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3,000 | 9,822 | 248,920 | Ted Cassidy | 2023-07-31T19:10:08Z | **Ted Cassidy** (July 31, 1932 - January 16, 1979) was an American actor. He was best known for his roles as Lurch and Thing on *The Addams Family*.
Cassidy died of surgery-related problems to remove a tumor from his heart on January 16, 1979.
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3,001 | 9,823 | 863,768 | July 31 | 2025-05-30T00:37:06Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 781 – The oldest recorded eruption of Mt. Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: July 6, 781)
- 904 – Thessaloniki falls to the Arabs, who destroy the city.
- 1009 – Pietro Boccapecora becomes Pope Sergius IV
- 1423 – Hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant – The French army is defeated at Cravant ... | [] |
3,002 | 9,824 | 1,653,489 | Aileen Wuornos | 2025-09-05T18:02:39Z | **Aileen Carol Wuornos Pralle** (born **Aileen Carol Pittman**; February 29, 1956 – October 9, 2002) was an American serial killer. She was born in Rochester, Michigan. She confessed to killing six men in Florida and was executed in Florida State Prison by lethal injection for the murders. Wuornos claimed that the men ... | [] |
3,003 | 9,825 | 863,768 | May 20 | 2025-05-30T00:37:09Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 325 – First Council of Nicea: The First Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held.
- 526 – An earthquake in Syria and Antiochia kills 300,000 people.
- 685 – The Battle of Dun Nechtain is fought between a Pictish army under King Bridei III and the invading Northumbrians under King ... | [] |
3,004 | 9,827 | 248,920 | June 11 | 2026-06-13T01:16:56Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 1184 BC – Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned, according to calculations by Eratosthenes.
- 1429 – Hundred Years' War: Battle of Jargeau.
- 1488 – The Battle of Sauchieburn is fought between rebel Lords and King James III of Scotland, who dies in the battle.
- 1509 – Henry VIII of England... | [] |
3,005 | 9,835 | 863,768 | April 5 | 2025-05-30T00:37:15Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I.
- 1081 – Alexios I Komnenos is crowned Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
- 1242 – During a battle on the ice of Chudskoye Lake, Russian forces rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights.
- 1566 – Two–hundred Dutch noblemen, ... | [] |
3,006 | 9,836 | 863,768 | January 26 | 2025-05-30T00:37:18Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 1340 – King Edward III of England is declared King of France.
- 1500 – Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to discover Brazil.
- 1531 – Lisbon, Portugal hit by an earthquake—thousands die.
- 1564 – The Council of Trent issues its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a di... | [] |
3,007 | 9,837 | 863,768 | January 27 | 2025-05-30T00:37:21Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 98 – Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva.
- 447 – Constantinople is hit by a strong earthquake.
- 672 – St. Vitalian ends his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 847 – Sergius II ends his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 1186 – Henry VI, the son and heir of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick... | [] |
3,008 | 9,838 | 863,768 | February 1 | 2025-05-30T00:37:25Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 1327 – Edward III is crowned King of England.
- 1329 – King John of Bohemia captures Medvegalis, an important fortress of the pagan Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and baptizes 6,000 of its defenders.
- 1662 – The Chinese pirate Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine–month siege.
- 1709... | [] |
3,009 | 9,839 | 863,768 | February 5 | 2025-05-30T00:37:28Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 146 BC – Third Punic War: The Romans take over Carthage.
- 2 BC – The Roman senate grants Augustus Caesar the title of "Pater Patriae", meaning "Father of the Fatherland".
- 62 – An earthquake strikes Pompeii.
- 756 – An Lushan in China declares himself Emperor and establishes the state of ... | [] |
3,010 | 9,840 | 863,768 | February 8 | 2025-05-30T00:37:31Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 421 – Constantius III becomes co–Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
- 1238 – Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir.
- 1347 – End of the Byzantine Empire's civil war of 1341 to 1347.
- 1575 – The University of Leiden in the Netherlands is founded.
- 1587 – Mary, Queen of Scots is esecu... | [] |
3,011 | 9,841 | 863,768 | February 15 | 2025-05-30T00:37:34Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 1637 – Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor is crowned.
- 1690 – Constantin Cremer, Prince of Moldavia, and the Holy Roman Empire sign a secret treaty in Sitiu.
- 1760 – British ship HMS *Ramilles* strands at Bolt Head near Plymouth, England, after a navigation error. Around 700 people on boar... | [] |
3,012 | 9,842 | 863,768 | February 10 | 2025-05-30T00:37:37Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 1258 – Baghdad falls to the Mongols.
- 1306 – In Dumfries, Robert the Bruce kills John Comyn, Lord of Badenoch.
- 1355 – St. Scholastica's Day riot: Two days of rioting in Oxford leaves 63 scholars and probably 30 locals dead.
- 1567 – An Explosion destroys the Kirk o' Field building in Edi... | [] |
3,013 | 9,843 | 863,768 | February 16 | 2025-05-30T00:37:40Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 1249 – Andrew of Longjumeau was dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols.
- 1270 – The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Livonian Order in the Battle of Karuse.
- 1279 – Afonso III of Portugal dies. His son Denis succeeds the Portuguese thro... | [] |
3,014 | 9,844 | 458,748 | February 19 | 2025-11-02T16:48:30Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 197 – Septimius Severus becomes lone Emperor of the Roman Empire.
- 357 – Emperor Constantius II issues a decree closing all Pagan temples in the Roman Empire.
- 1594 – Polish–Lithuanian King Sigismund III Vasa is crowned King of Sweden.
- 1600 – Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes... | [] |
3,015 | 9,845 | 1,740,471 | February 23 | 2026-02-22T23:20:15Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 1455 – Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed from movable type.
- 1554 – In present-day Chile, Mapuche forces under leadership of Lautaro, score a victory over the Spanish at the Battle of Mairihueno.
- 1574 – The 5th holy war against th... | [] |
3,016 | 9,846 | 863,768 | February 25 | 2025-05-30T00:37:49Z | ## Events
### Up to 1950
- 138 – Roman Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his heir.
- 493 – Odoacer surrenders Ravenna after a 3–year siege and agrees to a mediated peace with Theodoric the Great.
- 1336 – 4,000 defenders of the Pilenai commit mass suicide rather than be taken captive by th... | [] |
3,017 | 9,847 | 863,768 | February 26 | 2025-05-30T00:37:53Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 364 – Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman Emperor.
- 1266 – Battle of Benevento: An army led by Charles, Count of Anjou defeats a combined German and Sicilian force led by King Manfred of Sicily. Manfred is killed in the battle and Pope Clement IV makes Charles the King of Sicily and Naples.
... | [] |
3,018 | 9,848 | 863,768 | February 27 | 2025-05-30T00:37:57Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 425 – The University of Constantinople is founded.
- 907 – Abaoji, a Khitan chieftain, is enthroned as Emperor Taizu, creating the Liao Dynasty in Northern China.
- 1560 – The Treaty of Berwick, expelling the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland.
- 159... | [] |
3,019 | 9,849 | 1,398,040 | February 28 | 2026-03-03T17:13:30Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 202 BC – Emperor Gaozu of Han is crowned in China, marking the beginning of the Han Dynasty.
- 870 – The fourth council of Constantinople closes.
- 1246 – The Siege of Jaén ends in the context of the Spanish Reconquista, resulting in the Castilian takeover of the city from the Taifa of Jaén... | [] |
3,020 | 9,850 | 1,130,154 | Crater | 2021-10-13T20:46:15Z | A **crater** is a round dent on a planet. They are usually shaped like a circle or an oval. They are usually made by something like a meteor hitting the surface of a planet. Underground activity such as volcanoes or explosions can also cause them but it's not as likely.
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3,021 | 9,853 | 10,343,481 | 1930 | 2025-06-20T04:40:13Z | **1930** (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar.
## Events
- November 2 – Haile Selassie became King of Ethiopia
- The Trump Building is built in New York City which is at the time the world's tallest building
- The Chrysler Building surpasses The Trump Building and also claims wor... | [] |
3,022 | 9,855 | 314,522 | 1857 | 2025-07-23T18:44:56Z | {{#Year article header}}1857{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- Indian Mutiny; Mangal Pandey, Rani of Jhansi
- "Jingle Bells" is written and published in America
## Births
- 5 April – Alexander of Battenberg
- 14 April - Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom; Prince Henry of Battenberg
- June 11 – Antoni Grabows... | [] |
3,023 | 9,856 | 10,437,342 | 1887 | 2025-08-03T22:11:40Z | **1887** (MDCCCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday in the Julian calendar.
## Events
- July 26 – L. L. Zamenhof published Esperanto
## Births
- March 22 – Chico Marx
- December 25 – Conrad Hilton, American hotelier (d. 1979)
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3,024 | 9,860 | 1,260,226 | March 1 | 2025-11-13T13:20:12Z | ## Events
### Up to 1800
- 293 – Emperor Diocletian and Maximian appoint Constantius Chlorus and Galerius as Caesars.
- 1457 – The Unitas Fratrum is established in the village of Kunvald, Bohemian–Moravian Borderland. To date, it is the second–oldest Protestant denomination.
- 1476 – Battle of Toro: Forces of the Cat... | [] |
3,025 | 9,861 | 863,768 | March 2 | 2025-05-30T00:38:07Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 537 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoth army under King Vitiges begins the siege of the city.
- 871 – Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army at the Battle of Marton.
- 986 – Louis V becomes King of the Franks.
- 1127 – Assassination of Charles I, Count of Flanders.
- 1444 – Skanderbeg... | [] |
3,026 | 9,862 | 863,768 | March 9 | 2025-05-30T00:38:11Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 141 BC – Liu Che, known after his death as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne of the Han Dynasty in China.
- 1009 – Lithuania is mentioned in the annals of Quedlinburg.
- 1230 – Ivar Asen II of Bulgaria defeats Theodore Epirus in the Battle of Klokonitsa.
- 1276 – Augsburg becomes an Imp... | [] |
3,027 | 9,863 | 217,550 | March 10 | 2026-04-18T20:09:12Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 241 BC – First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands – The Romans sinks the Carthaginian fleet; end of First Punic War.
- 298 – Roman Emperor Maximian completes his campaign in North Africa against the Berbers, and makes a triumphant entry to Carthage in present–day Tunisia.
- 1496 – Chr... | [] |
3,028 | 9,864 | 248,920 | March 30 | 2025-10-07T17:57:27Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 598 – Balkan campaign: The Avars lift the siege of the Byzantine Empire stronghold of Tomis.
- 1282 – The people of Sicily rebel against the Angevin King, Charles I of Naples, in what becomes known as the Sicilian Vespers.
- 1296 – Edward I storms Berwick-upon-Tweed, sacking the then–Scotti... | [] |
3,029 | 9,865 | 863,768 | March 27 | 2025-05-30T00:38:21Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 47 BC – The Relocation of Power of Cleopatra VII with help Roman dictator Julius Caesar in Egypt.
- 1306 – Robert I of Scotland and Elizabeth de Burgh are crowned King and Queen of the Scots.
- 1513 – (not 1512 as often cited) – Explorer Juan Ponce de León sights North America (specifically... | [] |
3,030 | 9,866 | 248,920 | March 25 | 2026-06-13T01:10:01Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 421 – Venice is said to have been founded.
- 708 – Constantine is made Pope.
- 717 – Theodosius III resigns from the throne of the Byzantine Empire in order to enter the clergy.
- 1199 – King Richard I of England is wounded by a crossbow while fighting in France, leading to his death on Apr... | [] |
3,031 | 9,867 | 863,768 | March 23 | 2025-05-30T00:38:27Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 752 – Stephen II becomes Pope.
- 1400 – The Tran Dynasty of Vietnam is deposed after 175 years in power, by Ho Quy Ly, a court official.
- 1568 – Peace of Longjumeau ends the Second War of Religion in France. Again Catherine of Medici and Charles IX of France make substantial concessions to... | [] |
3,032 | 9,868 | 1,769,040 | March 19 | 2026-03-19T14:29:02Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 1279 – A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the rule of the Song Dynasty in China.
- 1452 – Frederick, Holy Roman Emperor is crowned in Rome.
- 1563 – The Edict of Amboise is signed, granting some freedoms to Huguenots in France.
- 1616 – Walter Raleigh is released from the Tower... | [] |
3,033 | 9,869 | 863,768 | March 15 | 2025-05-30T00:38:34Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 44 BC – Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Decimus Junius Brutus and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March.
- 280 – Sun Hao of Eastern Wu surrenders to Sima Yan, beginning the Jin Dynasty.
- 933 – After a 10–year truce, Ge... | [] |
3,034 | 9,870 | 1,854,565 | March 14 | 2026-08-13T10:00:31Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 44 BC – Casca and Cassius decide, on the night before Julius Caesar's killing, that Mark Antony should stay alive.
- 1489 – Queen of Cyprus Catherine Cornaro sells her kingdom to Venice.
- 1590 – Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and a force of Huguenots defeat forces of the Catholic League ... | [] |
3,035 | 9,871 | 863,768 | March 13 | 2025-05-30T00:38:40Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 483 – St. Felix becomes Pope.
- 874 – The bones of Saint Nicephorus are interred in the Church of the Apostles, Constantinople.
- 1138 – Cardinal Gregory is elected anti-pope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II.
- 1639 – Harvard College was named for clergyman John Harvard.
- 1781 – Willi... | [] |
3,036 | 9,872 | 1,674,404 | March 12 | 2026-04-22T12:30:07Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 515 BC – Construction is completed on the Temple in Jerusalem.
- 1550 – Several hundred Spanish and indigenous troops under the command of Pedro Valdivia defeat an army of 60,000 Mapuche at the Battle of Penco during the Arauco War in present–day Chile.
- 1622 – Ignatius of Loyola and Saint... | [] |
3,037 | 9,873 | 863,768 | March 11 | 2025-05-30T00:38:46Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 222 – Roman Emperor Elagabalus and his mother, Julia Soaemias are murdered by the Praetorian Guard.
- 1513 – Leo X is elected Pope.
- 1649 – The Frondeurs (rebels) and the French government sign the Peace of Rueil.
- 1702 – The first regular English-language newspaper, *The Daily Courant*, ... | [] |
3,038 | 9,874 | 863,768 | April 3 | 2025-05-30T00:38:50Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 257 BC – A solar eclipse is seen over southern Gaul and Tuscany.
- 33 – Crucifixion of Jesus (traditional date)
- 1043 – Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.
- 1559 – The Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis treaty is signed, ending the Italian Wars.
- 1764 – Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor ... | [] |
3,039 | 9,876 | 863,768 | April 6 | 2025-05-30T00:38:52Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 648 BC – Earliest solar eclipse recorded by the Ancient Greeks.
- 46 BC – Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipo and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) in the Battle of Thapsus.
- 402 – Stilicho stymies the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia.
- 1199 – Richard I of... | [] |
3,040 | 9,877 | 863,768 | April 9 | 2025-05-30T00:38:55Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 193 – Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum.
- 1241 – Battle of Liegnitz: Mongol Empire forces defeat the German and Polish armies.
- 1388 – Despite being outnumbered 16 to 1, forces of the Old Swiss Confederacy are victorious over the Archduchy of Austria i... | [] |
3,041 | 9,878 | 863,768 | April 25 | 2025-05-30T00:38:59Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 775 – The Battle of Bagrevand ends Armenian rebellion against the Abbasid Caliphate. Muslim control over Transcaucasus is solidified and its Islamization begins.
- 799 – After mistreatment and disfigurement by the citizens of Rome, Pope Leo III flees to the Frankish court of Charlemagne at ... | [] |
3,042 | 9,879 | 863,768 | April 26 | 2025-05-30T00:39:02Z | ## Events
### Up to 1950
- 1315 – Robert the Bruce opens the first Scottish Parliament.
- 1478 – The Pazzi attack Lorenzo de' Medici and kill his brother Giuliano during High Mass in the Florence Cathedral.
- 1564 – William Shakespeare is baptised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England.
- 1607 – English coloni... | [] |
3,043 | 9,880 | 863,768 | April 24 | 2025-05-30T00:39:05Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 1184 BC – Traditional date of the Fall of Troy.
- 1558 – Mary, Queen of Scots marries future King Francis II of France.
- 1585 – Felice Peretti is elected Pope, becoming Pope Sixtus V.
- 1704 – The first regular newspaperin Colonial America, the News–Letter, is published in Boston, Massachu... | [] |
3,044 | 9,881 | 844,779 | April 27 | 2025-08-10T06:51:54Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 33 BC – Lucius Marcius Philippus, step–brother of future Roman Emperor Augustus, celebrates a triumph for his victories while serving as Governor in one of the Provinces of Hispania.
- 711 – Islamic Conquest of Hispania: Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their... | [] |
3,045 | 9,882 | 863,768 | April 18 | 2025-05-30T00:39:12Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 1506 – The cornerstone for the present Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome is laid.
- 1518 – Bona Sforza is crowned Queen of Poland.
- 1521 – The trial of Martin Luther begins its second day during the assembly of the Diet of Worms.
- 1689 – Bostonians rise up in rebellion against Sir Edmund And... | [] |
3,046 | 9,883 | 248,920 | April 19 | 2026-05-18T22:14:16Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 69 – Vitellius is accepted as Roman Emperor.
- 531 – Battle of Callinicum: A Byzantine army under Belisarius is defeated by the Persians at Ar–Raqaah, Syria.
- 1529 – Protestant Reformation: Second Diet of Speyer bans Lutheranism.
- 1587 – English seafarer Francis Drake attacks a Spanish fl... | [] |
3,047 | 9,884 | 1,386,969 | April 22 | 2025-05-16T00:50:44Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 238 – Year of the Six Emperors: The Roman Senate outlaws Emperor Maximus Thrax for his bloodthirsty proscriptions in Rome and nominates two of its members, Pupienus and Balbinus, to the throne.
- 1500 – Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil.
- ... | [] |
3,048 | 9,885 | 863,768 | April 21 | 2025-05-30T00:39:18Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 753 BC – Romulus founds Rome (traditional).
- 1506 – End of the three–day Lisbon massacre, in which 1,900 people were slaughtered.
- 1509 – Henry VIII of England becomes King of England after the death of his father, Henry VII of England.
- 1526 – The last ruler of the Lodi Dynasty in North... | [] |
3,049 | 9,886 | 22,027 | April 29 | 2025-04-19T20:40:17Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 711 – Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn-Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula.
- 1429 – Battle of Orléans: French troops led by Joan of Arc lifted the English Siege of Orleans, a turning point in the Hundred Years' War.
- 1483 – Gran Canaria, the main island... | [] |
3,050 | 9,887 | 863,768 | April 30 | 2025-05-30T00:39:21Z | ## Events
### Up to 1950
- 313 – Battle of Tzillarum: Emperor Licinius defeats Maximinus II and unifies the Eastern Roman Empire.
- 711 – Tariq ibn Ziyad reaches Gibraltar, beginning Moorish rule in Spain.
- 1492 – Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration.
- 1557 – Mapuche leader Lautaro is kill... | [] |
3,051 | 9,888 | 863,768 | April 16 | 2025-05-30T00:39:24Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 73 – Masada, a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege.
- 1520 – The Revolt of the Comuneros begins in Spain against the rule of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1521 – Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther's first appearance before the Diet of Worms to be examine... | [] |
3,052 | 9,889 | 1,334,790 | April 10 | 2026-03-25T23:36:17Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 428 – Nestorius becomes Patriarch of Constantinople.
- 837 – Closest approach between Halley's Comet and Earth.
- 879 – Louis III and Carloman II become joint Kings of the West Franks.
- 1500 – Ludovico Sforza is captured by the Swiss troops at Novara.
- 1606 – The Virginia Company of Londo... | [] |
3,053 | 9,890 | 1,320,268 | April 11 | 2025-08-30T13:52:22Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 672 – Adeodatus II is elected Pope.
- 1689 – William III and Mary II are crowned as joint monarchs of Scotland, England and Ireland.
- 1713 – War of the Spanish Succession – Treaty of Utrecht.
- 1775 – Germany's last witchcraft execution takes place.
- 1814 – Napoleon Bonaparte abdicates as... | [] |
3,054 | 9,891 | 863,768 | April 12 | 2025-05-30T00:39:33Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 238 – Gordian II loses the Battle of Carthage against Numidian forces loyal to Maximinus Thrax and is killed. His father, Gordian I, commits suicide.
- 240 – Shapur I is crowned as King of the Sasanian Empire.
- 467 – Anthemius becomes Emperor of the West Roman Empire.
- 627 – King Edwin of... | [] |
3,055 | 9,892 | 863,768 | April 13 | 2025-05-30T00:39:36Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 1111 – Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor is crowned.
- 1204 – Constantinople falls to the crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire.
- 1598 – Henry V of France issues the Edict of Nantes, allowing religious freedom for Huguenots. The edict is repealed in 1685.
- 174... | [] |
3,056 | 9,893 | 863,768 | May 9 | 2025-05-30T00:39:39Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 1092 – Lincoln Cathedral is consecrated.
- 1671 – Thomas Blood attempts to steal England's Crown Jewels.
- 1763 – The Siege of Fort Detroit begins during Pontiac's War against British forces.
- 1864 – Second War of Schleswig: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the B... | [] |
3,057 | 9,894 | 1,430,335 | May 7 | 2026-04-07T14:07:45Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 558 – In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses. Justinian I immediately orders the dome rebuilt.
- 973 – Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor takes sole charge of the Holy Roman Empire after the death of his father and co–Emperor Otto I.
- 1274 – In France, the Second Council of Lyo... | [] |
3,058 | 9,895 | 863,768 | May 6 | 2025-05-30T00:39:45Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 1191 – King Richard I of England lands in Cyprus during the Third Crusade.
- 1527 – Spanish and German troops sack Rome, in what is seen by some to be the end of the Renaissance.
- 1536 – The Siege of Cuzco starts, in which Incan forces attempt to re–take the city from the Spanish.
- 1536 –... | [] |
3,059 | 9,896 | 863,768 | May 5 | 2025-05-30T00:39:49Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 553 – The Second Council of Constantinople begins.
- 1215 – Rebel barons renounce (withdraw) their allegiance to King John of England, as part of a chain of events leading to the signing of Magna Carta.
- 1260 – Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire.
- 1494 – Christopher Columbus l... | [] |
3,060 | 9,897 | 863,768 | May 4 | 2025-05-30T00:39:52Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 1415 – Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus are condemned as heretics at the Council of Constance.
- 1436 – Assassination of Swedish rebel (later national hero) Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson.
- 1471 – Wars of the Roses: Battle of Tewkesbury – Edward IV of England defeats the Lancastria... | [] |
3,061 | 9,898 | 248,920 | May 2 | 2026-08-31T19:04:33Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 1194 – Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter.
- 1335 – Otto, Duke of Austria, known as "Otto the Merry", becomes Duke of Carinthia.
- 1536 – Anne Boleyn is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft.
- 1559 – John Knox returns from... | [] |
3,062 | 9,899 | 863,768 | May 23 | 2025-05-30T00:39:58Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 1430 – Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while loading an army to relieve Compiegne.
- 1498 – Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy.
- 1533 – The marriage between King Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void.
- 1555 – Giovanni... | [] |
3,063 | 9,900 | 103,847 | May 22 | 2026-05-22T23:50:28Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 334 BC – The Macedonian army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia.
- 337 – Roman Emperor Constantine I dies.
- 853 – A Byzantine Empire fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt.
- 896 – Pope Stephen VII is elected.
- 1176 – The Hashshashin (Assassins) attempt to ... | [] |
3,064 | 9,901 | 863,768 | May 31 | 2025-05-30T00:40:04Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 1279 BC – Rameses II (the Great) becomes Pharaoh of Egypt.
- 455 – Roman Emperor Petronius Maximus is stoned to death by an angry mob while fleeing Rome.
- 526 – Antioch, Turkey is hit by an earthquake kills 250,000 people.
- 1578 – Henry II of France lays the first stone of the Point Neuf ... | [] |
3,065 | 9,902 | 248,920 | May 15 | 2026-09-23T01:18:41Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 495 BC – A newly built temple in honour of the god Mercury is dedicated in Ancient Rome on the Circus Maximus, between the Aventine and Palatine Hills.
- 392 – Roman Emperor Valentinian II mysteriously dies while advancing into Gaul (present–day France) against the Frankish usurper Arbogast... | [] |
3,066 | 9,903 | 863,768 | May 16 | 2025-05-30T00:40:10Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 218 – Elagabalus is proclaimed Roman Emperor.
- 1204 – Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
- 1527 – The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re–establishes a republic.
- 1532 – Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of E... | [] |
3,067 | 9,904 | 22,027 | May 10 | 2025-06-11T20:20:34Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han Dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han.
- 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of Vespasian, opens a full–scale assault on Jerusalem and attacks the city's Third Wall to the northwest.
- 1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority... | [] |
3,068 | 9,905 | 844,779 | May 11 | 2025-08-10T06:55:30Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 330 – Byzantium is renamed *Nova Roma* during a dedication ceremony, but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople.
- 868 – A copy of the Diamond Sutra is printed in China, making it the oldest–known dated printed book.
- 1502 – Christopher Columbus leaves for his fourth and final voy... | [] |
3,069 | 9,906 | 863,768 | May 14 | 2025-05-30T00:40:17Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 1264 – Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the *de facto* ruler of England.
- 1483 – Coronation of Charles VIII of France ("Charles l'Affable").
- 1509 – Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Venetians.
- 1607 – The... | [] |
3,070 | 9,907 | 863,768 | May 21 | 2025-05-30T00:40:20Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 293 – Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian appoint Galerius as Caesar to Diocletian.
- 878 – Syracuse, Italy is captured by the Muslim Sultan of Sicily.
- 879 – Pope John VIII gives blessings to Branimir of Croatia and to the Croatian people.
- 996 – Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor is crowne... | [] |
3,071 | 9,908 | 863,768 | May 27 | 2025-05-30T00:40:23Z | ## Events
### Up to 1930
- 1153 – Malcolm IV of Scotland becomes King.
- 1199 – King John of England is crowned.
- 1293 – A massive earthquake hits Kamakura, Japan.
- 1328 – Philip VI is crowned King of France.
- 1644 – Manchu regent Dorgon defeats rebel leader Li Zicheng of the Shun Dynasty at the Battle of Shanhai ... | [] |
3,072 | 9,909 | 863,768 | May 26 | 2025-05-30T00:40:26Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 17 – Germanicus returns to Rome as a conquering hero following several battle victories over Germanic tribes.
- 946 – King Edmund I of England is murderered by a thief he personally attacks during mass.
- 1135 – Alfonso VII of Spain is crowned.
- 1293 – An earthquake in Kamakura, Kanagawa, ... | [] |
3,073 | 9,910 | 844,779 | May 25 | 2025-08-10T06:52:05Z | ## Events
### Up to 1950
- 567 BC – Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans.
- 240 BC – First-recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
- 1085 – Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo, Spain back from the Moors.
- 1420 – Henry the Navigator is appointed Governor of the O... | [] |
3,074 | 9,911 | 863,768 | May 17 | 2025-05-30T00:40:32Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 1395 – In the Battle of Rovine, Wallachians defeat an invading Ottoman Empire army.
- 1521 – Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham is executed for treason.
- 1536 – George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford and four other men are executed for treason in England.
- 1590 – Anne of Denmark is crowned... | [] |
3,075 | 9,912 | 844,779 | July 3 | 2025-08-10T06:52:06Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 323 – Battle of Adrianople: Constantine the Great defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium
- 533 – Battle of the Tenth Milestone: Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals near Carthage.
- 987 – Hugh Capet was crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty which ruled Fran... | [] |
3,076 | 9,913 | 863,768 | July 6 | 2025-05-30T00:40:38Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 1189 – Richard I of England comes to the throne. He is known as "Richard the Lionheart" and spends most of his reign abroad fighting in the Crusades.
- 1348 – Pope Clement VI issues a papal bull protecting the Jews accused of having caused the Black Death.
- 1411 – Ming Dynasty China's Admi... | [] |
3,077 | 9,914 | 863,768 | July 7 | 2025-05-30T00:40:41Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 1456 – A retrial verdict clears Joan of Arc of heresy, 25 years after she was burnt to death at the stake.
- 1534 – The first exchange between Europeans and Native Americans takes place in present–day New Brunswick.
- 1543 – French troops invade Luxembourg.
- 1575 – Raid of the Redeswine, t... | [] |
3,078 | 9,915 | 1,398,040 | July 2 | 2025-09-25T21:01:10Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 437 – Emperor Valentinian III begins his reign over the Western Roman Empire.
- 626 – China: Li Shimin, the future Emperor Taizong of Tang, ambushes and kills his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng in the Xuanwu Gate Incident.
- 706 – In China, Emperor Zhongzhong of Tang inters the ... | [] |
3,079 | 9,916 | 314,522 | July 9 | 2025-07-09T00:16:35Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 455 – Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
- 660 – Battle of Hwangsanboel: Korean forces under General Kim Yu–shin of Silla defeat the army of Baekje at Nonsan, present–day South Korea.
- 869 – A magnitude 8.6 earthquake and tsunami strike the a... | [] |
3,080 | 9,917 | 863,768 | July 8 | 2025-05-30T00:40:51Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 1099 – First Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in a religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on.
- 1283 – War of the Sicilian Vespers: Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese fleet, defeats an Angevin fleet sent to put down a rebellion on Malta in... | [] |
3,081 | 9,918 | 711,100 | June 6 | 2025-07-01T15:08:13Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 1508 – Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor is defeated in Friuli by Venetian troops.
- 1513 – Italian Wars: Battle of Novara: Swiss troops defeat the French under Louis de la Tremoille, forcing the French to abandon Milan. Duke Massimiliano Sforza is restored to power.
- 1523 – Gustav Vasa is ... | [] |
3,082 | 9,919 | 863,768 | June 2 | 2025-05-30T00:40:57Z | ## Events
### Up to 1950
- 455 – Sack of Rome: Vandals enter Rome and plunder the city for two weeks.
- 1098 – First Crusade: At the end of a siege, Crusade forces take Antioch.
- 1676 – Franco-Dutch War: France ensures the dominance of its naval fleet for the remainder of the war, with victory at the Battle of Paler... | [] |
3,083 | 9,920 | 863,768 | June 3 | 2025-05-30T00:41:00Z | ## Events
### Up to 1950
- 350 – Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, ending Rome, leading a group of gladiators.
- 1326 – The Treaty of Novgorod determines the border between Russia and the Finnmark region of northern Norway.
- 1539 – Hernando de Soto claims Florid... | [] |
3,084 | 9,921 | 863,768 | June 9 | 2025-05-30T00:41:03Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 411 BC – The Athenian coup succeeds, forming a short-lived oligarchy.
- AD 53 – The Roman emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia.
- AD 68 – Nero commits suicide, after quoting Homer's *Iliad*, thus ending the Julio-Claudian dynasty and starting the civil war known as the Year of the Four Empe... | [] |
3,085 | 9,922 | 863,768 | June 8 | 2025-05-30T00:41:06Z | ## Events
### Up to 1950
- 68 – The Roman Senate proclaims Galba Emperor.
- 218 – Battle of Antioch.
- 793 – Vikings or raiding tribes from Scandinavia, attack and steal valuable objects from Lindisfarne, a monastery off the coast of Northumbria in England.
- 1042 – Edward the Confessor becomes King of England.
- 119... | [] |
3,086 | 9,923 | 863,768 | June 7 | 2025-05-30T00:41:09Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 1099 – First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins.
- 1420 – Troops of the Republic of Venice capture the city of Udine.
- 1494 – The Treaty of Tordesillas splits the "New World" between Spain and Portugal.
- 1628 – The Petition of Right, a major English constitutional document, is granted... | [] |
3,087 | 9,924 | 1,705,499 | November 7 | 2025-12-06T05:37:38Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 1332 – Lucerne joins the Swiss Confederation.
- 1492 – The Ensisheim Meteorite strikes Earth in a wheatfield in the Alsace.
- 1619 – Elizabeth of Bohemia is crowned.
- 1659 – France and Spain sign the Treaty of the Pyrenees, agreeing on their border in northern Catalonia.
- 1665 – The Londo... | [] |
3,088 | 9,925 | 863,768 | November 6 | 2025-05-30T00:41:15Z | ## Events
### Up to 1950
- 355 – Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin, Julian the Apostate, to the rank of Caesar.
- 1429 – Henry VI becomes King of England.
- 1528 – Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first-known European to set foot in what is now Texas.
- 1789 – Pop... | [] |
3,089 | 9,926 | 1,687,378 | November 5 | 2025-11-05T06:25:06Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 1138 – Ly Anh Tong becomes Emperor of Vietnam at the age of two years, starting a 37–year reign.
- 1530 – The St. Felix's Flood destroys the city of Reimerswaal in the Netherlands.
- 1605 – The Gunpowder Plot to blow up the English Parliament fails. Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators ar... | [] |
3,090 | 9,927 | 863,768 | November 2 | 2025-05-30T00:41:21Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 676 – Donus becomes Pope.
- 1502 – Christopher Columbus reaches present-day Panama.
- 1721 – Peter I of Russia declares himself Tsar of the Russian Empire.
- 1772 – American Revolutionary War: Samuel Adams and Joseph Warren form the first Committee of Correspondence.
- 1783 – In Rocky Hill,... | [] |
3,091 | 9,928 | 863,768 | November 3 | 2025-05-30T00:41:24Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 1333 – Flooding of the River Arno causes damage to the city of Florence, Italy.
- 1493 – Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Dominica.
- 1592 – The city of San Luis Potosí in present–day Mexico is founded.
- 1783 – The American Continental Army is dissolved.
- 1793 – French playwrig... | [] |
3,092 | 9,929 | 863,768 | November 4 | 2025-05-30T00:41:27Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 1493 – Christopher Columbus lands on Guadeloupe.
- 1501 – Catherine of Aragon meets Arthur Tudor, the brother of Henry VIII of England.
- 1576 – Eighty Years' War: Spain captures Antwerp, Flanders.
- 1677 – Future queen Mary II of England marries future king William III of England.
- 1783 –... | [] |
3,093 | 9,930 | 248,920 | December 1 | 2025-10-14T15:05:23Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 800 – Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican.
- 1420 – Henry V of England enters Paris.
- 1640 – Portugal regains its independence from Spain.
- 1821 – The first constitution of Costa Rica is issued.
- 1822 – Emperor Pedro I of Brazil is crowned.
- 1824 – The... | [] |
3,094 | 9,931 | 863,768 | December 4 | 2025-05-30T00:41:34Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 771 – Austrasian King Carloman dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne King of the now complete Frankish Kingdom.
- 963 – Pope Leo VIII is elected.
- 1110 – First Crusade: The Crusaders conquer Sidon.
- 1154 – Nicholas Breakspear is elected to become Pope Adrian IV, and is the only Englishman... | [] |
3,095 | 9,932 | 1,796,583 | December 5 | 2026-05-02T07:49:41Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 1082 – Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona is assassinated.
- 1484 – Pope Innocent VIII writes a Papal Bull that sets the inquisition into full swing and leads to the deaths hundreds of thousands of people accused of being witches
- 1492 – Christopher Columbus becomes the first European ... | [] |
3,096 | 9,933 | 863,768 | December 6 | 2025-05-30T00:41:40Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 1060 – Bela I of Hungary is crowned king.
- 1240 – Mongol Empire's invasion of the Rus': Kiev under Danylo of Halych and Voivode Dmytro falls to the Mongols.
- 1534 – The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers.
- 1745 – Charles Edward Stuart's army begins its retreat during... | [] |
3,097 | 9,934 | 248,920 | December 7 | 2026-06-13T01:15:59Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 43 BC – Roman writer, lawyer and statesman Cicero is assassinated.
- 574 – Roman Emperor Justin II retires.
- 1703 – The Great Storm of 1703 in Great Britain makes landfall.
- 1724 – religious troubles were followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Toruń)... | [] |
3,098 | 9,935 | 314,522 | December 8 | 2025-07-09T00:16:34Z | ## Events
### Up to 1975
- 395 – China: Later Yan is defeated by its former vassal of Northern Wei at the Battle of Canhe Slope.
- 757 – China: Du Fu returns to Chang'an as a member of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang's court, after having escaped the city during the An Lushan Rebellion.
- 1432 – First battle of the Lithuani... | [] |
3,099 | 9,936 | 863,768 | December 9 | 2025-05-30T00:41:49Z | ## Events
### Up to 1950
- 480 – Odoacer, the first King of Italy, occupies Dalmatia in present–day Croatia.
- 536 – Gothic War: The Byzantine general Belisarius enters Rome unopposed.
- 1531 – The Virgin of Guadalupe is said to have first appeared to Juan Diego at Tepeyac, Mexico City.
- 1775 – American Revolutionar... | [] |
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