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2007 CEInsurgency in IngushetiaThe Insurgency in Ingushetia (Russian: Война в Ингушетии, romanized: Voyna v Ingushetii) began in 2007 as a…
1897 CEIntentona de YaucoThe Intentona de Yauco (Attempted Coup of Yauco) of March 24–26, 1897 was the second and final short-lived…
1838 CEInterlaken foundedInterlaken (Swiss Standard German: [ˈɪntərlaːkn̩]; lit.: between lakes) is a Swiss town and municipality in…
1964 CEInternational Antalya Film FestivalThe Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (Turkish: Antalya Altın Portakal Film Festivali), known for a few…
1897 CEInternational Cheese AwardsThe International Cheese Awards is an annual cheese show and competition. Until 2019, it was held at Dorfold…
1982 CEInternational Cherry Blossom FestivalThe International Cherry Blossom Festival is held in Macon, Georgia, every spring. Macon, known as the…
1925 CEInternational Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial ArtsThe International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts (French: Exposition internationale des…
1888 CEInternational Exhibition of Science, Art and IndustryThe International Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry was the first of 4 international exhibitions held…
1947 CEInternational Exhibition on Urbanism and HousingThe International Exhibition on Urbanism and Housing (French: Exposition internationale de l'habitation et de…
1867 CEInternational Exposition 1867The Exposition Universelle of 1867 (French pronunciation: [ɛkspozisjɔ̃ ynivɛʁsɛl]), better known in English…
1973 CEInternational Gartenbauausstellung 73The International Gartenbauausstellung 73 (IGA '73) was a garden festival held in Hamburg, Germany, which was…
1912 CEInternational Opium ConventionThe First International Opium Convention (also called 1912 Opium Convention or Hague Opium Convention) is a…
2009 CEInternational Pasty FestivalThe International Pasty Festival (Spanish: Festival Internacional del Paste) is an annual festival…
2017 CEInternationale Gartenausstellung 2017The Internationale Gartenausstellung 2017 (IGA 2017) was an international horticultural exhibition that took…
2003 CEInternationale Gartenbauausstellung 2003The Internationale Gartenbauausstellung 2003 was organized in the City of Rostock in Germany. It was the 17th…
1883 CEInternationale Koloniale en Uitvoerhandel TentoonstellingThe International Colonial and Export Exhibition (Dutch: Internationale Koloniale en Uitvoerhandel…
1469 CEInuyama Castle builtInuyama Castle (犬山城, Inuyama-jō) is a hirayama-style Japanese castle located in the city of Inuyama, Aichi…
1830 CEInvasion of Algiers in 1830The invasion of Algiers was a large-scale military operation by which the Kingdom of France, ruled by King…
624 CEInvasion of Banu QaynuqaThe siege of Banu Qaynuqa occurred in April 624. The Banu Qaynuqa were a Jewish tribe expelled by the Islamic…
1916 CEInvasion of DarfurThe invasion of Darfur was the military invasion and occupation of the Sultanate of Darfur by the British…
1795 CEInvasion of FranceThe invasion of France (also known as the Battle of Quiberon) was a major landing on the Quiberon peninsula…
1759 CEInvasion of GuadeloupeThe invasion of Guadeloupe was a military action from January to May 1759, as part of the Seven Years' War. A…
1655 CEInvasion of JamaicaAn English expeditionary force captured Spanish Jamaica in May 1655, during the Anglo-Spanish War of…
1674 CEInvasion of MartiniqueThe invasion of Martinique in 1674 was an unsuccessful attempt by the Dutch Republic to conquer the Caribbean…
1759 CEInvasion of MartiniqueA British invasion of Martinique took place in January 1759 when a large amphibious force under Peregrine…
1762 CEInvasion of MartiniqueThe invasion of Martinique was the capture of the French colony of Martinique in the West Indies by British…
1982 CEInvasion of South GeorgiaThe invasion of South Georgia, also known as the Battle of Grytviken or Operation Georgias, took place on 3…
1836 CEInverness Castle builtInverness Castle (Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal Inbhir Nis) is a castle overlooking the River Ness in Inverness…
1378 CEIoannina Castle builtThe Ioannina Castle (Greek: Κάστρο Ιωαννίνων) is the fortified old town of the city of Ioannina in…
563 CEIona Abbey builtIona Abbey is an abbey located on the island of Iona, off the larger Isle of Mull on the west coast of…
1940 CEIp massacreThe Ip massacre was the mass killing of around 150 ethnic Romanians by the Royal Hungarian Army on 14…
1979 CEIran hostage crisisThe Iran hostage crisis (Persian: بحران گروگانگیری سفارت آمریکا) began on November 4, 1979, when 66…
1980 CEIranian Embassy SiegeThe Iranian Embassy siege took place from 30 April to 5 May 1980, after a group of six armed men stormed the…
1987 CEIraqi attack on USS StarkThe USS Stark incident occurred during the Iran–Iraq War in the Persian Gulf on 17 May 1987, when an Iraqi…
2003 CEIraqi insurgencyThe Iraqi insurgency lasted from 2003 until 2011, beginning shortly after the 2003 American invasion deposed…
1399 BCEIrbid foundedIrbid (Arabic: إِربِد) is a city located on the northern ridge of the Gilead mountains in northern Jordan in…
1209 CEIrghiz River skirmishThe Irghiz River skirmish was a minor engagement fought between forces of the Khwarazmian Empire and the…
1852 CEIrish Industrial ExhibitionThe Irish Industrial Exhibition was a world's fair held in Cork in 1852, the first to be held in Ireland…
1907 CEIrish International ExhibitionThe Irish International Exhibition (sometimes Dublin International) was a world's fair held in Dublin in…
1903 CEIroquois Theatre fireThe Iroquois Theatre fire was a catastrophic building fire in Chicago, Illinois, that broke out on December…
1024 CEIsfahan University of Medical Sciences foundedIsfahan University of Medical Sciences also known as Medical University of Isfahan (MUI) (Persian: دانشگاه…
1784 CEIshak Pasha Palace builtIshak Pasha Palace (Kurdish: Qesra Îshaq Paşa; Turkish: İshak Paşa Sarayı) is a semi-ruined palace and…
1971 CEIshangopalpur massacreIshangopalpur massacre (Bengali: ঈশানগোপালপুর গণহত্যা) refers to the massacre of Bengali Hindus in…
1464 CEIshrat-Khana Mausoleum builtThe Ishratkhana Mausoleum (Uzbek: Ishratxona maqbarasi) is an architectural monument-mausoleum in Samarkand…
1960 CEIsiolo massacreThe Isiolo Massacre refers collectively to a series of massacres of ethnic Somalis by Kenyan security…
2016 CEIskandariya suicide bombingA suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd after a local football game in the village of al-Asriya, near…
2008 CEIslamabad Marriott Hotel bombingThe Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing occurred on the night of 20 September 2008, when a dumper truck filled…
1960 CEIslamabad foundedIslamabad is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's tenth-most populous city with a population of…
1963 CEIslamic Center of America (mosque) builtThe Islamic Center of America (Arabic: ٱلْمَرْكَز ٱلْإِسْلَامِيّ فِي أَمْرِيكَا‎, al-Markaz al-ʾIslāmīy Fī…
1953 CEIslamic Centre Hamburg (mosque) builtThe Islamic Centre Hamburg (German: Islamisches Zentrum Hamburg, abbreviated as IZH; Persian: مرکز اسلامی…
1997 CEIsland of Peace massacreThe Island of Peace massacre was a high-profile shooting attack that took place on 13 March 1997, when a…
1365 CEIsny im Allgäu foundedIsny im Allgäu (German pronunciation: [ˈɪsni ʔɪm ˈʔalɡɔʏ], lit. 'Isny in the Allgäu'; Low Alemannic: Isny im…
1965 CEIsrael Museum foundedThe Israel Museum (Hebrew: מוזיאון ישראל, romanized: Muze'on Yisrael, Arabic: متحف إسرائيل) is an art and…
2024 CEIsraeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate in DamascusOn 1 April 2024, Israel conducted an airstrike on the Iranian embassy complex in Damascus, Syria, destroying…
2020 CEIsrael–United Arab Emirates normalization agreementThe Israel–United Arab Emirates normalization agreement, officially the Abraham Accords Peace Agreement…
645 CEIsshi IncidentThe Isshi incident (Japanese: 乙巳の変, Hepburn: Isshi no Hen) was a successful plot by Nakatomi no Kamatari…
1984 CEIstana Nurul Iman (palace) builtThe Istana Nurul Iman (Jawi: ايستان نور الإيمان; English: The Light of Faith Palace) is the official…
1453 CEIstanbul University foundedIstanbul University (Turkish: İstanbul Üniversitesi), also known as University of Istanbul, is a public…
1453 CEIstanbul foundedIstanbul is the largest city in Turkey, a megacity, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and…
1955 CEIstanbul pogromThe Istanbul pogrom, also known as the Istanbul riots, were a series of state-sponsored anti-Greek mob…
1978 CEIstiqlal Mosque builtIstiqlal Mosque (Indonesian: Masjid Istiqlal, lit. 'Independence Mosque'; Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلْإِسْتِقْلَال…
2022 CEItaewon Halloween crowd crushOn 29 October 2022, at approximately 22:20, a crowd surge occurred during Halloween festivities in the…
1300 CEItalian Court (palace) builtThe Italian Court (Czech: Vlašský dvůr) is a palace in Kutná Hora in the Czech Republic. Originally, it was…
1913 CEItalian Hall disasterThe Italian Hall disaster (sometimes referred to as the 1913 Massacre) was a tragedy that occurred on…
1494 CEItalian War of 1494–1495The First Italian War, or Charles VIII's Italian War, was the opening phase of the Italian Wars. The war…
205 BCEItalica settledItalica (Spanish: Itálica) was an ancient Roman city in Hispania; its site is close to the town of Santiponce…
1974 CEItalicus Express bombing 1974The Italicus Express massacre (Italian: Strage del treno Italicus) was a terrorist bombing in Italy on a…
2011 CEItamar attackThe Itamar attack, also called the Itamar massacre, was a terrorist attack on an Israeli family in the…
2002 CEItamar attack (2002)The Itamar attack was an attack that took place on Thursday night of 20 June 2002 around 21:00 in which two…
1951 CEItemGreenhouse Item was an American nuclear test conducted on May 25, 1951, as part of Operation Greenhouse at…
2016 CEIthriyah-Raqqa offensive (June 2016–present)The Ithriyah-Raqqa offensive (June 2016) was a military operation launched in June 2016 by the Syrian Army…
1508 CEIvan the Great Bell Tower builtThe Ivan the Great Bell Tower (Russian: Колокольня Иван Великий, romanized: Kolokol'nya Ivan Velikiy) is a…
1492 CEIvangorod Fortress builtIvangorod Fortress (Russian: Ивангородская крепость; Estonian: Jaanilinna linnus; Votic: Jaanilidna) is a…
980 CEIviron Monastery builtThe Monastery of Iviron (Georgian: ათონის ივერთა მონასტერი, romanized: atonis iverta monast'eri; Greek: Μονή…
1945 CEIvolginsky Datsan (monastery) builtIvolginsky Datsan (Russian: Иволгинский дацан) is the center of the Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia. It…
1842 CEIvory Coast ExpeditionThe Ivory Coast expedition, or the Liberia expedition, was a naval operation in 1842, launched by the United…
1952 CEIvy MikeIvy Mike was the codename given to the first full-yield test of a multi-stage thermonuclear device, also…
528 CEIwai RebellionThe Iwai Rebellion (磐井の乱, Iwai no Ran) was a rebellion against the Yamato state that took place in Tsukushi…
1527 CEIwami Ginzan Silver Mine settledThe Iwami Ginzan (石見銀山) was an underground silver mine in the city of Ōda, in Shimane Prefecture on the main…
1185 CEIwamura Castle builtIwamura Castle (岩村城, Iwamura-jō) was located in the southeastern area of Mino Province in Japan. Its ruins…
1979 CEIxtoc I oil spillIxtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible drilling rig Sedco 135 in the Bay…
1999 CEIzbica massacreThe Izbica massacre (Albanian: Masakra e Izbicës; Serbian: Pokolj u Izbici) was one of the largest massacres…
2014 CEIzghe attackThe Izghe attack was a terrorist incident that occurred in the evening of February 15, 2014. Gunmen suspected…
2022 CEIzhevsk school shootingOn 26 September 2022, a mass shooting occurred at a school in Izhevsk, Udmurtia, Russia. Eighteen people were…
2022 CEIzium mass gravesOn 15 September 2022, several mass graves, including one site containing at least 440 bodies, were found in…
1592 CEIzmail Fortress builtIzmail Fortress was an Ottoman stronghold in the southernmost part of modern-day Ukraine, near the border…
1872 CEIzzeddin Fortress builtThe Izzeddin Fortress (Greek: Φρούριο Ιτζεδδίν; Izzeddin means "Glory of the Faith") is an Ottoman fortress…

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1972 CEJAT Flight 367JAT Flight 367 was a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 aircraft (registration YU-AHT) which exploded shortly after…
1944 CEJabłoń-Dobki massacreThe Jabłoń-Dobki massacre was a Nazi war crime perpetrated by the Ordnungspolizei and Wehrmacht in the…
1930 CEJaca uprisingThe Jaca uprising (Spanish: Sublevación de Jaca) was a military revolt on 12–13 December 1930 in Jaca…
1900 CEJackson ExpeditionThe Jackson expedition, preceding and related to the siege of Jackson, immediately followed the Confederate…
2018 CEJacksonville Landing shootingOn August 26, 2018, a mass shooting occurred during a Madden NFL 19 qualifying tournament at the GLHF (Good…
1791 CEJacksonville foundedJacksonville (US:, JAK-sən-vil), colloquially nicknamed Jax, is the most populous city proper in the U.S.…
1996 CEJaffa Road bus bombingsThe Jaffa Road bus bombings were Palestinian suicide attacks carried out in 1996 on two No. 18 buses on Jaffa…
1998 CEJaghalkani-i-Takhta Pul massacresThe 1998 Mazar-i-Sharif massacre took place in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan in 1998. At least 10,000 people…
1364 CEJagiellonian University foundedThe Jagiellonian University (/ˌjɑːɡjəˈləʊ.ni.ən/; Polish: Uniwersytet Jagielloński, UJ) is a public research…
1727 CEJaipur foundedJaipur (Rajasthani: Jayapura, pronounced [ˈd͡ʑɛpʊɾᵊ]) is the capital and the largest city of the…
2000 CEJakarta Stock Exchange bombingThe Jakarta Stock Exchange bombing was a terrorist attack on the Jakarta Stock Exchange on 13 September 2000.…
1527 CEJakarta foundedJakarta, officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia, with…
1652 CEJakobstad foundedJakobstad (Finland Swedish: [ˈjɑːkopˌstɑːd]; Finnish: Pietarsaari, Finnish: [ˈpie̯tɑrˌsɑːri]) is a town in…
1799 CEJal Mahal (palace) builtJal Mahal (Hindi: [dʒəl mɛːɦəl], lit. 'Water Palace') is a historical palace in the middle of Man Sagar Lake…
1919 CEJallianwala Bagh massacreThe Jallianwala Bagh massacre (IPA: [dʒəlɪjãːʋaːlaː baːɣ, baːɡ]), also known as the Amritsar massacre, took…
1367 CEJama Masjid Gulbarga builtThe Jama Masjid, also known as the Friday Mosque of Gulbarga, the Great Mosque of Gulbarga Fort, and formally…
1424 CEJama Masjid, Ahmedabad builtThe Jama Masjid (literally Friday Mosque), also known as Jumah Mosque or Jami' Masjid, is a Friday mosque…
1656 CEJama Masjid, Delhi builtThe Masjid-i-Jehan-Numa, commonly known as the Jama Masjid, in Old Delhi area of Delhi, is one of the largest…
1570 CEJama Masjid, Fatehpur Sikri builtThe Jama Mosque, also known as the Jama Masjid, is a 16th-century Sufi Friday mosque and dargah complex, in…
1470 CEJama Masjid, Jaunpur builtJama Masjid, also known as Jama Mosque, Jami Masjid or Badi Masjid, one of the largest mosques in India, is a…
1870 CEJama Mosque builtThe Jama Mosque (Chinese: 加买清真寺; pinyin: Jiāmǎi Qīngzhēnsì) is the main mosque in Hotan, Xinjiang, China. It…
1890 CEJames A. Garfield Memorial (mausoleum) builtThe James A. Garfield Memorial is the final resting place of assassinated President James A. Garfield…
1402 CEJamia Masjid builtThe Jamia Masjid (Kashmiri: بٔڈ مٔشیٖد) is a Friday mosque located at Nowhatta in the Old City of Srinagar…
1890 CEJamia Mosque builtThe Jamia Mosque is a Friday mosque in Mid-Levels, Hong Kong. Completed in 1890, it is the oldest mosque in…
1991 CEJamilli massacreThe Khaibalikend massacre was the mass killing of Armenian civilians in the villages of Ghaibalishen…
1633 CEJan Janszoon van Hoorn's expedition of 1633Jan Janszoon van Hoorn's expedition of 1633 was a privateering voyage commissioned by the Dutch West India…
1971 CEJandi massacreJandi massacre (Bengali: জান্দী গণহত্যা, or জানদী গণহত্যা) was a premediated massacre of 31 Bengali Hindus in…
1943 CEJanowa Dolina massacreThe Janowa Dolina massacre took place on 23 April 1943 in the village of Janowa Dolina, (now Bazaltove…
1276 CEJanuary 1276 papal conclaveA conclave was held from 21 to 22 January 1276 to elect the successor of Pope Gregory X, who succumbed to…
2010 CEJanuary 2010 Solomon Islands earthquakeThe 2010 Solomon Islands earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 7.1 on January 3 at 22:36:28 (UTC). A…
2011 CEJanuary 2011 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslidesA series of floods and mudslides took place in January 2011 in several towns of the Mountainous Region…
2012 CEJanuary 2012 Nigeria attacksA series of assaults on businesses occurred in northeastern Nigeria on 5 and 6 January 2012, followed by…
2013 CEJanuary 2013 Pakistan bombingsOn 10 January 2013, several bombings took place in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, the capital of…
2015 CEJanuary 2015 Mariupol rocket attackA rocket attack on Mariupol was launched on 24 January 2015 by Russian and pro-Russian forces against the…
2016 CEJanuary 2016 North Korean nuclear testNorth Korea conducted its fourth nuclear detonation on 6 January 2016 at 10:00:01 UTC+08:30. At the…
2016 CEJanuary 2016 Paris attackOn 7 January 2016 in Paris, a man wearing a fake explosive belt attacked police officers with a meat cleaver…
2016 CEJanuary 2016 Tel Aviv shootingOn 1 January 2016, an Israeli Arab gunman opened fire on several businesses on Dizengoff Street, Tel Aviv…
2017 CEJanuary 2017 Central Italy earthquakesA series of four major earthquakes struck Central Italy between Abruzzo, Lazio, the Marche and Umbria regions…
2017 CEJanuary 2017 Jerusalem vehicular attackA vehicle-ramming attack occurred in Jerusalem on 8 January 2017. A truck driven by an Arab citizen of Israel…
2019 CEJanuary 2019 Tokyo car attackA vehicle-ramming attack occurred on January 1, 2019, in Tokyo, Japan. 21-year-old Kazuhiro Kusakabe told…
2021 CEJanuary 2021 Hawzen massacreEvents in Hawzen in the Tigray War included five mass extrajudicial killings that took place in Hawzen in the…
2022 CEJanuary 2022 Afghanistan earthquakeAn earthquake measuring Mw 4.9, followed by a 5.3 Mw mainshock struck Badghis Province, Afghanistan, on…
2026 CEJanuary 23, 2026 Minnesota protests against ICEThe 2026 Minnesota ICE protests were large-scale protests held on January 23, 2026 across the state of…
2021 CEJanuary 6 United States Capitol attackOn January 6, 2021, the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., was attacked by a mob of supporters of…
1982 CEJapan Air Lines Flight 350Japan Air Lines Flight 350 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, to…
1945 CEJapanese Instrument of SurrenderThe Japanese Instrument of Surrender was the printed agreement that formalized the surrender of Japan…
1996 CEJapanese embassy hostage crisisThe Japanese embassy hostage crisis (Spanish: Toma de la residencia del embajador de Japón en Lima, Japanese…
1500 CEJarmers Tower settledJarmer's Tower (Danish: Jarmers Tårn) is an old ruined tower in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was once part of the…
7090 BCEJarmo settledJarmo (Kurdish: چەرمۆ, romanized: Çermo or Qelay Çermo, also Qal'at Jarmo) is a prehistoric archeological…
1936 CEJarrow MarchThe Jarrow March of 5–31 October 1936, also known as the Jarrow Crusade, was an organised protest against the…
1946 CEJasiel massacreThe Jasiel Massacre was committed on March 20, 1946 by Ukrainian Insurgent Army partisans on Polish soldiers…
1382 CEJasna Góra Monastery builtThe Jasna Góra Monastery (Polish: Jasna Góra [ˈjas.na ˈɡu.ra], Luminous or Light Mountain, Latin: Clarus…
1971 CEJathibhanga massacreThe Jathibhanga massacre (Bengali: জাঠিভাঙ্গা গণহত্যা) was a massacre of between 3,000 and 3,500 Bengali &…
1989 CEJazeera beach massacreThe Jazeera Beach Massacre was a mass execution that occurred on 15 July 1989, the day after the Mogadishu…
1249 CEJaén Cathedral builtThe Cathedral of the Assumption (Spanish: Catedral de la Asunción) is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in…
1919 CEJeamni massacreThe Jeamni Massacre (Korean: 제암리 학살 사건; lit. 'Jeamni Massacre Incident') was a mass murder of 20 to 30…
1941 CEJedwabne pogromThe Jedwabne pogrom was a massacre of Polish Jews in the town of Jedwabne, German-occupied Poland, on 10 July…
1943 CEJefferson Memorial (monument) builtThe Thomas Jefferson Memorial is a national memorial in Washington, D.C., built in honor of Thomas Jefferson…
1948 CEJeju UprisingThe Jeju uprising (in South Korea, the Jeju April 3 incident, Korean: 제주 4·3 사건) was an uprising on Jeju…
1941 CEJelgava massacresThe Jelgava massacres were the killing of the Jewish population of the city of Jelgava, Latvia that occurred…
1243 CEJelšava foundedJelšava (German: Eltsch or Jelschau; Hungarian: Jolsva) is a town and municipality in Revúca District in the…
1558 CEJeni Mosque builtThe Yeni Mosque (Macedonian: Јени џамија, romanized: Jeni džamija, Albanian: Jeni Xhamia, Turkish: Yeni Cami)…
9600 BCEJericho foundedJericho ( JERR-ik-oh; Arabic: أريحا, romanized: Arīḥā, IPA: [ʔaˈriːħaː]; Hebrew: יְרֵחוֹ, romanized: Yərīḥō)…
2019 CEJersey City shootingOn December 10, 2019, a shooting took place at a kosher grocery store in the Greenville section of Jersey…
2008 CEJerusalem BMW attackOn 22 September 2008, a Palestinian drove a BMW saloon car into a group of civilians and off-duty soldiers in…
4000 BCEJerusalem foundedJerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean…
1502 CEJerónimos Monastery builtThe Jerónimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery (Portuguese: Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, pronounced [muʃˈtɐjɾu…
1943 CEJesselton RevoltThe Jesselton revolt (also known as the Jesselton uprising or the Double Tenth Revolt/Incident) was a revolt…
1891 CEJet d'Eau (monument) builtThe Jet d'Eau (French pronunciation: [ʒɛ do], Water-Jet) is a large fountain in Geneva, Switzerland, and is…
2014 CEJewish Museum of Belgium shootingOn the afternoon of 24 May 2014, a gunman opened fire at the Jewish Museum of Belgium in Brussels, killing…
1781 CEJezzar Pasha Mosque builtThe el-Jazzar Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الجزار, Masjid al-Jazzār; Hebrew: מסגד אל-ג'זאר, Misgad al-G'zar), also…
1205 CEJibou foundedJibou (Romanian: [ʒiˈbow]; Hungarian: Zsibó [ˈʒiboː]; German: Siben; Yiddish: זשיבוי) is a town in Sălaj…
1895 CEJidai MatsuriThe Jidai Matsuri (時代祭; "Festival of the Ages") is a traditional Japanese festival (also called matsuri) held…
1940 CEJilava massacreThe Jilava massacre took place during the night of November 26, 1940, at Jilava Prison, near Bucharest…
2013 CEJilin Baoyuanfeng poultry plant fireOn 3 June 2013, a fire at the Jilin Baoyuanfeng (吉林宝源丰) poultry processing plant in Mishazi (米沙子镇), a town…
2026 CEJilli massacreOn 11 April 2026, the market in Jilli, Yobe State, Nigeria was accidentally struck by a Nigerian Air Force…
1332 CEJimbolia foundedJimbolia (Romanian pronunciation: [ʒimˈboli.a]; Hungarian: Zsombolya; German: Hatzfeld; Serbian: Жомбољ…
1388 CEJinjue Mosque builtThe Jinjue Mosque (simplified Chinese: 净觉寺; traditional Chinese: 淨覺寺; pinyin: Jìngjué Sì) is a mosque in…
1375 CEJinn Mosque builtThe Jinn Mosque (Azerbaijani: Cin məscidi, Persian: مسجد جن) is a former mosque, located on Gala turn, in the…
2006 CEJoakimfestJoakimfest is an annual international theatre festival held in Kragujevac, Serbia, at the Princely Serbian…
1974 CEJoelma fireEdifício Praça da Bandeira, formerly known as the Joelma Building, is a 25-story building in downtown São…
1971 CEJogisho and Palsha massacreThe Jogisho and Palsha massacre (Bengali: যুগীশো ও পালশা গণহত্যা) was a massacre of 42 Bengali Hindus in the…
1477 CEJohannes Gutenberg University Mainz foundedThe Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (German: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz) is a public research…
1886 CEJohannesburg foundedJohannesburg ( joh-HAN-iss-burg, US also -⁠HAHN-, Afrikaans: [jʊəˈɦanəsbœrχ]; Xhosa: eGoli [ɛˈɡɔːli]; Zulu…
2019 CEJohannesburg riots, 2019The 2019 Johannesburg riots occurred in the South African city of Johannesburg from 1–5 September 2019…
1777 CEJohn Allen Farm MassacreThe John Allen Farm massacre occurred in South Argyle, Washington County, New York, on 25 or 26 July 1777…
1859 CEJohn Brown's raid on Harpers FerryFrom October 16 to 18, 1859, American abolitionist John Brown attempted to initiate a slave revolt in…
1876 CEJohns Hopkins University foundedJohns Hopkins University (often abbreviated as Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research…
1988 CEJohnson South Reef skirmishThe Johnson South Reef skirmish took place on 14 March 1988 between military forces of China and Vietnam, on…
1889 CEJohnstown FloodThe Johnstown Flood, sometimes referred to locally as the Great Flood of 1889, occurred on Friday, May 31…
1972 CEJoint français strikeThe Joint Français strike was an eight-week strike by workers at the Joint Français factory (a subsidiary of…
2007 CEJokela school shootingOn 7 November 2007, a mass shooting occurred at Jokela High School in the town of Jokela, Tuusula, Finland.…
639 CEJokhang (temple) builtThe Jokhang (Tibetan: ཇོ་ཁང།, Chinese: 大昭寺), historically known as the Rasa Trulnang (ra sa 'phrul snang) or…
1952 CEJolo foundedJolo, officially the Municipality of Jolo ([hoˈlo]; Tausug: Kawman sin Tiyanggi; Tagalog: Bayan ng Jolo…
2003 CEJordanian embassy bombing in BaghdadOn 7 August 2003, a bomb exploded outside the Jordanian embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, killing 17 people and…
1909 CEJorhat foundedJorhat ( JOR-haht/Assamese: [zʊ(ɹ).ɦat]) is a city in the Indian state of Assam, located 300 km east of state…
2011 CEJose Breton CaseThe José Bretón case or the Ruth and José case is the name given to the events related to the disappearance…
1780 CEJosefov Fortress builtJosefov Fortress (Czech: Pevnost Josefov, German: Josefstadt or Josephstadt) is a large historic defence…
1991 CEJoševica massacreThe Joševica massacre was a war crime committed by the paramilitary forces of the Krajina Serbs in the…
1922 CEJuba foundedJuba is the capital and largest city of South Sudan. The city is situated on the White Nile and also serves…
1982 CEJuche Tower builtThe Juche Tower (more formally, the Tower of the Juche Idea; Korean: 주체사상탑), completed in 1982, is a…
501 BCEJulfa foundedJulfa (Azerbaijani: Culfa), formerly Jugha (Armenian: Ջուղա, also transliterated as Djugha), is a city and…
1276 CEJuly 1276 papal conclaveA papal conclave was held from 2–11 July 1276 to elect a new pope to succeed Pope Innocent V who had died…
1936 CEJuly 1936 military uprising in BarcelonaThe July 1936 military uprising in Barcelona, also known as the Battle of Barcelona, was a mutiny that…
2006 CEJuly 2006 Java earthquakeAn earthquake occurred on July 17, 2006, at 15:19:27 local time along a subduction zone off the coast of west…
2009 CEJuly 2009 Ürümqi riotsA series of violent riots over several days broke out on 5 July 2009 in Ürümqi, the capital city of the…
2010 CEJuly 2010 Kampala attacksOn 11 July 2010, suicide bombings were carried out against crowds watching a screening of the 2010 FIFA World…
2010 CEJuly 2010 Lahore bombingsThe July 2010 Lahore bombings occurred on 1 July 2010 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Two suicide bombers blew…
2015 CEJuly 2015 Kukawa massacreOn 1 July 2015, Boko Haram gunmen stormed the village of Kukawa, in Borno State and killed 97 people.…
2016 CEJuly 2016 Baghdad bombingsOn 3 July 2016, Islamic State (IS) militants carried out coordinated bomb attacks in Baghdad that killed up…
2016 CEJuly 2016 Kabul bombingOn 23 July 2016, a twin bombing occurred in the vicinity of Deh Mazang square in Kabul, capital of…
2016 CEJuly 2016 Qamishli bombingsThe July 2016 Qamishli bombings were a twin car bombing in a Rojavan-held district in the city of Qamishli…
2018 CEJuly 2018 Lombok earthquakeA Mw 6.4 earthquake struck the island of Lombok on the morning of 29 July 2018 at a shallow depth of 14 km…