Events by name

18,274 events with something written about them, in alphabetical order. Page 45 of 92. Or browse by year.

B

• 1815 CEBattle off Cape GataThe Battle off Cape Gata, which took place June 17, 1815, off the south-east coast of Spain, was the first…
• 1775 CEBattle off FairhavenThe Battle off Fairhaven was the first naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War. It took place on…
• 1782 CEBattle off HalifaxThe Battle off Halifax took place on 10 July 1780 during the American Revolutionary War. The British…
• 1943 CEBattle off HoraniuThe Battle off Horaniu (Japanese: 第一次ベララベラ海戦) was a minor naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War…
• 1625 CEBattle off HormuzThe battle off Hormuz or the battle of the Persian Gulf on 11–12 February 1625 was "perhaps the largest naval…
• 1637 CEBattle off Lizard PointThe Battle off Lizard Point was a naval action which took place on 18 February 1637 off the coast of…
• 1915 CEBattle off Noordhinder BankThe Action off Noordhinder Bank on 1 May 1915 was a naval engagement between four British naval trawlers…
• 1944 CEBattle off SamarThe Battle off Samar was the centermost action of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, one of the largest naval battles…
• 1914 CEBattle off TexelThe Battle off Texel, also known as the Action off Texel or the Action of 17 October 1914, was a naval battle…
• 1904 CEBattle off UlsanThe naval Battle off Ulsan (Japanese: 蔚山沖海戦 Urusan'oki kaisen; Russian: Бой в Корейском проливе, Boi v…
• 2008 CEBattle off the coast of AbkhaziaThe Battle off the coast of Abkhazia was a supposed naval engagement between warships of the Russian Black…
• 2008 CEBattle off the coast of JaffnaThe Battle off the coast of Jaffna was a naval battle fought between the Navy of Sri Lanka and Tamil Tiger…
• 1757 CEBattle on SnowshoesThe Battle on Snowshoes (French: Bataille en raquettes) was a skirmish fought between Rogers' Rangers and…
• 1758 CEBattle on SnowshoesThe Battle on Snowshoes was fought on March 13, 1758, during the French and Indian War. It was fought by a…
• 1080 CEBattle on the ElsterBattle on the Elster (German: Schlacht bei Hohenmölsen) was the third and last battle between the Salian king…
• 1320 CEBattle on the Irpin RiverThe Battle on the Irpin River was a semi-legendary battle between the armies of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania…
• 1278 CEBattle on the MarchfeldThe Battle on the Marchfeld (i.e. Morava Field; German: Schlacht auf dem Marchfeld / Schlacht bei Dürnkrut…
• 1475 CEBattle on the PlantaThe Battle on the Planta, fought on 13 November 1475 around Conthey near Sion, Valais, Switzerland, was part…
• 1431 CEBattle on the PoThe Battle on the Po was a battle of the Wars in Lombardy. It occurred in June 1431, on the Po River, near…
• 1848 CEBattle on the ScheideckThe Battle on the Scheideck (German: Gefecht auf der Scheideck or Scheidegg), also known as the Battle of…
• 1573 CEBattle on the ZuiderzeeThe Battle on the Zuiderzee (October 11, 1573) was a naval battle during the Eighty Years' War in which a…
• 1692 CEBattles of Barfleur and La HougueThe Battles of Barfleur and La Hougue took place during the Nine Years' War, between 19 May O.S. (29 May…
• 69 CEBattles of BedriacumThe Battle of Bedriacum refers to two battles fought during the Year of the Four Emperors (AD 69) near the…
• 1945 CEBattles of BirczaThe battles of Bircza were a series of Ukrainian Insurgent Army attacks on the town of Bircza.
• 1808 CEBattles of El BruchThe two battles of the Bruch (Spanish: Batallas del Bruch; Catalan: Batalles del Bruc) were engagements…
• 1814 CEBattles of Emuckfaw and Enotachopo CreekThe battles of Emuckfaw and Enotachopo Creek (or Enotachopco Creek) were part of Andrew Jackson's campaign in…
• 1987 CEBattles of Farsia and Oum DreygaThe Battles of Farsia and Oum Dreyga occurred on 18 November 1987 in Farsia and Oum Dreyga, on the Moroccan…
• 1973 CEBattles of Fort BudapestThe Battles of Fort Budapest (Hebrew: מעוז בודפשט) refer to two attempts by the Egyptian Army to capture Fort…
• 1553 CEBattles of KawanakajimaThe Battles of Kawanakajima (川中島の戦い, Kawanakajima no tatakai) were a series of battles fought in the Sengoku…
• 1939 CEBattles of Khalkhin GolThe Battles of Khalkhin Gol (Russian: Бои на Халхин-Голе, romanized: Boy na Khalkhin-Gole; Mongolian: Халхын…
• 1576 CEBattles of KizugawaguchiThe two Battles of Kizugawaguchi (木津川口の戦い, Kizugawaguchi no Tatakai) were fought during Oda Nobunaga's…
• 1948 CEBattles of LatrunThe Battles of Latrun were a series of military engagements between the Israel Defense Forces and the…
• 1775 CEBattles of Lexington and ConcordThe Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, were the first major military actions between the…
• 1940 CEBattles of NarvikThe Battles of Narvik were fought from 9 April to 8 June 1940, as a naval battle in Ofotfjord and as a land…
• 1948 CEBattles of NegbaThe Battles of Negba were a series of military engagements between the Israel Defense Forces and the Egyptian…
• 1862 CEBattles of New UlmThe Battles of New Ulm, also known as the New Ulm Massacre, were two battles in August 1862 between Dakota…
• 1939 CEBattles of Parczew, Jabłoń and MilanówThe Battles of Parczew, Jabłoń and Milanów constituted one of the major battles between the Polish Army and…
• 1915 CEBattles of PrzasnyszThe First Battle of Przasnysz was fought between the Imperial German Army and the Imperial Russian troops. It…
• 1917 CEBattles of RamadiThe two Battles of Ramadi were fought between the forces of the British and Ottoman Empires in July and…
• 1777 CEBattles of SaratogaThe Battles of Saratoga were fought September 19 and October 7, 1777 over the same ground by the American…
• 1635 CEBattles of SchooneveldThe Battles of Schooneveld were two naval battles of the Franco-Dutch War, fought off the coast of the…
• 599 CEBattles of ViminaciumThe Battles of Viminacium were a series of three battles fought against the Avars by the Eastern Roman…
• 1578 CEBattles of WendenThe Battles of Wenden were a series of battles for control of the stronghold of Wenden (Cēsis, Kiesia…
• 1915 CEBattles of the IsonzoThe Battles of the Isonzo (also known as the Isonzo Front by historians, or the Soča Front; Slovene: soška…
• 1948 CEBattles of the Kinarot ValleyThe Battles of the Kinarot Valley (Hebrew: הַמַּעֲרָכָה בְּבִקְעַת כִּנָּרוֹת, romanized: HaMa'arakha…
• 1886 CEBatumi Mosque builtThe Batumi Mosque (Georgian: ბათუმის მეჩეთი) is a mosque in Batumi, Adjara, Georgia. Batumi is a home to a…
• 1800 CEBaudin expedition to AustraliaThe Baudin expedition (French: Expédition Baudin) of 1800 to 1803 was a French expedition to map the coast of…
• 1954 CEBaumaBauma (International Trade Fair for Construction Machinery, Building Material Machines, Mining Machines…
• 1898 CEBava-Beccaris MassacreThe Bava Beccaris massacre, named after the Italian general Fiorenzo Bava Beccaris, was the repression of…
• 1886 CEBay View MassacreThe Bay View massacre was the result of a strike held on May 4, 1886, by 7,000 building-trades workers and…
• 1917 CEBay View incidentOn September 9, 1917, members of the Milwaukee Police Department clashed with Italian anarchists in the Bay…
• 2013 CEBayda and Baniyas massacresThe Bayda and Baniyas massacres were two massacres that occurred in May 2013 in the village of Bayda and the…
• 1001 CEBayeux Cathedral builtBayeux Cathedral, also known as Cathedral of Our Lady of Bayeux (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Bayeux), is…
• 1506 CEBayezid II Mosque builtThe Bayezid II Mosque (Turkish: Beyazıt Camii, Bayezid Camii) is an early 16th-century Ottoman imperial…
• 1778 CEBaylor MassacreThe Baylor Massacre (also known as the Skirmish Near Tappan, the Tappan Massacre or the Raid on Old Tappan)…
• 2019 CEBayonne mosque shootingOn 28 October 2019, a shooting took place at a mosque in Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. An…
• 1990 CEBayrampaşa foundedBayrampaşa (pronounced [bajˈɾampaʃa]) is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area…
• 1991 CEBaćin massacreThe Baćin massacre was the killing of 83 civilians just outside the village of Baćin, near Hrvatska Dubica…
• 1338 CEBač Fortress builtBač Fortress (Serbian: Бачка тврђава, romanized: Bačka tvrđava; Hungarian: Bácsi vár) is a medieval fortress…
• 1993 CEBaşbağlar massacreThe Başbağlar massacre (Turkish: Başbağlar Katliamı) is the name given to the 5 July 1993 massacre of 33…
• 2023 CEBe'eri massacreDuring the October 7 attacks on Israel, Hamas militants carried out a massacre at Be'eri, a kibbutz near the…
• 1863 CEBear River MassacreThe Bear River Massacre was a United States military attack that killed an estimated 250 to 493 children…
• 1150 CEBeaufort Castle builtBeaufort or Belfort Castle, known locally as Qal'at al-Shaqif (Arabic: قلعة الشقيف, romanized: Qalʿat…
• 1192 CEBeaufort Castle settledBeaufort Castle (Luxembourgish: Buerg Beefort; French: Château de Beaufort; German: Burg) dating from the…
• 1295 CEBeaumaris Castle builtBeaumaris Castle ( bew-MAR-is; Welsh: Castell Biwmares, Welsh pronunciation: [kastɛɬ bɪuˈmaːrɛs]), in…
• 1130 CEBeaumont Palace builtBeaumont Palace, built outside the north gate of Oxford, was intended by Henry I about 1130 to serve as a…
• 1225 CEBeauvais Cathedral builtBeauvais Cathedral, otherwise known as the Cathedral of Saint Peter of Beauvais (French: Cathédrale…
• 1300 CEBeckov Castle builtBeckov Castle (Slovak: Beckovský hrad/Beckov; Hungarian: Beckói vár) is a castle in ruins located above the…
• 1235 CEBeclean foundedBeclean (Romanian pronunciation: [beˈkle̯an]; Hungarian and German: Bethlen) is a town in Bistrița-Năsăud…
• 1861 CEBee Creek MassacreThe Bee Creek Massacre occurred in December 1861, when Union Army troops of the 18th Missouri Infantry…
• 1923 CEBeer Hall PutschThe Beer Hall Putsch, also known as the Munich Putsch, was a failed coup d'état led by Nazi Party leader…
• 1300 CEBeersel Castle builtBeersel Castle (Dutch: Kasteel van Beersel; French: Château de Beersel) is a medieval castle located in…
• 2013 CEBeersheba bank shootingOn May 20, 2013, a mass shooting occurred in a Bank Hapoalim branch located in Beersheba, Israel. Itamar Alon…
• 2004 CEBeersheba bus bombingsThe Beersheba bus bombings were two Palestinian suicide attacks carried out nearly simultaneously aboard…
• 2015 CEBeersheva bus station shootingOn 18 October 2015, a gunman shot and killed 19-year-old Israeli soldier Omri Levy in a bus station in…
• 1220 CEBeeston Castle builtBeeston Castle is a former Royal castle in Beeston, Cheshire, England (grid reference SJ537593), perched on a…
• 1942 CEBegoña BombingThe Begoña Bombing was an attack in the Basilica of Begoña in the Bilbao neighbourhood in Begoña on 16 August…
• 1972 CEBegusarai foundedBegusarai is a city in the Indian state of Bihar and the administrative headquarters of the Begusarai…
• 600 BCEBehistun inscription (monument) builtThe Behistun inscription (also Bisotun, Bisitun or Bisutun; Persian: بیستون, Old Persian: Bagastana, meaning…
• 7500 BCEBeidha (monument) builtBeidha (Arabic: البيضا al-baīḍā, "the white one"), also sometimes Bayda, is a major Neolithic archaeological…
• 2009 CEBeijing Television Cultural Center fireThe Beijing Television Cultural Center fire was an urban conflagration on 9 February 2009, in the Beijing…
• 2007 CEBeirut Arab University shootingThe Beirut Arab University shooting happened on January 25, 2007, in the Beirut Arab University in the…
• 1942 CEBeisfjord massacreThe Beisfjord massacre (Norwegian: Beisfjord-massakren) was a massacre on 18 July 1942 at Beisfjord Camp No.…
• 1990 CEBeit Al Quran (mosque) builtThe Beit Al Qur'an (Arabic: بيت القرآن, lit. 'House of Qur'an') is a multi-purpose complex dedicated to the…
• 1948 CEBeit Hanoun wedgeThe Beit Hanoun wedge (Hebrew: טְרִיז בֵּיתּ חָנוּן, Triz Beit Hanun) was a piece of land around Beit Hanoun…
• 2024 CEBeit Lahia massacreOn 19 October 2024, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted attacks on Beit Lahia in northern Gaza, killing…
• 1995 CEBeit Lid massacreThe Beit Lid suicide bombing, (also named Beit Lid massacre) saw two Palestinian suicide attacks by the…
• 2001 CEBeit Rima massacreThe Beit Rima raid took place on 24 October 2001 when Israeli Defence Forces swept into the West Bank village…
• 3999 BCEBeit She'an foundedBeit She'an (Hebrew: בֵּית שְׁאָן ), also known as Beisan (Arabic: بيسان ), or Beth-shean, is a city in the…
• 1936 CEBeit She'arim National Park settledBeit She'arim Necropolis (Hebrew: בֵּית שְׁעָרִים, "House of Gates") is an extensive rock-cut necropolis…
• 1950 CEBeit Shemesh settledBeit Shemesh (Hebrew: בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ, lit. 'House of the Sun') is a city located approximately 30 kilometres…
• 1999 CEBela Crkva massacreThe Bela Crkva massacre (Albanian: Masakra e Bellacërkës) was the mass-killing of Kosovo Albanian villagers…
• 1879 CEBelfast Castle builtBelfast Castle (Irish: Caisleán Bhéal Feirste) is a mansion located in Cave Hill Country Park in Belfast…
• 100 CEBelgrade Fortress builtThe Belgrade Fortress (Serbian: Београдска тврђава, Beogradska tvrđava, Hungarian: Nándorfehérvár) is a…
• 2010 CEBelgrade anti-gay riotThe Belgrade anti-gay riot was an incident of violence against LGBTQ people that occurred on 10 October 2010…
• 2023 CEBelgrade school shootingOn the morning of 3 May 2023, a school shooting occurred at Vladislav Ribnikar Model Elementary School in the…
• 1201 CEBellapais Abbey builtBellapais Abbey (also spelled Bellapaïs) is the ruin of a monastery built by canons regular in the 13th…
• 1997 CEBellevue MassacreThe Bellevue murders, also known as the Bellevue massacre, occurred on the night of January 3, and the early…
• 1786 CEBellevue Palace builtBellevue Palace (German: Schloss Bellevue, pronounced [ʃlɔs bɛlˈvyː] ), located in Berlin's Tiergarten…
• 1310 CEBellver Castle builtBellver Castle (Catalan: Castell de Bellver [kəsˈteʎ də ˌbeʎˈvə]) is a Gothic-style castle on a hill 3 km to…
• 1970 CEBelmopan foundedBelmopan is the capital city of Belize. Its population in 2022 was 20,754. Belmopan is the smallest capital…
• 1701 CEBelo Horizonte foundedBelo Horizonte is the sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population of around 2.4 million, and the third…
• 1991 CEBelovezh AccordsThe Agreement on the creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States (officially), or unofficially the…
• 1590 CEBelvedere (fortress) builtThe Forte di Belvedere or Fortezza di Santa Maria in San Giorgio del Belvedere (often called simply…
• 1714 CEBelvedere (palace) builtThe Belvedere is a historic building complex and art museum in Vienna, Austria. The complex consists of two…
• 1067 CEBelvoir Castle builtBelvoir Castle ( BEE-vər) is a faux historic castle and stately home in Leicestershire, England, situated 6…
• 1168 CEBelvoir Fortress builtBelvoir Castle, also called Coquet by the Crusaders, also Kochav HaYarden (Hebrew: כוכב הירדן, lit. 'Star of…
• 1660 CEBelweder (palace) builtBelweder (Polish pronunciation: [bɛlˈvɛdɛr]; from the Italian belvedere, "beautiful view") is a neoclassical…
• 1865 CEBen Farès Mosque builtThe Ben Farès Mosque, also known as Djamaa Ben Farès (Arabic: مسجد ابن فارس) and formerly as Djamâa Lihoud…
• 1943 CEBengal famine of 1943The Bengal famine of 1943 was a famine during World War II in the Bengal Province and Orissa Province of…
• 1537 CEBengaluru foundedBengaluru, also known as Bangalore (its official name until 1 November 2014), is the capital and largest city…
• 2008 CEBeni Douala OperationsThe Beni Douala Operations took place in Beni Douala on 8 August 2008.
• 1997 CEBeni Messous massacreThe Beni Messous massacre, part of the Algerian Civil War, occurred on the nights of September 5 and…
• 2022 CEBenidorm FestBenidorm Fest is an annual Spanish song contest organised by the Spanish public broadcaster Radiotelevisión…
• 2013 CEBenisheik massacreThe Benisheik massacre was a massacre that occurred on 18 September 2013 in Benisheik, Borno State, Nigeria.…
• 1749 CEBennington foundedBennington is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. It is one of two shire towns (county…
• 1200 CEBent Bridge builtThe Bent Bridge or Curved Bridge (Turkish: Eğri Köprü) is a stone arch bridge over the Kızılırmak River 3 km…
• 2699 BCEBent Pyramid settledThe Bent Pyramid is an ancient Egyptian pyramid located at the royal necropolis of Dahshur, approximately 40…
• 1997 CEBentalha massacreIn the village of Bentalha (Arabic: بن طلحة), located 15 km (9.3 mi) south of Algiers, an incident occurred…
• 2014 CEBentiu massacreThe Bentiu massacre occurred on 15 April 2014 in the town of Bentiu, in the north of South Sudan, during the…
• 2015 CEBento Rodrigues dam disasterThe Mariana dam disaster was an environmental disaster near Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil. On 5 November…
• 1862 CEBerane foundedBerane (Montenegrin/Serbian Cyrillic: Беране) is a town in Montenegro in the northern region. It is former…
• 313 BCEBerat foundedBerat (pronounced [bɛˈɾat]; Albanian definite form: Berati) is the ninth most populous city of Albania and…
• 1430 CEBerdychiv foundedBerdychiv (Ukrainian: Берди́чів, IPA: [berˈdɪtʃiu̯]; Russian: Берди́чев; Polish: Berdyczów; Yiddish…
• 1911 CEBerg Castle builtBerg Castle (Luxembourgish: Schlass Bierg, pronounced [ˈʃlɑs ˈbiːɐ̯ɕ]; French: Château de Berg; German…
• 1070 CEBergen foundedBergen (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈbæ̀rɡən], locally [ˈbæ̂ʁgæn]) is a city and municipality in the Vestland…
• 1514 CEBergenhus Fortress builtBergenhus fortress (Norwegian: Bergenhus festning) is a fortress located in Bergen, Norway. Located at the…
• 1914 CEBergmann OffensiveThe Bergmann Offensive (Turkish: Bergmann Taaruzu; in Turkish literature Köprüköy ve Azap Muharebeleri…
• 1067 CEBerkeley Castle builtBerkeley Castle ( BARK-lee; historically sometimes spelled as Berkley Castle or Barkley Castle) is a castle…
• 1066 CEBerkhamsted Castle settledBerkhamsted Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. The castle was built to…
• 1894 CEBerlin Cathedral builtBerlin Cathedral (German: Berliner Dom), also known as the Evangelical Supreme Parish and Collegiate Church…
• 1650 CEBerlin Fortress builtThe Berlin Fortress (German "Festung Berlin") was the fortification of the historic city of Berlin.…
• 1924 CEBerlin Mosque builtThe Berlin Mosque, officially the Wilmersdorfer Mosque (German: Wilmersdorfer Moschee), is a mosque located…
• 1451 CEBerlin Palace builtThe Berlin Palace (German: Berliner Schloss), formerly known as the Royal Palace (German: Königliches…
• 1244 CEBerlin foundedBerlin is the capital and largest city of Germany. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the highest…
• 1963 CEBerliner TheatertreffenThe Berliner Theatertreffen ("Berlin theatre meeting") is a two-week long theatre festival occurring yearly…
• 1191 CEBern foundedBern (Swiss Standard German: [bɛrn] ), or Berne (French: [bɛʁn] ), is the de facto capital of Switzerland…
• 1698 CEBernalillo foundedBernalillo is a town in and the county seat of Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States. The population…
• 1886 CEBerne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic WorksThe Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, usually known as the Berne…
• 1874 CEBernera RiotThe Bernera Riot occurred in 1874, on the island of Great Bernera, in Scotland in response to the Highland…
• 2004 CEBeslan school siegeThe Beslan school siege, also referred to as the Beslan school hostage crisis or the Beslan massacre, was a…
• 2012 CEBest International Games FestivalThe Best International Games Festival (formerly Brazil's Independent Games Festival), commonly referred to as…
• 2017 CEBeth Hamedrash Hagadol settledBeth Hamedrash Hagodol (Hebrew: בֵּית הַמִּדְרָש הַגָּדוֹל, lit. 'Great Study House') was an Orthodox Jewish…
• 1574 CEBetrayal of ClannabuidheThe Clandeboye massacre in 1574 was a massacre of the O'Neills of Lower Clandeboye by the English forces of…
• 1961 CEBetty and Barney Hill incidentBarney and Betty Hill were an American couple and civil rights activists who claimed they were abducted by…
• 1863 CEBeuron Archabbey (monastery) builtBeuron Archabbey (in German Erzabtei Beuron, otherwise Erzabtei St. Martin; in Latin Archiabbatia Sancti…
• 1977 CEBeverly Hills Supper Club fireOn the evening of May 28, 1977, a fire occurred at the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Kentucky. With…
• 772 CEBexhill-on-Sea foundedBexhill-on-Sea (often shortened to Bexhill) is a seaside town and civil parish in the Rother district of the…
• 1978 CEBeyazıt MassacreThe Beyazıt massacre (Turkish: Beyazıt katliamı) or 16 March massacre (Turkish: 16 Mart katliamı) of 16 March…
• 1865 CEBeylerbeyi Palace builtThe Beylerbeyi Palace (Turkish: Beylerbeyi Sarayı) is a 19th-century Ottoman palace located in the Beylerbeyi…
• 1429 CEBeylerbeyi mosque builtBeylerbeyi Mosque, a mosque in the central district of Edirne. Beylerbeyi Mosque was built in 1429 by…
• 1264 CEBezděz Castle builtBezděz Castle (Czech: hrad Bezděz) is a Gothic castle in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It is…
• 1930 CEBeşiktaş foundedBeşiktaş (pronounced [beˈʃictaʃ]) is a district and municipality of Istanbul, Turkey. Its area is 18 km2 and…
• 1806 CEBhandarkhal MassacreThe Bhandarkhal massacre (Nepali: भण्डारखाल पर्व) was a political massacre that occurred in Bhandarkhal…
• 1971 CEBhimnali massacreThe Bhimnali Massacre was a massacre of 15 Bengali Hindus in Bhimnali, Barisal by Pakistani forces. On 22 May…
• 1830 CEBhumij RevoltThe Bhumij Revolt (also known as Ganga Narayan's Hungama, Jungle Mahal Uprising) was revolt of Bhumij…
• 2011 CEBhutto family mausoleum builtThe Bhutto family mausoleum is situated at Garhi Khuda Bakhsh, in Larkana District, Sindh, Pakistan. The…
• 1998 CEBiak massacreThe Biak massacre was the killing of West Papuan pro-independence demonstrators on the island of Biak, Papua…
• 1281 CEBibi-Heybat Mosque builtThe Bibi-Heybat Mosque (Azerbaijani: Bibiheybət məscidi, Persian: مسجد بی‌بی هیبت) is located in the village…
• 1404 CEBibi-Khanym Mosque builtThe Bibi-Khanym Mosque (Uzbek: Bibixonim masjidi; Persian: مسجد بی بی خانم; also variously spelled as Khanum…
• 1992 CEBible Lands Museum foundedThe Bible Lands Museum (Hebrew: מוזיאון ארצות המקרא ירושלים, Arabic: متحف بلدان الكتاب) is an archaeological…
• 2002 CEBibliotheca Alexandrina foundedThe Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Latin, 'Library of Alexandria'; Egyptian Arabic: مكتبة الإسكندريه, romanized…
• 200 BCEBibracte foundedBibracte, a Gallic oppidum (fortified settlement), was the capital of the Aedui and one of the most important…
• 1214 CEBielefeld foundedBielefeld (German pronunciation: [ˈbiːləfɛlt] ) is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe region in the north-east…
• 1300 CEBiely Kameň (palace) builtBiely Kameň (literally White Stone in English) are the ruins of a Gothic castle located on a wooded hill…
• 1986 CEBienal de Arte de PonceBienal de Arte de Ponce is a biennial international art exhibition that takes place in Ponce, Puerto Rico…
• 2002 CEBig Beach Boutique IIBig Beach Boutique II was a free concert held on 13 July 2002 by the English DJ Fatboy Slim (Norman Cook) on…
• 1791 CEBig Bottom MassacreThe Big Bottom massacre was a mass killing perpetrated by Lenape and Wyandot warriors against American…
• 1532 CEBig Khan Mosque builtThe Big Khan Mosque (Crimean Tatar: Büyük Han Cami; Ukrainian: Велика ханська мечеть; Russian: Большая…
• 1550 CEBijela Tabija (fortress) builtThe White Fortress (Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian: Bijela Tabija, Бијела Табија) is an old fort overlooking the…
• 1992 CEBijeli Potok massacreThe Bijeli Potok massacre refers to the mass killing of 675 Bosniak civilians by Serbs on 1 June 1992 in the…
• 1992 CEBijeljina massacreThe Bijeljina massacre involved the killing of civilians by Serb paramilitary groups in Bijeljina on 1–2…
• 1992 CEBikavac fireThe Bikavac fire refers to the arson perpetrated in Bikavac, near Višegrad, eastern Bosnia, on 27 June 1992…
• 1601 CEBillund foundedBillund (Danish pronunciation: [ˈpiˌlɔnˀ]) is a town in Jutland, Denmark. With a population of 7,446 (as of 1…
• 2009 CEBinghamton shootingsOn April 3, 2009, a mass shooting occurred at the American Civic Association immigration center in…
• 1971 CEBingöl earthquake of 1971The 1971 Bingöl earthquake was a Mw 6.6–6.7 earthquake that occurred at 18:44:02 local time on 22 May. It had…
• 2003 CEBingöl earthquake of 2003An earthquake hit eastern Turkey with a moment magnitude of 6.4 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX…
• 2001 CEBinyamina train station suicide bombingThe Binyamina train station suicide bombing occurred on 16 July 2001 by a Palestinian suicide bomber near the…
• 2006 CEBinz occupationBinz was a factory building squatted as a self-managed social centre in the district of Wiedikon in Zürich…
• 2023 CEBir-Hakeim bridge attackOn 2 December 2023, a French man carried out a machete and hammer attack against three people near the Pont…
• 1988 CEBirchandra Manu massacreOn 12 October 1988, activists of the Indian National Congress attacked a Communist Party of India (Marxist)…
• 601 CEBirmingham foundedBirmingham ( BUR-ming-əm) is a city and metropolitan borough in the centre of the West Midlands region of…
• 1974 CEBirmingham pub bombingsOn 21 November 1974, bombs exploded in two pubs in Birmingham, England, killing 21 people and injuring 182…
• 1000 CEBirtvisi (fortress) builtBirtvisi Fortress (Georgian: ბირთვისის ციხე), commonly known as Birtvisi (ბირთვისი), is a ruined medieval…
• 1883 CEBisbee massacreThe Bisbee massacre (a.k.a. the Bisbee murders or Bisbee raid) occurred in Bisbee, Arizona, on December 8…
• 1943 CEBiscari massacreThe Biscari massacre was a war crime committed by members of the United States Army during World War II. It…
• 1825 CEBishkek foundedBishkek, formerly known as Pishpek (until 1926), and then Frunze (1926–1991), is the capital and largest city…
• 1992 CEBisho massacreThe Bisho massacre occurred on 7 September 1992 in Bisho, in the then nominally independent homeland of…
• 401 CEBishop's Basilica of Philippopolis builtThe Bishop's Basilica of Philippopolis, also known as the Great Basilica, (Bulgarian: Епископска базилика на…
• 2020 CEBisober massacreIn the Battle of Bisober, which occurred from November 14 to 17, 2020, at least 35 civilians were killed in…
• 1687 CEBissau foundedBissau (Portuguese pronunciation: [biˈsaw]) is the capital and largest city of Guinea-Bissau. As of 2015, it…
• 1756 CEBjelovar foundedBjelovar (Hungarian: Belovár, German: Bellowar, Czech: Bělovar or Bělovár, Kajkavian: Belovar, Latin…
• 1383 CEBlack Church builtThe Black Church (Romanian: Biserica Neagră, German: Die Schwarze Kirche, Hungarian: Fekete templom), stands…
• 1945 CEBlack FridayOn 9 February 1945, near the end of the Second World War, a force of Allied Bristol Beaufighter aircraft…
• 1832 CEBlack Hawk PurchaseThe Black Hawk Purchase, also known as the Forty-Mile Strip or Scott's Purchase, extended along the West side…
• 1756 CEBlack Hole of CalcuttaThe Black Hole of Calcutta was a dungeon in Fort William, Calcutta, measuring 14 by 18 feet (4.3 m × 5.5 m)…
• 1990 CEBlack JanuaryBlack January (Azerbaijani: Qara Yanvar), also known as Black Saturday or the January Massacre, was a violent…
• 1360 CEBlack MondayBlack Monday took place on Easter Monday 1360, near the end of the Edwardian phase of the Hundred Years' War…
• 1975 CEBlack SaturdayBlack Saturday (Arabic: السبت الأسود; French: Samedi noir) was the massacre of between 150 and 200 Lebanese…
• 1869 CEBlackfriars Bridge builtBlackfriars Bridge is a road and foot traffic bridge over the River Thames in London, between Waterloo Bridge…