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• 2004 CEGaza Street bus bombingA Palestinian suicide bombing was carried out on Gaza Street, Jerusalem on January 29, 2004. A Palestinian…
• 508 CEGaza synagogue settledThe Gaza synagogue was an ancient Jewish synagogue, now an archaeological site in the Rimal district of Gaza…
• 1497 CEGazi Atik Ali Pasha Mosque builtThe Gazi Atik Ali Pasha Mosque (Turkish: Gazi Atik Ali Paşa Camii) is a 15th-century Ottoman mosque located…
• 1531 CEGazi Husrev-beg Mosque builtThe Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque (Bosnian: Gazi Husrev-begova džamija; Turkish: Gazi Hüsrev Bey Camii) is a Sunni…
• 1392 CEGbely foundedGbely (German and Hungarian: Egbell) is a town in the Skalica District, Trnava Region in western Slovakia…
• 997 CEGdańsk foundedGdańsk (Kashubian: Gduńsk; German: Danzig) is a city on the Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital…
• 2010 CEGdeim Izik protest campThe Gdeim Izik protest camp (also spelled Gdayam Izik) was a protest camp in Western Sahara, established on 9…
• 1253 CEGdynia foundedGdynia is a city in northern Poland and a seaport on the Baltic Sea coast. With a population of c. 239,000…
• 1301 CEGediminas' Tower builtGediminas's Tower (Lithuanian: Gedimino pilies bokštas) is the remaining part of the Upper Castle on top of…
• 1970 CEGediz earthquake of 1970The 1970 Gediz earthquake, also known as the 1970 Kütahya-Gediz earthquake (Turkish: 1970 Gediz depremi)…
• 1978 CEGeeta and Sanjay Chopra kidnapping caseThe Geeta and Sanjay Chopra kidnapping case (also known as the Ranga-Billa case) was a kidnapping and murder…
• 1215 CEGeghard (church building) builtGeghard (Armenian: Գեղարդ, meaning "spear") is a medieval monastery in the Kotayk province of Armenia, which…
• 1200 CEGeguti (palace) builtThe Royal Palace of Geguti (Georgian: გეგუთის სასახლე) was a Georgian royal palace active during the Middle…
• 2003 CEGeha Interchange bus stop bombingThe Geha Interchange bus stop bombing was a suicide bombing which occurred on December 25, 2003 on a bus stop…
• 688 BCEGela foundedGela (Sicilian and Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒɛːla]; Ancient Greek: Γέλα) is a city and comune (municipality)…
• 1106 CEGelati Monastery builtGelati (Georgian: გელათის მონასტერი [g̊e̞ɫät̪ʰi]) is a medieval monastic complex near Kutaisi in the Imereti…
• 1170 CEGelnhausen foundedGelnhausen (German pronunciation: [ɡɛlnˈhaʊzn̩] ) is a town, and the capital of the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in…
• 1246 CEGelnica foundedGelnica (Hungarian: Gölnicbánya, German: Göllnitz) is a town in the Košice Region of Eastern Slovakia. It has…
• 2009 CEGeneva County massacreOn March 10, 2009, a homicide followed by a fatal shooting spree occurred across several different locations…
• 1905 CEGeneva International Motor ShowThe Geneva International Motor Show was an annual auto show held in March in the Swiss city of Geneva. The…
• 1992 CEGenoa Expo '92L'Esposizione Internazionale Specializzata Genova '92 - Colombo '92 (in English International Exhibition…
• 1371 CEGenoese Fortress (Sudak) builtThe Genoese fortress (Ukrainian: Генуезька фортеця; Russian: Генуэзская крепость; Crimean Tatar: Ceneviz…
• 1201 CEGenovevaburg settledGenovevaburg is a castle standing on the southwestern side of Mayen in the German state of…
• 1951 CEGeochang massacreThe Geochang massacre (Korean: 거창 양민학살 사건, Hanja: 居昌良民虐殺事件) was a massacre conducted by the third battalion…
• 1962 CEGeorge Washington Bridge builtThe George Washington Bridge is a double-decked suspension bridge spanning the Hudson River, connecting Fort…
• 1821 CEGeorge Washington University foundedThe George Washington University (GW or GWU) is a private federally chartered research university in…
• 1789 CEGeorgetown University foundedGeorgetown University is a private Jesuit research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded by…
• 1729 CEGeorgetown foundedGeorgetown is the third-oldest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina and the county seat of Georgetown…
• 1781 CEGeorgetown foundedGeorgetown is the capital and largest city of Guyana. It is situated in Demerara-Mahaica, region 4, on the…
• 1791 CEGeorgetown foundedGeorgetown is a town in and the county seat of Sussex County, Delaware, United States. As of the 2020 census…
• 1859 CEGeorgetown foundedGeorgetown is the territorial charter municipality that is the county seat of Clear Creek County, Colorado…
• 1949 CEGeorgi Dimitrov Mausoleum builtThe Georgi Dimitrov Mausoleum (Bulgarian: мавзолей на Георги Димитров) was a ceremonial tomb on Prince…
• 1980 CEGeorgia Guidestones (monument) builtThe Georgia Guidestones was a granite monument that stood in Elbert County, Georgia, United States, from 1980…
• 1991 CEGeorgian Civil WarThe Georgian civil war of 1991–1993 (Georgian: 1991–1993 წლების ქართული სამოქალაქო ომი) lasted from 1991 to…
• 1945 CEGeorgian uprising on TexelThe Georgian uprising on Texel (Dutch: Opstand der Georgiërs) (5 April 1945 – 20 May 1945) was an…
• 1975 CEGerald Ford assassination attempt in SacramentoOn September 5, 1975, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a member of the Manson Family cult, attempted to assassinate…
• 1975 CEGerald Ford assassination attempt in San FranciscoIn San Francisco on September 22, 1975, Sara Jane Moore attempted to assassinate the 38th President of the…
• 1960 CEGerboise blancheGerboise Blanche (or Opération Gerboise Blanche) was the codename of the second French nuclear test. It was…
• 1960 CEGerboise bleueGerboise Bleue (French: [ʒɛʁbwaz blø]; lit. 'Blue Jerboa') was the codename of the first French nuclear test.…
• 1960 CEGerboise rougeGerboise Rouge (French pronunciation: [ʒɛʁbwaz ʁuʒ]; lit. 'Red Jerboa') is the codename for a French nuclear…
• 1961 CEGerboise verteGerboise Verte (French pronunciation: [ʒɛʁbwaz vɛʁt]; lit. 'Green Jerboa') is the codename for a French…
• 1400 CEGergeti Trinity Church builtGergeti Trinity Church (Georgian: გერგეტის სამების ეკლესია - Gergetis Samebis Eklesia) is a popular name for…
• 1918 CEGerman Caucasus ExpeditionThe German Caucasus expedition was a military expedition sent in late May 1918, by the German Empire to the…
• 1925 CEGerman Meteor expeditionThe German Meteor expedition (German: Deutsche Atlantik Expedition) was an oceanographic expedition that…
• 1943 CEGerman occupation of RomeThe failed defense of Rome (also referred to as the German occupation of Rome) refers to the events that took…
• 2015 CEGermanwings Flight 9525Germanwings Flight 9525 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Barcelona–El Prat Airport in…
• 1918 CEGetå railroad disasterThe Getå railroad disaster (Swedish: Järnvägsolyckan i Getå) was a train disaster caused by a landslide in…
• 1887 CEGhazanchetsots Cathedral builtHoly Savior Cathedral (Armenian: Սուրբ Ամենափրկիչ մայր տաճար, Surb Amenap′rkich mayr tachar), commonly…
• 1913 CEGhent International ExpositionThe Ghent International Exposition (Dutch: Wereldtentoonstelling van Gent; French: Exposition universelle et…
• 1817 CEGhent University foundedGhent University (Dutch: Universiteit Gent, abbreviated as UGent) is a public research university located in…
• 2002 CEGhriba synagogue bombingThe Ghriba synagogue bombing was carried out by Niser bin Muhammad Nasr Nawar on the El Ghriba synagogue in…
• 800 BCEGhumdan Palace builtGhumdan Palace, also Qasir Ghumdan or Ghamdan Palace, is an ancient fortified palace in Sana'a, Yemen, going…
• 1798 CEGibbet Rath massacreThe Gibbet Rath executions, sometimes called the Gibbet Rath massacre, refers to the execution of several…
• 1704 CEGibraltar foundedGibraltar ( jih-BRAWL-tər, -⁠BROL-, Spanish: [xiβɾalˈtaɾ]) is a British Overseas Territory and city located…
• 1201 CEGifu Castle builtGifu Castle (岐阜城, Gifu-jō) is a Japanese castle located in the city of Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Along…
• 1593 CEGijang Japanese Castle builtWaeseong in Jukseong-ri, Gijang (機張 竹城里倭城; Gijang Jukseong-ri waseong) is located in Gijang-gun, Busan, South…
• 1994 CEGikondo massacreThe Gikondo massacre was the mass murder of about 110 people of Tutsi identity, including children, who…
• 1309 CEGileyli Mosque builtThe Gileyli Mosque (Azerbaijani: Gileyli Məscidi, Persian: مسجد گیلیلی) or Jomard Garay Mosque (Azerbaijani…
• 2019 CEGilroy Garlic Festival shootingOn July 28, 2019, a mass shooting occurred at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California, United…
• 1986 CEGimpo International Airport bombingOn 14 September 1986, a bomb blast at Gimpo International Airport, the then-main airport serving Seoul in…
• 2021 CEGira Aras massacreThis Timeline of the Tigray War (January to June 2021) is part of a chronology of the military engagements of…
• 1427 CEGiraltovce foundedGiraltovce (Hungarian: Girált, Rusyn: Ґіралтівцї) is a town in the Prešov Region of eastern Slovakia.
• 1100 CEGirona Cathedral builtThe Cathedral of Saint Mary (Catalan: Catedral de Santa Maria) is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in…
• 2021 CEGitega prison fireAt approximately 04:00 CAT on 7 December 2021, a fire broke out in an overcrowded prison in Gitega, Burundi…
• 2022 CEGiza church fireOn 14 August 2022, a fire broke out at the Abu Sefein Church, a Coptic Christian Orthodox church in the…
• 642 CEGiza foundedGiza is the third-largest city in Egypt by area and population, and is also the eighteenth-largest city in…
• 1282 CEGladzor University foundedUniversity of Gladzor (Armenian: Գլաձորի համալսարան, romanized: Gladzori hamalsaran) was a medieval Armenian…
• 1372 CEGlamis Castle builtGlamis Castle is situated beside the village of Glamis (glahmz) in Angus, Scotland. It is the home of the…
• 2007 CEGlasgow Airport attackThe Glasgow Airport attack was a terrorist ramming attack which occurred on 30 June 2007, at 15:11 BST, when…
• 1136 CEGlasgow Cathedral builtGlasgow Cathedral (Scottish Gaelic: Cathair-eaglais Ghlaschu) is a parish church of the Church of Scotland in…
• 712 CEGlastonbury Abbey builtGlastonbury Abbey was a monastery in Glastonbury, Somerset, England. Its ruins, a grade I listed building and…
• 1929 CEGlen Cinema DisasterThe Glen Cinema disaster was a deadly crowd crush caused by a smoking film canister at a cinema in Paisley…
• 1590 CEGlenbuchat Castle settledGlenbuchat Castle is a historic Z plan Scottish castle built in 1590 for John Gordon of Cairnbarrow to mark…
• 1907 CEGlienicke Bridge builtThe Glienicke Bridge (German: Glienicker Brücke, ) is a bridge across the Havel River in Germany, connecting…
• 1505 CEGlimmingehus (castle) builtGlimmingehus is a medieval era castle located at Simrishamn Municipality, Scania in southern Sweden. It is…
• 1941 CEGlina massacresThe Glina massacres were killings of Serb peasants in the town of Glina in the Independent State of Croatia…
• 1944 CEGlinciszki massacreThe Glinciszki massacre (Polish: Zbrodnia w Glinciszkach; Lithuanian: Glitiškių žudynės) was a mass murder of…
• 1992 CEGlogova massacreThe Glogova massacre was the mass murder of 64 Bosniak civilians by Serb forces, consisting of the Yugoslav…
• 1794 CEGlorious First of JuneThe Glorious First of June, also known as the Third Battle of Ushant and the Fourth Battle of Ushant, (known…
• 601 CEGloucester Cathedral builtGloucester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Peter and the Holy and Indivisible Trinity and…
• 1583 CEGlücksburg Castle builtGlücksburg Castle (German: Schloss Glücksburg, Danish: Lyksborg Slot) is one of the most significant…
• 1782 CEGnadenhutten massacreThe Gnadenhutten massacre, also known as the Moravian massacre, was the killing of 96 pacifist Moravian…
• 1755 CEGnadenhütten massacreThe Gnadenhütten massacre was an attack during the French and Indian War in which Native allies of the French…
• 1999 CEGnjilane massacreThe Gnjilane killings was the abduction, torture and mass murder of Kosovar Serb civilians in the Yugoslav…
• 2020 CEGoda massacreThe Goda massacre was a mass extrajudicial killing that took place at the Goda Bottle and Glass Share Company…
• 1914 CEGoethe University Frankfurt foundedGoethe University Frankfurt (German: Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main) is a public…
• 1971 CEGolahat massacreThe Golahat massacre (Bengali: গোলাহাট গণহত্যা) was a massacre of 437 emigrating Hindu merchants and…
• 1977 CEGolden Dragon massacreThe Golden Dragon massacre was a gang-related mass shooting that took place on September 4, 1977, inside the…
• 1164 CEGolden Gate (monument) builtThe Golden Gate of Vladimir (Russian: Золотые ворота, romanized: Zolotye Vorota), constructed between 1158…
• 1937 CEGolden Gate Bridge builtThe Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the one-mile-wide (1.6 km) strait…
• 1018 CEGolden Gate foundedThe Golden Gate of Kyiv (Ukrainian: Золоті ворота, romanized: Zoloti vorota, IPA: [zoloˈt⁽ʲ⁾i woˈrɔtɐ]) was…
• 1982 CEGoldenberg restaurant attackThe Chez Jo Goldenberg restaurant attack was a bombing and shooting attack on a Jewish restaurant in the…
• 1836 CEGoliad massacreThe Goliad massacre was an event of the Texas Revolution that occurred on March 27, 1836, following the…
• 1335 CEGolubac (castle) builtThe Golubac Fortress (Serbian: Голубачки град or Golubački grad) was a medieval fortified town on the south…
• 1142 CEGomel foundedGomel (Russian: Гомель, IPA: [ˈɡomʲɪlʲ]) or Homyel (Belarusian: Гомель, romanized: Homieĺ, IPA: [ˈɣomʲelʲ])…
• 983 CEGommateshwara statue (monument) builtThe Gommateshwara statue is a 57-foot (17 m) high monolithic statue of lord Bahubali on Vindhyagiri, also…
• 1936 CEGondrand massacreThe Gondrand massacre was a 1936 Ethiopian attack on Italian workers of the Gondrand company. The massacre…
• 1001 CEGoodrich Castle builtGoodrich Castle is a ruined medieval castle north of the village of Goodrich in Herefordshire, England…
• 2017 CEGoodwin FireThe Goodwin Fire was a wildfire that burned 28,516 acres (11,540 ha) in the U.S. state of Arizona over 16…
• 1971 CEGopalpur massacreThe Gopalpur massacre (Bengali: গোপালপুর গণহত্যা) was a massacre of 195 people committed by the Pakistan Army…
• 2017 CEGorakhpur hospital deathsMany child deaths occurred at the state-run BRD Medical College hospital in Gorakhpur city of Uttar Pradesh…
• 1915 CEGorlice–Tarnów OffensiveThe Gorlice–Tarnów offensive during World War I was initially conceived as a minor German offensive to…
• 1992 CEGornja Jošanica massacreGornja Jošanica massacre was the mass murder in the village of Gornja Jošanica, near Foča in eastern Bosnia…
• 1991 CEGornje Jame massacreThe Gornje Jame massacre was the killing of fifteen Croat civilians in Gornje Jame, a village near Glina, by…
• 1998 CEGornje Obrinje massacreThe Gornje Obrinje Massacre (Albanian: Masakra në Abri të Epërme, Serbian: Masakr u Gornjem Obrinju) refers…
• 1853 CEGornji Milanovac foundedGornji Milanovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Гoрњи Милановац, pronounced [ɡôːrɲiː mǐlanoʋats] ) is a town and…
• 2019 CEGorny shootingOn 25 October 2019, a Russian soldier shot ten of his colleagues, killing eight of them, in Gorny…
• 1168 CEGorokhovets settledGorokhovets (Russian: Горохове́ц) is a town and the administrative center of Gorokhovetsky District in…
• 1866 CEGoryōkaku (castle) builtGoryōkaku (五稜郭; lit. 'five-point fort') is a star fort in the Japanese city of Hakodate on the island of…
• 4900 BCEGoseck circle foundedThe Goseck Circle (German: Sonnenobservatorium Goseck) is a Neolithic structure in Goseck in the…
• 1201 CEGoshavank (monastery) builtGoshavank (Armenian: Գոշավանք; meaning "Monastery of Gosh"; previously known as Nor Getik) is a…
• 1991 CEGospić massacreThe Gospić massacre was the mass killing of 100–120 predominantly Serb civilians in Gospić, Croatia during…
• 1985 CEGothenburg Book FairThe Gothenburg Book Fair (also known as Göteborg Book Fair, Bok & Bibliotek, Bok- och biblioteksmässan or…
• 1998 CEGothenburg discothèque fireThe Gothenburg discothèque fire was caused by an arson attack on 29 October 1998, which occurred on premises…
• 1621 CEGothenburg foundedGothenburg ( GOTH-ən-burg; Swedish: Göteborg [jœtəˈbɔrj] ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, after the…
• 1909 CEGoudi coupThe Goudi coup (Greek: κίνημα στο Γουδί, romanized: kinima sto Goudi) was a military coup d'état by a group…
• 1950 CEGoyang Geumjeong Cave MassacreThe Goyang Geumjeong Cave massacre (Korean: 고양 금정굴 민간인 학살; Hanja: 高陽衿井窟民間人虐殺; lit. 'Goyang Geunjeong Cave…
• 1300 CEGrabštejn (castle) builtGrabštejn (German: Grafenstein) is a castle in Chotyně in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic.…
• 1925 CEGrachev murder caseThe Grachov murder case was a spree killing that occurred on 26 July 1925 in Ivankovo, Sudislavsky District…
• 1884 CEGranada earthquake of 25 December 1884The 1884 Andalusian earthquake (Spanish: Terremoto de Andalucía de 1884) occurred on 25 December 1884 at 9:08…
• 1904 CEGranby foundedGranby is the statutory town that is the most populous municipality in Grand County, Colorado, United States.…
• 2025 CEGrand Blanc Township church attackOn the morning of September 28, 2025, a mass shooting and arson attack occurred at a meetinghouse of the…
• 1574 CEGrand Ducal Palace builtThe Grand Ducal Palace (Luxembourgish: Groussherzogleche Palais, French: Palais grand-ducal, German…
• 1551 CEGrand Harbour of Malta tornadoThe Grand Harbour of Malta tornado was an tornado in Malta, killing at least 600 people. It supposedly began…
• 2014 CEGrand Jamia Mosque, Lahore builtGrand Jamia Mosque Lahore (Urdu: گرینڈ جامع مسجد) is a mosque located in Bahria Town, Lahore, Pakistan. With…
• 2025 CEGrand Kartal fireOn 21 January 2025, a fire occurred at the Grand Kartal Hotel at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu Province…
• 1838 CEGrand Kremlin Palace builtThe Grand Kremlin Palace (Russian: Большой Кремлёвский дворец, romanized: Bolshoy Kremlyovskiy dvorets) is a…
• 1979 CEGrand Mosque SeizureThe Grand Mosque seizure took place between 20 November and 4 December 1979 at the Grand Mosque of Mecca in…
• 1986 CEGrand Mosque builtThe Grand Mosque (Arabic: المسجد الكبير), located in Kuwait City, is the largest mosque in Kuwait. Its area…
• 1982 CEGrand Mosque of Conakry builtThe Grand Mosque of Conakry (French: Grande mosquée de Conakry / Mosquée Fayçal) is a mosque in Conakry…
• 1922 CEGrand Mosque of Paris builtThe Grand Mosque of Paris (French: Grande Mosquée de Paris, pronounced [ɡʁɑ̃d mɔske d(ə) paʁi]; Arabic: مسجد…
• 1782 CEGrand Palace builtThe Grand Palace (Thai: พระบรมมหาราชวัง, RTGS: Phra Borom Maha Ratcha Wang, pronounced [pʰrá bɔ̄ː.rōm má.hǎː…
• 2025 CEGrand Sierra Resort shootingGrand Sierra Resort (formerly MGM Grand Reno, Bally's Reno and Reno Hilton) is a hotel and casino located…
• 1989 CEGrande Arche (monument) builtLa Grande Arche de la Défense (French: [la ɡʁɑ̃d aʁʃ d(ə) la defɑ̃s]; "The Great Arch of the Defense")…
• 1084 CEGrande Chartreuse (monastery) builtGrande Chartreuse (French: [ɡʁɑ̃d ʃaʁtʁøz]) is the head monastery of the Carthusian religious order. It is…
• 1914 CEGrande Prairie foundedGrande Prairie is a city in northwestern Alberta, Canada, within the southern portion of an area known as…
• 1835 CEGrass FightThe Grass Fight was a small battle during the Texas Revolution, fought between the Mexican Army and the…
• 1765 CEGrassalkovich Palace builtThe Grassalkovich Palace (Slovak: Grasalkovičov palác, Hungarian: Grassalkovich-palota) is a palace in…
• 1854 CEGrattan massacreThe Grattan massacre, also referred to as the Grattan Fight, was the initial conflict of the First Sioux War…
• 1180 CEGravensteen (castle) builtThe Gravensteen (Dutch; lit. 'the Counts' stone [castle]') is a medieval castle in the city of Ghent, East…
• 1315 CEGračanica monastery builtThe Gračanica Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Грачаница, romanized: Manastir Gračanica; Albanian: Manastiri i…
• 1904 CEGreat Baltimore FireThe Great Baltimore Fire raged in Baltimore, Maryland from Sunday February 7 to Monday February 8, 1904. More…
• 1997 CEGreat Belt Fixed Link (bridge) builtThe Great Belt Bridge (Danish: Storebæltsbroen) or Great Belt fixed link (Danish: Storebæltsforbindelsen) is…
• 1767 CEGreat Bengal famine of 1770The Great Bengal famine of 1770 struck Bengal and Bihar between 1769 and 1770 and affected some 30 million…
• 1648 CEGreat BlowThe Great Blow or Great Blowe was a pro-royalist riot and resultant explosion that took place on 24 April…
• 1872 CEGreat Boston Fire of 1872The Great Boston Fire of 1872 stands as the largest fire in the history of Boston, Massachusetts, and ranks…
• 1871 CEGreat Chicago FireThe Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned in Chicago, Illinois, United States, during October…
• 1755 CEGreat Cove massacreThe Great Cove massacre was an attack by Shawnee and Lenape warriors led by Shingas, on the community of…
• 1851 CEGreat ExhibitionThe Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, also known as the Great Exhibition or the…
• 1315 CEGreat Famine of 1315–1317The Great Famine of 1315–1317 (occasionally dated 1315–1322) was the first of a series of large-scale crises…
• 1910 CEGreat Fire of 1910The Great Fire of 1910 (also commonly referred to as the Big Blowup, the Big Burn, or the Devil's Broom fire)…
• 1177 CEGreat Fire of AngenThe Great Fire of Angen was a fire that swept through Heian-kyō (now Kyoto) in 1177, destroying around a…
• 1842 CEGreat Fire of HamburgThe Great fire of Hamburg began early on 5 May 1842, in Deichstraße and burned until the morning of 8 May…
• 1657 CEGreat Fire of MeirekiThe Great Fire of Meireki (明暦の大火, Meireki no taika), also known as the Great Furisode Fire, destroyed 60–70%…
• 1776 CEGreat Fire of New YorkThe Great Fire of New York was a devastating fire that burned through the night of September 20, 1776, and…
• 1835 CEGreat Fire of New YorkThe 1835 Great Fire of New York was one of three fires that rendered extensive damage to New York City in the…
• 64 CEGreat Fire of RomeThe Great Fire of Rome (Latin: incendium magnum Romae) began on the evening of 18–19 July 64 AD. The fire…
• 1775 CEGreat Fire of TartuThe Great Fire of Tartu took place on 6 July [O.S. 25 June] 1775, destroying most of the city of Tartu…
• 1827 CEGreat Fire of TurkuThe Great Fire of Turku (Finnish: Turun palo; Swedish: Åbo brand; Russian: Пожар Або, romanized: Pozhar Abo)…
• 2014 CEGreat Fire of ValparaísoThe Great Fire of Valparaíso (Spanish: Gran Incendio de Valparaíso) started on 12 April 2014 at 16:40 local…
• 3000 BCEGreat FloodThe Great Flood of Gun-Yu (Chinese: 鯀禹治水, romanized: Gǔn yǔ zhìshuǐ), also known as the Gun-Yu myth, was a…
• 1993 CEGreat Flood of 1993The Great Flood of 1993 (or Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993) was a flood that occurred in…
• 1749 CEGreat Gypsy Round-up in 1749The Great Gypsy Round-up (Spanish: Gran Redada de Gitanos), also known as the general imprisonment of the…
• 1862 CEGreat Hanging at GainesvilleThe Great Hanging at Gainesville was the execution by hanging of 41 suspected Unionists (men loyal to the…
• 1900 CEGreat Hanging at Old MoshiThe Great Hanging at Old Moshi also known as Great Chagga conspiracy and the hangings of 1900 (Unyongaji wa…
• 1995 CEGreat Hanshin EarthquakeThe Kobe earthquake, also known as the Great Hanshin Earthquake (Japanese: 阪神淡路大震災, Hepburn: Hanshin-Awaji…
• 1894 CEGreat Hinckley FireThe Great Hinckley Fire was a conflagration in the pine forests of the U.S. state of Minnesota that ignited…
• 1853 CEGreat Industrial ExhibitionThe Great Industrial Exhibition in 1853 was held in Dublin, Ireland. In its day, it was the largest…
• 1896 CEGreat Industrial Exposition of BerlinThe Great Industrial Exposition of Berlin 1896 (German: Große Berliner Gewerbeausstellung 1896) was a large…
• 901 CEGreat Lavra (monastery) builtThe Monastery of Great Lavra (Greek: Μονή Μεγίστης Λαύρας, Moní Megístis Lávras) is the first monastery built…
• 1400 CEGreat Meteoron monastery builtThe Monastery of Great Meteoron (Greek: Μεγάλο Μετέωρο), mainly known as Monastery of the Transfiguration of…
• 1878 CEGreat Mill DisasterThe Great Mill Disaster, also known as the Washburn A Mill explosion, occurred on May 2, 1878, in…
• 1919 CEGreat Molasses FloodThe Great Molasses Flood, also known as the Boston Molasses Disaster, was a disaster that occurred on January…
• 1515 CEGreat Mosque of Agadez builtAgadez Mosque (French: Mosquée d'Agadez) is a prominent mosque in Agadez, Tchirozerine Department, Niger. It…
• 1938 CEGreat Mosque of Asmara builtThe Great Mosque of Asmara; also known as Al Kulafah Al Rashidan, Al Kulafah Al Rashidin, Al Kuaka Al…
• 1897 CEGreat Mosque of Brussels builtThe Great Mosque of Brussels (French: Grande mosquée de Bruxelles; Dutch: Grote Moskee van Brussel) is…
• 1091 CEGreat Mosque of Diyarbakır builtThe Great Mosque of Diyarbakır (Turkish: Diyarbakır Ulu Camii or Cami-i Kebîr; Kurdish: Mizgefta Mezin a…
• 1906 CEGreat Mosque of Djenné builtThe Great Mosque of Djenné in the Sudano-Sahelian architectural style is the largest adobe brick building in…
• 700 CEGreat Mosque of Gaza builtThe Great Mosque of Gaza, also known as the Great Omari Mosque, is a mosque in a ruinous state, located in…
• 800 CEGreat Mosque of Hama builtThe Great Mosque of Hama (Arabic: جَامِع حَمَاة ٱلْكَبِير, romanized: Jāmiʿ Ḥamāt al-Kabīr), is a mosque in…
• 916 CEGreat Mosque of Mahdia builtThe Great Mosque of Mahdiya (Arabic: الجامع الكبير في المهدية) is a mosque in Mahdia, Tunisia. Located on the…
• 1145 CEGreat Mosque of Nedroma builtThe Great Mosque of Nedroma (Arabic: الجامع الكبير بندرومة), commonly known as the Great Mosque (Arabic…
• 848 CEGreat Mosque of Samarra builtThe Great Mosque of Samarra or Al-Malwiya Mosque (Arabic: جَامِع سَامَرَّاء ٱلْكَبِيْر; Arabic: مَسْجِد…
• 700 CEGreat Mosque of Sana'a builtThe Great Mosque of Sana'a (Arabic: الجامع الكبير بصنعاء, al-Jāmiʿ al-Kabīr bi-Ṣanʿāʾ) is an ancient mosque…
• 1153 CEGreat Mosque of Tinmal builtThe Tinmal Mosque or Great Mosque of Tinmal is a 12th-century mosque located in the village of Tinmel in the…
• 2022 CEGreat Mosque of Tirana builtThe Namazgah Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e Namazgjasë, lit. 'Mosque of the Prayer Square'), also known as the…
• 1172 CEGreat Mosque of al-Nuri builtThe Great Mosque of al-Nuri (Arabic: جامع النوري, romanized: Jāmiʿ an-Nūrī), also known as the Nouri Mosque…
• 1811 CEGreat Podil fireThe 1811 Great Fire of Podil (Ukrainian: Велика пожежа, Velyka pozhezha) occurred on the morning of 9 July…
• 2559 BCEGreat Pyramid of Giza settledThe Great Pyramid of Giza is the largest of the Egyptian pyramids and the most famous landmark of the Giza…
• 1889 CEGreat Seattle FireThe Great Seattle Fire was a fire that destroyed the entire central business district of Seattle, Washington…
• 1779 CEGreat Siege of GibraltarThe Great Siege of Gibraltar was an unsuccessful attempt by Spain and France to capture Gibraltar from…
• 1843 CEGreat Siege of MontevideoThe Great Siege of Montevideo (Spanish: Gran Sitio de Montevideo), named as Sitio Grande in Uruguayan…
• 1645 CEGreat Siege of Scarborough CastleThe Great Siege of Scarborough Castle was a major conflict for control of one of England's most important…
• 1952 CEGreat Smog of LondonThe Great Smog was a severe air pollution event that affected London, England, in December 1952. A period of…
• 1858 CEGreat StinkThe Great Stink was an event in Central London during July and August 1858 in which the hot weather…
• 1625 CEGreat Stockholm Fire of 1625The Great Stockholm Fire of 1625 was among the first known large scale fires in Stockholm prior to the city…
• 1703 CEGreat Storm of 1703The Great storm of 1703 was a destructive extratropical cyclone that struck south Wales and central and…
• 1675 CEGreat Swamp FightThe Great Swamp Massacre or the Great Swamp Fight was a crucial battle fought during King Philip's War…
• 1742 CEGreat Synagogue in Brody settledThe Great Synagogue of Brody, also known as the Old Fortress Synagogue, is a former Orthodox Jewish…
• 1963 CEGreat Train RobberyThe Great Train Robbery was the robbery of £2.61 million (worth about £49.67 million in 2026) from a Royal…