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501 BCEKhiva foundedKhiva (Uzbek: Xiva, Хива, خیوه; other names) is a district-level city of approximately 93,000 people in…
1996 CEKhobar Towers bombingThe Khobar Towers bombing was an attack on part of a housing complex in the city of Khobar, Saudi Arabia…
1400 CEKhodja Doniyor Mausoleum builtKhoja Doniyor mausoleum is an architectural monument in Samarkand (built at the beginning of the 20th…
1896 CEKhodynka TragedyThe Khodynka Tragedy (Russian: Ходынская трагедия) was a crowd crush that occurred on 30 May [O.S. 18 May]…
1992 CEKhojaly MassacreThe Khojaly massacre (Azerbaijani: Xocalı soyqırımı, Armenian: Խոջալուի արյունահեղություն, romanized…
1942 CEKholm PocketThe Kholm Pocket (German: Kessel von Cholm; Russian: Холмский котёл) was the name given for the encirclement…
601 CEKhor Virap (monastery) builtKhor Virap (Armenian: Խոր Վիրապ, lit. 'deep dungeon') is an Armenian monastery located in the Ararat Plain in…
1325 CEKhotyn Fortress builtThe Khotyn Fortress (Ukrainian: Хотинська фортеця; Romanian: Cetatea Hotinului; Polish: twierdza w Chocimiu…
530 BCEKhujand foundedKhujand, sometimes spelled Khodjent and formerly known as Leninabad from 1936 to 1991, is the second-largest…
1425 CEKhwaja Abdullah Ansari Mausoleum builtThe Shrine of Khwaja Abdullah, commonly called the Shrine at Gazur Gah (or just Gazur Gah) and the Abdullah…
1225 CEKhwarazmian campaigns in GeorgiaKhwarazmian–Georgian wars (Georgian: ხვარაზმულ-ქართული ომები) also known as Jalal al-Din's invasions of…
1995 CEKibeho massacreThe Kibeho massacre occurred in a camp for internally displaced persons near Kibeho, in south-west Rwanda on…
2013 CEKidal attack of April 2013On 12 April 2013, four Chadian soldiers were killed, and five civilians were injured, in an attack by two…
1977 CEKidnapping and murder of Hanns-Martin SchleyerGerman industrial leader and former Nazi SS officer Hanns Martin Schleyer was kidnapped on 5 September 1977…
1106 CEKidwelly Castle builtKidwelly Castle (Welsh: Castell Cydweli) is a ruined castle overlooking the River Gwendraeth and the town of…
1665 CEKiel University foundedKiel University (German: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, abbreviated CAU, known informally as…
1242 CEKiel foundedKiel ( KEEL; German: [kiːl] ) is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of…
1946 CEKielce pogromThe Kielce pogrom was an outbreak of anti-Jewish violence that took place on 4 July 1946 in the city of…
1916 CEKienthal ConferenceThe Kienthal Conference (also known as the Second Zimmerwald Conference) was held in the Swiss village of…
1907 CEKigali foundedKigali (Kinyarwanda pronunciation: [ki.ɡɑ́.ɾi]), officially the City of Kigali also known as Kigali City…
1450 CEKilchurn Castle settledKilchurn Castle is a ruined structure on a rocky peninsula at the northeastern end of Loch Awe, in Argyll…
1452 CEKilitbahir Castle builtKilitbahir Castle (Turkish: Kilitbahir Kalesi) is a fortress on the west side of the Dardanelles, opposite…
2018 CEKilling of Aisha al-RabiOn October 12, 2018, Aisha al-Rabi (Arabic: عائشة الرابي), 47, a Palestinian woman, was killed by Jewish…
2018 CEKilling of Ana KriégelAnastasia "Ana" Kriégel (18 February 2004 – 14 May 2018) was a Russian-Irish girl who was subject to a…
2011 CEKilling of Felani KhatunOn 7 January 2011, Felani Khatun, a 15-year-old Bangladeshi girl, was shot and killed by the Indian Border…
2024 CEKilling of Hind RajabHind Rami Iyad Rajab (Arabic: هند رامي إياد رجب; 3 May 2018 – 29 January 2024) was a five-year-old…
2020 CEKilling of José Alberto FresitaOn the night of November 19, 2020, João Alberto Silveira Freitas, a 40-year-old black man, who worked as a…
2023 CEKilling of Juan JumalonJuan Tumpag "Johnny Walker" Jumalon (August 2, 1966 – November 5, 2023) was a Filipino radio broadcaster for…
2025 CEKilling of Nguyễn Xuân ĐạtOn January 25, 2025, Nguyễn Xuân Đạt was killed and dismembered, in what was later described as a consensual…
2015 CEKilling of Pro-Biafra ProtestersThe 2015–2016 Killing of Biafran Protesters was the killing of demonstrators demanding the restoration of the…
2024 CEKilling of Sidra HassounaSidra Hassouna (Arabic: سيدرا حسونة) was a 7-year-old Palestinian girl from the northern Gaza Strip who…
2025 CEKilling of Valeria MárquezOn 13 May 2025, 23-year-old Mexican model, businesswoman, and digital content creator Atziri Valeria Márquez…
1838 CEKillough massacreThe Killough massacre is believed to have been both the largest and last Native American attack on white…
1946 CEKim Il-sung University foundedKim Il Sung University (Korean: 김일성종합대학) is a public university in Taesong, Pyongyang, North Korea. It was…
1873 CEKimberley foundedKimberley (Khoekhoe: ǃ’Ās; Tswana: Kimbali) is the capital and largest city of the Northern Cape province of…
1200 CEKimbolton Castle builtKimbolton Castle is a country house in Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire, England. It was the final home of King…
1989 CEKing Abdullah I Mosque builtThe King Abdullah I Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الملك عبد الله الأول) is a mosque, located in Amman, Jordan. Named…
1946 CEKing David Hotel bombingThe British administrative headquarters for Mandatory Palestine, housed in the southern wing of the King…
400 CEKing Ezana's Stele (monument) builtKing Ezana's Stele is a 4th century obelisk in the ancient city of Axum, in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia.…
1981 CEKing Fahd Causeway (bridge) builtThe King Fahd Causeway (Arabic: جسر الملك فهد, romanized: Jisr al-Malik Fahd) is a 25 km (15.5 mi) long…
2000 CEKing Fahd Mosque builtThe King Fahd Mosque (Bosnian: Džamija kralja Fahda), also known as King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz Alsaud Mosque…
2002 CEKing George Street bombingA suicide bombing occurred on March 21, 2002, outside a clothing store and toy shop on King George Street in…
1744 CEKing George's WarKing George's War (1744–1748) encompassed the military operations in North America that formed part of the…
1210 CEKing John's Castle builtKing John's Castle (Irish: Caisleán Luimnigh) also known as Limerick Castle is a 13th-century castle located…
1492 CEKing Mosque, Berat builtThe King Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e Mbretit or Xhamia e Hynqarit), also known as the Sultan's Mosque (Xhamia…
1492 CEKing Mosque, Elbasan builtThe King Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e Mbretit or Xhamia e Hynqarit; Turkish: Hünkâr Camii) also known as the…
1987 CEKing's Cross fireThe King's Cross fire occurred in 1987 at King's Cross St Pancras tube station in London, England, causing 31…
1461 CEKing's Mosque in Pristina builtThe Imperial Mosque, also known as King's Mosque, is an Ottoman mosque located in Pristina, Kosovo. It was…
1976 CEKingsmill massacreOn 5 January 1976, near the village of Whitecross in south County Armagh, Northern Ireland, gunmen stopped a…
1692 CEKingston foundedKingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It…
1397 CEKinkaku-ji Temple builtKinkaku-ji (金閣寺; Japanese pronunciation: [kʲiꜜŋ.ka.kɯ.dʑi], lit. 'Temple of the Golden Pavilion'), officially…
1919 CEKinmel Park RiotsOn 4 and 5 March 1919, Kinmel Park in Bodelwyddan, near Abergele, North Wales, experienced two days of riots…
1881 CEKinshasa foundedKinshasa (French: [kinʃasa]; Lingala: Kinsásá), formerly named Léopoldville (Dutch: Leopoldstad) from 1881 to…
1755 CEKinsky Palace builtKinský Palace (Czech: Palác Kinských, German: Palais Goltz-Kinsky) is a former palace and now an art museum…
2020 CEKipupu massacreThe Kipupu massacre (French: massacre de Kipupu) occurred on 16 July 2020 in the South Kivu village of Kipupu…
1480 CEKirby Muxloe Castle settledKirby Muxloe Castle, also known historically as Kirby Castle, is a ruined, fortified manor house in Kirby…
1152 CEKirkstall Abbey settledKirkstall Abbey is a ruined Cistercian monastery in Kirkstall, north-west of Leeds city centre in West…
800 BCEKirkuk Citadel builtThe Kirkuk Citadel (Arabic: قلعة كركوك; Kurdish: قەڵای کەرکووک; Turkish: Kerkük Kalesi) is a citadel and…
1959 CEKirkuk massacreThe 1959 Kirkuk massacre was a massacre of Iraqi Turkmen in Kirkuk, Iraq, which lasted from 14 July to 16…
2002 CEKiryat HaYovel supermarket bombingA suicide bombing was carried out on 29 March 2002 by 17-year-old Ayat al-Akhras, who blew herself up at the…
2002 CEKiryat Menachem bus bombingA Palestinian suicide bombing occurred on November 21, 2002 in a public bus in the neighborhood of Kiryat…
1974 CEKiryat Shmona massacreThe Kiryat Shmona massacre was an attack by three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of…
3099 BCEKish foundedKish (Sumerian: Kiš; transliteration: Kiški; cuneiform: 𒆧𒆠; Akkadian: Kiššatu, near modern Tell al-Uhaymir)…
1903 CEKishinev pogromThe Kishinev pogrom or Kishinev massacre was an anti-Jewish riot that took place in Kishinev (modern…
1943 CEKisielin massacreKisielin massacre was a massacre of Polish worshippers which took place in the Volhynian village of Kisielin…
1427 CEKisimul Castle builtKisimul Castle (Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal Chiosmuil) and also known as Kiessimul Castle, is a medieval castle…
2013 CEKiss nightclub fireOn 27 January 2013, 242 people were killed and at least 630 others injured in a fire in the Kiss nightclub in…
2023 CEKissufim massacreDuring the October 7 attacks, Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip targeted Kissufim, a kibbutz located in the…
1996 CEKitahiroshima foundedKitahiroshima (北広島市, Kitahiroshima-shi) is a city located in Ishikari, Hokkaido, Japan. It is a suburb of…
1631 CEKitee foundedKitee (Finnish: [ˈkiteː]; Swedish: Kides) is a town and a municipality of Finland. It is located in the…
449 BCEKition foundedKition (Ancient Greek: Κίτιον, Kition; Latin: Citium; Egyptian: kꜣṯꜣj; Phoenician: 𐤊𐤕‎, kt, or 𐤊𐤕𐤉‎…
2011 CEKitsune KonKitsune Kon is an annual three-day anime convention held during July at the KI Convention Center in Green…
1942 CEKitów massacreThe Kitów massacre was a Nazi war crime perpetrated by the Ordnungspolizei and Schutzstaffel in the village…
778 CEKiyomizu-dera Temple builtKiyomizu-dera (Japanese: 清水寺; lit. 'Pure Water Monastery') is a Buddhist temple located in eastern Kyoto…
1394 CEKiyosu Castle builtKiyosu Castle (清洲城, Kiyosu-jō) is a Japanese castle located in Kiyosu, western Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is…
1107 CEKizimkazi Mosque builtThe Kizimkazi Mosque, officially the Kizimkazi Dimbani Mosque (Swahili: Misikiti wa kale wa Kizimkazi…
1996 CEKizlyar-Pervomayskoye hostage crisisThe Kizlyar–Pervomayskoye hostage crisis, also known in Russia as the terrorist act in Kizlyar (Russian…
1935 CEKiği–Kars earthquake of 1935The 1935 Digor earthquake occurred on 1 May at Digor, Kars in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. It had a…
1923 CEKlaipėda RevoltThe Klaipėda Revolt took place in January 1923 in the Klaipėda Region (also known as the Memel Territory or…
1252 CEKlaipėda foundedKlaipėda ( CLAY-ped-ə; Lithuanian: [ˈklˠɐɪ̯ˑpʲeːdˠɐ]; German: Memel) is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea…
1114 CEKlosterneuburg Monastery builtKlosterneuburg Abbey (German: Stift Klosterneuburg) is a twelfth-century Augustinian monastery of the…
1472 CEKluže (fortress) builtThe Kluže Fortress is a fort near the town of Bovec in northwestern Slovenia. The original fortress was built…
1099 BCEKnidos foundedKnidos or Cnidus (Ancient Greek: Κνίδος, Ancient: [knídos], Modern: [ˈkniðos], Knídos) was a Greek city in…
6999 BCEKnossos foundedKnossos (Ancient Greek: Κνωσσός, romanized: Knōssós; Greek: Κνωσός, romanized: Knōsós; Linear B: 𐀒𐀜𐀰…
1551 CEKnutstorp Castle builtKnutstorp Castle (Swedish: Knutstorps Borg) is a manor house situated in the Svalöv Municipality of Scania…
2015 CEKobanî massacreThe Kobanî massacre was a combination of suicide missions and attacks on Kurdish civilians by the Islamic…
1935 CEKobe Mosque builtThe Kōbe Mosque (Japanese: 神戸モスク, romanized: Kōbe Mosuku), also known as the Kōbe Muslim Mosque (Japanese…
2021 CEKobo massacreThe Kobo massacre was an extrajudicial killing event perpetrated in Kobo district and Kobo town in North…
1987 CEKocatepe Mosque builtThe Kocatepe Mosque (Turkish: Kocatepe Camii) is the largest mosque in Ankara, Turkey. It was built between…
1620 CEKokkola foundedKokkola (Finnish: [ˈkokːolɑ]; Swedish: Karleby, Finland Swedish: [ˈkɑrleˌbyː]) is a town in Finland and the…
1400 CEKokořín Castle settledKokořín Castle (Czech: hrad Kokořín) is a castle located in Kokořín in the Central Bohemian Region of the…
1602 CEKokura Castle builtKokura Castle (Japanese: 小倉城, Hepburn: Kokura-jō) is a five-story castle in Kitakyushu, Japan. A castle was…
2021 CEKola Tembien February 2021 massacresThe February 2021 Kola Tembien massacre was a mass extrajudicial killing that took place in Kola Tembien…
1942 CEKoli Point actionThe Koli Point action, during 3–12 November 1942, was an engagement between U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Army…
2016 CEKolkata flyover collapseOn 31 March 2016, a 150-metre (490-foot) steel span of the under-construction Vivekananda Road flyover in the…
2002 CEKolka–Karmadon rock ice slideThe Kolka–Karmadon rock-ice slide occurred on the northern slope of the Mount Kazbek massif in North…
1525 CEKolomna Kremlin (fortress) builtKolomna Kremlin (Russian: Коломенский Кремль) is a fortress in Kolomna, Russia. The stone Kolomna Kremlin was…
1210 CEKolossi Castle builtKolossi Castle is a former Crusader stronghold on the south-west edge of Kolossi village 14 kilometres (9 mi)…
1268 CEKolárovo foundedKolárovo (before 1948: Guta; Hungarian: Gúta or earlier Gutta) is a town in the south of Slovakia near the…
2025 CEKomanda massacreThe Komanda massacre (French: Massacre de Komanda, Swahili: Mauaji ya Komanda) occurred on 27 July 2025, when…
1487 CEKomoro Castle builtKomoro Castle (小諸城, Komoro-jō) is a Japanese castle located in the city of Komoro, central Nagano Prefecture…
2000 CEKomsomolskoye massacreThe Komsomolskoye massacre occurred following the Battle of Komsomolskoye (Chechen: Saadi-Kotar) during the…
1075 CEKomárno foundedKomárno (Hungarian: Komárom, German: Komorn, Serbian: Коморан/Komoran), colloquially also called Révkomárom…
1201 CEKonark Sun Temple builtKonark Sun Temple is a 13th-century CE Hindu Sun temple at Konark about 35 kilometres (22 mi) northeast from…
1976 CEKoncert mladostiKoncert mladosti (literally "Concert of Youth") was Czechoslovak music festival, only two editions of which…
2013 CEKonduga mosque shootingDuring the morning of 11 August 2013, a mass shooting occurred at a mosque in Konduga, Borno State…
2021 CEKongsberg attackOn 13 October 2021, five people were killed and three others were injured in a mass stabbing in Kongsberg…
1673 CEKongsvinger Fortress builtKongsvinger Fortress (Norwegian: Kongsvinger festning) is located in the city of Kongsvinger which is located…
1944 CEKoniuchy massacreThe Koniuchy massacre (Polish: Zbrodnia w Koniuchach) or the Kaniūkai massacre (Lithuanian: Kaniūkų žudynės)…
1300 CEKonopiště Castle builtKonopiště Castle (Czech pronunciation: [ˈkonopɪʃcɛ]; Czech: zámek Konopiště, German: Schloss Konopischt) is a…
1001 CEKonstamonitou monastery builtThe Kastamonitou Monastery (Greek: Μονή Κασταμονίτου), officially called Konstamonitou Monastery (Μονή…
699 BCEKonya foundedKonya is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is…
1890 CEKoonchera massacreThe Koonchera Point massacre was an attack by colonial police on Aboriginal Australians that took place at…
1237 CEKoporye (fortress) builtKoporye (Russian: Копорье; Finnish: Kaprio; Swedish: Koporje) is a historic village (selo) in Leningrad…
1941 CEKoraj massacreThe Koraj massacre was the 28 November 1941 mass murder of over a hundred Bosnian Muslim peasants from the…
1953 CEKorean Armistice AgreementThe Korean Armistice Agreement (Korean: 한국정전협정; Hanja: 韓國停戰協定) is an armistice that brought about a cessation…
1976 CEKorean axe murder incidentThe Panmunjom axe murder incident (Korean: 판문점 도끼 살인 사건), also known as the Korean axe atrocity incident, was…
1992 CEKorićani Cliffs massacreThe Korićani Cliffs massacre was the mass murder of more than 200 Bosniak and Bosnian Croat men on 21 August…
1521 CEKorlai Fort builtKorlai Fort is a colonial fort in the Raigad district of Maharashtra, India. Formerly a part of Chaul in…
1944 CEKorosciatyn massacreThe Korosciatyn massacre took place on the night of February 28/29, 1944, during the province-wide wave of…
1838 CEKosava Castle builtKosava Castle is a ruined castellated palace in Gothic Revival style located in Kosava, Belarus. The estate…
2020 CEKoshebe massacreThe Koshebe massacre took place on 28 November 2020 in the village of Koshebe, Nigeria, in Borno State, when…
1999 CEKosheh massacresTwenty-one Coptic Christians were the victims of a massacre in Kosheh, Upper Egypt, located 450 kilometres…
1300 CEKost Castle builtKost Castle (Czech: hrad Kost) is a Gothic castle in Libošovice municipality in Jičín District in the Hradec…
2023 CEKostenko mine disasterOn the morning of 28 October 2023, a fire started at the Kostenko mine in the Karaganda Region of Kazakhstan.…
1991 CEKostrići massacreThe Kostrići massacre (Croatian: pokolj u Kostrićima) was the killing 16 Croat civilians (the entire…
1844 CEKota Bharu foundedKota Bharu (Kelantanese: Koto Baghu), colloquially referred to as KB, is a town in Malaysia that serves as…
2000 CEKota Kinabalu City Mosque builtThe Kota Kinabalu City Mosque (Malay: Masjid Bandaraya Kota Kinabalu) is the second main mosque for the city…
1631 CEKota foundedKota, previously known as Kotah, is the third-largest city of the western Indian state of Rajasthan. It is…
2010 CEKotoriConKotoriCon was an annual two-day anime convention held during January at Rowan College at Gloucester County…
2019 CEKoulogon massacreThe Koulogon massacre took place on January 1, 2019, in a Fulani village near the town of Koulogon Habbé…
1050 BCEKourion foundedKourion (Ancient Greek: Koύριov; Latin: Curium) was an important ancient Greek city-state on the southwestern…
2020 CEKouré shootingThe Kouré shooting was a mass shooting that occurred in Niger on 9 August 2020. The attack left at least 8…
1100 CEKoutloumousiou monastery builtThe Koutloumousiou Monastery (Greek: Μονή Κουτλουμουσίου) or Koutloumousi (Greek: Κουτλουμούσι pronounced…
1147 CEKoutoubia Mosque builtThe Kutubiyya Mosque or Koutoubia Mosque (Arabic: جامع الكتبية Arabic pronunciation…
1875 CEKouvola foundedKouvola (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkou̯ʋolɑ]) is a city in Finland and the administrative capital of…
1896 CEKowloon Mosque and Islamic Centre builtThe Kowloon Masjid and Islamic Centre (Chinese: 九龍清真寺暨伊斯蘭中心; Arabic: مسجد كاولون والمركز الإسلامي), also…
2999 BCEKozan foundedKozan, formerly Sis (Armenian: Սիս), is a municipality and district of Adana Province, Turkey. Its area is…
1201 CEKoça Mustafa Pasha Mosque builtKoca Mustafa Pasha Mosque (Turkish: Koca Mustafa Paşa Camii; also named Sünbül Efendi Camii) is a former…
2025 CEKočani nightclub fireOn 16 March 2025, a fire at the Pulse nightclub in Kočani, North Macedonia, killed 63 people and injured 193.…
1945 CEKočevski Rog massacreThe Kočevski Rog massacre was a series of massacres near Kočevski Rog in late May 1945 in which thousands of…
1000 CEKołobrzeg foundedKołobrzeg (Polish: [kɔˈwɔbʐɛk]; Kashubian: Kòlbrzég; German: Kolberg [ˈkɔlbɛʁk] ) is a port and spa city in…
1939 CEKońskie Massacre (1939)The Końskie massacre (Polish: Masakra w Końskich) was a German war crime committed against Jewish civilians…
1230 CEKošice foundedKošice is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of…
1941 CEKragujevac massacreThe Kragujevac massacre was the mass murder of between 2,778 and 2,794 mostly Serb men and boys in Kragujevac…
1031 CEKrak des Chevaliers (castle) builtKrak des Chevaliers (French: [kʁak de ʃ(ə)valje]; Arabic: قلعة الحصن الأكراد, romanized: Qalʿat al-Ḥiṣn…
1945 CEKraków pogromThe Kraków pogrom was the first anti-Jewish riot in post World War II Poland, that took place on 11 August…
1837 CEKralendijk foundedKralendijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkraːlə(n)dɛik]) is the capital and the main port of the island of Bonaire…
1941 CEKraljevo massacreThe Kraljevo massacre was the World War II mass murder of approximately 2,000 residents of the city of…
2022 CEKramatorsk railway station attackOn 8 April 2022, a Russian missile strike hit the railway station of the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk during…
1600 CEKrasiczyn Castle builtKrasiczyn Castle (Polish: Zamek w Krasiczynie) is a Renaissance castle à la fortezza in Krasiczyn…
1793 CEKrasnodar foundedKrasnodar, formerly Yekaterinodar (until 1920), is the largest city and the administrative centre of…
1939 CEKrasnosielc massacreThe Krasnosielc massacre was a war crime committed by the Germans during the September 1939 campaign. It has…
1943 CEKrasowo-Częstki massacreThe Krasowo-Częstki massacre was a Nazi war crime perpetrated by the Ordnungspolizei and SS in the village of…
1993 CEKravica attackThe Kravica attack was an attack on the Bosnian Serb village of Kravica by the Army of the Republic of Bosnia…
1995 CEKravica massacreThe Kravica massacre was one of the mass executions of Bosniaks by the Army of Republika Srpska during the…
1894 CEKražiai massacreKražiai massacre (Lithuanian: Kražių skerdynės) was an attack by a Russian Don Cossack regiment on…
2022 CEKreinik massacreBeginning on April 21, 2022, clashes broke out between Janjaweed and Masalit civilians in the Kreinik refugee…
1420 CEKremlin (fortress) builtThe Moscow Kremlin, commonly known as the Kremlin, is a fortified complex (kremlin) in Moscow, Russia.…
2017 CEKremlin AnnexThe Kremlin Annex protests were a series of protests held in Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C., in front of…
1776 CEKremlin Senate (palace) builtThe Kremlin Senate (The Senate Palace, Russian: Сенатский дворец) is a building within the grounds of the…
1917 CEKremlin Wall Necropolis builtThe Kremlin Wall Necropolis is the former national cemetery of the Soviet Union, located in Red Square in…
1328 CEKremnica foundedKremnica (German: Kremnitz, Hungarian: Körmöcbánya) is a town in central Slovakia. It has around 5,300…
1944 CEKremnička massacresThe Kremnička and Nemecká massacres were a series of massacres committed between 5 November 1944 and 19…
701 CEKremsmünster Abbey builtKremsmünster Abbey (German: Stift Kremsmünster) is a Benedictine monastery located in Kremsmünster, Upper…
1917 CEKreuznach Conference (August 9, 1917)The Kreuznach Conference on August 9, 1917, was a German government conference that aimed to draft the Reich…
1917 CEKreuznach Conference (May 1917)The Kreuznach Conference of 17–18 May 1917 was a meeting of the political and military leaders of the Central…
1917 CEKreuznach Conference (October 7, 1917)The Kreuznach Conference, held on October 7, 1917, was a meeting of the German government and military…
1971 CEKrishnapur massacreKrishnapur massacre (Bengali: কৃষ্ণপুর হত্যাকান্ড) took place on 18 September 1971 in Krishnapur and…
2022 CEKristianstad School AttackOn 19 August 2021, a stabbing and attempted mass murder occurred at Källeberg School (Källebergsskolan) in…
1681 CEKristiansten Fortress builtKristiansten Fortress (Norwegian: Kristiansten Festning, historically spelled Christiansten) is located on a…
1246 CEKrompachy foundedKrompachy (German: Krombach, Hungarian: Korompa) is a town in Slovakia, with a rich mining and metallurgical…
1704 CEKronstadt Fortress builtThe Kronstadt Fortress is an architectural and historical monument of the 18th–19th centuries in Saint…
1921 CEKronstadt rebellionThe Kronstadt rebellion (Russian: Кронштадтское восстание, romanized: Kronshtadtskoye vosstaniye) was a 1921…
1135 CEKrupina foundedKrupina (German: Karpfen, Hungarian: Korpona) is a town in southern central Slovakia. It is part of the…
1001 CEKruszyniany Mosque builtKruszyniany Mosque is a wooden mosque located in the village of Kruszyniany, in Podlaskie Voivodeship…
1990 CEKryptos (monument) builtKryptos is a sculpture by the American artist Jim Sanborn located on the grounds of the Central Intelligence…
1400 CEKrásna Hôrka Castle builtThe Krásna Hôrka Castle (Slovak: Hrad Krásna Hôrka, Hungarian: Krasznahorka vára) is a castle in Slovakia…
1325 CEKrásno nad Kysucou foundedKrásno nad Kysucou (Hungarian: Karásznó) is a town in the Čadca District, Žilina Region, north-western…
1214 CEKráľovský Chlmec foundedKráľovský Chlmec (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈkraːʎɔwskiː ˈxl̩mets]; until 1948 Kráľovský Chlumec, Hungarian…
1325 CEKrämerbrücke (bridge) builtThe Krämerbrücke (pronounced [ˈkʁɛːmɐˌbʁʏkə]; Merchants' bridge) is a medieval arch bridge in the city of…
1512 CEKsani Fortress builtThe Ksani fortress (Georgian: ქსნის ციხე, romanized: ksnis tsikhe), also known as the Mtkvari fortress…
1300 CEKsiąż Castle and park complex builtKsiąż Castle (Polish: Zamek Książ, pronounced [kɕɔ̃ʂ]; German: Schloss Fürstenstein) is a castle in northern…
1401 CEKtuts monastery settledKtuts monastery (Armenian: Կտուց, meaning beak in Armenian) is an abandoned 15th century Armenian monastery…
1857 CEKuala Lumpur foundedKuala Lumpur (KL), officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, is the capital city and a federal…
1604 CEKubota Castle builtKubota Castle (久保田城, Kubota-jō) is a Japanese castle in Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan. Throughout the Edo…
1895 CEKucheng MassacreThe Kucheng massacre (Chinese: 古田敎案; Pinyin: Gǔtián Jiào'àn; Foochow Romanized: Kŭ-chèng Gáu-áng) was a…
1354 CEKudowa-Zdrój foundedKudowa-Zdrój [kuˈdɔva ˈzdrui̯] (German: Bad Kudowa, Czech: Chudoba), or simply Kudowa, is a town located…
1205 CEKufstein Fortress builtThe Kufstein Fortress (German: Festung Kufstein) is the main landmark of Kufstein, a town in Tyrol, Austria.…
1865 CEKuhmo foundedKuhmo (known as Kuhmoniemi until 1937) is a town and a municipality in Finland and is located at the…
1941 CEKulen Vakuf massacreThe Kulen Vakuf massacre was committed during World War II by Communist-led Yugoslav Partisans and groups of…
1601 CEKumamoto Castle builtKumamoto Castle (熊本城, Kumamoto-jō) is a hilltop Japanese castle located in Chūō-ku, Kumamoto, in Kumamoto…
1999 CEKumanovo AgreementThe Military Technical Agreement, also known as the Kumanovo Agreement, signed between the International…
1094 CEKumanovo foundedKumanovo (Macedonian: Куманово [kuˈmanɔvɔ]; Albanian: Kumanovë, Albanian definite form: Kumanova; also known…
1592 CEKumbhalgarh (fortress) builtKumbhalgarh also known as the Great Wall of India, is a fortress located on the western range of the Aravalli…
2003 CEKumoriconKumoricon is an annual three-day anime convention held during October or November at the Oregon Convention…
1976 CEKumsusan Palace of the Sun builtThe Kumsusan Palace of the Sun (Korean: 금수산태양궁전), formerly the Kumsusan Memorial Palace (금수산기념궁전), is the…
1891 CEKunsthistorisches Museum foundedThe Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien (lit. "Vienna Museum of Art History", often referred to as the "Museum of…
1994 CEKupwara massacreKupwara massacre refers to the killing of 27 civilians, including three policemen, by the Indian Army in…
1902 CEKure foundedKure (呉市, Kure-shi; Japanese pronunciation: [kɯꜜ.ɾe, kɯ.ɾeꜜ.ɕi], locally [kɯ.ɾeꜜ]) is a city in the Hiroshima…