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• 1809 CESecond Battle of PortoThe Second Battle of Porto, also known as the Battle of the Douro or the Crossing of the Douro, took place on…
• 1972 CESecond Battle of Quảng TrịThe Second Battle of Quảng Trị (Vietnamese: Trận Thành cổ Quảng Trị; also called Operation Lam Sơn 72) was a…
• 1863 CESecond Battle of Rappahannock StationThe Second Battle of Rappahannock Station took place on November 7, 1863, near the village of Rappahannock…
• 1864 CESecond Battle of Ream's StationThe Second Battle of Ream's Station (also Reams or Reams's) was fought during the siege of Petersburg in the…
• 1856 CESecond Battle of RivasThe Second Battle of Rivas occurred on 11 April 1856 between Costa Rican militia under General Juan Rafael…
• 1863 CESecond Battle of Sabine PassThe Second Battle of Sabine Pass (September 8, 1863) was a failed Union Army attempt to invade the…
• 1813 CESecond Battle of Sacket's HarborThe Second Battle of Sacket's Harbor, or simply the Battle of Sacket's Harbor, took place on 29 May 1813…
• 1864 CESecond Battle of SaltvilleThe Second Battle of Saltville (December 20–21, 1864), was fought near the town of Saltville, Virginia…
• 1638 CESecond Battle of SalvadorThe siege of Salvador was a siege that took place between April and May 1638, during the Dutch–Portuguese War…
• 1794 CESecond Battle of SaorgioThe Second Battle of Saorgio was fought from 24 to 28 April 1794 between a French First Republic army…
• 1942 CESecond Battle of SirteThe Second Battle of Sirte (on 22 March 1942) was a naval engagement in the Mediterranean Sea, north of the…
• 1863 CESecond Battle of SpringfieldThe Second Battle of Springfield took place during the American Civil War on January 8, 1863, in Springfield…
• 1461 CESecond Battle of St AlbansThe Second Battle of St Albans was fought on 17 February 1461 during the Wars of the Roses in St Albans…
• 1847 CESecond Battle of TabascoThe Second Battle of Tabasco, also known as the Battle of Villahermosa, was fought in June 1847 during the…
• 1522 CESecond Battle of TamaoThe Battle of Sincouwaan (traditional Chinese: 茜草灣之戰; simplified Chinese: 茜草湾之战; pinyin: Qiàncǎo Wān zhī…
• 1192 CESecond Battle of TarainThe Second Battle of Tarain or Second Battle of Tararoi was fought in 1192 between the Ghurid forces of…
• 2013 CESecond Battle of TimbuktuThe Second Battle of Timbuktu was a battle during the Mali War between March 30 and April 1, 2013, in which…
• 1914 CESecond Battle of TorreónThe Second Battle of Torreón, which lasted from March 21 to April 2, 1914, was one of the major battles of…
• 1804 CESecond Battle of Tripoli HarborThe Second Battle of Tripoli Harbor was a naval action that occurred during the American naval blockade…
• 1782 CESecond Battle of TucsonThe Second Battle of Tucson, or the May Day Attack, occurred in Tucson, Arizona, and the neighboring pueblo.…
• 1918 CESecond Battle of Villers-BretonneuxThe Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux (also Actions of Villers-Bretonneux, after the First Battles of the…
• 1863 CESecond Battle of WinchesterThe Second Battle of Winchester was fought between June 13 and June 15, 1863, in Frederick County and…
• 1793 CESecond Battle of WissembourgThe Second Battle of Wissembourg from 26 December 1793 to 29 December 1793 saw an army of the First French…
• 1915 CESecond Battle of YpresThe Second Battle of Ypres was fought from 22 April to 25 May 1915, during the First World War, for control…
• 2011 CESecond Battle of ZawiyaThe Second Battle of Zawiya or Zawia took place during the Libyan Civil War between rebel anti-Gaddafi forces…
• 1663 CESecond Battle of ZrínyiújvárThe Second Battle of Zrínyiújvár (Croatian: Novi Zrin) was fought on November 27, 1663, as part of the…
• 1799 CESecond Battle of ZurichThe Second Battle of Zurich (25–26 September 1799) was a key victory by the Republican French army in…
• 1917 CESecond Battle of the AisneThe Second Battle of the Aisne (Bataille du Chemin des Dames or Seconde bataille de l'Aisne, 16 April –…
• 1936 CESecond Battle of the Corunna RoadThe Second Battle of the Corunna Road (Spanish: Batalla de la Carretera de Coruña) was a battle of the…
• 1952 CESecond Battle of the HookThe Second Battle of the Hook was fought between 18 and 19 November 1952 during the Korean War between…
• 1915 CESecond Battle of the IsonzoThe Second Battle of the Isonzo was fought between the armies of the Kingdom of Italy and those of…
• 1918 CESecond Battle of the MarneThe Second Battle of the Marne (French: Seconde Bataille de la Marne; 15 – 18 July 1918) was the last major…
• 1915 CESecond Battle of the Masurian LakesThe Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes or Winter Battle of the Masurian Lakes, known in Germany as the…
• 1944 CESecond Battle of the OdonThe Second Battle of the Odon comprised operations fought by the British Second Army during the Second World…
• 1918 CESecond Battle of the SommeThe Second Battle of the Somme of 1918 was fought during the First World War on the Western Front from late…
• 1913 CESecond Battle of ÇatalcaThe Second Battle of Çatalca fought between 3 February 1913 and 3 April 1913 was a major "continuous…
• 1795 CESecond Carib WarThe Second Carib War took place on the island of Saint Vincent between 1795 and 1797. The indigenous…
• 553 CESecond Council of ConstantinopleThe Second Council of Constantinople is the fifth of the first seven ecumenical councils recognized by both…
• 449 CESecond Council of EphesusThe Second Council of Ephesus was a Christological church synod in 449 convened by Emperor Theodosius II…
• 1869 CESecond German North Polar Expedition (1869-1870)The German North Polar Expeditions were a short series of mid-19th century German expeditions to the Arctic.…
• 1940 CESecond Great Fire of LondonThe Second Great Fire of London in December 1940 was caused by one of the most destructive air raids of the…
• 2011 CESecond Gulf of Sidra offensiveThe Second Gulf of Sidra offensive was a military operation in the First Libyan Civil War conducted by rebel…
• 1938 CESecond International Aeronautic ExhibitionThe Second International Aeronautic Exhibition, (full name Second International Aeronautical Exhibition in…
• 1676 CESecond Russo-Turkish WarThe Russo-Turkish War of 1672–1681, a war between the Tsardom of Russia and Ottoman Empire, caused by Turkish…
• 1824 CESecond Siege of CallaoThe second siege of Callao or Fall of Callao (Spanish: Caída del Callao) was the longest lasting siege that…
• 1546 CESecond Siege of DiuThe 1546 siege of Diu, also known as the second siege of Diu was conducted by joint forces of the Ottoman…
• 1808 CESecond Siege of GeronaThe second siege of Girona was the second unsuccessful French attempt to capture the city of Girona (spelled…
• 1315 CESecond Siege of GibraltarThe second siege of Gibraltar was an abortive attempt in 1316 by the forces of the Azafid Ceuta and the…
• 1823 CESecond Siege of MissolonghiThe second siege of Missolonghi was the second attempt by Ottoman forces to capture the strategically located…
• 1453 CESecond Siege of PontevicoThe second siege of Pontevico was fought between 25 and 29 May 1453 at Pontevico (Lombardy) between the…
• 1848 CESecond Siege of SzenttamásThe second siege of Szenttamás (now Srbobran, in the South Bačka District, Vojvodina, Serbia) was an attempt…
• 1581 CESecond Siege of TakatenjinThe second siege of Takatenjin began only six years after Takeda Katsuyori had taken the fortress. Lasting…
• 1598 CESecond Siege of UlsanThe allied army, number 29,500 men, laid siege to Tosan near Ulsan in late October. The fortress was too…
• 1860 CESecond Siege of VeracruzThe second siege of Veracruz was a military encounter of Mexico's Reform War that took place around the port…
• 1808 CESecond Siege of ZaragozaThe siege of Zaragoza was the French capture of the Spanish city of Zaragoza in 1809 during the Peninsular…
• 1683 CESecond Turkish Siege of ViennaThe Battle of Vienna took place at Kahlenberg Mountain near Vienna on 12 September 1683 after the city had…
• 652 CESecond battle of DongolaThe second battle of Dongola or siege of Dongola was a military engagement between early Arab forces of the…
• 1811 CESecond siege of BadajozThe second siege of Badajoz (22 April – 12 May and 18 May – 10 June, 1811) saw an Anglo-Portuguese Army…
• 1636 CESecond siege of CorbieThe second siege of Corbie of 1636 was begun by a French army under the command of Cardinal Richelieu on 30…
• 1785 CESecond siege of NargundThe second siege of Nargund was a siege conducted by Tipu Sultan, the Sultan of Mysore, in Nargund in 1785.…
• 2006 CESecuritas depot robberyThe 2006 Securitas depot robbery in Tonbridge, England, was the UK's largest cash heist. It began with a…
• 1962 CESedanStorax Sedan was a shallow underground nuclear test conducted in Area 10 of Yucca Flat at the Nevada National…
• 1400 CESedlec Ossuary (church building) builtThe Sedlec Ossuary (Czech: Kostnice v Sedlci; German: Sedletz-Beinhaus) is a Roman Catholic chapel, located…
• 2004 CESeest fireworks disasterThe fireworks accident in Seest was a disaster that occurred on 3 November 2004, when the N. P. Johnsens…
• 1525 CESegovia Cathedral builtThe Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption and of Saint Fructus is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in the…
• 1200 CESeh Gonbad Tower builtSegonbad (Persian: سه‌گنبد, lit. 'Three Domes') is a historic structure located in Urmia, northwestern Iran.…
• 200 CESeikilos epitaph (monument) builtThe Seikilos epitaph is an Ancient Greek inscription that preserves the oldest surviving complete musical…
• 304 BCESeleucia foundedSeleucia (Ancient Greek: Σελεύκεια), also known as Seleucia-on-Tigris, Seleucia on the Tigris or Seleucia ad…
• 1575 CESelimiye Mosque builtThe Selimiye Mosque (Turkish: Selimiye Camii) is an Ottoman imperial mosque, located in the city of Edirne…
• 650 BCESelinunte foundedSelinunte ( SEL-in-OON-tay, Italian: [seliˈnunte]; Ancient Greek: Σελῑνοῦς, romanized: Selīnoûs [seliːnûːs]…
• 1880 CESelknam genocideThe Selkʼnam genocide was the systematic extermination of the Selkʼnam people, one of the four indigenous…
• 1947 CESeltjarnarnes foundedSeltjarnarnes (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈsɛlˌtʰja(r)tnarˌnɛːs] ) is a town and municipality in the Capital…
• 1948 CESemiramis Hotel bombingAn attack was carried out by the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah on the Christian-owned Semiramis Hotel in…
• 1601 CESendai Castle builtAoba Castle (青葉城, Aoba-jō) is a Japanese castle located in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. Throughout the Edo…
• 1971 CESendia massacreSendia massacre (Bengali: সেনদিয়া হত্যাকান্ড) was a massacre of 127 unarmed Bengali Hindus in Sendia village…
• 1251 CESenec foundedSenec (Hungarian: Szenc, German: Wartberg) is a town in the Bratislava Region of south-western Slovakia. The…
• 1913 CESenghenydd Colliery DisasterThe Senghenydd colliery disaster, also known as the Senghenydd explosion (Welsh: Tanchwa Senghennydd)…
• 1217 CESenica foundedSenica (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈseɲitsa]; German: Senitz; Hungarian: Szenice, Szénásfalu) is a town in Trnava…
• 1972 CESennichi Department Store Building fireThe Sennichi Department Store Building fire occurred in Sennichimae, Minami-ku (now Chuo-ku), Osaka, Japan on…
• 1976 CESeoul Central Mosque builtThe Seoul Central Mosque (Korean: 서울중앙성원; Arabic: مسجد سول المركزي) is a mosque opened in 1976 in Itaewon…
• 1995 CESeoul International Cartoon and Animation FestivalThe Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival (SICAF, Korean: 서울 국제 만화 애니메이션 페스티벌) is an annual…
• 1946 CESeoul National University foundedSeoul National University (SNU; Korean: 서울대학교; lit. 'Seoul University') is a public research university in…
• 1395 CESeoul foundedSeoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital and largest city of South Korea, and the…
• 1276 CESeptember 1276 papal electionThe September 1276 papal election is the only papal election to be the third election held in the same year…
• 1503 CESeptember 1503 papal conclaveThe September 1503 conclave elected Pope Pius III to succeed Pope Alexander VI. Due to the Italian Wars, the…
• 1590 CESeptember 1590 papal conclaveIn September 1590, a conclave attended by 54 cardinals elected Cardinal Giovanni Castagna as Pope Urban VII.…
• 2007 CESeptember 2007 Sumatra earthquakesThe 2007 Bengkulu earthquakes were a series of megathrust earthquakes that struck the Sunda Trench off the…
• 2012 CESeptember 2012 southern Israel cross-border attackSeptember 2012 southern Israel cross-border attack refers to an incident on 21 September 2012, when three…
• 2015 CESeptember 2015 Borno State bombingsOn the evening of 20 September 2015, a series of bombings took place in Maiduguri and Monguno, Nigeria…
• 2016 CESeptember 2016 North Korean nuclear testThe government of North Korea conducted a nuclear detonation on 9 September 2016, the fifth since 2006, at…
• 2019 CESeptember 2019 Guangfu Tuen Mun ParkThe month of September in the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests saw again citywide unrest. Chief Executive Carrie…
• 2021 CESeptember 2021 Guayaquil prison riotThe September 2021 Guayaquil prison riot occurred at the Litoral Penitentiary in Guayaquil, Ecuador on 28…
• 2022 CESeptember 2022 Taitung earthquakesTwo earthquakes affected Taitung and Hualien Counties, Taiwan within hours of each other. The first…
• 2023 CESeptember 2023 Kostiantynivka missile strikeIn the morning of 6 September 2023, a missile struck an open market in downtown Kostiantynivka, Ukraine. The…
• 2024 CESeptember 2024 Al-Mawasi refugee camp attackOn 10 September 2024, the Israeli military conducted airstrikes on a refugee camp it had designated as a…
• 1792 CESeptember MassacresThe September Massacres were a series of killings and summary executions of prisoners in Paris that occurred…
• 1419 CESera Monastery builtSera Monastery (Tibetan: སེ་ར་དགོན་པ, Wylie: se ra dgon pa "Wild Roses Monastery"; Chinese: 色拉寺; pinyin: Sèlā…
• 286 BCESerapeum of Alexandria (temple) builtThe Serapeum of Alexandria was an ancient Greek temple built by Ptolemy III Euergetes (reigned 246–222 BC)…
• 1313 CESereď foundedSereď (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈserec]; Hungarian: Szered [ˈsɛrɛd]) is a town in southern Slovakia near…
• 1941 CESernyky massacreThe Sernyky (Serniki) massacre refers to the killing of 553 Polish/Soviet citizens, most of whom were Jewish…
• 500 BCESerpent Column (monument) builtThe Serpent Column (Ancient Greek: Τρικάρηνος Ὄφις Τrikarenos Οphis "Three-headed Serpent"; Turkish: Yılanlı…
• 350 BCEServian Wall settledThe Servian Wall (Latin: Murus Servii Tullii; Italian: Mura Serviane) is an ancient Roman defensive barrier…
• 1926 CESesquicentennial ExpositionThe Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition of 1926 was a world's fair in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its…
• 2000 CESetagaya family murdersThe Setagaya family murder (Japanese: 世田谷一家殺害事件, Hepburn: Setagaya ikka satsugai jiken; Setagaya family…
• 2007 CESetsuconSetsucon is an annual three day anime convention held during January/February at the Blair County Convention…
• 1834 CESev Berd (fortress) builtSev Berd or Black Fortress (Armenian: Սև բերդ; Russian: Чёрная Кре́пость, Chornaya Krepost) is an abandoned…
• 300 CESevanavank (monastery) builtSevanavank (Armenian: Սևանավանք; meaning Sevan Monastery) is a monastic complex located on a peninsula at the…
• 1783 CESevastopol foundedSevastopol ( SEV-ə-STOH-pəl, sə-VAS-tə-pohl), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea and…
• 401 CESeven Church monastery complex builtSeven Church monastery complex (Azerbaijani: Yeddi Kilsə monastır kompleksi) - is one of the oldest Christian…
• 1916 CESeventh Battle of the IsonzoThe Seventh Battle of the Isonzo was fought from 14 to 17 September 1916 between the armies of the Kingdom of…
• 1436 CESeventh Siege of GibraltarThe seventh siege of Gibraltar (1436) was an unsuccessful attempt by the Castillian nobleman Enrique Pérez de…
• 1976 CESeveso disasterThe Seveso disaster was an industrial accident that occurred around 12:37 PM on 10 July 1976, in a small…
• 1402 CESeville Cathedral builtThe Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See (Spanish: Catedral de Santa María de la Sede), better known as Seville…
• 1992 CESeville Expo '92The Universal Exhibition of Seville 1992 – Expo '92 (officially: Exposición Universal de Sevilla 1992) was a…
• 1245 CESečovce foundedSečovce (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈsetʂɔwtse]; Hungarian: Gálszécs; Ukrainian: Сечівці) is a town in the…
• 1360 CESforza Castle builtThe Sforza Castle (Italian: Castello Sforzesco [kasˈtɛllo sforˈtsesko]; Milanese: Castell Sforzesch [kasˈtɛl…
• 2011 CEShaar HaNegev school bus attackThe Sha'ar HaNegev school bus attack was a missile attack on 7 April 2011, in which Hamas militants in the…
• 1682 CEShackamaxonThe Treaty of Shackamaxon, also called the Great Treaty and Penn's Treaty, was a treaty between William Penn…
• 1921 CEShackleton–Rowett ExpeditionThe Shackleton–Rowett Expedition (1921–22) was Sir Ernest Shackleton's last Antarctic project, and the final…
• 2009 CEShafia family murdersThe Shafia family murders took place on June 30, 2009, in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The Shafia sisters…
• 1325 CEShah Abdol-Azim Shrine builtThe Shah Abdol-Azim Shrine (Persian: شاه عبدالعظیم; Arabic: مرقد الشاه عبد العظيم الحسني) is a Shia religious…
• 1395 CEShah Hamadan Mosque builtThe Khanqah-e-Moula, also known as Shah-e-Hamadan Masjid and the Khanqah, is a Sunni mosque located in the…
• 1659 CEShah Jahan Mosque builtThe Shah Jahan Mosque (Urdu: شاہ جہاں مسجد, Sindhi: مسجد شاهجهاني،), also known as the Jamia Masjid of Thatta…
• 1611 CEShah Mosque builtThe Shah Mosque (Persian: مسجد شاه, lit. 'Masjed-e Shah'), also officially known as the Imam Mosque or Imam…
• 1752 CEShahbulag Castle builtShahbulag Castle (Azerbaijani: Şahbulaq qalası, Persian: قلعه شاهبولاگ; literally "Spring of the Shah") is an…
• 700 BCEShahrisabz foundedShahrisabz is a district-level city in Qashqadaryo Region in southern Uzbekistan. The Economic Cooperation…
• 1743 CEShaki Fortress builtShaki fortress is a medieval fortress located in the center of Shaki in northern Azerbaijan which served as…
• 2017 CEShambhalaShambhala Music Festival is an annual music festival in British Columbia, Canada, founded by Jim "Jimmy"…
• 1292 CEShanghai foundedShanghai is a provincial-level direct-administered municipality in China. It has a population of 30,050,000…
• 1381 CEShanhai Pass (castle) builtThe Shanhai Pass (simplified Chinese: 山海关; traditional Chinese: 山海關; pinyin: Shānhǎi Guān; lit. 'Mountain Sea…
• 1971 CEShankharikathi massacreShankharikathi massacre (Bengali: শাঁখারীকাঠি হত্যাকান্ড) refers to the killings of 42 unarmed Hindus by the…
• 1971 CEShankharipara massacreThe Shankharibazar massacre (Bengali: শাঁখারীবাজার গণহত্যা; [ʃãkʰaɾibadʒaɾ ɡɔɳɔɦot̪ːa]) was a massacre of…
• 1993 CEShankill Road bombingThe Shankill Road bombing was carried out by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 23 October 1993…
• 2009 CEShaoguan incidentThe Shaoguan Incident (Chinese: 韶关事件) was a civil disturbance which took place overnight on 25–26 June 2009…
• 495 CEShaolin Monastery builtShaolin Monastery (少林寺; shàolín-sì), also known as Shaolin Temple, is a Mahayana Buddhist monastic…
• 360 CEShapur II's Siege of BezabdeShapur II besieged the fortress city of Bezabde in Zabdicene in 360, held by the Romans. Despite adamant…
• 1911 CEShar al-ShattThe battle and massacre at Shar al-Shatt (Arabic: شارع الشط Shār’ ash-Shaṭ; Sciara Sciat in Italian) occurred…
• 1960 CESharpeville massacreThe Sharpeville massacre occurred on 21 March 1960, when police opened fire on a crowd of people who had…
• 701 CESheffield foundedSheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, situated 29 miles (47 km) south of Leeds and 32 miles (51…
• 1415 CESheikh Ibrahim Mosque builtThe Sheikh Ibrahim Mosque (Azerbaijani: Şeyx İbrahim Məscidi, Persian: مسجد شیخ ابراهیم) is a historical…
• 1603 CESheikh Lotfollah Mosque builtThe Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque (Persian: مسجد شیخ لطف الله, romanized: Masjed-e Sheykh Lotfollah;) is a Shi'ite…
• 2007 CESheikh Zayed Mosque builtThe Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque (Arabic: جَامِع ٱلشَّيْخ زَايِد ٱلْكَبِيْر Jāmiʿ Aš-Šaykh Zāyid Al-Kabīr) is a…
• 1953 CEShek Kip Mei fireThe Shek Kip Mei fire (Chinese: 石硤尾大火; Jyutping: sek6 gip3 mei5 daai6 fo2) took place in Hong Kong on 25…
• 1994 CEShell House massacreThe Shell House massacre was a 1994 shooting incident that took place at Shell House, the headquarters of the…
• 2020 CEShelling of OrikhivOn 24 February 2022, the Russian military invaded Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine from Russian-occupied…
• 1862 CEShenandoah Valley CampaignJackson's Valley campaign, also known as the Shenandoah Valley campaign of 1862, was Confederate Maj. Gen.…
• 2006 CEShenyang China International Horticultural Exposition 2006Expo 2004 Shenyang, officially the Shenyang China International Horticultural Exposition 2006…
• 1966 CEShepherd's Bush murdersThe Shepherd's Bush murders, also known as the Massacre of Braybrook Street, involved the murder of three…
• 2022 CESheraro massacreBetween September 6 and 12, 2022, soldiers from the Eritrean Defence Forces (EDF) killed at least 40…
• 1438 CESherefeli Mosque builtThe Üç Şerefeli Mosque (Turkish: Üç Şerefeli Camii) is a 15th-century Ottoman mosque in Edirne, Turkey.
• 1272 CESheykh Babi Yagub Mausoleum builtSheykh Babi Yagub Mausoleum (Azerbaijani: Şeyx Babı türbəsi) is a mausoleum in Babi village in the Fuzuli…
• 742 CEShigaraki Palace builtThe Shigaraki Palace (紫香楽宮, Shigaraki-no-miya; also written 信楽宮) was an imperial palace built by Emperor…
• 1618 CEShimabara Castle builtShimabara Castle (島原城, Shimabara-jō), also known as Moritake Castle (森岳城, Moritake-jō) and Takaki Castle…
• 1999 CEShimonoseki Station massacreThe Shimonoseki Station massacre (Japanese: 下関通り魔殺人事件, romanized: Shimonoseki tōrima satsujin jiken) was a…
• 1949 CEShimoyama incidentThe Shimoyama incident (下山事件, Shimoyama jiken) was the disappearance and death of Sadanori Shimoyama, the…
• 1835 CEShiners' WarThe Shiners' Wars were violent outbreaks in Bytown (now Ottawa) from 1835 to 1845 between Irish-Catholic…
• 1201 CEShirgj Church settledThe Shirgj Church (Albanian: Kisha e Shirqit/Shirgjit), also known as the Monastery of Saints Sergius and…
• 1177 CEShishigatani IncidentThe Shishigatani incident (鹿ケ谷事件, Shishigatani jiken, 鹿ヶ谷の陰謀, Shishigatani no inbou) of June 1177 was a…
• 1955 CEShiun Maru disasterThe Shiun Maru disaster (紫雲丸事故, Shiun Maru jiko) was a ship collision in Japan on 11 May 1955, during a…
• 2003 CEShmuel HaNavi bus bombingOn August 19, 2003, Palestinian militant Raed Abdel Hamid Misk, sent by the Hamas cell in Hebron, dressed as…
• 1189 CEShrewsbury foundedShrewsbury ( SHROHZ-bree, also SHROOZ-) is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is sited…
• 1400 CEShuri Castle builtShuri Castle (Japanese: 首里城, Hepburn: Shuri-jō; Okinawan: Sui Gusuku) is a Ryukyuan gusuku castle in the…
• 1752 CEShusha Fortress builtThe Shusha fortress (Azerbaijani: Şuşa qalası, Persian: قلعه شوش) or Shushi fortress (Armenian: Շուշիի բերդ)…
• 1101 CEShymkent foundedShymkent is a city in southern Kazakhstan, close to the border with Uzbekistan. For administration, it is one…
• 1150 CEShōren-in Temple builtShōren-in (青蓮院) is a Buddhist temple located in the Awadaguchi Sanjōbōchō neighborhood of Higashiyama-ku…
• 1599 CESi-o-se Pol (bridge) builtThe Allahverdi Khan Bridge (Persian: پل الله‌وردی خان), popularly known as Si-o-se-pol (Persian: سی‌وسه‌پل…
• 2023 CESiam Paragon shootingOn 3 October 2023, at 4:10 p.m., a mass shooting occurred at the Siam Paragon mall in Bangkok, the capital of…
• 1191 CESibiu foundedSibiu ( see-BEW, pronounced [siˈbiw], German: Hermannstadt [ˈhɛʁmanʃtat], Hungarian: Nagyszeben, Latin…
• 1862 CESibu foundedSibu is a city located in the central region of Sarawak, Malaysia. It serves as the capital of Sibu District…
• 414 BCESicilian ExpeditionThe Sicilian Expedition was an Athenian military campaign in Sicily from 415 to 413 BC during the…
• 2000 BCESicyon foundedSicyon or Sikyon ( or; Ancient Greek: Σικυών) was an ancient Greek city state situated in the northern…
• 1452 CESidi Bashir Mosque builtThe Sidi Bashir Mosque is a former Sufi mosque, now in partial ruins in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Only the…
• 1296 CESidi Bel Hasan Mosque builtThe Sidi Belahcen Mosque (Arabic: مسجد سيدي بلحسن; French: La Mosquée de Sidi Bel Hasan), also known as Sidi…
• 1339 CESidi Boumediene Mosque builtThe Sidi Boumediene Mosque (Arabic: مسجد شعيب أبو مدين) is a Sunni mosque and associated religious complex…
• 1573 CESidi Saiyyed Mosque builtThe Sidi Saiyyed Mosque, popularly known locally as Sidi Saiyyed ni Jali, is a Sunni mosque located in…
• 1440 CESidi Yahya Mosque builtThe Sidi Yahya Mosque (Arabic: جامع سيدي يحيى; French: Mosquée Sidi Yahya), also known as the Mosque of…
• 1228 CESidon Sea Castle builtSidon's Sea Castle (Arabic: قلعة صيدا البحرية, romanized: Kalaat Saida al-Bahriya) was built by the crusaders…
• 1658 CESiege Of CopenhagenThe assault on Copenhagen (Danish: stormen på København; Swedish: stormningen av Köpenhamn), also known as…
• 1013 CESiege and fall of CórdobaThe city of Córdoba in al-Andalus, under the rule of Umayyad Caliph Hisham II al-Hakam, was besieged by…
• 1792 CESiege de LilleThe siege of Lille (25 September – 8 October 1792) saw a Republican French garrison under Jean-Baptiste André…
• 1601 CESiege of 's-HertogenboschThe siege of 's-Hertogenbosch of 1601 (Sitio de Bolduque de 1601 in Spanish) was an unsuccessful Dutch…
• 1629 CESiege of 's-HertogenboschThe siege of 's-Hertogenbosch also known as the siege of Bois-Le-Duc was an action in 1629, during the Eighty…
• 1248 CESiege of AachenThe siege of Aachen, which lasted from late April or early May until October 1248, was part of the German…
• 1614 CESiege of AachenThe siege of Aachen took place in 24 August 1614, when the Spanish Army of Flanders, led by Ambrogio Spinola…
• 1644 CESiege of AalborghusThe siege of Aalborghus occurred from 21 July to 4 August 1644 during the Torstenson War between Denmark and…
• 1980 CESiege of AbadanThe siege of Abadan was the encirclement of the city by Iraqi forces beginning in November 1980. The city had…
• 1827 CESiege of AbbasabadThe Capture of Abbasabad was the siege and capture by Russian troops of the Persian fortress Abbasabad, in…
• 2012 CESiege of Abu al-Duhur AirbaseThe siege of Abu al-Duhur Airbase was a battle for the Abu al-Duhur Military Airbase in the Idlib Governorate…
• 1813 CESiege of AcapulcoThe siege of Acapulco was a battle of the War of Mexican Independence that occurred on 12 April 1813 at…
• 1103 CESiege of AcreThe siege of Acre took place from 6 April to 16 May 1103 by Crusader forces against the Fatimid coastal city…
• 1104 CESiege of AcreThe siege of Acre took place in May 1104. It was of great importance for the consolidation of the Kingdom of…
• 1189 CESiege of AcreThe siege of Acre was the first significant counterattack by Guy of Jerusalem against Saladin, Sultan of…
• 1291 CESiege of AcreThe siege of Acre (also called the fall of Acre) took place in 1291 and resulted in the Crusaders' losing…
• 1799 CESiege of AcreThe siege of Acre of 1799 was an unsuccessful French siege of the Ottoman city of Acre and was the turning…
• 1513 CESiege of AdenThe siege of Aden occurred when the Portuguese Governor of India, Afonso de Albuquerque, launched an…
• 1786 CESiege of AdoniThe siege of Adoni was a military conflict that occurred between the forces of Tipu Sultan of the Kingdom of…
• 378 CESiege of AdrianopleThe siege of Adrianople took place in 378 following the Gothic victory at the Battle of Adrianople. Gothic…
• 813 CESiege of Adrianople (813)The siege of Adrianople (Bulgarian: Обсада на Одрин) in 813 was a part of the wars of the Byzantine Empire…
• 1803 CESiege of AhmednagarThe siege of Ahmednagar was the first battle of the Second Anglo-Maratha War fought between the Maratha…
• 1346 CESiege of AiguillonThe siege of Aiguillon, an episode in the Hundred Years' War, began on 1 April 1346 when a French army…