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• 1032 CEKursk foundedKursk (Russian: Курск, IPA: [ˈkursk]) is a city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia…
• 1951 CEKurşunlu earthquake of 1951The 1951 Kurşunlu earthquake occurred at 18:33 GMT (20:33 local time) on 13 August near Kurşunlu, Çankırı…
• 2010 CEKushchyovskaya massacreThe Kushchyovskaya massacre, carried out on 4 November 2010, was the murder of 12 people including four…
• 300 BCEKutaisi foundedKutaisi ( koo-TY-see; Georgian: ქუთაისი pronounced [ˈkʰut̪ʰais̪i] ) is a city in the Imereti region of the…
• 1868 CEKuusamo foundedKuusamo (Finnish: [ˈkuːsɑmo]; Northern Sami: Guossán; Inari Sami: Kuáccám; Russian: Куусамо) is a town and…
• 1752 CEKuwait City foundedKuwait City (Arabic: مدينة الكويت, romanised: Madīnat al-Kuwayt) is the capital and largest city of Kuwait.…
• 2024 CEKuwait Roundabout mass killingsIn March 2024, during the Gaza war, civilians seeking humanitarian aid were attacked at the Kuwait Roundabout…
• 2015 CEKuwait mosque bombingThe 2015 Kuwait mosque bombing was a suicide bombing took place on 26 June 2015 at a Shia mosque in Kuwait…
• 701 CEKuştul Monastery settledKuştul Monastery (Greek: Ιερά Μονή του Αγίου Γεωργίου Περιστερεώτα Iera Moni tou Agiou Georgiou Peristereota…
• 1346 CEKušlat (fortress) builtKušlat, also Kučlat, is medieval mosque in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The fortress is located south of Zvornik…
• 1992 CEKwame Nkrumah Mausoleum builtThe Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park and Mausoleum is located in downtown Accra, the capital of Ghana. The…
• 1349 CEKyburg massacreThe Kyburg massacre was an anti-Semitic episode in Kyburg near Winterthur, present-day Switzerland, which…
• 1051 CEKyiv Pechersk Lavra (monastery) builtThe Kyiv Pechersk Lavra (Ukrainian: Києво-Печерська лавра, romanized: Kyievo-Pecherska Lavra), also known as…
• 482 CEKyiv foundedKyiv, also spelt Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of…
• 1920 CEKyiv offensiveThe 1920 Kiev offensive (or Kiev expedition, Polish: wyprawa kijowska) was a major part of the Polish–Soviet…
• 2022 CEKyiv strikesKyiv, the capital of Ukraine with around 2,950,000 residents, has been frequently targeted by the Russian…
• 1001 CEKykkos Monastery builtKykkos Monastery (Greek: Ιερά Μονή Κύκκου or Κύκκος [locally [ˈt͡ʃikʰos]] for short, Turkish: Cikko…
• 1920 CEKylemore Abbey builtKylemore Abbey (Irish: Mainistir na Coille Móire) is a Benedictine Monastery founded in 1920 on the grounds…
• 2019 CEKyoto Animation arson attackThe Kyoto Animation arson attack occurred at Kyoto Animation's Studio 1 building in the Fushimi ward of…
• 1337 CEKyoto Imperial Palace builtThe Kyōto Imperial Palace (京都御所, Kyōto-gosho), also known as Dairi (内裏) or Kinri (禁裏), is the former palace…
• 1897 CEKyoto University foundedKyoto University (京都大学, Kyōto daigaku), or KyotoU (京大, Kyōdai), is a national research university in Kyoto…
• 794 CEKyoto foundedKyoto ( or; Japanese: 京都, Kyōto [kʲoꜜːto] ), officially Kyoto City (京都市, Kyōto-shi; [kʲoːtoꜜɕi] ), is the…
• 1957 CEKyshtym disasterThe Kyshtym disaster (Russian: Кыштымская авария), sometimes referred to as the Mayak disaster or Ozyorsk…
• 1325 CEKysucké Nové Mesto foundedKysucké Nové Mesto (German: Kischützneustadt / Oberneustadl; Hungarian: Kiszucaújhely) is a town in Žilina…
• 2010 CEKyzyl-Agash Dam failureThe Kyzyl-Agash Dam failure (Kazakh: Qyzylaǵash oqıǵasy), occurred in a dam located outside the village of…
• 1791 CEKärnäkoski Fortress builtKärnäkoski Fortress is a bastion fortress in Finland located in Kärnäkoski, Savitaipale built by Russia…
• 1945 CEKórnica UprisingThe Kórnica Uprising (Polish: powstanie kórnickie, German: Körnitzer Aufstand) was a rebellion of Germans and…
• 1600 CEKórnik Castle builtKórnik Castle (Polish: Zamek w Kórniku or Zamek Kórnicki) is a castle in the Polish town of Kórnik, which was…
• 1255 CEKönigsberg Castle builtKönigsberg Castle (Russian: Кёнигсбергский замок, romanized: Kyonigsbergskiy zamok, German: Königsberger…
• 1333 CEKönigsberg Cathedral builtKönigsberg Cathedral (Russian: Кафедральный собор в Калининграде, romanized: Kafedralny sobor v Kaliningrade…
• 1255 CEKönigsberg settledKönigsberg (German: [ˈkøːnɪçsbɛʁk] or [ˈkøːnɪksbɛʁk] ) was a German city established in the 13th century…
• 1938 CEKühlungsborn foundedKühlungsborn (German pronunciation: [kyːlʊŋsˈbɔɐ̯n] ) is a Seebad, an officially designated seaside resort…
• 1578 CEKılıç Ali Pasha Mosque builtThe Kılıç Ali Pasha Mosque (Turkish: Kılıç Ali Paşa Cami) is a mosque at the heart of a complex designed and…
• 1104 CEKızkalesi (fortress) builtKızkalesi (from Turkish: "Maiden's Castle", also known as Deniz kalesi) is an island castle situated on a…
• 1972 CEKızıldere IncidentThe Kızıldere Incident (Turkish: Kızıldere Olayı) was a political armed conflict that took place in the…
• 1601 CEKōchi Castle builtKōchi Castle (高知城, Kōchi-jō) is an Edo Period Japanese castle in the city of Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan.…
• 1252 CEKōtoku-in Temple builtKōtoku-in (高徳院) is a Buddhist temple of the Jōdo-shū sect in the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture…
• 1230 CEKřivoklát Castle builtKřivoklát Castle (Czech: hrad Křivoklát) is a castle in Křivoklát in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech…

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• 1201 CEL'Aquila foundedL'Aquila ( LAK-wil-ə; Italian: [ˈlaːkwila]; Neapolitan: [ˈlaːkwiːlə]) is the capital city of the region of…
• 1967 CEL'Innovation Department Store fireThe L'Innovation fire was a fire that took place at the À L'Innovation department store on the Rue…
• 2013 CELAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470LAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Maputo, Mozambique, to…
• 2003 CELOOP BarcelonaLOOP Barcelona is an annual arts platform in Barcelona dedicated to artists' film and moving-image art.…
• 1978 CELOT Polish Airlines Flight 165 (1978)LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165 was a LOT Polish Airlines flight that was hijacked on 30 August 1978. The…
• 1992 CELa Cantuta massacreThe La Cantuta massacre took place in Peru on 18 July 1992, during the presidency of Alberto Fujimori.…
• 1533 CELa Fortaleza (palace) builtLa Fortaleza (English: "the fortress"), also known as the Palacio de Santa Catalina ("Saint Catherine's…
• 1988 CELa Hoyada massacreOn September 12, 1988, Shining Path killed eight people in La Hoyoda, Pucallpa, Peru. The victims were…
• 2016 CELa Loche shootingsOn January 22, 2016, four people were killed and seven others injured in a shooting spree in La Loche…
• 1845 CELa Madeleine (church building) builtThe Church of Saint Mary Magdalene (French: église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine [eɡliz sɛ̃t maʁi madlɛn]), less…
• 2016 CELa Manada rape caseThe La Manada rape case, also known as the wolf pack case, began with the gang rape of an 18-year-old girl on…
• 1978 CELa Mon restaurant bombingOn 17 February 1978, the Provisional IRA's Belfast Brigade left a large incendiary bomb outside the La Mon…
• 1520 CELa Noche TristeLa Noche Triste ("The Night of Sorrows", literally "The Sad Night"), officially called in Mexico Victorious…
• 1548 CELa Paz foundedLa Paz (Spanish: [la ˈpas]; lit. 'the peace'), officially Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Aymara: Chuqi Yapu Aymara…
• 1984 CELa Penca bombingThe La Penca bombing was a bomb attack carried out on May 30, 1984, at the remote outpost of La Penca, on the…
• 1444 CELaal Pasha Mosque builtLaal Pasha Mosque is a Medieval mosque in Mut in Mersin Province, Turkey. (Names such as Lal Pasha, Lael…
• 1689 CELachine massacreThe Lachine massacre, part of the Beaver Wars, occurred when 1,500 Mohawk warriors launched a surprise attack…
• 1942 CELaconia incidentThe Laconia incident was a series of events surrounding the sinking of a British passenger ship in the…
• 1999 CELadbroke Grove rail crashThe Ladbroke Grove rail crash (also known as the Paddington rail crash) occurred on 5 October 1999 at…
• 17 CELafia foundedLafia is a city in Nigeria's North Central region. It is the capital and largest city of Nasarawa State, with…
• 2500 BCELagash foundedLagash (cuneiform: 𒉢𒁓𒆷𒆠 LAGAŠKI; Sumerian: Lagaš) was an ancient city-state located northwest of the…
• 1985 CELaghman massacreThe Laghman massacre was a war crime perpetrated by the Soviet Army in April 1985 in the villages of…
• 2002 CELagos armoury explosionThe Lagos armoury explosion was the accidental detonation of a large stock of high explosives at a military…
• 1472 CELagos foundedLagos (LAY-goss; Yoruba: Èkó [èkó]), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan port city in southwestern…
• 2015 CELahij insurgencyThe Lahij insurgency was a subconflict in the Yemeni civil war waged in 2015 by tribesmen loyal to Abdrabbuh…
• 1226 CELahneck Castle settledLahneck Castle (German: Burg Lahneck) is a medieval fortress located in the city of Lahnstein in…
• 1974 CELaju incidentThe Laju incident, also known as the Laju ferry hijacking, occurred on 31 January 1974 in Singapore. Four…
• 1960 CELake Bodom murdersThe Lake Bodom murders is an unsolved 1960 homicide case in which three teenage campers were killed and…
• 1986 CELake Nyos disasterOn 21 August 1986, a limnic eruption at Lake Nyos in northwestern Cameroon killed 1,746 people and 3,500…
• 1740 CELake Palace builtLake Palace (formerly known as Jag Niwas Palace) is a former summer palace of the royal dynasty of Mewar, now…
• 1956 CELake Pontchartrain Causeway (bridge) builtThe Lake Pontchartrain Causeway (French: Chaussée du lac Pontchartrain), also known simply as The Causeway…
• 2007 CELal Masjid SiegeThe siege of Lal Masjid (Urdu: لال مسجد محاصرہ; code-named Operation Sunrise initially code-named as…
• 1966 CELal Masjid builtThe Lal Masjid (Urdu: لال مسجد, lit. 'Red Mosque'), officially the Markazi Jāmi Masjid Islamabad (Urdu: مرکزی…
• 1763 CELaleli Mosque builtThe Laleli Mosque (Turkish: Laleli Camii, lit. 'Tulip Mosque') is an 18th-century Ottoman imperial mosque…
• 1056 CELambach foundedLambach (German pronunciation: [ˈlambax]) is a market town in the Wels-Land district of the Austrian state of…
• 1932 CELambeth Bridge builtLambeth Bridge is a road traffic and footbridge crossing the River Thames in an east–west direction in…
• 1435 CELambeth Palace builtLambeth Palace is the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury. It is situated in north…
• 2009 CELame Horse fireThe Lame Horse fire occurred on 5 December 2009, around 01:00 local time (20:00 UTC) in the nightclub…
• 1636 CELamey Island MassacreThe Lamey or Liuqiu Island Massacre was the slaughter of aboriginal inhabitants of Liuqiu Island (then known…
• 1071 CELampron (castle) builtLampron (Armenian: Լամբրոն; French: Les Embruns; Turkish: Namrun Kalesi) is a castle near the town of…
• 1093 CELancaster Castle builtLancaster Castle is a medieval castle and former prison in Lancaster in the English county of Lancashire. Its…
• 1943 CELand Battle of Vella LavellaThe Battle of Vella Lavella was fought from 15 August – 6 October 1943 between the Empire of Japan and the…
• 1949 CELandes Forest 1949 wildfireA major wildfire occurred from 19 August 1949 to 25 August 1949 in the Landes forest in France. 50,000…
• 1915 CELanding at Anzac CoveThe landing at Anzac Cove on Sunday, 25 April 1915, also known as the landing at Gaba Tepe and, to the Turks…
• 1704 CELanding at BarcelonaThe Landing at Barcelona was a failed Allied attempt in May 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession to…
• 1915 CELanding at Cape HellesThe landing at Cape Helles (Turkish: Seddülbahir Çıkarması) was part of the Gallipoli campaign, the…
• 1776 CELanding at Kip's BayThe landing at Kip's Bay was a British amphibious landing carried out on September 15, 1776 during the New…
• 1943 CELanding at NadzabThe Landing at Nadzab was an airborne landing on 5 September 1943 during the New Guinea campaign of World War…
• 1915 CELanding at Suvla BayThe landing at Suvla Bay was an amphibious landing made at Suvla on the Aegean coast of the Gallipoli…
• 1676 CELanding at YstadThe Landing at Ystad (Danish: Landgangen ved Ysted, Swedish: Landningen vid Ystad), also known as the Battle…
• 1943 CELandings at Cape TorokinaThe Landings at Cape Torokina (1–3 November 1943), also known as Operation Cherryblossom, took place at the…
• 1028 CELandskron Castle builtLandskron Castle (German: Burg Landskron, Slovene: Grad Vajškra) is a medieval hill castle northeast of…
• 1559 CELandskrona Citadel builtLandskrona Citadel (Swedish: Citadellet or Landskrona slott) is situated in Landskrona, Scania, southern…
• 1326 CELandstuhl foundedLandstuhl (German pronunciation: [ˈlantʃtuːl] ), officially the Sickingen Town of Landstuhl (German…
• 1222 CELandštejn Castle settledLandštejn Castle (Czech: hrad Landštejn) is a 13th-century castle in Staré Město pod Landštejnem in…
• 1398 CELangeoog foundedLangeoog (German pronunciation: [ˈlaŋəˌʔoːk]; Low German: Langeoog) is one of the seven inhabited East…
• 1995 CELansdowne Road football riotThe Lansdowne Road football riot occurred during a friendly football match between the Republic of Ireland…
• 701 CELaon Cathedral builtLaon Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Laon) is a Roman Catholic church located in Laon, Aisne…
• 1000 BCELapathus foundedLapathus, also recorded as Lapethus, Lepethis, and Lapithus, was an ancient Cypriot, Phoenician and Greek…
• 1976 CELapua Cartridge Factory ExplosionThe Lapua Cartridge Factory explosion (Finnish: Lapuan patruunatehtaan räjähdys) was an industrial disaster…
• 1421 CELarabanga Mosque builtThe Larabanga Mosque (Arabic: مسجد لارابانجا, romanized: Masjid Lārābānjā) is a mosque built in the Sudanese…
• 1765 CELarache expeditionThe Expedition of Larache occurred in June 1765 when French Navy Marines attempted to invade the Moroccan…
• 1874 CELarnach Castle builtLarnach Castle (also referred to as "Larnach's Castle") is a mock castle on the ridge of the Otago Peninsula…
• 1949 CELas Lajas Sanctuary (church building) builtThe Sanctuary of Las Lajas (in full Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Las Lajas) is a Catholic…
• 2022 CELas Tinajas massacreOn 27 March 2022, 20 people were killed in a mass shooting in Las Tinajas, a neighbourhood in the town of…
• 1905 CELas Vegas foundedLas Vegas, colloquially shortened to Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the…
• 1941 CELast battle of the battleship BismarckThe last battle of the German battleship Bismarck took place in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 300 nautical…
• 2011 CELate 2011 Telangana protestsThe late 2011 Telangana protests refers to a chain of protests as part of Telangana movement between…
• 400 CELateran Baptistery (church building) builtThe Lateran Baptistery (Italian: Battistero lateranense, also known as San Giovanni in Fonte or San Giovanni…
• 1395 BCELateran Obelisk (monument) builtThe Lateran Obelisk (Italian: Obelisco Lateranense; Latin: Obeliscus Constantii) is the largest standing…
• 1897 CELattimer massacreThe Lattimer massacre was the killing of at least 19 unarmed striking immigrant anthracite miners by a…
• 1067 CELaunceston Castle builtLaunceston Castle (Cornish: Kastel Lannstevan) is located in the town of Launceston, Cornwall, England. It…
• 401 CELaura of Euthymius (monastery) builtThe Monastery of Euthymius started as a lavra-type monastic settlement in the Judaean desert, founded by…
• 1927 CELaurier Palace Theatre fireThe Laurier Palace Theatre fire, sometimes known as the Saddest fire or the Laurier Palace Theatre crush…
• 1863 CELawrence MassacreThe Lawrence Massacre (also known as Quantrill's Raid) was an attack during the American Civil War (1861–65)…
• 1993 CELašva Valley ethnic cleansingThe Lašva Valley ethnic cleansing, also known as the Lašva Valley case, refers to numerous war crimes…
• 1940 CELe Paradis massacreThe Le Paradis massacre was a World War II war crime committed by members of the 14th Company, SS Division…
• 1996 CELe Soir d'Algérie bombingOn February 11, 1996, militants of the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria bombed the headquarters of the Le Soir…
• 2019 CELeBaron family massacreOn November 4, 2019, about 70 miles (110 km) south of the Mexico–United States border, gunmen opened fire on…
• 1936 CELechemti massacreThe Lechemti massacre or massacre of Bonàia was an attack carried out during the night between 26 and 27 June…
• 2018 CELee Correctional Prison RiotA prison riot at Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville, South Carolina, United States occurred on April…
• 1119 CELeeds Castle builtLeeds Castle is a castle in Kent, England, 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Maidstone. It is built on islands in…
• 1865 CELeeds dripping riotThe Leeds dripping riot was an act of civil disorder that occurred in Leeds, England on 22 February 1865. The…
• 1435 CELeeuwarden foundedLeeuwarden (Dutch: [ˈleːu.ɑrdə(n)]; West Frisian: Ljouwert [ˈljɔu(ə)t]; Stadsfries Dutch: Liwwadden…
• 1706 CELefebvre's Charles Town expeditionLefebvre's Charles Town expedition (September 1706) was a combined French and Spanish attempt under Captain…
• 1575 CELeiden University foundedLeiden University (abbreviated as LEI; Dutch: Universiteit Leiden) is a public research university in Leiden…
• 1807 CELeiden gunpowder disasterThe Leiden gunpowder disaster occurred on 12 January 1807 when a ship carrying hundreds of barrels of black…
• 1748 CELeinster House (palace) builtLeinster House (Irish: Teach Laighean) is the seat of the Oireachtas, the parliament of Ireland. Originally…
• 1916 CELeipzig salientThe Leipzig Salient was the British term for a German defensive position built in 1915 on the Somme front in…
• 2020 CELekki Tollgate massacreOn the night of 20 October 2020, at about 6:50 p.m., members of the Nigerian Army opened fire on unarmed End…
• 1902 CELeliefontein massacreThe Leliefontein massacre occurred on 31 January 1902 during the South African War at the Leliefontein…
• 1912 CELena massacreThe Lena Massacre or Lena Execution (Russian: Ленский расстрел, romanized: Lensky rasstrel) refers to the…
• 1957 CELenin (monument) builtLenin (Russian: Ленин) is a Soviet nuclear-powered icebreaker, the first nuclear-powered icebreaker in the…
• 1930 CELenin's Mausoleum builtLenin's Mausoleum, also known as Lenin's Tomb, is a mausoleum located at Red Square in Moscow, Russia. It…
• 1985 CELennoxville massacreThe Lennoxville massacre, or Lennoxville purge, was a mass murder which took place at the Hells Angels…
• 1036 CELenzburg Castle builtLenzburg Castle (German: Schloss Lenzburg) is a castle located above the old part of the town of Lenzburg in…
• 329 BCELeonidaion settledThe Leonidaion (Λεωνιδαίο) was the lodging place for athletes taking part in the Olympic Games at Olympia. It…
• 1943 CELeonówka massacreIn early August 1943, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army killed approximately 190 Polish people in Leonówka, a…
• 1855 CELeopoldov Prison (fortress) builtThe Leopoldov Prison (Slovak: Ústav na výkon trestu odňatia slobody a Ústav na výkon väzby Leopoldov) is a…
• 7500 BCELepenski Vir settledLepenski Vir (Serbian Cyrillic: Лепенски Вир, "Lepena Whirlpool"), located in Serbia, is an important…
• 700 BCELeptis Magna foundedLeptis or Lepcis Magna, (Arabic: لبدة الكبرى, romanized: Libda al-Kubrā) also known by other names in…
• 1772 CELes SantesLes Santes is the largest festival in the city of Mataró, Spain. It is celebrated every year from the 25th to…
• 1937 CELes femmes artistes d'EuropeLes femmes artistes d'Europe (Women Artists of Europe) was an exhibition held at the Jeu de Paume gallery…
• 1800 CELesendro (fortress) builtLesendro (Montenegrin: Лесендро) is an island and a fortress in Skadar Lake in Montenegro. It is located near…
• 803 CELeshan Giant Buddha settledThe Leshan Giant Buddha is a 71-meter (233 ft) tall stone statue, built between 712 and 804 AD (during the…
• 1987 CELesja Murder CaseThe Lesja Murder Case (Norwegian: Lesja-saken) refers to the disappearance, rape, and murder of 13-year-old…
• 1945 CELeskovice massacreThe Leskovice massacre was the mass murder of twenty-five Czech civilians in May 1945 by Waffen-SS troops on…
• 1976 CELetelier assassinationOn 21 September 1976, Orlando Letelier, a former Chilean diplomat and outspoken opponent of dictator Augusto…
• 1976 CELetipea massacreThe Letipea massacre was a mass shooting of civilians by a Soviet border guard that took place on 8 August…
• 1555 CELetohrádek Hvězda (castle) builtLetohrádek Hvězda (Czech pronunciation: [ˈlɛtoɦraːdɛk ˈɦvjɛzda], translating into English as "Star Villa" or…
• 1156 CELevice foundedLevice (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈleʋitse]; Hungarian: Léva, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈleːvɒ]; German: Lewenz)…
• 1249 CELevoča foundedLevoča (Hungarian: Lőcse; Rusyn: Левоча; German: Leutschau) is the principal town of Levoča District in the…
• 1804 CELewis and Clark ExpeditionThe Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the United States…
• 1640 CELexington foundedLexington is a suburban town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, located 10 miles (16 km) from…
• 1169 CELezgi Mosque builtThe Ashur Mosque (Azerbaijani: Aşur Məscidi), also known as the Lezgi Mosque (Arabic: مسجد عاشور), is a Sunni…
• 1205 CELeón Cathedral builtSanta María de Regla de León Cathedral is a Catholic church, the episcopal see of the diocese of León in the…
• 1860 CELeón Cathedral builtThe Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary, also known as the "Royal and Renowned Basilica Cathedral of the…
• 1716 CELhasa Great Mosque builtThe Lhasa Great Mosque (simplified Chinese: 拉萨清真大寺; traditional Chinese: 拉薩清真大寺; pinyin: Lāsà Qīngzhēndàsì…
• 633 CELhasa foundedLhasa is the capital and largest city of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It is a prefecture-level city…
• 2015 CELiberate Yuen LongThe 2015 Yuen Long protest, also known as Liberate Yuen Long or Recover Yuen Long (Chinese: 光復元朗) by the…
• 1945 CELiberation of ArnhemOperation Anger (sometimes mistakenly referred to as Operation Quick Anger) was a military operation to seize…
• 1919 CELiberation of JelgavaThe Battle of Jelgava was an operation of the Latvian Army from 15 to 21 November 1919 during the Latvian War…
• 1982 CELiberation of KhorramshahrThe Second Battle of Khorramshahr, also known in Iran as the Liberation of Khorramshahr (Persian: آزادسازی…
• 1944 CELiberation of ParisThe Liberation of Paris (French: Libération de Paris) was a battle that took place during World War II from…
• 1944 CELiberation of StrasbourgThe liberation of Strasbourg took place on 23 November 1944 during the Alsace campaign (November 1944 – March…
• 2004 CELiberty Bell Park bus bombingThe Liberty Bell Park bus bombing was a suicide bombing which occurred on February 22, 2004 in Egged bus No.…
• 2009 CELiberty Bridge builtThe Liberty Bridge or Freedom Bridge (Hungarian: Szabadság híd [ˈsɒbɒtʃaːɡ ˈhiːd]) in Budapest, Hungary…
• 1849 CELibreville foundedLibreville (French: [libʁəvil]) is the capital and largest city of Gabon, located on the Gabon Estuary.…
• 2011 CELibyan Civil WarThe Libyan Civil War, also known as the First Libyan Civil War and Libyan Revolution, was an armed conflict…
• 200 BCELibyco-Punic Mausoleum of Dougga builtThe Libyco-Punic Mausoleum of Dougga (Mausoleum of Atban) is an ancient mausoleum located in Dougga, Tunisia.…
• 1975 CELice earthquake of 1975The 1975 Lice earthquake struck the Turkish district of Lice at 12:20 local time (09:20 UTC) on 6 September.…
• 1893 CELiceu bombingThe Liceu bombing was a terrorist attack by the Spanish anarchist Santiago Salvador, who killed 20 to 30…
• 1870 CELichtenberg SiegeThe siege of Lichtenberg was a battle of the Franco-Prussian War that took place on August 9 to 10 in 1870 at…
• 1330 CELida Castle builtLida Castle (Belarusian: Лідскі замак, Lithuanian: Lydos pilis, Polish: Zamek w Lidzie) is a historic…
• 1942 CELidice massacreThe Lidice massacre (Czech: Vyhlazení Lidic) was the complete destruction of the village of Lidice in the…
• 1284 CELiebenstein Castle (Rhine) settledLiebenstein Castle (German: Burg Liebenstein) is a castle above the village of Kamp-Bornhofen in…
• 1260 CELiebfrauenkirche (church building) builtThe Liebfrauenkirche (German for Church of Our Lady) in Trier, is, according to UNESCO, "the earliest church…
• 1136 CELiechtenstein Castle builtLiechtenstein Castle (German: Burg Liechtenstein) is a castle near Maria Enzersdorf in Lower Austria…
• 1941 CELiepāja MassacresThe Liepāja massacres were a series of mass executions, many public or semi-public, in and near the city of…
• 1241 CELietava Castle builtLietava Castle (Slovak: Lietavský hrad, older names Litova, Letava, Lethowa, Zsolnalitva) is an extensive…
• 1400 CELikava (palace) builtLikava Castle (Slovak: Likavský hrad) is a castle in the village of Likavka which is a part of the Ružomberok…
• 1998 CELikoshane and Qirez massacreThe Attacks on Likoshan and Çirez (Albanian: Sulmet në Likoshan dhe Çirez, Serbian: Napadi na Likošane i…
• 1902 CELilongwe foundedLilongwe (UK:, US:,) is the capital and largest city of Malawi. It has a population of 989,318 as of the 2018…
• 1997 CELima Film FestivalThe Lima Film Festival (Spanish: Festival de Cine de Lima) is a film festival held annually by the Pontifical…
• 1535 CELima foundedLima is the capital and largest city of Peru, as well as a primate city. It is located in the valleys of the…
• 2009 CELin family murdersThe Lin family murders occurred in North Epping in the northwestern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales…
• 1068 CELincoln Castle builtLincoln Castle is a major medieval castle constructed in Lincoln, England, during the late 11th century by…
• 1201 CELincoln Cathedral builtLincoln Cathedral, also called Lincoln Minster, and formally the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary…
• 1922 CELincoln Memorial (monument) builtThe Lincoln Memorial is a U.S. national memorial honoring Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United…
• 1932 CELindbergh kidnappingOn March 1, 1932, Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr. (born June 22, 1930), the 20-month-old son of Col. Charles…
• 1870 CELinderhof Palace builtLinderhof Palace (German: Schloss Linderhof) is a schloss in Germany, 10 km west of the village of Ettal in…
• 1992 CELindhurst High School shootingThe Lindhurst High School shooting was a school shooting and subsequent hostage that occurred on May 1, 1992…
• 1550 CELindisfarne Castle builtLindisfarne Castle is a 16th-century castle located on Holy Island, near Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland…
• 1400 CELion Tower builtThe Barsbay Tower (Arabic: برج برسباي, romanized: Burj Barsbay), also known as Lions Tower (Arabic: برج…
• 400 BCELion of Amphipolis (monument) builtThe Lion of Amphipolis (Greek: Λέων της Αμφίπολης) is a 4th-century BC tomb sculpture near Amphipolis…
• 2015 CELions' Gate stabbingsOn 3 October 2015, a Palestinian resident of al-Bireh attacked the Benita family near the Lions' Gate in…
• 1328 CELipany foundedLipany ('lindens;'; Hungarian: Héthárs, German: Siebenlinden, Latin: Septemtiliae all lit. 'seven lindens')…
• 1315 CELipova foundedLipova (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈlipova]; German and Hungarian: Lippa; Serbian: Липова, Lipova; Turkish…
• 1341 CELiptovský Hrádok foundedLiptovský Hrádok (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈliptɔwskiː ˈɦraːdɔk]; German: Neuhäusel in der Liptau; Hungarian…
• 1286 CELiptovský Mikuláš foundedLiptovský Mikuláš (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈliptɔwskiː ˈmikulaːʂ]; until 1952 Liptovský Svätý Mikuláš, German…
• 1999 CELiquiçá Church massacreThe Liquiçá Church massacre was a mass-killing that occurred in April 1999, during East Timor's bid for…
• 1150 CELisbon Cathedral builtThe Cathedral of Saint Mary Major (Portuguese: Santa Maria Maior de Lisboa or Sé-Catedral Metropolitana…