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• 1886 CEGreat Vancouver FireThe Great Vancouver Fire destroyed most of the newly incorporated city of Vancouver, British Columbia…
• 1480 CEGreat stand on the Ugra riverThe Great Stand on the Ugra River (Russian: Великое стояние на Угре) or the Standing on the Ugra River, also…
• 1272 CEGrebenstein foundedGrebenstein (German pronunciation: [ˈɡʁeːbm̩ˌʃtaɪn]; Low German: Grebensteen) is a town in the district of…
• 1919 CEGreek landing at SmyrnaThe Greek landing at Smyrna (Greek: Ελληνική απόβαση στη Σμύρνη; Turkish: Yunanların İzmir'e çıkışı) was a…
• 2017 CEGreek–Turkish earthquake of 2017On 21 July 2017, a large earthquake measuring 6.6 on the moment magnitude scale struck close to the tourist…
• 1978 CEGreen Bay massacreThe Green Bay Massacre was a covert operation on 5 January 1978, in which five Jamaica Labour Party…
• 1919 CEGreen Bicycle CaseThe Green Bicycle Case was a British murder investigation and subsequent trial pertaining to the fatal…
• 1421 CEGreen Mosque builtThe Green Mosque (Pashto: شنه جومات; Dari: مَسجد سَبز, romanized: Masjid Sabz), or the Mosque of Khawaja Abu…
• 1982 CEGreenham Common Women's Peace CampGreenham Common Women's Peace Camp was a series of protest camps established to protest against nuclear…
• 1993 CEGreenough Family MassacreThe Greenough family massacre was the axe murders of Karen MacKenzie and her three children, Daniel, Amara…
• 1979 CEGreensboro massacreThe Greensboro massacre was a deadly confrontation that occurred on November 3, 1979, in Greensboro, North…
• 1960 CEGreensboro sit-insThe Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests in February to July 1960, primarily in the…
• 1640 CEGreenwich foundedGreenwich ( GREN-itch) is a town in southwestern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020…
• 2022 CEGreenwood Park Mall shootingOn July 17, 2022, a mass shooting occurred at the Greenwood Park Mall in Greenwood, Indiana, United States.…
• 1796 CEGrenelle camp affairThe Grenelle camp affair was an event of the French Revolution which occurred under the Directory, on the…
• 2017 CEGrenfell Tower fireOn 14 June 2017, a high-rise fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in North…
• 1974 CEGrenfell Tower settledGrenfell Tower is a derelict 24-storey residential tower block in North Kensington in West London, England.…
• 1934 CEGresford disasterThe Gresford disaster (Welsh: Trychineb Gresffordd) occurred on 22 September 1934 at Gresford Colliery, near…
• 1993 CEGreysteel massacreThe Greysteel massacre was a mass shooting that took place on the evening of 30 October 1993 in Greysteel…
• 1537 CEGripsholm Castle builtGripsholm Castle (Swedish: Gripsholms slott) is a castle in Mariefred, Södermanland, Sweden. It is located by…
• 1810 CEGrito de DoloresThe Cry of Dolores (Spanish: Grito de Dolores) occurred in Dolores, Mexico, on 16 September 1810, when Roman…
• 1868 CEGrito de LaresGrito de Lares (Cry of Lares), also referred to as the Lares revolt, or the Lares revolution, was the first…
• 1500 CEGrodziec Castle builtGrodziec Castle (German: Gröditzburg or Gröditzberg) has a history dating back to 1155 and is located in the…
• 1826 CEGroningen epidemicThe Groninger ziekte (also called ‘intermittent fevers’) that broke out in 1826 was a malaria epidemic that…
• 1942 CEGrossaktion WarsawThe Grossaktion Warsaw ("Great Action") was the Nazi code name for the deportation and mass murder of Jews…
• 1201 CEGrossmünster (church building) builtThe Grossmünster (German pronunciation: [ɡʁoːsˈmʏnstɐ]; "great minster") is a Romanesque-style Swiss Reformed…
• 1832 CEGrove Hill foundedGrove Hill is a town in Clarke County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 1,818.…
• 1946 CEGruber–De Gasperi AgreementThe Gruber–De Gasperi Agreement was a bilateral treaty that was signed by the foreign minister of Austria…
• 1822 CEGrue Church fireOn 26 May 1822 there was a Pentecost worship service at the Grue Church near Kirkenær, Norway (in the…
• 1940 CEGrundtvig's Church builtGrundtvig's Church (Danish: Grundtvigs Kirke) is located in the Bispebjerg district of Copenhagen, Denmark.…
• 2017 CEGu Dar Pyin massacreThe Gu Dar Pyin massacre was a mass-killing of Rohingya people by the Myanmar Army and armed Rakhine locals…
• 1542 CEGuadalajara foundedGuadalajara ( GWAH-də-lə-HAR-ə, Spanish: [ɡwaðalaˈxaɾa] ) is the capital and most populous city of the…
• 1881 CEGuadalupe Canyon MassacreThe Guadalupe Canyon Massacre was an incident that occurred on August 13, 1881, in the Guadalupe Canyon area…
• 1489 CEGuadix Cathedral builtThe Cathedral of the Incarnation (Spanish: Catedral de la Encarnación) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in…
• 1524 CEGuatemala City foundedGuatemala City (Spanish: Ciudad de Guatemala), also known colloquially by the nickname Guate, is the national…
• 1965 CEGuatemalan Civil WarThe Guatemalan Civil War was fought from 1960 to 1996 between the government of Guatemala and various leftist…
• 2020 CEGubio massacreDuring the afternoon of 9 June 2020, a massacre occurred in a village in Gubio Local Government Area of Borno…
• 1941 CEGudovac massacreThe Gudovac massacre was the mass killing of around 190 Bjelovar Serbs by the Croatian nationalist Ustaše…
• 1997 CEGuelb El-Kebir massacreThe Guelb El-Kebir massacre took place in the village of Guelb el-Kebir, near Beni Slimane, in the Algerian…
• 2014 CEGuen massacreThe Guen massacre was a series of mass murders of Muslim civilians carried out by Anti-balaka militia units…
• 1997 CEGuggenheim Museum Bilbao foundedThe Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a museum of modern and contemporary art in Bilbao, Biscay, Spain. It is one…
• 2020 CEGugulethu massacreThis is a list of mass shootings that have occurred in South Africa. A mass shooting has various definitions…
• 2021 CEGuh massacreThe Guh massacre was a mass extrajudicial killing that took place in Guh (Tigrinya: ጉሕ) in the Tigray Region…
• 1865 CEGuia Fortress builtThe Guia Fortress (Portuguese: Fortaleza da Guia; Chinese: 東望洋炮台) is a 17th-century colonial military fort…
• 1974 CEGuildford pub bombingsThe Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonated two 6-pound (2.7-kilogram) gelignite bombs at two pubs…
• 2013 CEGujba college massacreOn 29 September 2013, gunmen from Boko Haram entered the male dormitory in the College of Agriculture in…
• 2002 CEGulbarg Society massacreThe Gulbarg Society massacre took place on 28 February 2002, during the 2002 Gujarat riots, when a crowd…
• 1983 CEGulf Air Flight 771Gulf Air Flight 771 was an international scheduled passenger flight from Jinnah International Airport…
• 1989 CEGulf of Sidra incidentOn 4 January 1989, two Grumman F-14A Tomcats of the United States Navy shot down two Libyan-operated…
• 1964 CEGulf of Tonkin incidentThe Gulf of Tonkin incident (Vietnamese: Sự kiện Vịnh Bắc Bộ) refers to a naval confrontation in the Gulf of…
• 1300 CEGulustan Mausoleum builtThe Gulustan Mausoleum (Azerbaijani: Gülüstan türbəsi), also known as the Dasht ("fields") Mausoleum, and the…
• 271 CEGundeshapur foundedGundeshapur or Gondishapur or Jundishapur (Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭧𐭩𐭠𐭭𐭣𐭩𐭥𐭪𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩…
• 1605 CEGunpowder PlotThe Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in earlier centuries often called the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit…
• 1403 CEGur-e Amir (monument) builtThe Gūr-i Amīr or Guri Amir (Uzbek: Amir Temur maqbarasi, Goʻri Amir, Persian: گورِ امیر) is a mausoleum of…
• 1490 CEGura Humorului foundedGura Humorului (Romanian pronunciation: [ˌɡura huˈmoruluj]; Hebrew and Yiddish: גורה חומורולוי - Gure…
• 1833 CEGurgi Mosque builtThe Gurgi Mosque (Arabic: جامع قرجي) is a Sunni Islam mosque, located in Tripoli, Libya. The mosque lies in…
• 1966 CEGurindji strikeThe Wave Hill walk-off, also known as the Gurindji strike, was a walk-off and strike by 200 Gurindji…
• 1150 CEGurre Castle settledGurre Castle (Danish: Gurre Slot) was a royal castle situated in North Zealand, Denmark. Its ruins lie on the…
• 1943 CEGurów massacreThe Gurów massacre was a wartime massacre of the Polish population of the former village of Gurów, committed…
• 1756 CEGus-Khrustalny settledGus-Khrustalny (Russian: Гусь-Хруста́льный) is a town in Vladimir Oblast, Russia, located on the Gus River (a…
• 1101 CEGutenberg Castle builtGutenberg Castle (German: Burg Gutenberg) is an intact castle in the municipality of Balzers, Liechtenstein…
• 1220 CEGutenfels Castle settledGutenfels Castle (German: Burg Gutenfels), historically known as Caub Castle or Kaub Castle, is a castle…
• 1929 CEGutian CongressThe Gutian Congress or Gutian Conference (simplified Chinese: 古田会议; traditional Chinese: 古田會議; pinyin: Gǔtián…
• 1997 CEGuédelon Castle builtGuédelon Castle (French: Château de Guédelon [ʃɑto d(ə) ɡedlɔ̃]) is a castle under construction near Treigny…
• 1500 CEGvozdansko Castle builtGvozdansko Castle is a castle in Gvozdansko village, between the towns of Dvor and Glina and not far from…
• 414 CEGwanggaeto Stele (monument) builtThe Gwanggaeto Stele is a memorial stele for the tomb of Gwanggaeto the Great of Goguryeo, erected in 414 by…
• 1980 CEGwangju UprisingThe Gwangju Uprising, also known in South Korea as the May 18 Democratization Movement (Korean: 오일팔 민주화 운동)…
• 2014 CEGwoza massacreThe Gwoza massacre was a terrorist event that occurred on 2 June, 2014 in the Gwoza local government…
• 1664 CEGyanvapi Mosque builtThe Gyanvapi Mosque is a mosque located in Varanasi, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The site was…
• 1395 CEGyeongbokgung (palace) builtGyeongbokgung (Korean: 경복궁; Hanja: 景福宮; pronounced [kjʌŋbok̚k͈uŋ]) is a former royal palace in Seoul, South…
• 2015 CEGyumri massacreThe Gyumri massacre was a mass murder of seven members of the Armenian Avetisyan family in Gyumri, Armenia…
• 1446 CEGävle foundedGävle ( YEV-lay or YEV-lə; Swedish: [ˈjɛ̌ːvlɛ] ) is a city in Sweden, the seat of Gävle Municipality and the…
• 1950 CEGîsca school bombingOn 4 April 1950, 29-year-old Vladimir Georgievich Tatarnikov arrived at School No. 20 in the village of…
• 9999 BCEGöbekli Tepe settledGöbekli Tepe (Turkish pronunciation: [ɟœbecˈli teˈpe] 'Potbelly Hill'; Kurdish: Girê Mirazan or Xerabreşkê…
• 1201 CEGök Medrese (mosque) builtGökmedrese or Gök Medrese (literally: "Blue Madrasah"), also known as Sahibiye Medresesi, is a 13th-century…
• 953 CEGöttingen foundedGöttingen (US also; German: [ˈɡœtɪŋən]; Low German: Chöttingen) is a university city in Lower Saxony, central…
• 1498 CEGăești foundedGăești (Romanian pronunciation: [ɡəˈ(j)eʃtʲ]) is a town in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania with a…
• 1943 CEGłęboczyca massacreGłęboczyca massacre was a mass murder of ethnic Poles carried out on 29 August 1943 by the troops of the…

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• 1300 CEHa'amonga 'a Maui settledHaʻamonga ʻa Maui ("The Burden of Maui") is a stone trilithon located in Tonga, on the eastern part of the…
• 2005 CEHaSharon Mall suicide bombingThe July 2005 HaSharon Mall bombing was a Palestinian suicide bombing which occurred on July 12, 2005 in the…
• 1868 CEHaapajärvi foundedHaapajärvi (Finnish: [ˈhɑːpɑˌjærʋi]) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of…
• 1866 CEHaapavesi foundedHaapavesi is a town and a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Ostrobothnia region. The name…
• 1201 CEHaapsalu Castle builtHaapsalu Castle (also Haapsalu Episcopal Castle, Estonian: Haapsalu piiskopilinnus, or more simply Bishop's…
• 1185 CEHaarlem foundedHaarlem (Dutch: [ˈɦaːrlɛm] ) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province…
• 638 CEHabib'i Neccar Mosque builtHabib-i Nejjar Mosque is a historic mosque in Antakya, Hatay Province, Turkey named after Habib the…
• 1020 CEHabsburg Castle builtHabsburg Castle (German: Schloss Habsburg, lit. 'Castle of the Hawk's hill', pronounced [ˌʃlɔs ˈhaːpsbʊʁk] )…
• 1994 CEHackers on Planet EarthThe Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE) conference series is a hacker convention sponsored by the security hacker…
• 2002 CEHackney siegeThe Hackney siege was a criminal event that took place in Hackney, in East London, England, for 15 days from…
• 1428 CEHacı Bayram Mosque builtHaji Bayram Mosque is a mosque in old Ankara. Along with Kocatepe Mosque it is one of the best known mosques…
• 1334 CEHacı Özbek Mosque builtHaji Özbek Mosque (Turkish: Hacı Özbek Camii) is a historical Ottoman mosque in İznik, Turkey.
• 1948 CEHadassah medical convoy massacreThe Hadassah convoy massacre took place on April 13, 1948, when a convoy, escorted by Haganah militia…
• 2021 CEHaddush Addi massacreThis Timeline of the Tigray War (January to June 2021) is part of a chronology of the military engagements of…
• 2005 CEHadera Market bombingThe Hadera Market bombing was a suicide bombing which occurred on October 26, 2005 at the entrance to the…
• 2002 CEHadera attackOn Thursday, January 17, 2002, a Palestinian gunman, 24-year-old Abdul Salaam Sadek Hassouneh, killed six…
• 1994 CEHadera bus station suicide bombingThe Hadera bus station suicide bombing was a 1994 Hamas suicide attack on a passenger bus departing from the…
• 1050 CEHaderslev foundedHaderslev (Danish pronunciation: [ˈhæðˀɐˌsle̝w]; German: Hadersleben [ˈhaːdɐsleːbm̩] ) is a Danish town in…
• 2005 CEHaditha massacreThe Haditha massacre was a series of killings on November 19, 2005, in which a group of United States Marines…
• 1230 CEHadleigh Castle settledHadleigh Castle is a ruined fortification in the English county of Essex, overlooking the Thames Estuary from…
• 1950 CEHadong AmbushThe Hadong Ambush was an engagement between United States and North Korean forces, occurring on July 27…
• 122 CEHadrian's Wall settledHadrian's Wall is a former defensive fortification of the Roman province of Britannia, begun in AD 122 in the…
• 1854 CEHadsund foundedHadsund (Danish: [hæðˈsɔnˀ] ) is a town in the eastern part of Jutland with a population of 4,902 (1 January…
• 802 CEHaeinsa (temple) builtHaeinsa (Korean: 해인사) is a Buddhist temple in Gayasan National Park, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.…
• 1805 CEHaga Palace builtHaga Palace (Swedish: Haga slott), formerly known as the Queen's Pavilion (Swedish: Drottningens paviljong)…
• 2020 CEHagere Selam massacresThe Hagere Selam massacres were mass extrajudicial killings that took place in Hagere Selam in the Tigray…
• 1000 CEHaghartsin Monastery builtHaghartsin (Armenian: Հաղարծին, romanized: Hałarcin) is a medieval Armenian monastery located near the town…
• 901 CEHaghpat Monastery builtHaghpat Monastery, also known as Haghpatavank (Armenian: Հաղպատավանք), is a medieval Armenian monastery…
• 1608 CEHagi Castle builtHagi Castle (萩城, Hagi-jō) is a Japanese castle located in the city of Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in the…
• 350 CEHagia Irene (church building) builtHagia Irene (Greek: Αγία Ειρήνη) or Hagia Eirene (Medieval Greek: Ἁγία Εἰρήνη Ancient Greek pronunciation…
• 700 CEHagia Sophia (church building) builtThe Hagia Sophia (Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, Holy Wisdom) is a church located in Thessaloniki, Greece. With its…
• 532 CEHagia Sophia (mosque) builtHagia Sophia, officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, is a mosque and a major cultural and historical site…
• 600 CEHagia Sophia, Iznik (mosque) builtHagia Sophia mosque (lit. 'the Holy Wisdom'; Ancient Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, romanized: Hagía Sophía; Turkish…
• 1238 CEHagia Sophia, Trabzon (church building) builtHagia Sophia (Greek: Αγία Σοφία, meaning 'the Holy Wisdom'; Turkish: Ayasofya) is a formerly Greek Orthodox…
• 1948 CEHague CongressThe Hague Congress or the Congress of Europe was a conference that was held in The Hague from 7–11 May 1948…
• 1872 CEHague Congress (1872)The Hague Congress, held from 2 to 7 September 1872, in the eponymous city, was a congress of the…
• 1947 CEHaifa Oil Refinery massacreThe Haifa Oil Refinery massacre took place on 30 December 1947 in Mandatory Palestine, when 39 Jewish…
• 2001 CEHaifa bus 16 suicide bombingThe Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing was a Palestinian suicide bombing which occurred on 2 December 2001 on an…
• 2003 CEHaifa bus 37 suicide bombingHamas carried out a suicide bombing on 5 March 2003 on an Egged bus in Haifa, Israel. 17 passengers were…
• 1201 CEHailes Abbey settledHailes Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey, in the small village of Hailes, two miles northeast of Winchcombe…
• 1964 CEHaji Bektash Veli complex (mausoleum) builtThe Haji Bektash Veli Complex (Turkish: Hacıbektaş Külliyesi) is turkish A levi religious site located in…
• 1385 CEHaji Shahla Mosque builtThe Haji Shahla Mosque (Azerbaijani: Hacı Şəhla məscidi, Persian: مسجد حاجی شهلا) is a former mosque and…
• 1966 CEHakamata IncidentIwao Hakamata (Japanese: 袴田 巖, Hepburn: Hakamata Iwao; born 10 March 1936) is a Japanese former professional…
• 1930 CEHakkari earthquake of 1930The 1930 Salmas earthquake occurred on 7 May at 01:34:26 IRST in West Azerbaijan province, Iran. The…
• 1988 CEHalabja massacreThe Halabja massacre (Kurdish: کیمیابارانی ھەڵەبجە, romanized: Kêmyabarana Helebce) took place in Iraqi…
• 2012 CEHalfaya massacreThe Halfaya massacre (Arabic: مجزرة حلفايا) occurred in the small town of Halfaya on 23 December 2012, where…
• 1099 BCEHalicarnassus foundedHalicarnassus ( HAL-ih-kar-NASS-əs; Latin: Halicarnassus or Halicarnāsus; Ancient Greek: Ἁλικαρνασσός Ancient…
• 1917 CEHalifax explosionOn the morning of 6 December 1917, the French cargo ship SS Mont-Blanc and the Norwegian vessel SS Imo…
• 1415 CEHalit Efendi Mosque builtThe Halit Efendi Mosque (Macedonian: Халит Ефенди Џамија; Albanian: Xhamia Halid Efendi; Turkish: Halit…
• 1986 CEHallgrímskirkja (church building) builtHallgrímskirkja (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈhatl̥ˌkrimsˌcʰɪr̥ca], Church of Hallgrímur) is a Protestant…
• 1992 CEHalloween MassacreThe Halloween Massacre (also known as the Three Day War) was a purge of UNITA party members and supporters…
• 1922 CEHall–Mills murderThe Hall–Mills murder case involved Edward Wheeler Hall, an Episcopal priest, and Eleanor Mills, a member of…
• 1001 CEHalton Castle builtHalton Castle is a castle in the village of Halton, part of the town of Runcorn, Cheshire, England. The…
• 1982 CEHama MassacreThe Hama massacre (Arabic: مجزرة حماة) occurred in February 1982 when the Syrian Arab Army and the Defense…
• 2016 CEHamam al-Alil massacreThe Hamam al-Alil massacre (Arabic: مجزرة حمام العليل) was the killing of at least 300 civilians in the town…
• 1100 CEHambach Castle builtHambach Castle (German: Hambacher Schloss) is a castle near the urban district Hambach of Neustadt an der…
• 1876 CEHamburg MassacreThe Hamburg massacre (or Red Shirt massacre or Hamburg riot) occurred in the United States town of Hamburg…
• 2023 CEHamburg shootingOn 9 March 2023, a mass shooting occurred at a Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall in the Alsterdorf quarter of…
• 1842 CEHamilton Mausoleum builtThe Hamilton Mausoleum is a mausoleum located in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was the resting…
• 1653 CEHamina foundedHamina (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈhɑminɑ]; Swedish: Fredrikshamn, Finland Swedish: [freːdriksˈhɑmn], Sweden…
• 1991 CEHamlet chicken processing plant fireOn September 3, 1991, an industrial fire caused by a failed improvised repair to a hydraulic line destroyed…
• 1200 CEHammershus (castle) builtHammershus is a medieval era fortification at Hammeren on the northern tip of the Danish island of Bornholm.…
• 1655 CEHammouda Pacha Mosque builtHammouda Bay Mosque or Hamouda Bay al Mouradi (Arabic: مسجد حمودة باشا) is a mosque in Tunis, Tunisia. It is…
• 1515 CEHampton Court Palace builtHampton Court Palace is a Grade I listed royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, 12 miles…
• 1460 CEHamza Bey Mosque builtThe Hamza Bey Mosque (Greek: Αλκαζάρ Θεσσαλονίκης, Turkish: Hamza Bey Camii) is a former mosque in…
• 1924 CEHanapepe massacreThe Hanapēpē Massacre (also called the Battle of Hanapēpē) occurred on September 9, 1924, when a dispute…
• 1201 CEHandaberd (fortress) builtKhokhanaberd (Armenian: Խոխանաբերդ, Azerbaijani: Xoxanabert), also known as Khanabert (Azerbaijani: Xanabert…
• 1784 CEHandel CommemorationThe original Handel Festival or "Commemoration" took place in Westminster Abbey between 26 May and 5 June…
• 1254 CEHandlová foundedHandlová (German: Krickerhau, Hungarian: Nyitrabánya, before 1913 Handlova) is a town in the Prievidza…
• 2023 CEHangu mosque bombingOn 29 September 2023, a bomb exploded inside a mosque during Friday prayers in Doaba, Hangu, Khyber…
• 2008 CEHangzhou Bay Bridge builtHangzhou Bay Bridge (simplified Chinese: 杭州湾大桥; traditional Chinese: 杭州灣大橋; pinyin: Hángzhōu Wān Dàqiáo; Wu…
• 1874 CEHanko foundedHanko (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈhɑŋko]; Swedish: Hangö) is a town in Finland, located in the southern coast…
• 1010 CEHanoi foundedHanoi ( ha-NOY; Vietnamese: Hà Nội, pronounced [haː˨˩ noj˧˨ʔ] ) is the capital and second-most populous…
• 1761 CEHanover (NH) foundedHanover is a town located along the Connecticut River in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. As of…
• 1312 CEHanušovce nad Topľou foundedHanušovce nad Topľou (Hungarian: Tapolyhanusfalva) is a town in the Vranov nad Topľou District, Prešov Region…
• 1990 CEHappy Land fireThe Happy Land fire was an act of arson and mass murder that killed 87 people on March 25, 1990, in the Bronx…
• 1918 CEHappy Valley Racecourse fireThe Happy Valley Racecourse fire (Chinese: 跑馬地馬場大火) took place on 26 February 1918 in the Happy Valley…
• 1496 CEHara Castle builtThe Hara Castle (原城, Hara-jō) was a Sengoku period Japanese castle cemetery located in the Minami-Arima…
• 1890 CEHarare foundedHarare ( hə-RAR-ay) is the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of 982.3 km2…
• 1963 CEHarbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture FestivalHarbin Ice and Snow World (Chinese: 哈尔滨冰雪世界; pinyin: Hā'ěrbīn Bīngxuě Shìjiè) is an annual winter festival…
• 2018 CEHarbin hotel fireOn 25 August 2018, a fire broke out at the Beilong Hot Spring Hotel (Chinese: 北龙温泉酒店) in Harbin. Located in…
• 1958 CEHardtack TeakHARDTACK-Teak was an exoatmospheric high-altitude nuclear weapon test performed during Operation Newsreel. It…
• 1283 CEHarlech Castle builtHarlech Castle (Welsh: Castell Harlech; Welsh pronunciation: [kastɛɬ ˈharlɛχ]) in Harlech, Gwynedd, Wales, is…
• 1589 CEHarmandir Sahib (temple) builtThe Golden Temple is a gurdwara located in Amritsar, Punjab, India. It is the pre-eminent spiritual site of…
• 475 BCEHarmodius and Aristogeiton (monument) builtA sculptural pairing of the tyrannicides Harmodius and Aristogeiton (Ancient Greek: Ἁρμόδιος καὶ…
• 1751 CEHarpers Ferry foundedHarpers Ferry is a historic town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 269 at…
• 1840 CEHarrison foundedHarrison is a town in the western part of Hudson County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is part of the…
• 1983 CEHarrods bombingA car bomb exploded outside Harrods department store in central London, England, on 17 December 1983. Members…
• 2018 CEHart family murdersThe Hart family murders were a murder–suicide that took place on March 26, 2018, in Mendocino County…
• 2010 CEHartford Distributors shootingThe Hartford Distributors shooting was a mass shooting that occurred on August 3, 2010, in Manchester…
• 1944 CEHartford circus fireA circus fire occurred on July 6, 1944, in Hartford, Connecticut, killing at least 167 people and leaving…
• 1300 CEHartlebury Castle builtHartlebury Castle, a Grade I listed building, near Hartlebury in Worcestershire, central England, was built…
• 1926 CEHarvard Medical African Expedition (1926-1927)The Harvard Medical African Expedition of 1926–1927 was an eight-man venture sent by Harvard University for…
• 1636 CEHarvard University foundedHarvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.…
• 1980 CEHarvey's Resort Hotel bombingOn August 26–27, 1980, several men masquerading as photocopier deliverers planted an elaborately booby…
• 1971 CEHasamdia massacreHasamdia massacre (Bengali: হাসামদিয়া গণহত্যা) was the massacre of 33 unarmed Bengali Hindus in the Hasamdia…
• 1952 CEHasankale earthquake of 1952The 1952 Hasankale earthquake occurred at 08:03 local time on 3 January in Hasankale (today Pasinler) in…
• 1460 CEHasht Behesht Palace (Tabriz) builtThe Hasht Behesht Palace (Persian: کاخ هشت‌بهشت, lit. 'Palace of the Eight Paradises') was a palace in the…
• 109 BCEHasmonean royal winter palaces (palace) builtThe Hasmonean and Herodian royal winter palaces, or the Hasmonean and Herodian palaces at Jericho, are a…
• 1916 CEHassan Bek Mosque builtThe Hassan Bek Mosque (Arabic: مسجد حسن بك; Hebrew: מסגד חסן בק, romanized: Hasan Bek Camii; Turkish: Hasan…
• 1993 CEHassan II Mosque builtThe Hassan II Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الحسن الثاني) is a mosque in Casablanca, Morocco. It is the second largest…
• 1797 CEHassan Pasha Mosque builtThe Hassan Pasha Mosque (Arabic: مسجد حسن الباشا, romanized: Masjid Hassan el-Basha), also referred to as the…
• 180 CEHatepe eruptionThe Hatepe eruption, named for the Hatepe Plinian pumice tephra layer, sometimes referred to as the Taupō…
• 1838 CEHaun's Mill massacreThe Hawn’s Mill Massacre (also Haun’s Mill Massacre) occurred on October 30, 1838, when a mob and militia…
• 1957 CEHavana Presidential Palace attackThe 1957 Havana Presidential Palace attack was a failed assassination attempt on the life of President…
• 1515 CEHavana foundedHavana (US also; Spanish: La Habana [la‿aˈβana] ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of La…
• 1906 CEHavis Amanda (monument) builtHavis Amanda is a fountain and a statue in Helsinki, Finland by the sculptor Ville Vallgren (1855–1940). The…
• 1799 CEHawa Mahal (palace) builtThe Hawa Mahal is a palace in the city of Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Built from red and pink sandstone, it is…
• 1990 CEHawal massacreThe Hawal Massacre took place on 21 May 1990 in the Hawal area of Srinagar, Kashmir, when troops of the…
• 1277 CEHawarden Old Castle settledHawarden Old Castle (Welsh: Castell Penarlâg) is a Grade I listed medieval castle near Hawarden, Flintshire…
• 2009 CEHawking's time traveller partyOn 28 June 2009, British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking held a reception for time travellers at the…
• 1930 CEHawks Nest Tunnel DisasterThe Hawks Nest Tunnel disaster was a large-scale incident of occupational lung disease in the 1930s resulting…
• 1993 CEHaximu massacreThe Haximu massacre, also known as the Yanomami massacre, was an armed conflict in Brazil in 1993. The…
• 1301 CEHaydar Pasha Mosque builtHaydar Pasha Mosque (Greek: Χαϊντάρ-πασά τζαμί Chaintár-pasa Tzamí, Turkish: Haydarpaşa Camii), formerly St.…
• 1867 CEHayfield FightThe Hayfield Fight on August 1, 1867 was an engagement of Red Cloud's War near Fort C. F. Smith, Montana…
• 1886 CEHaymarket affairThe Haymarket Affair was a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on May 4, 1886, at Haymarket…
• 1300 CEHazmburk settledHazmburk (German: Hasenburg, literally "Hare Castle") is a solitary hill in the Lower Ohře Table plateau with…
• 1160 CEHazreti Süleyman Mosque builtHazreti Süleyman Mosque (Turkish: Hazreti Süleyman Camii, Kurdish: Mizgefta Hezretî Silêman) is a mosque in…
• 1919 CEHearst Castle builtHearst Castle, known formally as La Cuesta Encantada (Spanish for 'The Enchanted Hill'), is a historic estate…
• 1997 CEHeath High School shootingThe Heath High School shooting occurred at Heath High School in West Paducah, Kentucky, on December 1, 1997…
• 1864 CEHeaton's CrossroadsHeaton's Crossroads, also known as the Purcellville Wagon Raid, was an American Civil War skirmish that took…
• 2002 CEHebrew University bombingThe Hebrew University bombing, also called the Hebrew University massacre, was carried out by the Palestinian…