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• 2004 CECarmel Market bombingThe Carmel Market bombing was a suicide bombing which occurred on 1 November 2004 at the Carmel Market…
• 1401 CECarmo Convent builtThe Convent of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Portuguese: Convento da Ordem do Carmo) is a former Catholic convent…
• 1974 CECarnation RevolutionThe Carnation Revolution (Portuguese: Revolução dos Cravos), code-named Operation Historic Turn, also known…
• 1900 CECarnegie Mellon University foundedCarnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.…
• 1823 CECarnival tragedy of 1823On 11 February 1823, around 110 boys were killed in a human crush at the Convent of the Minori Osservanti in…
• 1913 CECarol I Mosque builtThe Grand Mosque of Constanța (Romanian: Marea Moschee din Constanța), originally known as the Carol I Mosque…
• 2018 CECarr FireThe Carr Fire was a large wildfire in 2018 in Northern California's Shasta and Trinity counties. The fire…
• 1936 CECarstensz ExpeditionThe Carstensz expedition was made in 1936 by Anton Colijn, Jean Jacques Dozy and Frits Wissel. They left on…
• 939 BCECarteia (castle) builtCarteia (Ancient Greek: Καρτηίᾳ) was a Phoenician and Roman town at the head of the Bay of Gibraltar in…
• 801 BCECarthage foundedCarthage (Arabic: قرطاج, ) was an ancient city in northern Africa founded by the legendary Phoenician queen…
• 1750 CECary foundedCary is a town in Wake, Chatham, and Durham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is part of the…
• 1483 CECasa de Pilatos (palace) builtLa Casa de Pilatos (Pilate's House) is an Andalusian palace in Seville, Spain, which serves as the permanent…
• 1933 CECasas Viejas incidentThe Casas Viejas incident, also known as the Casas Viejas massacre, was a failed civil uprising that took…
• 1970 CECasati Stampa murdersThe Casati Stampa murders refer to the 1970 murders, in Rome, Italy, committed by Camillo II Casati Stampa di…
• 2016 CECascade Mall shootingOn September 23, 2016, a mass shooting occurred at Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington, United States.…
• 1847 CECaste War of YucatánThe Caste War of Yucatán or ba'atabil kichkelem Yúum (1847–1915) began with the revolt of Indigenous Maya…
• 1282 CECastel Nuovo (castle) builtCastel Nuovo (Italian: [kasˌtɛl ˈnwɔːvo]; Neapolitan: Castiello Nuovo; 'New Castle'), often called Maschio…
• 139 CECastel Sant'Angelo (castle) builtCastel Sant'Angelo (pronounced [kaˈstɛl sanˈtandʒelo] Italian for 'Castle of the Holy Angel'), also known as…
• 1537 CECastel Sant'Elmo (castle) builtCastel Sant'Elmo is a medieval fortress located on Vomero Hill adjacent to the Certosa di San Martino…
• 2008 CECastel Volturno massacreThe Castel Volturno massacre (Italian: Strage di Castel Volturno or Strage di San Gennaro) is the name given…
• 1240 CECastel del Monte foundedCastel del Monte (Italian for 'Castle of the Mountain'; Barese: Castidde du Monte) is a 13th-century citadel…
• 1640 CECastella de Aguada (fortress) builtCastella de Aguada (corruption of Castelo da Aguada, Portuguese for "Fort of the Waterpoint"), also known as…
• 1350 CECastello Estense (castle) builtThe Castello Estense ('Este castle') or castello di San Michele ('St. Michael's castle') is a moated medieval…
• 1239 CECastello Ursino (castle) builtCastello Ursino (Sicilian: Casteddu Ursinu, lit. 'Bear Castle'), also known as Castello Svevo di Catania, is…
• 1356 CECastelvecchio (castle) builtCastelvecchio ("Old Castle") is a castle in Verona, northern Italy. It is the most important military…
• 1357 CECastelvecchio Bridge builtThe Castel Vecchio Bridge (Italian: Ponte di Castel Vecchio) or Scaliger Bridge (Italian: Ponte Scaligero) is…
• 1539 CECastillo San Felipe del Morro (fortress) builtCastillo San Felipe del Morro (English: Promontory Castle of Saint Philip), most commonly known as El Morro…
• 1500 CECastillo de La Calahorra (castle) builtCastillo de La Calahorra is located in La Calahorra, in the province of Granada, Spain. It is situated in the…
• 1536 CECastillo de San Felipe de Barajas (castle) builtThe Castillo San Felipe de Barajas (San Felipe de Barajas Castle) is a fortress in the city of Cartagena…
• 1641 CECastillo de San Juan Bautista (castle) builtThe Castle of St John the Baptist (Spanish: Castillo de San Juan Bautista), also called the Black Castle…
• 601 CECastillo de San Servando (castle) builtThe Castle of San Servando is a medieval castle in Toledo, Spain, near the Tagus River. It was begun as a…
• 956 CECastillo de Suel (castle) builtSohail Castle (Spanish: Castillo Sohail) is a castle in Fuengirola, Spain. It is a historic fortress located…
• 1300 CECastle Brederode settledBrederode Castle (Dutch: Kasteel Brederode), also called the Ruins of Brederode (Dutch: Ruïne van Brederode)…
• 1808 CECastle Clinton builtCastle Clinton (also known as Fort Clinton and Castle Garden) is a restored circular sandstone fort within…
• 1138 CECastle Rising Castle settledCastle Rising is a ruined medieval fortification in the village of Castle Rising, Norfolk, England. It was…
• 1874 CECastle Rock foundedCastle Rock is a home rule town that is the county seat of and the most-populous municipality in Douglas…
• 1954 CECastle RomeoCastle Romeo was the code name given to one of the tests in the Operation Castle series of U.S. nuclear…
• 1320 CECastle Stalker builtCastle Stalker (Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal an Stalcaire) is a four-storey tower house or keep in the Scottish…
• 1954 CECastle UnionCastle Union was the code name given to one of the tests in the Operation Castle series of United States…
• 1171 CECastle of Almourol builtThe Castle of Almourol is a medieval castle atop the islet of Almourol in the middle of the Tagus River…
• 1060 CECastle of Caen builtThe Château de Caen is a castle in the Norman city of Caen in the Calvados département (Normandy). It has…
• 1453 CECastle of Coca builtThe Castle of Coca is a castle located in the Coca municipality, central Spain. The castle was constructed in…
• 1100 CECastle of La Mota builtThe La Mota Castle or Castillo de La Mota is a medieval fortress in the town of Medina del Campo, province of…
• 1566 CECastle of Mey builtThe Castle of Mey (also known for a time as Barrogill Castle) is located in Caithness, on the north coast of…
• 1102 CECastle of Pico builtThe Castle of the Pico (in Italian Castello dei Pico) is a castle in the city center of Mirandola, in the…
• 1393 CECastle of Pierrefonds builtThe Château de Pierrefonds (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto d(ə) pjɛʁfɔ̃]) is a castle situated in the commune of…
• 1984 CECastle of Rivoli builtThe Rivoli Castle is a former Residence of the Royal House of Savoy in Rivoli (Metropolitan City of Turin…
• 1565 CECastle of San Juan de Ulúa builtSan Juan de Ulúa, now known as Castle of San Juan de Ulúa, is a large complex of fortresses, prisons and one…
• 1706 CECastle of San Sebastián builtThe Castle of San Sebastián (Spanish: Castillo de San Sebastián) is a fortress located in Cádiz, Spain, at…
• 1683 CECastle of Santa Catalina builtThe Castillo de Santa Catalina is a castle in Santa Cruz de La Palma on the island of La Palma in the Canary…
• 700 CECastle of the Moors builtThe Castle of the Moors (Portuguese: Castelo dos Mouros) is a hilltop medieval castle located in the central…
• 1270 CECastle of the counts of Gruyères builtThe Castle of Gruyères (in French: château de Gruyères), located in the medieval town of Gruyères, Fribourg…
• 1101 CECastle of Óbidos builtThe Castle of Óbidos (Portuguese: Castelo de Óbidos) is a well preserved medieval castle located in the civil…
• 1650 CECastries foundedCastries is the capital and largest city of Saint Lucia, an island country in the Caribbean. The urban area…
• 1665 CECastro fortress builtThe Fortress of O Castro is a fortification located in Vigo, Spain built in 1665 by the Spanish Empire in the…
• 290 CECastrum Anderitum settledAnderitum (also Anderida or Anderidos) was a Saxon Shore fort in the Roman province of Britannia. The ruins…
• 200 CECatacombs of Kom el Shoqafa (monument) builtThe catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa (Arabic: مقابر كوم الشقافة, romanized: Maqābir Kūm al-Shuqāfah, lit. 'Mound…
• 1787 CECatacombs of Paris settledThe Catacombs of Paris (French: Catacombes de Paris, ) are underground ossuaries in Paris, France, which hold…
• 300 CECatacombs of San Gennaro foundedThe Catacombs of San Gennaro are underground paleo-Christian burial and worship sites in Naples, Italy…
• 1330 CECatalan–Genoese WarThe Catalan–Genoese War, also called Aragonese–Genoese War was an armed conflict between the Crown of Aragon…
• 728 BCECatania foundedCatania (UK also, US also, Sicilian and Italian: [kaˈtaːnja] ) is the second-largest city in the autonomous…
• 1528 CECathedral Basilica of the Virgin of Incarnation builtThe Cathedral of Málaga is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Málaga in Andalusia in southern Spain. It…
• 1201 CECathedral Ruins in Hamar settledFor the current cathedral in Hamar, see Hamar cathedral. Hamar Cathedral (Domkirkeruinene på Hamar) are the…
• 1001 CECathedral of Ani builtThe Cathedral of Ani (Armenian: Անիի մայր տաճար, Anii mayr tačar; Turkish: Ani Katedrali) is the largest…
• 1970 CECathedral of Brasília builtThe Cathedral of Brasília (Portuguese: Catedral Metropolitana de Brasília, "Metropolitan Cathedral of…
• 2000 CECathedral of Christ the Saviour builtThe Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (Russian: Храм Христа́ Спаси́теля, romanized: Khram Khristá Spasítelya…
• 1889 CECathedral of Jesus' Heart builtThe Sacred Heart Cathedral (Serbo-Croatian: Katedrala Srca Isusova/Катедрала Срца Исусова) is a Catholic…
• 1515 CECathedral of La Laguna builtThe Cathedral of San Cristóbal de La Laguna or Catedral de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios (Santa Iglesia…
• 1201 CECathedral of Magdeburg builtMagdeburg Cathedral (German: Magdeburger Dom), officially called the Cathedral of Saints Maurice and…
• 1015 CECathedral of Our Lady of Strasbourg builtStrasbourg Cathedral or the Cathedral of Our Lady of Strasbourg (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg…
• 401 CECathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption (Chur) builtChur Cathedral, otherwise known as the Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary (German: Kathedrale St. Mariä…
• 2007 CECathedral of Saint Mother Teresa in Pristina builtThe Cathedral of Saint Mother Teresa (Albanian: Katedralja Shën Nënë Tereza) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in…
• 1300 CECathedral of Santa María de Vitoria builtThe Cathedral of Santa María de Vitoria (Basque: Santa Maria katedrala, Spanish: Catedral de Santa María) is…
• 1401 CECathedral of Santa María of Calahorra builtThe Cathedral of Saint Mary (Spanish: Catedral de Santa María) is a cathedral located in Calahorra (in La…
• 801 CECathedral of Santiago de Compostela builtThe Santiago de Compostela Archcathedral Basilica (Spanish and Galician: Catedral Basílica de Santiago de…
• 1100 CECathedral of Santo Domingo de la Calzada builtThe Cathedral of Santo Domingo de la Calzada is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the village of Santo Domingo de…
• 1142 CECathedral of St. James, Jerusalem builtThe Cathedral of Saint James (Armenian: Սրբոց Յակոբեանց Վանք Հայոց, Arabic: كاتدرائية القديس يعقوب للأرمن) is…
• 1226 CECathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula builtThe Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula (French: Cathédrale Saints-Michel-et-Gudule; Dutch: Kathedraal…
• 1235 CECathedral of Trier builtThe High Cathedral of Saint Peter in Trier (German: Hohe Domkirche St. Peter zu Trier), or Trier Cathedral…
• 1200 CECathedral of Zamora builtThe Cathedral of Zamora is a Catholic cathedral in Zamora, in Castile and León, Spain, located above the…
• 414 CECathedral of los Santos Niños Justo y Pastor de Alcalá de Henares builtThe Magistral Cathedral of Saint Justus and Saint Pastor (Spanish: Catedral de los Santos Niños Justo y…
• 1489 CECathedral of the Annunciation builtThe Cathedral of the Annunciation (Russian: Благовещенский собор, romanized: Blagoveschensky sobor) in Moscow…
• 1501 CECathedral of the Archangel builtThe Cathedral of the Archangel (Russian: Архангельский собор, romanized: Arkhangel'skiy sobor) is a Russian…
• 1298 CECathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia builtThe Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia (Catalan: Catedral de la Santa Creu i Santa Eulàlia), also…
• 1911 CECathedral of the Immaculate Conception builtThe Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Virgin Mary is a neo-Gothic Catholic church in the…
• 1940 CECathedral of the Most Holy Conception builtThe Cathedral of the Most Holy Conception (in Spanish: Catedral de la Santísima Concepción) is a Roman…
• 1717 CECatherine Palace builtThe Catherine Palace (Russian: Екатерининский дворец, romanized: Yekaterininskiy dvorets, IPA…
• 1921 CECatholic University of the Sacred Heart foundedUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore or Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, colloquially the Catholic…
• 1172 CECattedrale di Monreale (church building) builtMonreale Cathedral (Italian: Cattedrale di Santa Maria Nuova di Monreale; Duomo di Monreale) is a Catholic…
• 1756 CECattle WarThe Cattle War (Danish: Kvægkrigen) also commonly referred to as the Perumal War or the Perumal Naik-War…
• 13000 BCECave of Altamira settledThe Cave of Altamira ( AL-tə-MEER-ə; Spanish: Cueva de Altamira [ˈkweβa ðe altaˈmiɾa]) is a cave complex…
• 1994 CECave of the Patriarchs massacreOn 25 February 1994, Baruch Goldstein, an American-Israeli physician and member of the far-right…
• 1454 CECawdor Castle builtCawdor Castle is a castle in the parish of Cawdor in Nairnshire, Scotland. It is built around a 15th-century…
• 1988 CECayara massacreOn May 14, 1988, the Peruvian military killed 39 peasants in the district of Cayara, Ayacucho. The massacre…
• 1970 CECeBITCeBIT was a computer expo which, at its peak, was the largest and most internationally representative. The…
• 1910 CECecilienhof (palace) builtCecilienhof Palace (German: Schloss Cecilienhof) is a palace in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany, built from…
• 1131 CECefalù Cathedral builtThe Cathedral of Cefalù (Italian: Duomo di Cefalù) is a Roman Catholic basilica in Cefalù, Sicily. It is one…
• 1405 CECehu Silvaniei foundedCehu Silvaniei (Hungarian: Szilágycseh) is a town in Sălaj County, Crișana, Romania. Four villages are…
• 1322 CECelje Castle builtCelje Castle (Slovene: Celjski grad), also known as Celje Upper Castle (Celjski zgornji grad) or Old Castle…
• 1292 CECelle Castle builtCelle Castle (German: Schloss Celle) or, less commonly, Celle Palace, in the German town of Celle in Lower…
• 401 CECemetery Basilica builtThe Cemetery Basilica is an Early Christian basilica church located at Tritis Septemvriou Street in…
• 1876 CECentennial ExpositionThe Centennial International Exhibition, officially the International Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures, and…
• 1996 CECentennial Olympic Park bombingThe Centennial Olympic Park bombing was a pipe bombing attack on Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia…
• 2012 CECentral African Republic Civil WarThe Central African Republic Civil War is an ongoing civil war in the Central African Republic (CAR)…
• 1996 CECentral Bank bombingThe Central Bank bombing was one of the deadliest attacks carried out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam…
• 1987 CECentral Bus Station BombingThe Colombo central bus station bombing was the car bombing of the central bus terminal of Colombo carried…
• 1991 CECentral European University foundedCentral European University (CEU; German: Zentraleuropäische Universität; Hungarian: Közép-európai Egyetem)…
• 1999 CECentral Mosque (Almaty) builtAlmaty Central Mosque (Kazakh: Almaty ortalyq meshiti/Алматы орталық мешіті, Russian: Centralnaya mechet…
• 1864 CECentralia MassacreThe Centralia Massacre was the summary execution of 24 captured Union army soldiers in Centralia, Missouri on…
• 1919 CECentralia MassacreThe Centralia Tragedy, also known as the Centralia Conspiracy and the Armistice Day Riot, was a violent and…
• 1962 CECentralia mine fireA coal-seam fire has been burning in the labyrinth of abandoned coal mines underneath the borough of…
• 1977 CECentre Georges Pompidou foundedThe Centre Pompidou (French pronunciation: [sɑ̃tʁ pɔ̃pidu]), more fully the Centre national d'art et de…
• 1962 CECentury 21 ExpositionThe Century 21 Exposition (also known as the Seattle World's Fair) was a world's fair held April 21, 1962, to…
• 1933 CECentury of ProgressA Century of Progress International Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair…
• 1417 CECernavodă foundedCernavodă (Romanian pronunciation: [t͡ʃernaˈvodə]) is a town in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania…
• 1809 CECerro Fortress builtThe Fortaleza del Cerro, also known as Fortaleza General Artigas, is a fortress situated in Montevideo…
• 1306 CECertosa di Padula (monastery) builtPadula Charterhouse (Italian: Certosa di Padula, Certosa di San Lorenzo di Padula) is a large Carthusian…
• 1396 CECertosa di Pavia (monastery) builtThe Certosa di Pavia is a monastery complex in Lombardy, Northern Italy, situated near a small village of the…
• 1325 CECertosa di San Martino (monastery) builtThe Certosa di San Martino ("Charterhouse of St. Martin") is a former monastery complex, now a museum, in…
• 1400 CECetin Castle settledThe fortress of Cetin is situated 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of Cetingrad above the village of Podcetin, in…
• 2012 CEChaambi OperationsThe Chaambi Operations, or Battle of Chaambi were part of the insurgency in the Maghreb. In December 2012…
• 1932 CEChaco WarThe Chaco War (Spanish: Guerra del Chaco, Guarani: Cháko Ñorairõ) was fought from 1932 to 1935. It was…
• 1998 CEChagai-IChagai-I is the code name of five simultaneous underground nuclear tests conducted by Pakistan on 28 May 1998…
• 1998 CEChagai-IIChagai-II is the codename assigned to the second atomic test conducted by Pakistan, carried out on 30 May…
• 1965 CEChaganChagan (Чага́н) was a Soviet underground nuclear test conducted at the Semipalatinsk Test Site on January 15…
• 679 BCEChalcedon foundedChalcedon (Ancient Greek: Χαλκηδών, romanized: Khalkēdṓn) was an ancient maritime town of Bithynia, in Asia…
• 1091 CEChamonix-Mont-Blanc foundedChamonix-Mont-Blanc (French pronunciation: [ʃamɔni mɔ̃ blɑ̃]; Arpitan: Chamôni-Mont-Blanc), more commonly…
• 1791 CEChamp de Mars MassacreThe Champ de Mars massacre took place on 17 July 1791 in Paris at the Champ de Mars against a crowd of…
• 850 CEChan Chan settledChan Chan (Spanish pronunciation: [tʃaɲ ˈtʃaŋ]), sometimes called Chimor itself, was the capital city of the…
• 1943 CEChangjiao massacreThe Changjiao massacre (simplified Chinese: 厂窖惨案; traditional Chinese: 廠窖慘案) was a massacre of Chinese…
• 325 CEChangu Narayan Temple builtChangu Narayan is an ancient Hindu temple, located on a hilltop of Changu (also called Dolagiri) in…
• 299 BCEChankillo settledChankillo is an ancient monumental complex in the Peruvian coastal desert, found in the Casma-Sechin basin in…
• 1942 CEChannel DashThe Channel Dash (German: Unternehmen Zerberus, Operation Cerberus) was a German naval operation during the…
• 1915 CEChantilly ConferencesThe Chantilly Conferences were a series of three conferences held between 1915 and 1916 by the Allied Powers…
• 1960 CEChapel Hill NineThe Chapel Hill Nine were a group of nine African American high school students from Lincoln High School…
• 1793 CEChapel Hill foundedChapel Hill is an incorporated municipality in the counties of Orange and Durham, North Carolina, United…
• 1150 CEChapel of the Ascension builtThe Chapel of the Ascension (Arabic: كنيسة الصعود, romanized: Kanīsat aṣ-ṣuʕūd; Greek: Εκκλησάκι της…
• 2022 CEChaplyne railway station attackOn 24 August 2022, the Independence Day of Ukraine, a railway station in Chaplyne, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, was…
• 1944 CEChapultepec Castle builtChapultepec Castle (Spanish: Castillo de Chapultepec) is located on top of Chapultepec Hill in Mexico City's…
• 1944 CEChaqui'an Massacre SiteChaqui'an Massacre Site, at Chalan Emsley in Yigo on Guam, was the site of a massacre in 1944 by Japanese…
• 1971 CEChar Bhadrasan massacreChar Bhadrasan massacre (Bengali: চরভদ্রাসন গণহত্যা) refers to the massacre of around 60 unarmed Bengali…
• 2012 CEChardon High School shootingOn the morning of February 27, 2012, six students were shot at Chardon High School in Chardon, Ohio, United…
• 1918 CECharge at HaritanThe Charge at Haritan, named after a town north of Aleppo, occurred on 26 October 1918 at the end of the…
• 1917 CECharge at HujThe Charge at Huj (8 November 1917), also known by the British as the Affair of Huj, was an engagement…
• 1918 CECharge at KaukabThe Charge at Kaukab took place on 30 September 1918 about 10 miles (16 km) south of Damascus during the…
• 1918 CECharge at Khan AyashThe Charge at Khan Ayash occurred on 2 October 1918 about 17 miles (27 km) north of Damascus after the…
• 1918 CECharge at KisweThe Charge at Kiswe took place on 30 September 1918 about 9 miles (14 km) south of Damascus, during the…
• 1939 CECharge at KrojantyThe charge at Krojanty, battle of Krojanty, the riding of Krojanty or skirmish of Krojanty was a Polish…
• 1854 CECharge of the Light BrigadeThe Charge of the Light Brigade was a military action undertaken by British light cavalry against Russian…
• 1357 CECharles Bridge builtCharles Bridge (Czech: Karlův most [ˈkarluːf ˈmost], German: Karlsbrücke [kaʁlsˌbʁʏkə] ) is a medieval stone…
• 1348 CECharles University foundedCharles University (CUNI; Czech: Univerzita Karlova, UK; Latin: Universitas Carolina; German…
• 1849 CECharleston Workhouse Slave RebellionThe Charleston Workhouse Slave Rebellion was a rebellion of enslaved South Carolinians that took place in…
• 2015 CECharlie Hebdo shootingOn 7 January 2015, at about 11:30 a.m. in Paris, France, the employees of the French satirical weekly…
• 1791 CECharlottenburg Palace foundedSchloss Charlottenburg (Charlottenburg Palace) is a Baroque palace in Berlin, located in Charlottenburg, a…
• 1731 CECharlottenlund Palace builtCharlottenlund Palace (Danish: Charlottenlund Slot) is a former summer residence of the Danish royal family…
• 2017 CECharlottesville car attackThe Charlottesville car attack was a white supremacist terrorist attack perpetrated on August 12, 2017, when…
• 1591 CECharminar (mosque) builtThe Charminar (lit. 'four minarets') is a monument located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Constructed in…
• 1945 CECharter of the United NationsThe Charter of the United Nations, also referred to as the UN Charter, is the foundational treaty of the…
• 1940 CEChasselay massacreThe Chasselay massacre was the mass killing of French prisoners of war by German Army and Waffen-SS soldiers…
• 1904 CEChatom foundedChatom is a town in Washington County, Alabama, United States. It incorporated in 1949. Chatom is the county…
• 1922 CEChauri Chaura incidentThe Chauri Chaura Incident took place on 4 February 1922 at Chauri Chaura in the Gorakhpur district of United…
• 1676 CEChawkbazar Shahi Mosque builtThe Chawkbazar Shahi Mosque (Bengali: চকবাজার শাহী মসজিদ), also known as Chawk Mosque, is a mosque located in…
• 1469 CECheboksary foundedCheboksary is the capital city of Chuvashia, Russia. It is a port on the Volga River.
• 1226 CECheltenham foundedCheltenham ( CHELT-ən-əm) is a historic spa town and borough adjacent to the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire…
• 310 BCEChengdu foundedChengdu is the capital city of the Chinese province of Sichuan. With a population of 20,937,757 at the 2020…
• 2021 CEChenna massacreThe Chenna massacre was a mass extrajudicial killing perpetrated by the Tigray Defense Forces (TDF) in and…
• 1639 CEChennai foundedChennai, also known as Madras, is the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of…
• 1945 CEChenogne massacreThe Chenogne massacre was a war crime committed by members of the 11th Armored Division, an American combat…
• 2012 CEChenpeng Village Primary School stabbingOn December 14, 2012, between 7:00 and 8:00 a.m. local time, a mass stabbing took place at Chenpeng Village…
• 1067 CEChepstow Castle builtChepstow Castle (Welsh: Castell Cas-gwent) at Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, is the oldest surviving…
• 1778 CECherry Valley massacreThe Cherry Valley massacre was an attack by British and Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) forces on a fort and the…
• 1941 CEChervyen massacreThe Chervyen massacre (Lithuanian: Červenės žudynės; Belarusian: Чэрвеньскія расстрэлы, romanized…
• 2007 CECheshire, Connecticut, home invasion murdersOn July 23, 2007, two home intruders entered the home of the Petit family in Cheshire, Connecticut, United…
• 1777 CEChesme Church builtThe Chesme Church (Russian: Чесменская церковь; full name Church of Saint John the Baptist at Chesme Palace…
• 1069 CEChester Castle builtChester Castle is in the city of Chester, Cheshire, England. It is sited at the southwest extremity of the…
• 79 CEChester foundedChester is a cathedral city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, very close to the England–Wales border.…
• 1204 CEChesterfield foundedChesterfield is a market and industrial town in the county of Derbyshire, England. It is 24 miles (39 km)…
• 122 CEChesters Bridge builtChesters Bridge was a Roman bridge over the River North Tyne at Chollerford, Northumberland, England, and…
• 1251 CEChełmża foundedChełmża [ˈxɛu̯mʐa]; (German: Kulmsee, earlier Culmsee), is a town in northern Poland, in the Toruń County…
• 1980 CEChiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall (monument) builtThe Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall (Chinese: 中正紀念堂; pinyin: zhōngzhèng jìniàntáng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī…
• 2014 CEChibok schoolgirls kidnappingOn the night of 14–15 April 2014, 276 mostly Christian, with some Muslim, schoolgirls aged from 16 to 18 were…
• 455 CEChichen Itza foundedChichen Itza was a large pre-Columbian city built by the Maya people of the Terminal Classic period. The…
• 1793 CEChilders IncidentThe Childers Incident of 2 January 1793 marked the opening shots between British and French forces during the…
• 1875 CEChilean International ExhibitionThe Chilean International Exhibition was a world's fair held in Quinta Normal Park, Santiago, between 16…
• 1915 CEChilembwe UprisingThe Chilembwe uprising was a rebellion against British colonial rule in Nyasaland (modern-day Malawi) which…
• 1344 CEChillingham Castle builtChillingham Castle is a medieval castle in the village of Chillingham in the northern part of Northumberland…
• 1160 CEChillon Castle builtChillon Castle (French: Château de Chillon, pronounced [ʃɑto d(ə) ʃijɔ̃]) is a medieval island castle located…
• 2022 CEChimbolo massacreOn 19 March 2023 unknown gunmen attacked a gold mine near the town of Chimbolo in the Central African…
• 1375 CEChin Mosque builtThe Chin Mosque (Azerbaijani: Çin məscidi;; Arabic: مسجد تشين), also known as the Gazi Fezlullah bin Osman…
• 1989 CEChina/Avant-Garde ExhibitionChina/Avant-Garde Exhibition is one of the most significant exhibitions in the history of Chinese…
• 2016 CEChinese Embassy in Bishkek bombingOn 30 August 2016, a car rammed through the gates of the Chinese Embassy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, and…
• 1970 CEChino Valley foundedChino Valley is a town in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. According to the 2020 United States census…
• 899 BCEChios foundedChios (Greek: Χίος) is the main town and a former municipality on the Greek island of Chios in the North…
• 1822 CEChios massacreThe Chios massacre (Greek: Η σφαγή της Χίου, pronounced [i sfaˈʝi tis ˈçi.u]) was a catastrophe that resulted…
• 1934 CEChiquola Mill MassacreThe Chiquola Mill Massacre, also known locally as Bloody Thursday, was the violent dispersal of a picket line…
• 1295 CEChirk Castle builtChirk Castle (Welsh: Castell y Waun) is a Grade I listed castle located in Chirk, Wrexham County Borough…
• 1877 CEChisolm MassacreThe Chisolm Massacre occurred on April 29, 1877, in Kemper County, Mississippi, less than a month after the…
• 1993 CEChittagong International Trade FairThe Chittagong International Trade Fair (CITF) (Bengali: চট্টগ্রাম আন্তর্জাতিক বাণিজ্য মেলা) is an…
• 2000 CEChittisinghpura massacreThe Chittisinghpura massacre refers to the mass murder of 35 Sikh villagers on 20 March 2000 in the village…
• 1203 CEChișineu-Criș foundedChișineu-Criș (Hungarian: Kisjenő) is a town in Arad County, Crișana, Romania.