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• 2017 CEDeir ez-Zor offensive (January–February 2017)The Deir ez-Zor offensive (January–February 2017) was a military operation launched by the Islamic State of…
• 1246 CEDelft foundedDelft (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdɛl(ə)ft] ) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland…
• 500 BCEDelhi foundedDelhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a megacity and a union territory of India…
• 2004 CEDeltona massacreThe Deltona massacre (commonly referred to as the "Xbox Murders") was a residential murder which occurred on…
• 1479 CEDemak Great Mosque builtDemak Great Mosque (Indonesian: Masjid Agung Demak) is one of the oldest mosques in Indonesia, located in the…
• 1201 CEDemmin foundedDemmin (German pronunciation: [dɛˈmiːn] ) is a town in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district…
• 1942 CEDemyansk PocketThe Demyansk Pocket (German: Kessel von Demjansk; Russian: Демя́нский котёл) was the name given to the pocket…
• 1282 CEDenbigh Castle builtDenbigh Castle and town walls ( DEN-bee; Welsh: Castell Dinbych a waliau tref [ˌkastɛɬ ˈdɪnbɨχ]) were built…
• 2020 CEDengelat massacreThe Dengelat massacre (also called Maryam Dengelat massacre) was a mass extrajudicial killing that took place…
• 1906 CEDenmark ExpeditionThe Denmark expedition (Danish: Danmark-ekspeditionen), also known as the Denmark Expedition to Greenland's…
• 1980 CEDenmark Place fireThe Denmark Place fire occurred on 16 August 1980 at 18 Denmark Place in central London. The fire, caused by…
• 1858 CEDenver foundedDenver ( DEN-vər) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Officially a…
• 2003 CEDepayin massacreThe Depayin massacre (Burmese: ဒီပဲယင်း လူသတ်မှု) occurred on 30 May 2003 in Tabayin (Depayin), a town in…
• 2022 CEDepp v. HeardJohn C. Depp, II v. Amber Laura Heard was a trial held in Fairfax County, Virginia, from April 11 to June 1…
• 4000 BCEDer foundedDer (Sumerian: 𒌷𒂦𒀭𒆠 uruBAD3.ANki; Akkadian: 𒌷𒂦𒀭𒆠 uruBAD3.ANki or 𒌷𒁲𒂊𒊒(𒆠) urude-e-ru(ki)) was a…
• 438 CEDerbent foundedDerbent, known until the 3rd century — Albana, until the 6th century — Chor, until the 12th century — Bab…
• 1879 CEDerby Museum and Art Gallery foundedDerby Museum and Art Gallery is a museum and art gallery in Derby, England. It was established in 1879, along…
• 600 CEDerby foundedDerby ( DAR-bee) is a cathedral city and unitary authority area on the River Derwent in Derbyshire, England.…
• 1899 CEDerdepoort massacreThe Derdepoort massacre occurred on 25 November 1899 at Derdepoort, situated on the South African Republic's…
• 1843 CEDes Moines foundedDes Moines is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is named after the Des Moines…
• 1586 CEDestruction of NeussThe Destruction of Neuss occurred in July 1586, during the Cologne War. Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma's…
• 1824 CEDestruction of PsaraThe Destruction of Psara (in Greek: Καταστροφή των Ψαρών, Katastrofí ton Psarón) was the killing of thousands…
• 1974 CEDestruction of the Country House exhibitionThe Destruction of the Country House 1875–1975 was an exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A)…
• 1701 CEDetroit foundedDetroit ( dih-TROYT, locally also DEE-troyt) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is…
• 1945 CEDeutsch Schützen massacreThe Deutsch Schützen massacre was a 1945 mass killing of at least 57 Hungarian Jewish forced laborers by the…
• 1903 CEDeutsches Museum foundedThe Deutsches Museum (German Museum, officially Deutsches Museum von Meisterwerken der Naturwissenschaft und…
• 1971 CEDhapdhup massacreDhapdhup massacre (Bengali: ঢাপঢুপ গণহত্যা) was a pre-planned massacre of over 3500 Bengali Hindus in the…
• 2008 CEDhule RiotsThe Dhule riots were riots between the Hindu and Muslim community that took place in December 1992, October…
• 2016 CEDiana Quer caseIn the early hours of 22 August 2016, 18-year-old Diana Quer went missing in the small town of A Pobra do…
• 1942 CEDieppe RaidOperation Jubilee or the Dieppe Raid (19 August 1942) was an Allied amphibious attack on the German-occupied…
• 189 CEDiglake Colliery DisasterThe Diglake Colliery Disaster (also known as the Audley Colliery Disaster), was a coal-mining disaster at…
• 2016 CEDikwa suicide bombingsOn February 9, 2016, two female suicide bombers affiliated with Boko Haram detonated their explosives killing…
• 1520 CEDili foundedDili (Portuguese: Díli) is the capital and largest city of Timor-Leste. It lies on the northern coast of the…
• 1990 CEDinamo Zagreb–Red Star Belgrade riotThe Dinamo Zagreb–Red Star Belgrade riot was a football riot which took place on 13 May 1990 at Maksimir…
• 293 CEDiocletian's Palace builtDiocletian's Palace (Croatian: Dioklecijanova palača, pronounced [diokletsijǎːnova pǎlatʃa]; Latin: Palatium…
• 1301 CEDionysiou Monastery builtDionysiou Monastery (Greek: Μονή Διονυσίου) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of Mount…
• 2026 CEDiori Hamani International Airport attackOn 29 January 2026, the Islamic State's Sahel Province and West Africa Province launched a large scale attack…
• 1402 CEDiri Baba Mausoleum builtThe Diri Baba Mausoleum (Azerbaijani: Diri Baba məqbərəsi) – is a mausoleum of Sheikh Diri Baba, located in…
• 1992 CEDisappearance of Helena Andersson22-year-old Helena Andersson disappeared on 14 June 1992 in Mariestad, Sweden. Since then, several suspects…
• 2011 CEDisappearance of Jean-Christophe MorinJean-Christophe Morin (born 1988 or 1989) is a French man who disappeared on 10 September 2011 at the age of…
• 2018 CEDisappearance of Tiphaine VéronTiphaine Véron is a French tourist who went missing in Japan at age 36, on 29 July 2018. She had traveled…
• 1598 CEDisaster of CuralabaThe Battle of Curalaba (Spanish: Batalla de Curalaba pronounced [baˈtaʝa ðe kuɾaˈlaβa]) was a battle and an…
• 2015 CEDismalandDismaland was a temporary art project organised by street artist Banksy in the seaside resort of…
• 1944 CEDistomo massacreThe Distomo massacre (Greek: Σφαγή του Διστόμου; German: Massaker von Distomo or the Distomo-Massaker) was a…
• 2021 CEDixie FireThe 2021 Dixie Fire was an enormous wildfire in Butte, Plumas, Lassen, Shasta, and Tehama counties in…
• 1996 CEDizengoff Center suicide bombingThe Dizengoff Center suicide bombing was a Palestinian suicide terrorist attack which took place on March 4…
• 1994 CEDizengoff Street bus bombingThe Dizengoff Street bus bombing was a Hamas suicide attack on a passenger bus driving down Dizengoff Street…
• 2019 CEDjamaa El Djazaïr (mosque) builtThe Djamaa el Djazaïr (Arabic: جامع الجزائر), also known as the Great Mosque of Algiers, is a large mosque…
• 1097 CEDjamaa El Kebir of Algiers (mosque) builtThe Djamaa el Kebir or Great Mosque of Algiers (Arabic: الجامع الكبير, romanized: djama' el-kebir), is a…
• 1888 CEDjibouti foundedDjibouti (also called Djibouti City and Jibuti in early Western texts) is the capital city of the Republic of…
• 2008 CEDjiboutian–Eritrean border conflictThe Djiboutian–Eritrean border conflict was a border conflict between the forces of Djibouti and Eritrea that…
• 1664 CEDjidjelli expeditionThe Djidjelli expedition was a 1664 military expedition by Louis XIV to seize the port of Djidjelli and…
• 1327 CEDjinguereber Mosque builtThe Djinguereber Mosque (Arabic: مسجد دجينجيربر; French: Mosquée de Djinguereber; from Koyra Chiini jiŋgar-ey…
• 1776 CEDnipro foundedDnipro is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern…
• 1992 CEDoboj massacreThe Doboj ethnic cleansing refers to war crimes, including murder, forced deportation, persecution and wanton…
• 1993 CEDobrinja mortar attackThe Dobrinja mortar attack was a massacre which occurred at 10:20 a.m. on 1 June 1993, in Dobrinja, a suburb…
• 15 CEDobrićevo Monastery builtThe Dobrićevo Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Добрићево, romanized: Manastir Dobrićevo), the Presentation of the…
• 1326 CEDobšiná foundedDobšiná (German: Dobschau; Hungarian: Dobsina; Latin: Dobsinium) is a small town in the Slovak Ore Mountains…
• 901 CEDochiariou monastery builtThe Docheiariou monastery (Greek: Μονή Δοχειαρίου) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of…
• 1977 CEDocumenta 6documenta 6 was the sixth edition of documenta, a quinquennial contemporary art exhibition. It was held…
• 1906 CEDodoma foundedDodoma (lit. 'It has sunk' in Gogo), officially Dodoma City (Jiji Kuu la Dodoma, in Swahili), is the capital…
• 1340 CEDoge's Palace builtThe Doge's Palace (Doge pronounced; Italian: Palazzo Ducale; Venetian: Pałaso Dogal) is a palace built in…
• 1783 CEDoge's Palace builtThe Doge's Palace (Italian: Palazzo Ducale) is a historical building in Genoa, northwest Italy. Once the home…
• 1850 CEDoha foundedDoha (Arabic: الدوحة, romanized: ad-Dawḥah [ædˈdæwħæh, -ˈdoː-]) is the capital and largest city, and main…
• 1220 CEDolbadarn Castle builtDolbadarn Castle (English: dol-BAD-an; Welsh: Castell Dolbadarn; Welsh pronunciation: [kastɛɬ dɔl'badarn]) is…
• 1993 CEDoljani massacreOn 17 April 1993 and afterwards, the Croatian Defence Forces (HVO) committed war crimes against Bosniaks in…
• 1855 CEDolmabahçe Mosque builtThe Dolmabahçe Mosque (Turkish: Dolmabahçe Camii) is a baroque waterside mosque in Kabataş in the Beyoğlu…
• 1823 CEDolmabahçe Palace builtDolmabahçe Palace (Turkish: Dolmabahçe Sarayı [doɫˈmabahtʃe saɾaˈjɯ]) is a 19th-century imperial palace…
• 3999 BCEDolmen of Guadalperal (monument) builtThe Dolmen of Guadalperal, also known as the Treasure of Guadalperal and as the Spanish Stonehenge for its…
• 1235 CEDolný Kubín foundedDolný Kubín (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈdɔlniː ˈkubiːn]; also known by other names) is a town in northern…
• 2001 CEDolphinarium discotheque suicide bombingOn 1 June 2001, Palestinian militant Saeed Hotari performed a suicide bombing outside the Dolphinarium…
• 691 CEDome of the Rock (mosque) builtThe Dome of the Rock (Arabic: قبة الصخرة, romanized: Qubbat aṣ-Ṣaḫra) is an octagonal Islamic shrine at the…
• 1943 CEDomenikon MassacreThe Domenikon massacre (Greek: Σφαγή του Δομένικου; Italian: La strage di Domenikon) was a violent reprisal…
• 1943 CEDominopol massacreDominopol (Russian: Доминополь; Ukrainian: Домінопіль) is a defunct village located in the present-day area…
• 2011 CEDomodedovo International Airport bombingThe Domodedovo International Airport bombing was a suicide bombing in the international arrival hall of…
• 92 CEDomus Augustana (palace) builtThe Domus Augustana is the modern name given to the central residential part of the vast Roman Palace of…
• 64 CEDomus Aurea (palace) builtThe Domus Aurea (Latin, "Golden House") was a vast landscaped complex built by the Emperor Nero largely on…
• 1869 CEDonetsk foundedDonetsk (UK:, US: dən-; Ukrainian: Донецьк [doˈnɛtsʲk]; Russian: Донецк [dɐˈnʲetsk] ), formerly known as…
• 1380 CEDongguan Mosque builtThe Dongguan Mosque (simplified Chinese: 东关清真大寺; traditional Chinese: 東關清真大寺; pinyin: Dōngguān Qīngzhēndàsì)…
• 2005 CEDonghai Bridge builtDonghai Bridge (Chinese: t 東海大橋, s 东海大桥, p Dōnghǎi Dàqiáo, Wu Tonhe Dujiau lit. "East Sea Bridge") is a…
• 1386 CEDonnington Castle builtDonnington Castle is a ruined medieval castle, situated in the small village of Donnington, just north of the…
• 2011 CEDonostia-San Sebastián International Peace ConferenceThe International Conference to Promote the Resolution of the Conflict in the Basque Country — more widely…
• 1591 CEDonskoy Monastery builtDonskoy Monastery (Russian: Донско́й монасты́рь) is a major monastery in Moscow, founded in 1591 in…
• 1910 CEDormition Abbey builtAbbey of the Dormition (German: Dormitio-Abtei, Hebrew: כנסיית הדורמיציון Knesia HaDormitsiyon, Arabic: كنيسة…
• 1158 CEDormition Cathedral builtThe Dormition Cathedral, also known as the Assumption Cathedral (Russian: Собор Успения Пресвятой Богородицы…
• 1475 CEDormition Cathedral builtThe Cathedral of the Dormition (Russian: Успенский собор, romanized: Uspenskiy sobor), also known as the…
• 882 CEDortmund foundedDortmund (German: [ˈdɔʁtmʊnt]; Westphalian: Düörpm [ˈdyːœɐ̯pm̩]) is the third-largest city in North…
• 1374 CEDorut Tilavat (mausoleum) builtDor-i-Tilavat (the place where the Qur'an is read and recited) - in the center of Shahrisabz, in the west of…
• 1982 CEDos Erres massacreThe Dos Erres massacre of 6 December 1982 took place in Dos Erres, a small village in the municipality of La…
• 1808 CEDos de Mayo UprisingThe Dos de Mayo or Second of May Uprising took place in Madrid, Spain, on 2–3 May 1808. The rebellion, mainly…
• 1943 CEDouble Tenth IncidentThe "Double Tenth incident" (双十節事件 Sōjūsetsu jiken) or "Double Tenth massacre" occurred on 10 October 1943…
• 1400 CEDoune Castle builtDoune Castle is a medieval stronghold near the village of Doune, in the Stirling council area of central…
• 1179 CEDover Castle builtDover Castle is a medieval castle in Dover, Kent, England and is Grade I listed. It was founded in the 11th…
• 1991 CEDowning Street mortar attackThe Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) launched three homemade mortar shells at 10 Downing Street…
• 1998 CEDoñana disasterThe Doñana Disaster, also known as the Aznalcollar Disaster or Guadiamar Disaster (Spanish: Desastre de…
• 2004 CEDoğubayazıt earthquake of 2004On 2 July 2004 at 01:30:09 TRT (22:30:09 UTC, 1 July), a Mw 5.1–5.2 earthquake struck Ağrı Province in…
• 1950 CEDraining of the Mesopotamian MarshesThe Mesopotamian Marshes were drained in Iraq and to a smaller degree in Iran between the 1950s and 1990s to…
• 1943 CEDrakeia massacreThe Drakeia massacre (Greek: Η σφαγή της Δράκειας) refers to the mass execution of 115 men by SS soldiers in…
• 1755 CEDraper's Meadow massacreThe Draper's Meadow Massacre was an attack in July 1755, when the Draper's Meadow settlement in southwest…
• 1399 BCEDream Stele (monument) builtThe Dream Stele, also called the Sphinx Stele, is an epigraphic stele erected between the front paws of the…
• 1977 CEDreieich foundedDreieich (German pronunciation: [dʁaɪˈʔaɪç] ) is a town in the Offenbach district in the Regierungsbezirk of…
• 1416 CEDrepung Monastery builtDrepung Monastery (Tibetan: འབྲས་སྤུངས་དགོན་པ, Wylie: 'bras spungs dgon pa, THL: drépung gönpa, "Rice Heap…
• 1800 CEDresden Cathedral builtDresden Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Dresden, previously the Catholic Church of the Royal…
• 1206 CEDresden foundedDresden ( DREZ-den; German: [ˈdʁeːsdn̩]; Upper Saxon: Dräsdn; Upper Sorbian: Drježdźany, pronounced…
• 1982 CEDroppin Well bombingThe Droppin Well bombing or Ballykelly bombing occurred on 6 December 1982, when the Irish National…
• 1699 CEDrottningholm Palace builtDrottningholm Palace (Swedish: Drottningholms slott) is a royal palace in Drottningholm, on the island of…
• 1 CEDrususstein settledThe Drususstein ("Drusus stone") is a nearly 20-metre-high masonry block of Roman origin in the grounds of…
• 1201 CEDuart Castle builtDuart Castle, or Caisteal Dhubhairt in Scottish Gaelic, is a castle on the Isle of Mull, beside the Sound of…
• 1833 CEDubai foundedDubai is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai. It is on…
• 1944 CEDubingiai massacreThe Dubingiai massacre was a mass murder of Lithuanian civilians committed by the Polish Home Army (AK) in…
• 2019 CEDublin 2019The 77th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), also known as Dublin 2019—An Irish Worldcon, was held…
• 1204 CEDublin Castle builtDublin Castle (Irish: Caisleán Bhaile Átha Cliath) is a major Irish government complex, conference centre…
• 1974 CEDublin and Monaghan bombingsA series of co-ordinated bombings were carried out in Dublin and Monaghan, Ireland, by the Ulster Volunteer…
• 841 CEDublin foundedDublin is the capital and largest city of Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey…
• 1913 CEDublin lock-outThe Dublin lock-out was a major industrial dispute between approximately 20,000 workers and 300 employers…
• 1875 CEDublin whiskey fireOn the night of 18 June 1875 a fire broke out in a whiskey storehouse in the Liberties area of Dublin. The…
• 1193 CEDubnica nad Váhom foundedDubnica nad Váhom (Slovak before 1927: Dubnica, German: Dubnitz an der Waag, Hungarian: Máriatölgyes, before…
• 700 CEDubrovnik foundedDubrovnik, historically also known as Ragusa, is a city in southern Dalmatia, Croatia, by the Adriatic Sea.…
• 1971 CEDuc Duc massacreThe Đức Dục Massacre was a massacre of South Vietnamese civilians committed by the People’s Army of Vietnam…
• 1400 CEDucal Palace of Gandia builtThe Ducal Palace of Gandia was, from the 14th century, the residence of the Royal Dukes of Gandía, and from…
• 839 CEDuchy of Amalfi foundedThe Duchy of Amalfi (Latin: Ducatus Amalphitanus) or the Republic of Amalfi was a de facto independent state…
• 1284 CEDudince foundedDudince (before 1927 Ďudince, Hungarian: Gyűgy, German: Dudintze) is a spa town in southern Slovakia. With a…
• 1947 CEDugald rail accidentThe Dugald rail accident was a head-on collision between two Canadian National passenger trains on September…
• 1982 CEDujail MassacreThe Dujail massacre was the mass killing of Shia civilians by the Ba'athist Iraqi government on 8 July 1982…
• 1838 CEDuke University foundedDuke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by…
• 1876 CEDull Knife FightThe Dull Knife Fight, or the Battle on the Red Fork, part of the Great Sioux War of 1876, was fought on…
• 1332 CEDumbrăveni foundedDumbrăveni (before 1945 Ibașfalău; German: Elisabethstadt; Saxon dialect: Eppeschdorf; Hungarian…
• 600 CEDunadd (palace) builtDunadd (Scottish Gaelic Dún Ad, "fort on the [River] Add", Old Irish Dún Att) is a hillfort in Argyll and…
• 1254 CEDunajská Streda foundedDunajská Streda (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈdunajskaː ˈstreda]; Hungarian: Dunaszerdahely, pronounced…
• 1996 CEDunblane school massacreThe Dunblane massacre was a school shooting that took place at Dunblane Primary School in Dunblane, near…
• 3499 BCEDundalk foundedDundalk ( dun-DAW(L)K; Irish: Dún Dealgan) is the county town of County Louth in the province of Leinster…
• 1892 CEDundee Whaling ExpeditionThe Dundee Whaling Expedition (1892–1893) was a commercial voyage from Scotland to Antarctica. Whaling in the…
• 1101 CEDunfermline Abbey builtDunfermline Abbey is a Church of Scotland parish church in Dunfermline, Scotland. The church occupies the…
• 1862 CEDungan revoltThe Dungan Revolt (1862–1877), also known as the Tongzhi Hui Revolt (traditional Chinese: 同治回亂; simplified…
• 1940 CEDunkirk evacuationIn the Dunkirk evacuation, codenamed Operation Dynamo and also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, or just…
• 1774 CEDunmore's WarLord Dunmore's War, also known as Dunmore's War, was a brief conflict in the fall of 1774 between the British…
• 1400 CEDunnottar Castle builtDunnottar Castle (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Fhoithear, "fort on the shelving slope") is a ruined medieval fortress…
• 1646 CEDunoon MassacreThe Dunoon massacre was a massacre that took place around Dunoon, Scotland, on 3 June 1646. Men of Clan…
• 1845 CEDunrobin Castle builtDunrobin Castle is a stately home in Sutherland, in the Highland area of Scotland, that serves as the family…
• 1220 CEDunstaffnage Castle builtDunstaffnage Castle (Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal Dhùn Stadhainis) is a partially ruined castle in Argyll and…
• 1313 CEDunstanburgh Castle builtDunstanburgh Castle is a 14th-century fortification on the coast of Northumberland in northern England…
• 1220 CEDunvegan Castle builtDunvegan Castle (Caisteal Dhùn Bheagain) is located 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north of Dunvegan on the Isle of…
• 1986 CEDupont Plaza Hotel arsonOn New Year's Eve, December 31, 1986, three disgruntled employees of the Dupont Plaza Hotel (now San Juan…
• 2011 CEDupont de Ligonnès murders and disappearanceThe Dupont de Ligonnès murders and disappearance also known as the "Nantes massacre" (French: tuerie de…
• 705 BCEDur-Sharrukin settledDur-Sharrukin (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒂦𒈗𒁺, romanized: Dūr Šarru-kīn, "Fortress of Sargon"; Arabic: دور…
• 299 BCEDura-Europos foundedDura-Europos was a Hellenistic, Parthian, and Roman border city built on an escarpment 90 metres (300 feet)…
• 150 CEDura-Europos synagogue settledThe Dura-Europos synagogue was an ancient Jewish synagogue discovered in 1932 at Dura-Europos, Syria. The…
• 1072 CEDurham Castle builtDurham Castle is a Norman castle in the city of Durham, England, which has been occupied since 1837 by…
• 1093 CEDurham Cathedral builtDurham Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham…
• 1832 CEDurham University foundedThe University of Durham, which operates under the trading name of Durham University, is a collegiate public…
• 1376 CEDurrës ExpeditionThe Durrës Expedition (Albanian: Ekspedita e Durrësit) was an invasion of the Principality of Albania—led by…
• 1700 CEDushanbe foundedDushanbe is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. As of February 2023, Dushanbe had a population of…
• 1909 CEDuwisib Castle builtDuwisib Castle, sometimes spelt Duwiseb or Duweseb, is a grand pseudo-medieval looking fortress in the hills…
• 1993 CEDuša massacreOn 18 January 1993, the village of Duša, Gornji Vakuf, was shelled by the Croatian Defence Council (HVO), and…
• 335 CEDvin foundedDvin (Classical Armenian: Դուին Duin or Դվին Dvin; Greek: Δούβιος, Doúbios or Τίβιον, Tíbion; Kurdish: دوین…
• 1363 CEDzhumaya Mosque builtThe Dzhumaya Mosque (Bulgarian: Джумая джамия, lit. 'Ulu Dzhumaya Mosque'; Turkish: Hüdavendigâr Camii or…
• 1942 CEDzyatlava massacreThe Dzyatlava massacres were two consecutive mass shooting actions carried out three months apart during the…
• 1559 CEDömitz Fortress builtThe Dömitz Fortress (German: Festung Dömitz) is a bastion fort in Dömitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It…
• 1130 CEDürnstein castle ruins settledDürnstein Castle (German: Burgruine Dürnstein) is the ruin of a medieval rock castle in Austria. It is…
• 1999 CEDüzce earthquake of 1999The 1999 Düzce earthquake occurred on 12 November at 18:57:22 local time with a moment magnitude of 7.2 and a…
• 2022 CEDüzce earthquake of 2022On 23 November 2022, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck near Düzce, Turkey, at a depth of 10.6 km (6.6 mi). It…
• 1845 CEDęblin Fortress builtDęblin Fortress (Polish: Twierdza Dęblin, originally Ivangorod Fortress, Russian: Ивангородская крепость)…

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• 2020 CEEarly December 2020 Hawzen massacreEvents in Hawzen in the Tigray War included five mass extrajudicial killings that took place in Hawzen in the…
• 1992 CEEarth SummitThe United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), also known as the Rio de Janeiro…
• 2015 CEEarthFest SingaporeEarthFest Singapore is a comprehensive festival celebrating sustainability in Singapore and first took place…
• 1977 CEEasey Street murdersThe Easey Street murders refer to the knife murders of Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Bartlett in Collingwood…
• 1979 CEEast German balloon escapeOn 16 September 1979, eight people from two families escaped from East Germany by crossing the border into…
• 1783 CEEast Hartford foundedEast Hartford is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 51,045 at the 2020…
• 1910 CEEast London Mosque builtThe East London Mosque (ELM) is situated in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets between Whitechapel and…
• 1917 CEEast St. Louis RiotThe East St. Louis massacre was a series of violent attacks by White Americans against African Americans in…
• 2024 CEEastern Burkina Faso military convoy massacresThroughout May 2024, a convoy carrying soldiers from the Burkina Faso Armed Forces and the Volunteers for the…
• 2015 CEEastern Cape droughtThe Eastern Cape region of South Africa experienced a severe multi-year drought from 2015 through early 2020.…
• 1990 CEEastern University massacreThe Eastern University massacre was the arrest and subsequent mass murder of 158 minority Sri Lankan Tamil…
• 1790 CEEaston foundedEaston is an incorporated town in and the county seat of Talbot County, Maryland, United States. The…
• 1136 CEEberbach Abbey builtEberbach Abbey (German: Kloster Eberbach) is a former Cistercian monastery in Eltville in the Rheingau…
• 2999 BCEEbla foundedEbla (Sumerian: 𒌈𒆷 eb₂-la, Arabic: إبلا, modern: تل مرديخ, Tell Mardikh) was one of the earliest kingdoms…
• 349 BCEEcho Stoa settledThe Echo Stoa is located within the sanctuary of Zeus in Olympia, Greece. It is part of an ancient…
• 301 BCEEdessa foundedEdessa (Ancient Greek: Ἔδεσσα, romanized: Édessa) was an ancient city (polis) in Upper Mesopotamia, in what…
• 1200 CEEdinburgh Castle builtEdinburgh Castle (Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal Dhùn Èideann) is a historic castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It…
• 1998 CEEdinburgh Central Mosque builtThe Edinburgh Central Mosque (officially known as the King Fahd Mosque and Islamic Centre of Edinburgh) is…
• 1947 CEEdinburgh International FestivalThe Edinburgh International Festival is an annual arts festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, spread over the final…
• 601 CEEdinburgh foundedEdinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. It is located in southeast…
• 125 CEEdirne foundedEdirne (US:; Turkish: [e.ˈdiɾ.ne]), historically known as Orestias, Orestiada, Adrianople, or Adriana, is a…
• 1986 CEEdmond post office shootingThe Edmond post office shooting was a mass shooting that occurred in Edmond, Oklahoma, on August 20, 1986. In…
• 1795 CEEdmonton foundedEdmonton ( ED-mən-tən) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated on the North…
• 1987 CEEdmonton tornadoThe Edmonton tornado, also known as Black Friday to Edmontonians, was a powerful and devastating tornado that…
• 1457 CEEdo Castle builtEdo Castle (江戸城, Edo-jō) is a flatland castle that was built in 1457 by Ōta Dōkan in Edo, Toshima District…
• 2025 CEEdo State MassacreThe Edo State Massacre refers to a violent incident that occurred on 28 March 2025 in the Udune Efandion…
• 2002 CEEffacer le tableauEffacer le tableau (French pronunciation: [efɑse lə tablo], lit. 'erase the board' or 'clean the slate') was…
• 2023 CEEgbekaw massacreOn 6 November 2023, the Tigers of Ambazonia (also called "Tigers of Manyu") carried out a massacre in…
• 1554 CEEgeskov Castle builtEgeskov Castle (Danish: Egeskov Slot) is located near Kværndrup, in the south of the island of Funen…
• 1635 CEEggenberg Castle, Graz builtEggenberg Palace (German: Schloss Eggenberg) in Graz, is the most significant Baroque palace complex in the…
• 2015 CEEgypt Economic Development ConferenceThe Egypt Economic Development Conference (EEDC) was a three-day event that took place in the Egyptian Red…
• 1985 CEEgyptAir Flight 648EgyptAir Flight 648 was a regularly scheduled international flight between Athens Ellinikon International…
• 1973 CEEgyptian 25th Brigade ambushEgyptian 25th Brigade ambush was a battle that occurred on October 17, 1973, the eleventh day of the Yom…
• 1902 CEEgyptian Museum foundedThe Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, commonly known as the Egyptian Museum (Egyptian Arabic: المتحف المصرى…
• 1978 CEEhden massacreThe Ehden massacre (Arabic: مجزرة إهدن, romanized: Majzarat Ehden) took place on 13 June 1978, during the…
• 2001 CEEhime Maru and USS Greeneville collisionOn 9 February 2001, about nine nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) south of Oahu, Hawaii, in the Pacific Ocean, the…
• 1828 CEEhrenbreitstein Fortress builtEhrenbreitstein Fortress (German: Festung Ehrenbreitstein, pronounced [ˌfɛstʊŋ eːʁənˈbʁaɪtʃtaɪn]), a fortress…
• 1919 CEEichenfeld massacreThe Eichenfeld massacre was a 1919 attack against the Mennonite colonists of Eichenfeld by the Revolutionary…