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• 300 CEMangup (fortress) builtMangup (Russian: Мангуп; Ukrainian: Мангуп, romanized: Manhup; Crimean Tatar: Mangup) also known as Mangup…
• 1910 CEManhattan Bridge builtThe Manhattan Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the East River in New York City, connecting Lower…
• 1624 CEManhattan foundedManhattan is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.…
• 1571 CEManila foundedManila, officially the City of Manila, is the capital and second-most populous city of the Philippines after…
• 2010 CEManila hostage crisisThe Manila hostage crisis, officially known as the Rizal Park hostage-taking incident (Tagalog: Pagbibihag ng…
• 1945 CEManila massacreThe Manila massacre (Filipino: Pagpatay sa Maynila or Masaker sa Maynila), also called the Rape of Manila…
• 1971 CEManili massacreThe Manili massacre refers to the mass murder of 70 Moro Muslims, including women and children, committed in…
• 1999 CEManjolai Labourers MassacreThe Manjolai labourers massacre or the Thamirabarani massacre of 23 July 1999 was the death of 17 Dalit…
• 1949 CEMann Gulch fireThe Mann Gulch fire was a wildfire started on August 5, 1949, in the Gates of the Mountain Wild Area, now…
• 1920 CEMannerheim Line (monument) builtThe Mannerheim Line (Finnish: Mannerheim-linja, Swedish: Mannerheimlinjen) was a defensive fortification line…
• 1995 CEManningham riotThe Manningham riot was a short but intense period of ethnic rioting which took place from 9–11 June 1995, in…
• 1314 CEMansouri Great Mosque builtThe Mansouri Great Mosque (also known as the Grand Mansouri Mosque, Great Mosque of Tripoli; Arabic: المسجد…
• 1996 CEMansouri massacreThe Mansouri attack occurred on 13 April 1996, when an Israel Defence Forces helicopter attacked an ambulance…
• 1972 CEMansu Hill Grand Monument builtThe Mansudae Grand Monument (Korean: 만수대대기념비) is a complex of monuments in Pyongyang, North Korea. There are…
• 2006 CEMantova Comics & GamesMantua Comics & Games is an annual comic book and gaming convention in Mantua, Lombardy, northern Italy. The…
• 919 CEManwoldae (palace) builtManwŏltae (Korean: 만월대; Hanja: 滿月臺; lit. 'Full Moon Platform'), or Mangwŏltae (망월대; 望月臺), was the main palace…
• 1997 CEMapiripán MassacreThe Mapiripán massacre was a massacre of civilians that took place in Mapiripán, Meta Department, Colombia.…
• 1781 CEMaputo foundedMaputo (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐˈputu]) is the capital and largest city of Mozambique. Located near the…
• 2025 CEMar Elias Church attackOn 22 June 2025, at least one attacker opened fire and detonated an explosive device inside the Greek…
• 1992 CEMaraghar massacreThe Maraga massacre (Armenian: Մարաղայի կոտորած, romanized: Maraghayi kotorats) was the mass murder of…
• 1977 CEMarana foundedMarana is a town that mostly lies in Pima County with a small portion in Pinal County, in the U.S. state of…
• 1114 CEMarash earthquake of 1114An earthquake occurred in the area of Marash during the early morning hours of November 29, 1114. It had an…
• 1974 CEMaratha, Santalaris and Aloda massacreMaratha, Santalaris and Aloda massacre (Turkish: Muratağa, Sandallar ve Atlılar katliamı) refers to a…
• 1828 CEMarble Arch (monument) builtThe Marble Arch is a 19th-century white marble-faced triumphal arch in London, England. The structure was…
• 1768 CEMarble Palace builtThe Marble Palace (Russian: Мраморный дворец) is one of the first Neoclassical palaces in Saint Petersburg…
• 1925 CEMarble Palace builtThe Marble Palace (Persian: کاخ مرمر, romanized: Kākh-e Marmar) is a historic building and former royal…
• 1200 CEMarburg Castle builtThe Marburger Schloss (or Marburg castle), also known as Landgrafenschloss Marburg, is a castle in Marburg…
• 1919 CEMarburg's Bloody SundayMarburg's Bloody Sunday (German: Marburger Blutsonntag, Slovene: Mariborska krvava nedelja) was a shooting…
• 1891 CEMarch 14, 1891 lynchingsThe 1891 New Orleans lynchings were the murders of 11 Italian Americans, immigrants in New Orleans, by a mob…
• 1605 CEMarch 1605 papal conclaveThe March–April 1605 conclave was convened on the death of Clement VIII and ended with the election of…
• 1926 CEMarch 18 MassacreThe March 18 Massacre (三·一八惨案) was a massacre that took place on 18 March 1926, amid an anti-warlord and…
• 1944 CEMarch 1944 Narva OffensiveThe Narva offensive (1–4 March 1944) (Estonian: Putki lahing) was an operation conducted by the Soviet…
• 2007 CEMarch 2007 Sumatra earthquakesThe March 2007 Sumatra earthquakes occurred near the northern end of Lake Singkarak in Sumatra, Indonesia, on…
• 2011 CEMarch 2011 Sanriku earthquakeThis is a list of foreshocks and aftershocks of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake. Japan had experienced 900…
• 2013 CEMarch 2013 Nantou earthquakeThe 2013 Nantou earthquake struck central Taiwan with a moment magnitude of 5.9 and a maximum Mercalli…
• 2016 CEMarch 2016 Ankara bombingThe March 2016 Ankara bombing killed at least 37 people and injured 125. Of the 125 individuals who suffered…
• 2017 CEMarch 2017 Damascus bombingsIn March 2017, three attacks occurred in the city of Damascus, Syria. The first happened on the March 11…
• 2017 CEMarch 2017 Kabul attackOn 8 March 2017, the Sardar Daud Khan Military Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, was attacked by a group of…
• 2019 CEMarch 2019 attacks against Fulani herdersOn March 23, 2019, several attacks by gunmen killed a reported 160 Fulani herders in central Mali. The…
• 2020 CEMarch 2020 Chad and Nigeria massacresOn 23 March 2020, Islamists carried out massacres of soldiers in Chad and Nigeria.
• 2021 CEMarch 2021 Darey-Daye massacreOn March 15, 2021, jihadists from the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara attacked the village of Darey-Daye…
• 2021 CEMarch 2021 Miyagi earthquakeOn March 20, 2021, at 18:09 JST (09:09 UTC), a magnitude 6.9 or 7.0 earthquake struck offshore east of…
• 2021 CEMarch 2021 Wukro massacreDuring the Tigray War, the town of Wukro was damaged heavily, and was the scene of numerous killings and…
• 2025 CEMarch 2025 Rafah humanitarian convoy attacksOn 23 March 2025, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) attacked several humanitarian vehicles, including five…
• 1936 CEMarch on GondarThe March on Gondar was an action conducted by regular troops and volunteers following the secretary of the…
• 1963 CEMarch on Washington for Jobs and FreedomThe March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (commonly known as the March on Washington or the Great March on…
• 1989 CEMarchioness disasterThe Marchioness disaster was a collision between two vessels on the River Thames in London in the early hours…
• 1956 CEMarcinelle disasterThe Marcinelle mining disaster (French: Catastrophe de Marcinelle, lit. 'the Marcinelle catastrophe')…
• 1937 CEMarco Polo Bridge incidentThe Marco Polo Bridge incident, also known as the Lugou Bridge incident or the July 7 incident, was a…
• 2009 CEMardin engagement ceremony massacreOn May 4, 2009, Mehmet Çelebi, a village guard, killed at least forty-four people at an engagement ceremony…
• 1983 CEMarey caseMarey case is the name given to the trial for the 1983 kidnapping of Segundo Marey—one of the first victims…
• 1062 CEMargat (castle) builtMargat Castle, also known as Marqab Castle (Arabic: قلعة المرقب, romanized: Qalʻat al-Marqab, lit. 'Castle of…
• 2900 BCEMari foundedMari (Cuneiform: 𒈠𒌷𒆠, ma-riki, modern Tell Hariri; Arabic: تل حريري) was an ancient Semitic city-state in…
• 1001 CEMaria Laach Abbey builtMaria Laach Abbey (in German: Abtei Maria Laach, in Latin: Abbatia Maria Lacensis or Abbatia Maria ad Lacum)…
• 1848 CEMarianna foundedMarianna is a town in and the county seat of Lee County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census it…
• 1870 CEMarias MassacreThe Marias Massacre (also known as the Baker Massacre or the Piegan Massacre) was a massacre of Piegan…
• 1683 CEMariazell Basilica builtMariazell Basilica, also known as Basilica Mariä Geburt (Basilica of the Birth of the Virgin Mary), is a…
• 1979 CEMarichjhapi massacreMarichjhapi massacre or Marichjhapi incident refers to the 1979 eviction of post-partition Bengali refugees…
• 1423 CEMarie and Louis Pasteur University foundedThe Marie and Louis Pasteur University (French: Univeristé Marie et Louis Pasteur, UMLP), formerly known as…
• 1380 CEMarienkirche (Berlin-Mitte) (church building) builtSt. Mary's Church, known in German as the Marienkirche or St.-Marien-Kirche, is a church in Berlin, Germany.…
• 1839 CEMariinsky Palace builtMariinsky Palace (Russian: Мариинский дворец, romanized: Mariinskiy dvorets), also known as Marie Palace, was…
• 1752 CEMariinskyi Palace builtThe Mariinskyi Palace (Ukrainian: Маріїнський палац, romanized: Mariinskyi palats) is the official residence…
• 2012 CEMarikana miners' strikeThe Marikana massacre was the killing of thirty-four miners by the South African Police Service (SAPS) on 16…
• 448 BCEMarion foundedMarion (Greek: Μάριον) was one of the ten city-kingdoms of Cyprus. It was situated in the north-west of the…
• 1999 CEMaritime, Fluvial and Harbor Museum of Rouen foundedThe Maritime, Fluvial and Harbour Museum of Rouen (French: musée maritime fluvial et portuaire de Rouen) is a…
• 1914 CEMaritz RebellionThe Maritz rebellion, also known as the Third Boer War, or the Five Shilling rebellion, was an armed…
• 901 CEMariupol foundedMariupol is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is situated on the northern coast (Pryazovia) of the Sea of…
• 1273 CEMariánské Lázně foundedMariánské Lázně (Czech pronunciation: [ˈmarɪjaːnskɛː ˈlaːzɲɛ]; German: Marienbad) is a spa town in Cheb…
• 2018 CEMarjory Stoneman Douglas High School shootingOn February 14, 2018, 19-year-old Nikolas Jacob Cruz opened fire on students and staff at his former school…
• 1994 CEMarkale massacresThe Markale massacres were two bombardments, with at least one of them confirmed to have been carried out by…
• 1948 CEMarket Street MassacreThe Market Street Massacre occurred on November 6, 1948, in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. Eight…
• 1117 CEMarksburg (castle) builtThe Marksburg (German pronunciation: [ˈmaʁksbʊʁk]) is a castle above the town of Braubach in…
• 1065 CEMarrakech foundedMarrakesh or Marrakech is the fourth-largest city in Morocco. It is one of the four imperial cities of…
• 2017 CEMarseille stabbingOn 1 October 2017, a man killed two women at the Saint-Charles train station in Marseille, France. The women…
• 2021 CEMarshall FireThe Marshall Fire was a destructive wildfire and urban conflagration that started on December 30, 2021…
• 1527 CEMartyrs' SynodThe Martyrs' Synod was a Christian meeting which took place in Augsburg, Germany, from 20 to 24 August 1527.…
• 1597 CEMarugame Castle builtMarugame Castle (丸亀城, Marugame-jō) is an Edo Period Japanese castle in the city of Marugame, Kagawa…
• 1576 CEMaruoka Castle builtMaruoka Castle (丸岡城, Maruoka-jō) is a hirayama-style Japanese castle located in the Maruoka neighbourhood of…
• 1977 CEMaryland Renaissance FestivalThe Maryland Renaissance Festival is a Renaissance fair located in Crownsville, Maryland. Set in a fictional…
• 2014 CEMarysville Pilchuck High School shootingOn October 24, 2014, 15-year-old freshman student Jaylen Fryberg shot five students at Marysville Pilchuck…
• 1944 CEMarzabotto massacreThe Marzabotto massacre (Italian: strage di Marzabotto), also known in recent historiography as the Monte…
• 2023 CEMasalit genocideThe Masalit genocide is a series of ongoing persecutions and mass killings of the Masalit people in West…
• 1919 CEMasaryk University foundedMasaryk University (MU) (Czech: Masarykova univerzita; Latin: Universitas Masarykiana Brunensis) is the…
• 1869 CEMaseru foundedMaseru is the capital and largest city of Lesotho. It is also the capital of the Maseru District. Located on…
• 1976 CEMasjid Al-Dahab builtMasjid Al-Dahab (Filipino: Masjid Gintong), officially known as Manila Golden Mosque and Cultural Center, is…
• 1932 CEMasjid Sultan builtThe Sultan Mosque is a historic mosque located within the Kampong Glam locality of Rochor, Singapore. Built…
• 1969 CEMasjid e Tooba builtMasjid-e-Tooba (Urdu: مسجد طوبٰی) also known as Gol Masjid (lit. 'Round Mosque'), is a mosque located in the…
• 1944 CEMass murder on Dzika streetThe mass murder on Dzika street was a war crime committed by German troops against Polish civilians during…
• 1945 CEMass suicide in DemminOn 1 May 1945, hundreds of people killed themselves in the town of Demmin, in the Province of Pomerania (now…
• 1873 CEMassacre CanyonThe Massacre Canyon battle took place in Nebraska on August 5, 1873, near the Republican River. It was one of…
• 1209 CEMassacre at BéziersThe Massacre at Béziers occurred on 22 July 1209 during the sack of Béziers by Crusaders. It was the outcome…
• 1643 CEMassacre at Corlears HookThe Massacre at Corlears Hook of February 25, 1643, was a colonial massacre of forty Wecquaesgeek of all ages…
• 1463 CEMassacre at HelgeandsholmenThe Massacre at Helgeandsholmen, also called the Battle of Helgeandsholmen (Swedish: Slaget på…
• 1829 CEMassacre at the Russian embassy in TehranMassacre at the Russian Embassy in Tehran, in Russian historiography Tehran Tragedy of 1829 was a mass murder…
• 1942 CEMassacre in BudyThe Massacre in Budy (German: Budyrevolte, Polish: Masakra w Budach) was the massacre of female prisoners…
• 1848 CEMassacre in BěchoviceThe Massacre in Běchovice occurred on 17 June 1848 at the train station in the village of Běchovice near…
• 1939 CEMassacre in CiepielówThe Ciepielów massacre [t͡ɕɛˈpjɛluf] that took place on 8 September 1939 was one of the largest and most…
• 1939 CEMassacre in DynówThe Dynów massacre was a massacre committed by German Wehrmacht, Gestapo and Einsatzkommando soldiers in…
• 1993 CEMassacre in GrabovicaThe Grabovica massacre refers to the murders of at least 13 ethnic Croat inhabitants of the village of…
• 1945 CEMassacre in PodgajeThe Podgaje massacre refers to the mass murder of Polish People's Armies POWs, who were captured in January…
• 1945 CEMassacre in the Arnsberg ForestThe Arnsberg Forest massacre (also known as the Massacre in Arnsberg Woods) was a series of mass…
• 1520 CEMassacre in the Great Temple of TenochtitlanThe Massacre in the Great Temple, also called the Toxcatl Massacre, or the Alvarado Massacre, was an event on…
• 1944 CEMassacre in the Jesuit monastery on Rakowiecka Street in WarsawThe massacre in the Jesuit monastery on Rakowiecka Street in Warsaw was a Nazi German war crime perpetrated…
• 1944 CEMassacre in the Mokotów prisonThe Massacre in the Mokotów prison was a mass murder of residents of the Mokotów Prison in Warsaw by the…
• 1939 CEMassacre in the Szpęgawski ForestThe Forest of Szpęgawsk (Polish: Las Szpęgawski) is situated west of the village of Szpęgawsk in the…
• 1850 CEMassacre of AleppoThe Massacre of Aleppo (Arabic: قومة حلب, romanized: Qawmat Ḥalab), often referred to simply as The Events…
• 1964 CEMassacre of Arabs during the Zanzibar RevolutionIn January 1964, during and following the Zanzibar Revolution, Arab residents of Zanzibar were victims of…
• 1793 CEMassacre of AvranchesThe Avranches massacre took place on 21 November 1793 in the context of the savage "Vendée" civil war that…
• 1943 CEMassacre of BorovëThe Borovë massacre occurred on July 6, 1943, in the village of Borovë, during the Second World War in…
• 2021 CEMassacre of CamargoThe Camargo massacre occurred on 22 January 2021, in the Santa Anita of Camargo Municipality, Tamaulipas…
• 1997 CEMassacre of CërrikIn 1997, Albania experienced a severe political, economic and security crisis after the collapse of…
• 1944 CEMassacre of DortanThe Dortan massacre was a massacre in which approximately 35 French civilians were killed by Wehrmacht…
• 1893 CEMassacre of Italians at Aigues-MortesThe Massacre of the Italians at Aigues-Mortes was a series of events on 16 and 17 August 1893, in…
• 1943 CEMassacre of KalavrytaThe Kalavryta massacre (Greek: Σφαγή των Καλαβρύτων), or the Holocaust of Kalavryta (Ολοκαύτωμα των…
• 1825 CEMassacre of KaramırzeyThe Qaramirzey Massacre, or the Laba Massacre, was the destruction of the Circassian town/village of…
• 1943 CEMassacre of KommenoThe Massacre of Kommeno (Greek: Η σφαγή του Κομμένου; German: Massaker von Kommeno) was a Nazi war crime…
• 1943 CEMassacre of KosThe Massacre of Kos (Italian: Eccidio di Kos) was a war crime perpetrated in early October 1943 by the…
• 1370 CEMassacre of LimogesThe town of Limoges had been under English control but in August 1370 it surrendered to the French, opening…
• 1976 CEMassacre of Margarita BelénThe Margarita Belén Massacre (Spanish: Masacre de Margarita Belén) took place during the Dirty War in…
• 1490 CEMassacre of MonzievairdThe Scottish Highland Massacre of Monzievaird took place on 21 October 1490, at the church of Monzievaird, at…
• 1578 CEMassacre of MullaghmastThe massacre of Mullaghmast (Irish: ár Mhullach maistean) was the mass killing of between 100 and 400 members…
• 1545 CEMassacre of MérindolThe Mérindol massacre took place in 1545, when Francis I of France ordered that the Vaudois (Waldensians) of…
• 1572 CEMassacre of NaardenThe Massacre of Naarden was an episode of mass murder and looting that took place in the Dutch city of…
• 1943 CEMassacre of OstrówkiThe Ostrówki massacre was a 1943 mass murder of the Polish inhabitants of the Volhynian village of Ostrówki…
• 1914 CEMassacre of PhocaeaThe massacre of Phocaea (Greek: Η Σφαγή της Φώκαιας, romanized: I Sfagí tis Fókaias; Turkish: Foça Katliamı)…
• 1944 CEMassacre of Piazzale LoretoPiazzale Loreto massacre was a Nazi-Fascist massacre that took place in Italy, on 10 August 1944 in Piazzale…
• 1875 CEMassacre of Running WatersThe massacre of Running Waters was the killing of 80 to 100 Arrernte (formerly known as Aranda) men, women…
• 5000 BCEMassacre of SchletzIn the Massacre of Schletz, more than 200 Neolithic people were killed by blunt force around 5000 BC, towards…
• 1768 CEMassacre of St George's FieldsThe Massacre of St George's Fields occurred on 10 May 1768 when government soldiers opened fire on…
• 1914 CEMassacre of TaminesThe massacre of Tamines were the summary executions and mass murder perpetrated by the German army against…
• 1797 CEMassacre of TranentThe Massacre of Tranent was an event which took place on 29 August 1797 in the town of Tranent, Scotland.
• 1890 CEMassacre of WarsheikhThe Massacre of Warsheikh (Somali: Xasuuqii Warsheekh Italian: Massacro di Uarsheikh) or Attack on Warsheikh…
• 1943 CEMassacre of Wola OstrowieckaMassacre of Wola Ostrowiecka was a 1943 mass murder of Polish inhabitants of the village of Wola Ostrowiecka…
• 1834 CEMassacre of friars in Madrid in 1834The massacre of friars in Madrid in 1834 was an anti-clerical riot that took place on July 17, 1834, in the…
• 1942 CEMassacre of patients at the Kobierzyn psychiatric hospitalThe massacre of patients at the State Institute for the Mentally and Nervously Ill in Kobierzyn was the…
• 1943 CEMassacre of the Acqui DivisionThe Massacre of the Acqui Division, also known as the Cephalonia massacre, was a war crime by German soldiers…
• 1948 CEMassacre of the First Sapper BattalionThe massacre of the First Sapper Battalion was the mass murder of 350 Greek soldiers imprisoned in the…
• 1182 CEMassacre of the LatinsThe Massacre of the Latins was a massacre of Genoese and Pisans in Constantinople, the capital of the…
• 2021 CEMassacres of Karou, Ouattagouna, Daoutegeft and DirgaOn August 8, 2021, jihadist militants from Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) launched simultaneous…
• 1943 CEMassacres of MousiotitsaThe Massacres of Mousiotitsa (Greek: Οι σφαγές της Μουσιωτίτσας; German: Massaker von Mousiotitsa) refer to…
• 1942 CEMassacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern GaliciaThe massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia were carried out in German-occupied Poland by the…
• 599 BCEMassalia foundedMassalia (Greek: Μασσαλία, romanized: Massalía; Latin: Massilia) was an ancient Greek colony (apoikia) on the…
• 2022 CEMatanzas oil storage facility explosionThe Matanzas oil storage facility explosion was an explosion on 5 August 2022 of an oil storage facility in…
• 2021 CEMatchika massacreOn 6 October 2021, 34 civilians were murdered in an attack on Matchika village in the Central African…
• 2021 CEMatei Balș hospital fireOn 29 January 2021, at around 05:00 EET, a fire broke out at the COVID-19 facility in the Prof. Dr. Matei…
• 1994 CEMater Ecclesiae Monastery builtThe Mater Ecclesiae Monastery (Latin for "Mother of the Church" dedicated to Mary) is a monastery in Vatican…
• 1607 CEMatsue Castle builtMatsue Castle (松江城, Matsue-jō) is a Japanese castle located in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture. Matsue Castle was…
• 1949 CEMatsukawa derailmentThe Matsukawa derailment (松川事件, Matsukawa jiken "Matsukawa incident") occurred at 03:09 AM on August 17, 1949…
• 1606 CEMatsumae Castle builtMatsumae Castle (松前城, Matsumae-jō) is a castle located in Matsumae, Hokkaido, Japan, and is the northernmost…
• 1504 CEMatsumoto Castle builtMatsumoto Castle (松本城, Matsumoto-jō), originally known as Fukashi Castle, is a castle in city of Matsumoto…
• 1994 CEMatsumoto sarin attackThe Matsumoto sarin attack was an attempted assassination perpetrated by members of the Aum Shinrikyo…
• 2006 CEMatsuriconMatsuricon is a three-day anime convention held during August/September in Columbus, Ohio, at the Hyatt…
• 1602 CEMatsuyama Castle builtMatsuyama Castle (松山城, Matsuyama-jō) is a "flatland-mountain"-style Japanese castle that was built in 1603 on…
• 1964 CEMatsés massacreThe Matsés massacre was a set of military bombings carried out by the state of Peru against Matsés (also…
• 1255 CEMatthias Church builtThe Church of the Assumption of the Buda Castle (Hungarian: Nagyboldogasszony-templom), more commonly known…
• 2002 CEMatza restaurant suicide bombingThe Matza restaurant suicide bombing occurred on March 31, 2002, when a Palestinian Hamas suicide bomber…
• 1147 CEMaulbronn Monastery builtMaulbronn Monastery (German: Kloster Maulbronn) is a former Cistercian abbey and ecclesiastical state in the…
• 2017 CEMaung Nu massacreThe Maung Nu massacre was a mass-killing of Rohingya people by the Myanmar Army that reportedly happened in…
• 1822 CEMauritshuis foundedThe Mauritshuis (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmʌurɪtsˌɦœys]; The Hague dialect: [ˈmɑːʁɪtsˌɦœːs]; lit. 'Maurice…
• 1353 CEMaus Castle builtMaus Castle (German: Burg Maus, meaning Mouse Castle) is a castle above the village of Wellmich (part of…
• 350 BCEMausoleum at Halicarnassus settledThe Mausoleum at Halicarnassus or Tomb of Mausolus was a tomb built between 353 and 351 BC in Halicarnassus…
• 27 BCEMausoleum of Augustus settledThe Mausoleum of Augustus (Latin: Mausoleum Augusti; Italian: Mausoleo di Augusto) is a large tomb built by…
• 3 BCEMausoleum of Hecatomnus builtThe Tomb of Hecatomnus or Hekatomnos (Greek: Ἑκατόμνος, Carian: 𐊴𐊭𐊪𐊵𐊫 k̂tmno "under-son, descendant(?)")…
• 1996 CEMausoleum of Huseyn Javid builtMausoleum of Huseyn Javid (Azerbaijani: Hüseyn Cavid məqbərəsi) – is a mausoleum erected on a grave of Huseyn…
• 1185 CEMausoleum of Imam al-Hasan of Basra builtThe Mausoleum of Imam Hasan of Basra (Arabic: مرقد الإمام الحسن البصري) is a historic mausoleum and shrine in…
• 1400 CEMausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi builtThe Mausoleum of Khawaja Ahmed Yasawi (Kazakh: Қожа Ахмет Яссауи кесенесі, romanized: Qoja Ahmet İassaui…
• 1840 CEMausoleum of Mahmud II builtThe Tomb of Mahmud II is a tomb built by the Ottoman Sultan Abdulmecid for his father Mahmud II in Istanbul…
• 1703 CEMausoleum of Moulay Ismail builtThe Mausoleum of Moulay Isma'il (Arabic: ضريح المولى إسماعيل) is a historic Islamic funerary complex in…
• 1544 CEMausoleum of Sheikh Juneyd builtThe Mausoleum of Sheikh Juneyd (Azerbaijani: Şeyx Cüneyd türbəsi) – is located in Hazra village of Qusar…
• 1503 CEMausoleum of Tarabay al-Sharifi builtThe Mausoleum of Tarabay al-Sharifi is a late Mamluk funerary complex in Cairo comprising the tomb of amir…
• 1986 CEMausoleum of Three Leaders builtThe Mausoleum of Three Leaders, officially Three National Leaders' Shrine, located at Shahbag, New Dhaka in…
• 1926 CEMausoleum of Yugoslav Soldiers in Olomouc builtThe Mausoleum of Yugoslav Soldiers (Czech: Mauzoleum jugoslávských vojínů or also Jihoslovanské mauzoleum) is…
• 1935 CEMausoleum of the Albanian Royal Family builtThe Mausoleum of the Albanian Royal Family is a building in Tirana, capital of Albania, which holds the…
• 200 CEMausolée de Lanuéjols (mausoleum) builtThe mausoleum of Lanuéjols is a Gallo-Roman funerary monument located in the commune of Lanuéjols, in the…
• 1938 CEMauthausen concentration camp foundedMauthausen was a Nazi concentration camp on a hill above the market town of Mauthausen (roughly 20 kilometres…
• 1986 CEMaxi TrialThe Maxi Trial (Italian: Maxiprocesso) was a criminal trial against the Sicilian Mafia that took place in…
• 2003 CEMaxim restaurant suicide bombingThe Maxim restaurant bombing was a Palestinian suicide bombing which occurred on October 4, 2003, in the…
• 1932 CEMay 15 IncidentThe May 15 incident (五・一五事件, Goichigo jiken) was an attempted coup d'état in the Empire of Japan, on May 15…
• 1555 CEMay 1555 papal conclaveThe May 1555 papal conclave (15–23 May) was convened on the death of Pope Marcellus II (whose reign had only…
• 1605 CEMay 1605 papal conclaveThe May 1605 conclave held from 8 to 16 May 1605; Cardinal Camillo Borghese was elected to succeed Leo XI as…
• 2006 CEMay 2006 Java earthquakeThe 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake (also known as the Bantul earthquake) occurred at 05:53 local time on 27 May…
• 2010 CEMay 2010 Mogadishu bombingsThe May 2010 Mogadishu bombings were an attack at a mosque near the Bakaara market in Mogadishu, the capital…
• 2010 CEMay 2010 attacks on Ahmadi mosques in LahoreThe May 2010 Lahore attacks, also referred to as the Lahore massacre, occurred on 28 May 2010, in Lahore…
• 2011 CEMay 2011 Talkalakh SiegeOn 14 May 2011, during the Syrian revolution, the Syrian military began an operation in the Syrian town of…
• 2012 CEMay 2012 Battle of RastanThe Battle of Rastan between the Syrian Armed Forces and the Free Syrian Army took place in the city of…
• 2014 CEMay 2014 Buni Yadi attackOn 26 May 2014, militants from Boko Haram attacked the town of Buni Yadi, Yobe State, Nigeria, capturing it…
• 2014 CEMay 2014 Nigeria bombingsOn 20 May 2014, two bombs exploded in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria, killing at least 118 people and injuring…
• 2014 CEMay 2014 Ürümqi explosionOn the morning of 22 May 2014, two sport utility vehicles (SUVs) carrying five assailants were driven into a…
• 2015 CEMay 2015 Nepal earthquakeA major earthquake occurred in Nepal on 12 May 2015 at 12:50 pm local time (07:05 UTC) with a moment…
• 2016 CEMay 2016 Jableh and Tartous bombingsOn 23 May 2016, eight bombings were carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Jableh and…
• 2017 CEMay 2017 Bangassou clashesDuring May 2017, a massacre occurred in the Central African Republic town of Bangassou after Anti-balaka…
• 2017 CEMay 2017 Kabul attackOn 31 May 2017, a truck bomb exploded at a crowded intersection in Kabul, Afghanistan, near the German…
• 2019 CEMay 2019 Burkina Faso hostage rescueOn May 9, 2019, French special operations forces conducted an operation in Gorom-Gorom, northern Burkina Faso…
• 2021 CEMay 2021 Kabul bombingOn 8 May 2021, a car bombing followed by two more improvised explosive device (IED) blasts occurred in front…
• 2022 CEMay 2022 Madjoari massacreOn 25 May 2022, jihadists from Ansarul Islam or Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin attacked civilians fleeing…
• 2024 CEMay 2024 Al-Mawasi refugee camp attackOn 28 May 2024, Gaza emergency services reported that four tank artillery shells struck a tent city in the…
• 2026 CEMay 2026 eruption of DukonoDukono is an active volcano located in the northern part of Halmahera island, the largest of the Maluku…
• 1998 CEMay 30, 1998 Afghanistan earthquakeAn earthquake occurred in northern Afghanistan on May 30, 1998, at 06:22 UTC in Takhar Province, with a…
• 2021 CEMay Atsmi massacresThis Timeline of the Tigray War (January to June 2021) is part of a chronology of the military engagements of…
• 1903 CEMay CoupThe May Coup (Serbian: Мајски преврат, romanized: Majski prevrat) was a coup d'état in the Kingdom of Serbia…