Nigerian city of Kaduna on 8 April 2012…
• 2014 CEApril 2014 Abuja bombingOn 14 April 2014 at about 6:45 am, two bombs exploded at a crowded bus station in Nyanya, Abuja, Nigeria…
• 2014 CEApril 2014 Nicaragua earthquakeThe April 2014 Nicaragua earthquake occurred on April 10 at 17:27 local time. The earthquake hit about 50…
• 2015 CEApril 2015 Mediterranean Sea migrant shipwrecksThis article is a list of migrant vessel incidents on the Mediterranean Sea leading up to and resulting from…
• 2015 CEApril 2015 Nepal earthquakeThe April 2015 Nepal earthquake (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed 8,962 people and injured 21,952…
• 2016 CEApril 2016 Baghdad bombingOn 30 April 2016, at least 38 people were killed and 86 others wounded, as a result of two car bombings in…
• 2016 CEApril 2016 Kabul attackOn the morning of 19 April 2016, Taliban militants attacked a security team responsible for protecting…
• 2021 CEApril 2021 United States Capitol attackOn April 2, 2021, Noah Green, a 25-year-old black nationalist, killed Capitol Police officer William Evans…
• 2022 CEApril 2022 Kharkiv cluster bombingOn 15 April 2022, a series of rocket strikes by the Russian Armed Forces killed 9 civilians and wounded 35…
• 1876 CEApril Uprising of 1876The April Uprising (Bulgarian: Априлско въстание, romanized: Aprilsko vastanie) was an insurrection organised…
• 4000 BCEAqaba foundedAqābaʾ ( AK-ə-bə, US also AHK-; Arabic: الْعَقَبَة, romanized: al-ʿAqaba, pronounced [ælˈʕæqɑba, ælˈʕæɡæba])…
• 1234 CEAqsab Mosque builtThe Aqsab Mosque or Al-Aqsab Mosque (Arabic: جَامِع الْأَقْصَاب, romanized: Jāmiʿ al-ʾAqṣāb, lit. 'Mosque of…
• 1347 CEAqsunqur Mosque builtThe Aqsunqur Mosque (Arabic: مسجد آق سنقر), also known as the Blue Mosque (Arabic: الجامع الأزرق), or the…
• 200 CEAqueduct of Segovia builtThe Aqueduct of Segovia (Spanish: Acueducto de Segovia) is a Roman aqueduct in Spain, built around the first…
• 2000 CEAr-Rahma Mosque builtThe Ar-Rahma Mosque, (Ukrainian: Мечеть Ар-Рахма), translated Mercy Mosque, is a mosque in Kyiv, the capital…
• 8 BCEAra Pacis settledThe Ara Pacis Augustae (Latin, "Altar of Augustan Peace"; commonly shortened to Ara Pacis) is an altar in…
• 1325 CEArab Istanbul Mosque builtArap Mosque (Turkish: Arap Camii, lit. 'Arab mosque') is a mosque in the Karaköy quarter of Istanbul, Turkey.…
• 1948 CEArab al-Mawasi massacreOn November 2, 1948, two squads of Israel Defense Forces soldiers captured a Palestinian Bedouin village in…
• 1700 CEArabat Fortress builtThe Arabat Fortress, built in the 17th century by the Ottoman army, stands at the southernmost part of the…
• 2022 CEAracruz school shootingsOn November 25, 2022, two school shootings occurred at two different schools in Aracruz, Espírito Santo…
• 1442 CEAragonese Castle builtAragonese Castle (Italian: Castello Aragonese) is a castle built on a small tidal island east of Ischia (one…
• 1424 CEAragonese expedition to Tunisia of 1424The Aragonese Expedition to Tunisia began when Alfonso V of Aragon ordered an attack against the islands of…
• 1001 CEArakelots Monastery settledArakelots Monastery (Armenian: Մշո Սուրբ Առաքելոց վանք, Mšo Surb Arakelots vank', "Holy Apostles Monastery of…
• 1990 CEAramoana massacreThe Aramoana massacre was a mass shooting that occurred on 13 November 1990 in the small seaside township of…
• 1987 CEAranthalawa MassacreThe Aranthalawa massacre was the massacre of 33 Buddhist monks, most of them young novice monks, and four…
• 1260 CEArba'a Rukun Mosque builtThe Arba'a Rukun Mosque (Arabic: أربع ركون), also known as Arba Rucun, is a mosque in the Shangani medieval…
• 2019 CEArbinda attackOn December 24, 2019, militants from the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara attacked the Burkinabe…
• 1910 CEArc de Triomf (monument) builtThe Arc de Triomf (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈaɾɡ də tɾiˈomf]), translated: Arch of Victory, is a memorial arch…
• 1836 CEArc de Triomphe (monument) builtThe Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile (UK:, US:, French: [aʁk də tʁijɔ̃f də letwal]; "Triumphal Arch of the Star")…
• 1941 CEArcadia ConferenceThe First Washington Conference, also known as the Arcadia Conference (ARCADIA was the code name used for the…
• 19 BCEArch of Augustus (monument) builtThe Arch of Augustus (Latin: arcus Octaviani, Italian: Arco di Augusto) was the triumphal arch of Augustus…
• 100 BCEArch of Drusus (monument) builtThe Arch of Drusus is an ancient arch in Rome, Italy, close to the First Mile of the Appian Way and next to…
• 18 CEArch of Germanicus (monument) builtThere was also an Arch of Drusus and Germanicus, made up of two arches built in 19 in honour of Nero Claudius…
• 131 CEArch of Hadrian (monument) builtThe Arch of Hadrian (Greek: Αψίδα του Αδριανού, romanized: Apsida tou Adrianou), most commonly known in Greek…
• 300 CEArch of Palmyra (monument) builtThe Monumental Arch, also called the Arch of Triumph (Arabic: قوس النصر) or the Arch of Septimius Severus…
• 2001 CEArch of Reunification (monument) builtThe Arch of Reunification, officially the Monument to the Three-Point Charter for National Reunification, was…
• 200 CEArch of Septimius Severus (Forum Boarium) settledThe Arcus Argentariorum (English: Arch of the Argentarii; lit. 'Arch of the Money-Changers'; Italian: Arco…
• 203 CEArch of Septimius Severus (Roman Forum) settledThe Arch of Septimius Severus (Italian: Arco di Settimio Severo) at the northwestern end of the Roman Forum…
• 16 CEArch of Tiberius (monument) builtThe Arch of Tiberius (Italian: Arco di Tiberio; Latin: Arcus Tiberii) was a triumphal arch built in 16 AD in…
• 82 CEArch of Titus settledThe Arch of Titus (Italian: Arco di Tito; Latin: Arcus Tītī) is a 1st-century AD honorific arch, located on…
• 1982 CEArch of Triumph (monument) builtThe Arch of Triumph (Korean: 개선문; Hanja: 凱旋門) is a triumphal arch in Pyongyang, North Korea. It was built to…
• 26 BCEArch of the Sergii (monument) builtArch of the Sergii (Croatian: Slavoluk Sergijevaca; Italian: Arco dei Sergi) is an Ancient Roman triumphal…
• 401 CEArchbishop's Chapel, Ravenna builtThe Archbishop's Chapel or Archiepiscopal Chapel (Italian: Cappella Arcivescovile) is a chapel on the first…
• 1209 CEArchbishop's Palace of Alcalá de Henares builtThe Archiepiscopal Palace of Alcalá de Henares (Spanish: Palacio Arzobispal de Alcalá de Henares) is a palace…
• 1400 CEArchbishop's Palace, Košice builtThe Archbishop's Palace of Košice, Slovakia, is a rococo-classical building, formerly the home of…
• 1965 CEArctic Cathedral builtTromsdalen Church or the Arctic Cathedral (Norwegian: Tromsdalen kirke, Ishavskatedralen) is a parish church…
• 2008 CEArctic Ocean ConferenceThe inaugural Arctic Ocean Conference was held in Ilulissat (Greenland) on 27–29 May 2008. Canada, Denmark…
• 2023 CEArdamata massacreOn 8 November 2023, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Janjaweed massacred between 800 and 2,000 in Ardamata…
• 229 CEArdashir I's Siege of HatraThe First siege of Hatra by Ardashir I was an attempt at gaining the fortress of Hatra, which is about 290 km…
• 1944 CEArdeatine massacreThe Ardeatine massacre, or Fosse Ardeatine massacre (Italian: Eccidio delle Fosse Ardeatine), was a mass…
• 1944 CEArdenne Abbey massacreThe Ardenne Abbey massacre occurred during the Battle of Normandy at the Ardenne Abbey, a Premonstratensian…
• 1590 CEArdvreck Castle builtArdvreck Castle is a castle, now ruinous, standing on a rocky promontory in Loch Assynt, Sutherland…
• 900 BCEArezzo foundedArezzo (UK: ə-RET-soh, arr-ET-soh, US: ar-ET-soh; Italian: [aˈrettso]) is a city and comune in Italy and the…
• 1413 CEArgavand Funerary Tower builtThe Mausoleum of Kara Koyunlu emirs (Armenian: Կարա-Կոյունլուների դամբարան) is a 15th-century mausoleum…
• 401 CEArian Baptistry (church building) builtThe Arian Baptistry in Ravenna, Italy is a Christian baptismal building that was erected by the Ostrogothic…
• 2024 CEAricell battery factory fireOn 24 June 2024, in Hwaseong, South Korea, a lithium battery factory owned by Aricell caught on fire after…
• 2012 CEArkankergen mass murderThe Arkankergen massacre occurred on 28 May 2012 in the Arkankergen military post in the Alakol District of…
• 1854 CEArlington National Cemetery (monument) builtArlington National Cemetery is the largest cemetery in the United States National Cemetery System, one of two…
• 1992 CEArmand Cesari Stadium disasterThe Furiani disaster happened on 5 May 1992 at the Stade Armand-Cesari in Furiani, a commune near Bastia on…
• 1301 CEArmenian Cathedral of Lviv builtThe Armenian Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary (Armenian: Հայկական տաճար; Ukrainian: Вірменський собор…
• 915 CEArmenian Cathedral of the Holy Cross builtThe Cathedral of the Holy Cross (Armenian: Սուրբ Խաչ եկեղեցի, romanized: Surp Khachʿ egeghetsʿi, Turkish…
• 1985 CEArmero tragedyThe Armero tragedy (Spanish: Tragedia de Armero [tɾaˈxeðja ðe aɾˈmeɾo]) occurred following the eruption of…
• 1940 CEArmistice of 22 June 1940The Armistice of 22 June 1940 (French: Armistice du 22 juin 1940; German: Waffenstillstand vom 22. Juni)…
• 1943 CEArmistice of CassibileThe Armistice of Cassibile (Italian: Armistizio di Cassibile) was signed on 3 September 1943 by Italy and the…
• 1918 CEArmistice of CompiègneThe Armistice of 11 November 1918 was the armistice that ended fighting on land, at sea, and in the air in…
• 1922 CEArmistice of MudanyaThe Armistice of Mudanya (Turkish: Mudanya Mütarekesi) was an agreement between Turkey (the Grand National…
• 1918 CEArmistice of MudrosThe Armistice of Mudros (Ottoman Turkish: موندروس متارکه‌نامه‌سی; Turkish: Mondros Mütarekesi) ended…
• 1918 CEArmistice of Villa GiustiThe Armistice of Villa Giusti or Padua Armistice was an armistice convention with Austria-Hungary which de…
• 1913 CEArmory ShowThe 1913 Armory Show, also known as the International Exhibition of Modern Art, was organized by the…
• 1595 CEArnaudija Mosque builtThe Arnaudija Mosque (Bosnian: Arnaudija džamija) is a large mosque in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina.…
• 1233 CEArnhem foundedArnhem (Dutch: [ˈɑrnɛm] or [ˈɑr(ə)nɦɛm]; German: Arnheim [ˈaʁnhaɪm]; Ernems: Èrnem) is a city and…
• 1922 CEArnon Street killingsThe Arnon Street killings, also referred to as the Arnon Street murders or the Arnon Street massacre, took…
• 1838 CEAroostook WarThe Aroostook War (sometimes called the Pork and Beans War), or the Madawaska War, was a military and…
• 2023 CEArras school stabbingOn 13 October 2023, a mass stabbing took place at Gambetta-Carnot school in Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France.…
• 1857 CEArt Treasures Exhibition, Manchester 1857The Art Treasures of Great Britain was an exhibition of fine art held in Manchester, England, from 5 May to…
• 2014 CEArt in IslandArt In Island: 3D Art Gallery is an interactive art exhibition, or "selfie museum", in Cubao in Quezon City…
• 1942 CEArtemivsk massacreThe Artemivsk massacre, also referred to as "Bakhmut's Babi Yar", was a 1942 massacre of the Jewish…
• 2007 CEArtempoArtempo: Where Time Becomes Art was an encyclopedic art exhibition created for the Palazzo Fortuny, Venice in…
• 1067 CEArundel Castle builtArundel Castle is a restored and remodelled medieval castle in Arundel, West Sussex, England. It was…
• 1993 CEArusha AccordsThe Arusha Accords, officially the Peace Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Rwanda and the…
• 1200 CEArystan Bab Mausoleum builtArystan Bab Mausoleum (Kazakh: Арыстан баб кесенесі, romanized: Arıstan bab kesenesi) is a mausoleum in…
• 1967 CEAsaba massacreThe Asaba massacre occurred on 5-7 October 1967 in Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria during the Nigerian Civil War.…
• 1972 CEAsama-Sansō incidentThe Asama-Sansō incident (あさま山荘事件, Asama sansō jiken) was a hostage crisis and police standoff at a mountain…
• 1854 CEAsbill massacreThe Asbill massacre refers to the murder of 40 Yuki people in Round Valley in 1854 by a band of six White…
• 1386 CEAscension Convent settledAscension Convent, known as the Starodevichy Convent or Old Maidens' Convent until 1817 (Russian…
• 1944 CEAscq massacreThe Ascq massacre was a massacre of 86 men on 1 April 1944 in Ascq, France, by the Waffen-SS during the…
• 1875 CEAshaghi Govhar Agha Mosque builtThe Ashaghi Govhar Agha Mosque (Azerbaijani: Aşağı Gövhər ağa məscidi, lit. 'Lower Govhar Agha Mosque') is a…
• 1228 CEAshford Castle, County Mayo builtAshford Castle is a mainly Victorian and medieval castle near Cong on the County Mayo–Galway border in…
• 893 CEAshford foundedAshford is a town in the Ashford district, in the county of Kent, England. It lies on the River Great Stour…
• 1881 CEAshgabat foundedAshgabat is the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies between the Karakum Desert and the Köpetdag…
• 949 BCEAshkelon foundedAshkelon ( ASH-kə-lon; Hebrew: אשקלון, romanized: ʾAšqəlōn, IPA: [ʔaʃkeˈlon]; Arabic: عسقلان, romanized…
• 1867 CEAshland foundedAshland is a city in and the county seat of Clay County, Alabama, United States. The population was 2,037 at…
• 1876 CEAshtabula River Railroad DisasterThe Ashtabula River railroad disaster (also called the Ashtabula horror, the Ashtabula Bridge disaster, and…
• 1430 CEAshtown Castle builtAshtown Castle (Irish: Caisleán Bhaile an Ásaigh) is a tower house in the Phoenix Park in Dublin, Ireland. It…
• 1955 CEAsian–African ConferenceThe first large-scale Asian–African or Afro–Asian Conference (Indonesian: Konferensi Asia–Afrika), also known…
• 1499 BCEAsilah foundedAsilah (Arabic: أصيلة, romanized: aṣīlah) is a fortified town on the northwest tip of the Atlantic coast of…
• 2017 CEAsilomar Conference on Beneficial AIThe Asilomar Conference on Beneficial AI was a conference organized by the Future of Life Institute, held…
• 1975 CEAsilomar Conference on Recombinant DNAThe Asilomar Conference on Recombinant DNA was an influential conference organized by Paul Berg, Maxine…
• 1897 CEAsmara foundedAsmara ( əs-MAHR-ə), or Asmera, is the capital and most populous city of Eritrea, in the country's Central…
• 1994 CEAssad Mausoleum builtThe Assad Mausoleum (Arabic: ضريح الأسد), commonly known as Hafez al-Assad Mausoleum (Arabic: ضريح حافظ…
• 1981 CEAssalt al Banco CentralThe assault on the Central Bank of Barcelona was an assault that took place at the headquarters of the…
• 2007 CEAssassinat de Carlos PalominoCarlos Javier Palomino Muñoz (3 May 1991 – 11 November 2007) was a 16-year-old teenager who was murdered in…
• 1916 CEAssassination of Karl von StürgkhThe Assassination of Karl von Stürgkh, the Prime Minister of the government of Cisleithania, took place on…
• 2025 CEAssassination of Andriy ParubiyAndriy Parubiy, a Ukrainian politician, was shot dead in Lviv, Ukraine, on 30 August 2025 at age 54. The…
• 1939 CEAssassination of Armand CălinescuArmand Călinescu, the then Prime Minister of Romania, was assassinated on 21 September 1939, aged 46, in…
• 2023 CEAssassination of Fernando VillavicencioOn 9 August 2023, eleven days before the 2023 Ecuadorian general election, presidential candidate Fernando…
• 1967 CEAssassination of George Lincoln RockwellOn August 25, 1967, George Lincoln Rockwell, an American neo-Nazi political activist and the leader of the…
• 1993 CEAssassination of Guillem Agulló i SalvadorGuillem Agulló i Salvador (6 September 1974 in Burjassot, Valencia – 11 April 1993 in Montanejos, Castelló)…
• 1588 CEAssassination of Henry I, Duke of GuiseOn 23 December 1588, Henri I, Duke of Guise was assassinated by the Quarante Cinq serving King Henri III. The…
• 1610 CEAssassination of Henry IVThe assassination of Henry IV of France on May 14, 1610, in Paris was one of the most momentous…
• 1935 CEAssassination of Huey LongOn September 8, 1935, Huey Long, a United States senator and former Louisiana governor, was fatally shot at…
• 1914 CEAssassination of Jean JaurèsThe assassination of Jean Jaurès occurred on Friday 31 July 1914. Jean Jaurès was a French deputy for the…
• 2001 CEAssassination of Laurent-Désiré KabilaOn 16 January 2001, Laurent-Désiré Kabila, then-President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was…
• 2021 CEAssassination of Luca AttanasioLuca Attanasio, the Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was killed on 22 February…
• 1973 CEAssassination of Luis Carrero BlancoOn 20 December 1973, Luis Carrero Blanco, the Prime Minister of Spain, was assassinated when a cache of…
• 2001 CEAssassination of Rehavam Ze'eviIsrael's tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi was assassinated shortly before 7 am (GMT+2) on Wednesday, 17…
• 2023 CEAssassination of Roel DegamoThe Pamplona massacre was a mass shooting and assassination incident that took place in Pamplona, Negros…
• 2026 CEAssassination of Saif al-Islam GaddafiOn 3 February 2026, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, a Libyan politician and son of Muammar Gaddafi, was assassinated…
• 2022 CEAssassination of Sidhu Moose WalaPunjabi musician Sidhu Moose Wala was assassinated by unidentified assailants in his car on 29 May 2022 in…
• 1921 CEAssassination of Talat PashaOn 15 March 1921, Armenian student Soghomon Tehlirian killed Talaat Pasha—former grand vizier of the Ottoman…
• 1900 CEAssassination of Umberto I of ItalyThe assassination of Umberto I of Italy took place on 29 July 1900 in Monza, Italy. While attending the…
• 1634 CEAssassination of WallensteinThe Assassination of Albrecht von Wallenstein was the culmination of an internal purge in the army of the…
• 1996 CEAssassination of the monks of TibhirineOn the night of 26–27 March 1996, seven monks of the Trappist order from the Our Lady of the Atlas Abbey of…
• 1797 CEAssault on CadizThe assault on Cádiz was a part of a protracted naval blockade of the Spanish port of Cádiz by the Royal…
• 1659 CEAssault on CopenhagenThe assault on Copenhagen (Danish: stormen på København; Swedish: stormningen av Köpenhamn), also known as…
• 1496 CEAssault on IvangorodThe assault on Ivangorod was a battle fought between the Grand Principality of Moscow and the Kingdom of…
• 1589 CEAssault on NijmegenThe Assault on Nijmegen occurred on the night of August 10, 1589, involving troops of the mercenary Maarten…
• 1201 CEAssen foundedAssen (Dutch: [ˈɑsə(n)] ) is a city and municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands, and is the capital of…
• 2499 BCEAssur foundedAššur, also known as Ashur and Qal'at Sherqat, was the capital of the Middle Assyrian Empire for a time, of…
• 700 BCEAssyrian siege of JerusalemThe Assyrian siege of Jerusalem (c. 701 BC) was an aborted siege of Jerusalem, then capital of the Kingdom of…
• 711 BCEAstacus in Bithynia foundedAstacus (Greek Ἀστακός Βιθυνίας) is an ancient city in Bithynia; it was also called Olbia. Its site is…
• 2022 CEAstana Anyar bombingOn 7 December 2022, at around 8:20 AM Western Indonesia Time (UTC+7), a suicide bombing incident occurred at…
• 1830 CEAstana foundedAstana is the capital city of Kazakhstan. With a population of 1,622,245 within the city limits, it is the…
• 1849 CEAstor Place RiotThe Astor Place Riot occurred on May 10, 1849, at the now-demolished Astor Opera House in Manhattan and left…
• 1471 CEAstorga Cathedral builtThe Cathedral of Saint Mary (Spanish: Catedral de Santa María) is a Roman Catholic church in Astorga, Spain.…
• 1582 CEAstrakhan Kremlin (fortress) builtAstrakhan Kremlin (Russian: Астраханский кремль, romanized: Astrakhanskiy kreml) is a fortress in Astrakhan…
• 1537 CEAsunción foundedAsunción (English:, Spanish: [asunˈsjon]; Guarani: Paraguay) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay.…
• 3099 BCEAsyut foundedAsyut (Asyūṭ pronounced [ʔɑsˈjuːtˤ]) is a city in Egypt. Located in Upper Egypt, it is the capital of the…
• 1155 CEAtala Masjid, Jaunpur builtThe Atala Mosque, also known as the Atala Masjid, is a 15th-century mosque in Jaunpur, in the state of Uttar…
• 2008 CEAtaşehir foundedAtaşehir (Turkish pronunciation: [ataˈʃehiɾ]) is a municipality and district of Istanbul, Turkey. Its area is…
• 2022 CEAteneo de Manila University shootingOn July 24, 2022, a mass shooting took place at the Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City, Metro Manila…
• 2023 CEAtentado na E. E. Thomazia MontoroThe attack on Thomazia Montoro State School (Portuguese: Ataque à Escola Estadual Thomazia Montoro) or…
• 1178 CEAteret Fortress settledChastelet also known as Beytulahzan was a castle located beside Jacob's Ford, a ford of the upper Jordan…
• 447 BCEAthena Parthenos (monument) builtThe statue of Athena Parthenos (Ancient Greek: Παρθένος Ἀθηνᾶ, lit. 'Athena the Virgin') was a monumental…
• 450 BCEAthena Promachos (monument) builtThe Athena Promachos (Ἀθηνᾶ Πρόμαχος, "Athena who fights in the front line") was a colossal bronze statue of…
• 506 BCEAthenian Treasury (temple) builtThe Athenian Treasury (Greek: Θησαυρός των Αθηναίων) at Delphi was constructed by the Athenians to house…
• 1974 CEAthens Ohio Halloween Block PartyHalloween in Athens Ohio is an annual block party in Uptown Athens, Ohio, United States. Although called a…
• 1973 CEAthens Polytechnic uprisingThe Athens Polytechnic uprising occurred in November 1973 as a massive student demonstration of popular…
• 7000 BCEAthens foundedAthens is the capital and largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean…
• 1795 CEAtherton foundedAtherton ( ATH-ər-tən) is an incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, United States. A Silicon…
• 1995 CEAtiak massacreThe Atiak massacre occurred on April 20, 1995, when a group of estimated 300 Lord's Resistance Army soldiers…
• 1059 CEAtik Mustafa Pasha Mosque builtAtik Mustafa Pasha Mosque (Turkish: Atik Mustafa Paşa Camii; more commonly known as Hazreti Cabir Camii) is a…
• 1586 CEAtik Valide Mosque builtThe Atik Valide Mosque (Turkish: Atik Valide Camii, Eski Valide Camii), meaning Old Mother Mosque, is a 16th…
• 1906 CEAtlanta Race RiotViolent attacks by armed mobs of White Americans against Black Americans in Atlanta, Georgia, began after…
• 1845 CEAtlanta foundedAtlanta is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the county seat of Fulton…
• 1000 CEAtskuri Fortress builtAtskuri (Georgian: აწყურის ციხე) is a Georgian feudal fortress on the right bank of the Mtkvari (Kura) River…
• 2021 CEAttack in BoukoumaOn August 18, 2021, jihadists from Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin ambushed a convoy of Burkinabe soldiers…
• 1985 CEAttack on Ballygawley barracksOn 7 December 1985 the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) attacked the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC)…
• 1965 CEAttack on Camp HollowayThe attack on Camp Holloway occurred during the early hours of February 7, 1965, in the early stages of the…
• 1981 CEAttack on H3The H-3 airstrike (Persian: عملیات اچ۳) was a surprise air attack by the Iranian Air Force during the…
• 1946 CEAttack on HrubieszówThe attack on Hrubieszów was a joint action of the Polish post-Home Army (AK) organization Freedom and…
• 1719 CEAttack on MarstrandThe attack on Marstrand was a successful Dano-Norwegian siege of the Swedish town of Marstrand and Carlsten…
• 1940 CEAttack on Mers-El-KebirThe attack on Mers-el-Kébir (Battle of Mers-el-Kébir) on 3 July 1940, during the Second World War, was a…
• 1644 CEAttack on Saint MartinThe Attack on Saint Martin was a failed attempt by the Dutch Republic to recapture the island and former base…
• 2017 CEAttack on Saint Menas churchOn 29 December 2017, in Helwan, Cairo, Egypt, a gunman opened fire at the Coptic Orthodox Church of Saint…
• 1675 CEAttack on SpringfieldThe siege of Springfield was a siege of the colonial New England settlement of Springfield in 1675 by Native…
• 1945 CEAttack on YokosukaThe attack on Yokosuka was an air raid conducted by the United States Navy on 18 July 1945 during the last…
• 1953 CEAttack on the Moncada BarracksThe Moncada Barracks were military barracks in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba named after General Guillermo Moncada…
• 1917 CEAttack on the Polderhoek SpurThe Action on the Polderhoek Spur (3 December 1917), was a local operation in the Ypres Salient, by the…
• 1952 CEAttack on the Sui-ho DamThe attack on the Sui-ho Dam was the collective name for a series of mass air attacks during the Korean War…
• 2023 CEAttack on the embassy of Azerbaijan in IranThe embassy of Azerbaijan in Tehran was attacked on 27 January 2023, at around 08:00 a.m. local time. The…
• 1974 CEAttentat de Roc'h TrédudonThe Roc'h Trédudon attack was the destruction of the Roc'h Trédudon transmitter in Plounéour-Ménez…
• 1971 CEAttica Prison riotThe Attica Prison riot took place at the Attica Correctional Facility state prison in Attica, New York. The…
• 2002 CEAtzmona MassacreAn attack took place on the night of March 7, 2002 at the Otzem Pre-Military Preparatory School in the…
• 1744 CEAuberge de Castille (monastery) builtThe Auberge de Castille (Maltese: Berġa ta' Kastilja), historically in full known as the Auberge de Castille…
• 1999 CEAuburn Gallipoli Mosque builtThe Auburn Gallipoli Mosque is an Ottoman-style mosque in Auburn, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales…
• 1986 CEAucayacu massacreThe Aucayacu massacre was a selective massacre that occurred on 6 August 1986 in the Peruvian city of…
• 1183 CEAuckland Castle builtAuckland Castle, also known as Auckland Palace, is a former bishop's palace located in the town of Bishop…
• 1840 CEAuckland foundedAuckland is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an urban population of about…
• 14 BCEAugsburg foundedAugsburg (UK: OWGZ-burg, also US: AWGZ-; German: [ˈaʊksbʊʁk]; Swabian German: Ougschburg) is a city in the…
• 1978 CEAugust 1978 conclaveA conclave was held on 25 and 26 August 1978 to elect a new pope to succeed Paul VI, who had died on 6 August…
• 2004 CEAugust 2004 Moscow Metro bombingThe August 2004 Moscow metro bombing took place at about 20:17 MSK on 31 August 2004, when a female suicide…
• 2012 CEAugust 2012 southern Israel cross-border attackThe August 2012 Sinai attack occurred on 5 August 2012, when armed men ambushed an Egyptian military base in…
• 2013 CEAugust 2013 Beirut bombingOn 15 August 2013, a car bomb exploded in Beirut, Lebanon killing 27 people and injuring over 200 people. The…
• 2013 CEAugust 2013 Ghouta chemical attackThe Ghouta chemical attack was a chemical attack carried out by the forces of Syrian President Bashar…
• 2013 CEAugust 2013 Rabaa massacreOn 14 August 2013, the Egyptian police and to a lesser extent the armed forces, under the command of…
• 2013 CEAugust 2013 Tripoli bombingOn 23 August 2013 two mosques were bombed in Tripoli, Lebanon. 47 people were killed and five hundred more…
• 2014 CEAugust 2014 earthquake in QuitoOn August 12, 2014, a magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck the South American country of Ecuador 23 km (14 mi)…
• 2016 CEAugust 2016 Aden bombingOn the morning of August 29, 2016, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant conducted a powerful car suicide…