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• 1243 CEPúchov foundedPúchov (German: Puchau; Hungarian: Puhó) is an industrial town in the centre of Púchov District in Slovakia…

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• 1007 CEQal'at Bani Hammad (castle) builtQal'at Bani Hammad (Arabic: قلعة بني حماد), also known as Qal'a Bani Hammad or Qal'at of the Beni Hammad…
• 1168 CEQal'at Ja'bar (castle) builtQal'at Ja'bar (Arabic: قلعة جعبر, romanized: Qalʿat Jaʿbar) is a castle on the left bank of Euphrates Lake in…
• 1207 CEQalʿat ar-Rahba settledAl-Rahba (/ALA-LC: al-Raḥba, sometimes spelled Raḥabah), also known as Qal'at al-Rahba (قلعة الرحبة), which…
• 2023 CEQaraqosh wedding fireOn 26 September 2023, at around 22:45 AST, a fire broke out at the Al Haytham Wedding Hall during an Assyrian…
• 1986 CEQasba Aligarh MassacreThe Qasba–Aligarh massacre was a massacre that took place when recently settled armed Pashtuns from tribal…
• 1270 CEQasr al-Basha (palace) builtQasr al-Basha (Arabic: قصر الباشا), also known as Pasha's Palace Museum, Radwan Castle, and Napoleon's Fort…
• 729 CEQasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi (castle) builtQasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi (Arabic: قصر الحير الشرقي, lit. 'Eastern al-Hayr Palace or the "Eastern Castle"') is a…
• 3299 BCEQatna settledQatna (modern: Arabic: تل المشرفة, Tell al-Mishrifeh; also Tell Misrife or Tell Mishrifeh) was an ancient…
• 1994 CEQiandao Lake IncidentThe Qiandao Lake incident (simplified Chinese: 千岛湖事件; traditional Chinese: 千島湖事件; pinyin: Qiāndǎo hú shìjiàn)…
• 1953 CEQibya massacreThe Qibya massacre occurred during Operation Shoshana, an Israeli reprisal operation that occurred in October…
• 2011 CEQingdao Jiaozhou Bay Bridge builtQingdao Jiaozhou Bay Bridge is a 26.7 km (16.6 mi) long roadway bridge in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China…
• 1009 CEQingjing Mosque builtThe Qingjing Mosque (Chinese: 清净寺; Arabic: مسجد الأصحاب, romanized: Masjid al-Aṣḥāb), also known as the Ashab…
• 1701 CEQiyaslı Mosque builtThe Giyasly Mosque (Azerbaijani: Qiyaslı Məscidi) is a former mosque located in the village of Qiyaslı, in…
• 1996 CEQol Şärif Mosque builtThe Kul Sharif Mosque (Tatar: Кол Шәриф мәчете, romanized: Qol Şərif məçete; Russian: Мечеть Кул-Шариф…
• 1225 CEQuadrangular castle builtThe Quadrangular Mardakan Fortress or the Great Mardakan Castle (Azerbaijani: Dördkünc Mərdəkan qalası or…
• 260 CEQuanzhou foundedQuanzhou is a prefecture-level port city on the north bank of the Jin River, beside the Taiwan Strait in…
• 622 CEQuba Mosque builtThe Quba Mosque is a mosque located in Medina in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia, first built in the…
• 1608 CEQuebec City foundedQuebec City (French: Ville de Québec) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. As of July…
• 1711 CEQuebec ExpeditionThe Quebec expedition (also known as the Walker expedition to Quebec) was a British attempt to attack…
• 1889 CEQuebec rockslideThe Quebec rockslide occurred on September 19, 1889, after a day of heavy rain in Quebec City, Canada. An…
• 936 CEQuedlinburg Abbey builtQuedlinburg Abbey (German: Stift Quedlinburg or Reichsstift Quedlinburg) is a former abbey of secular…
• 1111 CEQueen Arwa Mosque builtThe Mosque of Queen Arwa bint Ahmad Al-Sulayhi (Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلْمَلِكَة أَرْوَى بِنْت أَحْمَد…
• 2001 CEQueen Boat arrestsThe Cairo 52 were fifty-two men arrested on May 11, 2001, aboard a floating gay nightclub called the Queen…
• 1976 CEQueen live in Hyde Park 1976Queen live in Hyde Park 1976 was a concert by the band Queen. The concert took place on 18 September 1976 in…
• 1616 CEQueen's House (palace) builtQueen's House is a former royal residence in the London borough of Greenwich, which presently serves as a…
• 1697 CEQuinta da Regaleira (palace) builtQuinta da Regaleira [ˈkĩtɐ ðɐ ˈʁɨɣɐlɐjɾɐ] is a quinta (manor house) constructed from 1904 to '10 and located…
• 1915 CEQuintinshill rail disasterThe Quintinshill rail disaster was a multi-train rail crash which occurred on 22 May 1915 outside the…
• 1574 CEQuirinal Palace builtThe Quirinal Palace (Italian: Palazzo del Quirinale, pronounced [paˈlattso del kwiriˈnaːle]) is a historic…
• 1534 CEQuito foundedQuito (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkito]; Quechua: Kitu), officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital and…
• 103 BCEQumran settledQumran (Hebrew: קומראן; Arabic: خربة قمران, romanized: Khirbet Qumrān) is an archaeological site in the West…

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• 1884 CER v Dudley and StephensR v Dudley and Stephens (1884) 14 QBD 273, DC is a leading English criminal case which established a…
• 2008 CERCBC robbery-massacreOn May 16, 2008, a branch of the Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) in Cabuyao, Laguna, Philippines…
• 2010 CEROKS Cheonan sinkingThe Sinking of ROKS Cheonan occurred on 26 March 2010, when Cheonan, a Pohang-class corvette of South Korea…
• 1649 CERaahe foundedRaahe (Finnish: [ˈrɑːhe]; Swedish: Brahestad; Finland Swedish: [brɑːheˌstɑːd]) is a town in Finland, located…
• 1146 CERabat foundedRabat is the capital city of Morocco, located on the northwestern coasts of the Atlantic Ocean. Rabat is the…
• 900 CERabati Castle builtAkhaltsikhe (Rabati) Castle (Georgian: ახალციხის (რაბათის) ციხე) is a medieval fortress built in the 9th…
• 1078 CERabati Malik Caravanserai settledRabati Malik, also called Ribat-i Malik, is a caravanserai ruin located on the M37 road from Samarkand to…
• 1994 CERaboteau MassacreThe Raboteau massacre was an incident on April 22, 1994, in which military and paramilitary forces attacked…
• 1378 CERaby Castle builtRaby Castle (grid reference NZ12912177) is a medieval castle located near Staindrop in County Durham…
• 1961 CERadugaRaduga (in Russian Радуга, Rainbow) is the codename of a Soviet thermonuclear test, conducted on October 20…
• 2024 CERafah Massacre (12 February 2024)On 12 February 2024, Israel Defense Forces launched an assault on Rafah, a city in the Gaza Strip, killing…
• 1943 CERaid of the Ghetto of RomeThe raid on the Roman Ghetto took place on 16 October 1943. A total of 1,259 people, mainly members of the…
• 1575 CERaid of the RedeswireThe Raid of the Redeswire, also known as the Redeswire Fray, was a border skirmish between England and…
• 1941 CERaid on AlexandriaThe Raid on Alexandria (Operazione EA 3) was carried out on 19 December 1941 by Royal Italian Navy (Regia…
• 1919 CERaid on BergamaThe Battle of Bergama was fought at and near Bergama (ancient Pergamon, now a district center of İzmir…
• 1760 CERaid on BerlinThe Raid on Berlin took place in October 1760 during the Third Silesian War (part of the Seven Years' War)…
• 1917 CERaid on Bir el HassanaThe Raid on Bir el Hassana (Hasna) occurred in the Sinai Peninsula in February 1917, during World War I. It…
• 2006 CERaid on BorotaThe raid on Borota took place in Borota, Chad, near the eastern city of Adre, on January 6, 2006. According…
• 1804 CERaid on BoulogneThe raid on Boulogne in 1804 was a naval assault by elements of the Royal Navy on the fortified French port…
• 1697 CERaid on Cartagena de IndiasThe raid on Cartagena de Indias was a successful attack by the French on the fortified city of Cartagena de…
• 1758 CERaid on CherbourgThe Cherbourg raid took place from 7 to 16 August 1758 during the Seven Years' War, when a British force was…
• 1696 CERaid on ChignectoThe Raid on Chignecto occurred during King William's War when New England forces from Boston attacked the…
• 1749 CERaid on DartmouthThe Raid on Dartmouth (1749) occurred during Father Le Loutre's War on September 30, 1749 when a Mi'kmaw…
• 1751 CERaid on DartmouthThe Raid on Dartmouth (also referred to as the Dartmouth Massacre) occurred during Father Le Loutre's War on…
• 1704 CERaid on DeerfieldThe Raid on Deerfield, also known as the Deerfield Massacre, was an attack on February 29, 1704, of French…
• 1793 CERaid on GenoaThe raid on Genoa was a minor naval engagement fought in the harbour of the Italian city of Genoa during the…
• 1704 CERaid on Grand PréThe Raid on Grand Pré was the major action of a raiding expedition conducted by the New England militia…
• 1708 CERaid on HaverhillThe Raid on Haverhill was a military engagement that took place on August 29, 1708, during Queen Anne's War.…
• 1759 CERaid on Le HavreThe Le Havre raid was a two-day naval bombardment of the French port of Le Havre early in July 1759 by a…
• 1746 CERaid on LorientThe raid on Lorient was a British amphibious operation in the region around the town of Lorient from 29…
• 2015 CERaid on NampalaOn January 5, 2015, militants from Katiba Macina and Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) overran Malian…
• 1917 CERaid on NekhlThe Raid on Nekhl (February 1917) was the second of three battles by British forces to recapture the Sinai…
• 1918 CERaid on PulaThe raid on Pula was an Italian Navy operation conducted during the night of 31 October – 1 November 1918, at…
• 1739 CERaid on QuistelloThe Raid on Quistello was a raid and meeting engagement in which the Austrians encountered the Piedmontese…
• 1757 CERaid on RochefortThe raid on Rochefort (also known as the descent on Rochefort) was a failed British amphibious assault which…
• 1690 CERaid on Salmon FallsThe Raid on Salmon Falls (March 27, 1690) captured and destroyed the English settlement of Salmon Falls…
• 1944 CERaid on SantoriniThe Raid on Santorini took place on 24 April 1944 as part of the Mediterranean Campaign in World War II. It…
• 1914 CERaid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and WhitbyThe Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby on 16 December 1914 was an attack by the Imperial German Navy…
• 1758 CERaid on St MaloThe raid on St Malo took place in June 1758 when an amphibious British naval expedition landed close to the…
• 1692 CERaid on WellsThe Raid on Wells occurred during King William's War when French and Wabanaki Confederacy forces from New…
• 1667 CERaid on the MedwayThe Raid on the Medway, during the Second Anglo-Dutch War between 12 June to 14 June 1667, was a successful…
• 1801 CERaids on BoulogneThe raid on Boulogne in 1801 was a failed attempt by elements of the Royal Navy led by Vice Admiral Lord…
• 1993 CERainbow Bridge builtThe Rainbow Bridge (Japanese: レインボーブリッジ, Hepburn: Reinbō Burijji) is a suspension bridge crossing northern…
• 1941 CERainiai massacreThe Rainiai massacre (Lithuanian: Rainių žudynės) was the mass murder of between 70 and 80 Lithuanian…
• 1997 CERais massacreThe Rais massacre was one of Algeria's bloodiest massacres of the 1990s. It took place on 28 August 1997 at…
• 1201 CERaisio foundedRaisio (Finnish: [ˈrɑi̯sio]; Swedish: Reso) is a town in Finland, located in the Southwest Finland region. It…
• 1193 CERajec foundedRajec (Hungarian: Rajec; German: Rajetz) is a town in the Žilina District, Žilina Region in northern Slovakia.
• 1376 CERajecké Teplice foundedRajecké Teplice (Hungarian: Rajecfürdő) is a spa town in the Žilina District, Žilina Region in northern…
• 2020 CERam Mandir (temple) builtThe Ram Mandir (ISO: Rāma Maṁdira, lit. 'Rama Temple'), is a Hindu temple complex in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh…
• 1999 CERamallo massacreThe Ramallo massacre (Spanish: Masacre de Ramallo) occurred on September 17, 1999, in Villa Ramallo, in…
• 1400 CERamana Tower builtRamana Tower (Azerbaijani: Ramana qalası, Persian: برج رامانا) – is a historical architectural monument…
• 1995 CERamat Eshkol bus bombingA Hamas suicide attack was carried out on a city bus in the Ramat Eshkol neighborhood of East Jerusalem on…
• 1995 CERamat Gan bus bombingThe Ramat Gan bus bombing was a Hamas suicide attack on a crowded No. 20 commuter bus in Ramat Gan, Israel on…
• 1956 CERamat Rachel shooting attackThe Ramat Rachel shooting attack was a mass shooting carried out by Jordanian Legion soldiers, on 23…
• 1982 CERambocus CoupSurendre Sradhanand Rambocus (5 May 1953 – 8 December 1982) was a Surinamese serviceman. For a short period…
• 2021 CERambouillet knife attackOn 23 April 2021, 36-year-old Jamel Gorchene stabbed a police employee to death at a police station in…
• 1971 CERamna massacreThe Ramna massacre (Bengali: রমনা গণহত্যা) was the slaughter of Bengali Hindus who lived in the area around…
• 1922 CERampa Rebellion of 1922The Rampa Rebellion of 1922, also known as the Manyam Rebellion, was a tribal uprising led by Alluri Sitarama…
• 1971 CERamsar ConventionThe Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat is an…
• 1991 CERanda rockslidesIn April and May 1991, two consecutive rockslides occurred from a cliff above the town of Randa in the Matter…
• 1983 CERangoon bombingThe Rangoon bombing of 9 October 1983 was an assassination attempt orchestrated by North Korea against Chun…
• 1440 CERani no Hajiro (mausoleum) builtRani no Hajiro, also known as Mughalai Bibi's Tomb or Tombs of Ahmed Shah's Queens, is a tomb complex near…
• 2014 CERaoued OperationThe Raoued operation (French: Operation de Raoued) was an anti-terrorist operation that was conducted in…
• 244 CERaqqa foundedRaqqa (Arabic: ٱلرَّقَّة, romanized: ar-Raqqah, also al-Raḳḳa) is a city in Syria on the north bank of the…
• 1967 CERas Sedr massacreRas Sedr massacre (Hebrew: טבח ראס סודר; Arabic: مجزرة رأس سدر) was a mass murder of at least 52 Egyptian…
• 1373 CERaseborg Castle builtThe Raseborg Castle (Swedish: Raseborgs slott, Finnish: Raaseporin linna), is a medieval castle in Raseborg…
• 2010 CERaspadskaya mine explosionThe Raspadskaya mine explosion was a mine explosion in the Raspadskaya mine, located near Mezhdurechensk in…
• 1834 CERathcormac massacreThe Rathcormac massacre, also known as the Gortroe massacre, was an incident during the Tithe War in Ireland…
• 1575 CERathlin Island MassacreThe Rathlin Island massacre took place on Rathlin Island, off the coast of what is now Northern Ireland, on…
• 1989 CERaumanmeri school shootingThe Raumanmeri school shooting was a school shooting that occurred on 25 January 1989 at the Raumanmeri…
• 1997 CERaurimu massacreThe Raurimu massacre was a mass shooting that took place in 1997 in Raurimu, New Zealand. Stephen Anderson…
• 1377 CERavanica (monastery) builtRavanica Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Раваница / Manastir Ravanica) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery on Kučaj…
• 980 CERavning Bridge builtThe Ravning Bridge (Danish: Ravningbroen) was a former 760 m long timber bridge, built in Denmark in the 10th…
• 1991 CERavno massacreIn early October 1991, the village of Ravno in Herzegovina, inhabited mostly by Croats, was destroyed by the…
• 1947 CERawagede massacreThe Rawagede massacre (Dutch: Bloedbad van Rawagede, Indonesian: Pembantaian Rawagede) was committed by the…
• 1941 CERazing of KandanosThe village of Kandanos in Western Crete, Greece, was completely destroyed and about 180 of its inhabitants…
• 1943 CERazing of VoriziaThe razing of Vorizia (Greek: Καταστροφή των Βοριζίων) refers to the destruction of the village of Vorizia…
• 1999 CERačak massacreThe Račak massacre (Albanian: Masakra e Reçakut) or Račak operation (Serbian: Акција Рачак/Akcija Račak) was…
• 1941 CERašića Gaj massacresThe Rašića Gaj massacres were massacres of Serbs committed by the Ustaše forces at the beginning of the World…
• 2023 CERe'im music festival massacreOn 7 October 2023, the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian nationalist and Islamist…
• 1101 CEReading Abbey builtReading Abbey is a large, ruined abbey in the centre of the town of Reading, in the English county of…
• 871 CEReading foundedReading ( RED-ing) is a town and borough in Berkshire, England, and the county town of Berkshire. It is…
• 2025 CEReal Plaza Trujillo roof collapseThe Real Plaza Trujillo is a shopping mall located in the city of Trujillo, in the La Libertad Region of…
• 1667 CERecapture of Fort ZeelandiaThe Recapture of Fort Zeelandia or the Seizure of Fort Zeelandia was a minor military action on 13 October…
• 1654 CERecapture of RecifeDutch Brazil (Dutch: Nederlands-Brazilië; Portuguese: Brasil Holandês), also known as New Holland (Dutch…
• 578 CEReccopolis (castle) builtReccopolis (Spanish: Recópolis; Latin: Reccopolis), is an archaeological site located near Zorita de los…
• 1261 CEReconquest of ConstantinopleThe Reconquest of Constantinople was the recapture of the city of Constantinople in 1261 AD from the Latin…
• 1625 CERecovery of Ré islandThe Recovery of Ré Island (French: Reprise de l'Île de Ré) was accomplished by the army of Louis XIII in…
• 2005 CERed Lake massacreOn March 21, 2005, a double homicide followed by a spree shooting occurred at two locations in the Red Lake…
• 2589 BCERed Pyramid settledThe Red Pyramid, also called the North Pyramid, is the largest of the pyramids located at the Dahshur…
• 1931 CERed River Bridge WarThe Red River Bridge War was a boundary conflict between the U.S. states of Oklahoma and Texas over an…
• 1964 CERedditch foundedRedditch is a town and non-metropolitan district with borough status in Worcestershire, England. In 2021, the…
• 1938 CERedipuglia war memorial (mausoleum) builtThe Redipuglia War Memorial (Italian: Sacrario militare di Redipuglia) is a World War I memorial located on…
• 2015 CERefugio Oil SpillThe Refugio oil spill occurred on May 19, 2015 along the Gaviota Coast in Santa Barbara County, California…
• 1520 CERegensburg Cathedral builtRegensburg Cathedral (German: Dom St. Peter or Regensburger Dom), also known as St. Peter's Cathedral, is an…
• 1934 CERegenwurmlager (fortress) builtThe Festungsfront Oder-Warthe-Bogen (lit. 'Fortified Front Oder–Warta Bend'), also called the Festung im…
• 800 BCEReggio Calabria foundedReggio Calabria, also known as Reggio di Calabria and often simply as Reggio, is the largest city in Calabria…
• 1912 CERegina CycloneOn Sunday, June 30, 1912, a violent and deadly tornado devastated the city of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.…
• 1933 CEReichstag fireThe Reichstag fire (German: Reichstagsbrand, pronounced [ˈʁaɪçstaːksˌbʁant] ) was an arson attack on the…
• 1201 CEReims Cathedral builtNotre-Dame de Reims (French: [nɔtʁə dam də ʁɛ̃s]; meaning "Our Lady of Reims"), known in English as Reims…
• 1942 CEReinhard Heydrich assassinationReinhard Heydrich, the commander of the German Reich Security Main Office (RSHA), the acting Reichsprotektor…
• 1625 CERelief of GenoaThe Relief of Genoa took place between 28 March 1625 and 24 April 1625, during the Thirty Years' War. It was…
• 1572 CERelief of GoesIn August 1572, during the course of the Eighty Years' War, the city of Goes, in the Spanish Netherlands, was…
• 1899 CERelief of LadysmithThe Relief of Ladysmith consisted of multiple efforts to relieve the city of Ladysmith by General Sir Redvers…
• 1639 CERelief of ThionvilleThe relief of Thionville (or the Battle of Thionville/Diedenhofen) took place on 7 June 1639, during the…
• 1987 CERemembrance Day bombingThe Remembrance Day bombing (also known as the Enniskillen bombing or Poppy Day massacre) took place on 8…
• 1949 CERengat massacreThe Rengat massacre (Dutch: Bloedbad van Rengat, Indonesian: Pembantaian Rengat) was committed by the Royal…
• 2013 CERepublican Guard headquarters clashesOn the morning of 8 July 2013 at the Republican Guard headquarters in Cairo, Egypt there was a clash between…
• 2021 CERepublican insurgency in AfghanistanThe Republican insurgency in Afghanistan is an ongoing conflict waged by armed factions loyal to the defunct…
• 2004 CERepública Cromañón nightclub fireOn 30 December 2004, a fire broke out in the crowded República Cromañón nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina…
• 2017 CEResorts World Manila attackOn June 2, 2017, at 12:03 a.m. PhST (GMT+8), a gunman attacked Resorts World Manila and started fires…
• 1100 CERestormel Castle builtRestormel Castle (Cornish: Kastel Rostorrmel) lies by the River Fowey near Lostwithiel in Cornwall, England…
• 1793 CERevolt of Lyon against the National ConventionThe siege of Lyon occurred on 9 August to 9 October 1793 when French Republican forces laid siege and…
• 1894 CERevolt of Saint-JosephThe Revolt of Saint-Joseph, or the 1894 massacre of anarchist bagnards, was a mutiny and massacre of…
• 1687 CERevolt of the BarretinasThe Revolt of the Barretines (Catalan: Revolta dels Barretines; Eastern Calatan: [rəˈβɔltə ðəlz βərəˈtinəs])…
• 1918 CERevolt of the Ingrian FinnsThe Revolt of the Ingrian Finns (Finnish: Inkeriläisten kansannousu, also known as Inkerin vapaustaistelu)…
• 1852 CERevolution of 11 September 1852The Revolution of 11 September 1852 was a conflict between the Province of Buenos Aires and the government of…
• 2010 CERevolution of DignityThe Revolution of Dignity (Ukrainian: Революція гідності, romanized: Revoliutsiia hidnosti), also known as…
• 1243 CERevúca foundedRevúca (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈreʋuːtsa]; formerly Veľká Revúca [ˈʋeʎkaː -] in Slovak; German…
• 1786 CEReykjavík foundedReykjavík is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It is located on the southern shore of the Faxaflói bay…
• 1999 CERezalla massacreThe Rezalla massacre (Albanian: Masakra e Rezallës) was the mass killing of 98 ethnic Albanians civilians in…
• 1245 CERheinfels Castle builtRheinfels Castle (German: Burg Rheinfels) is a castle ruin located above the left (west) bank of the Rhine in…
• 1316 CERheinstein Castle builtRheinstein Castle (German: Burg Rheinstein) is a castle near the town of Trechtingshausen in…
• 1600 BCERhodes foundedRhodes (Greek: Ρόδος, romanized: Ródos [ˈroðos]) is the largest of Greece's Dodecanese islands and their…
• 1277 CERhuddlan Castle builtRhuddlan Castle (Welsh: Castell Rhuddlan; Welsh pronunciation: [kastɛɬ ˈr̥ɨðlan]) is a castle located in…
• 1588 CERialto Bridge builtThe Rialto Bridge (Italian: Ponte di Rialto; Venetian: Ponte de Rialto) is the oldest of the four bridges…
• 1783 CERiau WarThe Riau War took place in 1783–1784 and was fought between the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and several…
• 1157 CERibaforada foundedRibaforada is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern…
• 800 CERibe foundedRibe (Danish pronunciation: [ˈʁiːpə]) is a town in southwestern Jutland, Denmark, with a population of 8,403…
• 1891 CERice University foundedWilliam Marsh Rice University, also known as Rice University, is a private research university in Houston…
• 1842 CERichmond River massacresThe Richmond River massacres were a series of murders of groups of Indigenous Australians and European…
• 1811 CERichmond Theatre fireThe Richmond Theatre fire occurred in Richmond, Virginia, United States, on Thursday, December 26, 1811. It…
• 1201 CERichtenberg foundedRichtenberg (German: [ˈʁɪçtn̩ˌbɛʁk] ) is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, in…
• 1270 CERiddarholm Church builtRiddarholmen Church (Swedish: Riddarholmskyrkan) is the church of the former medieval Greyfriars Monastery in…
• 1977 CERiedstadt foundedRiedstadt (German pronunciation: [ˈʁiːtˌʃtat] ), with its municipal area of 73.76 km2 is Groß-Gerau…
• 1132 CERievaulx Abbey settledRievaulx Abbey ( REE-voh) was a Cistercian abbey in Rievaulx, near Helmsley, in the North York Moors National…
• 1330 CERiga Castle builtRiga Castle (Latvian: Rīgas pils) is a castle on the banks of River Daugava in Riga, the capital of Latvia.…
• 1201 CERiga foundedRiga ( REE-gə), officially Riga State City (Latvian: Rīgas valstspilsēta), is the capital, primate, and…
• 2013 CERiga supermarket roof collapseOn 21 November 2013 the roof of a Maxima shopping centre in the Zolitūde neighbourhood of Riga, Latvia…
• 1922 CERiihimäki foundedRiihimäki (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈriːhiˌmæki]; lit. 'grain drying cabin hill') is a town and municipality…
• 1800 CERijksmuseum foundedThe Rijksmuseum (Dutch: [ˈrɛiksmyˌzeːjʏm] ) is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts…
• 2013 CERim FireThe Rim Fire was a massive wildfire that started in a remote canyon in the Stanislaus National Forest in…
• 1268 CERimavská Sobota foundedRimavská Sobota (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈrimawskaː ˈsɔbɔta]; Hungarian: Rimaszombat, German…
• 267 BCERimini foundedRimini ( RIM-in-ee, Italian: [ˈriːmini]; Romagnol: Rémin or Rémne; Latin: Ariminum) is a city in the…
• 1947 CERincón Bomba massacreThe Rincón Bomba Massacre, also known as the Pilagá Massacre, La Bomba Massacre, Pilagá Genocide, or Rincón…
• 1881 CERingtheater fireThe Ringtheater fire occurred on 8 December 1881, in the popular Viennese Ringtheater, named after the road…
• 1499 CERio Castle builtThe Rio Castle (Greek: κάστρο του Ρίου), historically known as the Castle of the Morea (Italian: Castello de…
• 1565 CERio de Janeiro foundedRio de Janeiro, also known simply as Rio, is the capital and largest city of the state of Rio de Janeiro. It…
• 2011 CERio de Janeiro school shootingOn the morning of 7 April 2011, a school shooting occurred at the Tasso da Silveira Municipal School, an…
• 2004 CERio-Antirrio bridge builtThe Rio–Antirrio Bridge (Greek: Γέφυρα Ρίου–Αντιρρίου), officially the Charilaos Trikoupis Bridge, is one of…
• 1981 CERiocentro attackThe Riocentro bombing (Portuguese: atentado do Riocentro) was an attempted terrorist attack that took place…
• 1992 CERiot of Rostock-LichtenhagenViolent xenophobic riots took place in the Lichtenhagen district of Rostock, Germany, from 22–24 August 1992.…
• 1974 CERio–Niterói Bridge builtThe Rio–Niterói Bridge (in Portuguese: Ponte Rio-Niterói), officially the President Costa e Silva Bridge, is…
• 1804 CERisdon Cove massacreOn 3 May 1804, three or possibly as many as six Aboriginal Tasmanians were killed and others wounded by…
• 1775 CERising of the PriestsThe Rising of the Priests (Maltese: Ir-Rewwixta tal-Qassisin), also known as the September 1775 Rebellion…
• 1746 CERiyadh foundedRiyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the…
• 15 CERmanj Monastery builtThe Rmanj Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Рмањ, romanized: Manastir Rmanj) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery…
• 2022 CERobb Elementary School shootingOn May 24, 2022, a mass shooting occurred at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, United States. Salvador…
• 1087 CERochester Castle builtRochester Castle stands on the east bank of the River Medway in Rochester, Kent, South East England. The…
• 650 CERochester Cathedral builtRochester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, is in Rochester…
• 1885 CERock Springs massacreThe Rock Springs massacre, also known as the Rock Springs riot, occurred on September 2, 1885, in the…
• 1975 CERock WerchterRock Werchter is an annual music festival held in the village of Werchter, near Leuven, Belgium, since 1976…
• 1983 CERock and Roll Hall of Fame foundedThe Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (RRHOF), also simply referred to as the Rock Hall, is a museum and hall of…
• 13 CERock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo foundedThe Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo (Bulgarian: Ивановски скални църкви, Ivanovski skalni tsarkvi) are a group…
• 1977 CERodgau foundedRodgau (German pronunciation: [ˈʁɔtɡaʊ] ) is a town in the Offenbach district in the Regierungsbezirk of…
• 2016 CERohingya genocideThe Rohingya genocide is a series of ongoing persecutions and killings of the Muslim Rohingya people by the…
• 1163 CERoma Abbey settledRoma Abbey (Swedish: Roma kloster) is a ruined Cistercian abbey and a crown estate in Roma on the Swedish…
• 100 CERoman Bridge of Chaves builtTrajan's Bridge (Portuguese: Ponte de Trajano) is a Roman bridge in the civil parish of Santa Maria Maior, in…
• 800 BCERoman Forum settledThe Roman Forum (Italian: Foro Romano), also known by its Latin name Forum Romanum, is a rectangular forum…