Moments in History
The events Wikipedia's editors chose for each day of the year — about 6,500 turning points, each at the day it happened.
Events 6531 totals
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Feb
18
-3101
📜 According to Hindu scriptures, Kali Yuga, the last of the four stages that the world…
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Oct
22
-2136
📜 A solar eclipse occurred over China, one of the earliest recorded eclipses in history.
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Jun
15
-762
📜 The Bur-Sagale eclipse was observed in Assyria, the earliest solar eclipse mentioned in…
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Apr
21
-752
📜 According to the calculations of the ancient Roman scholar Varro Reatinus, Romulus and…
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Feb
26
-746
📜 According to Ptolemy, the reign of the Babylonian king Nabonassar (name in Akkadian…
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Aug
8
-684
📜 Spring and Autumn period: Amid a succession dispute, the forces of Duke Zhuang of Lu,…
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Mar
16
-596
📜 Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II captured Jerusalem and installed Zedekiah as King of…
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May
28
-584
📜 According to the Greek historian Herodotus, a solar eclipse, accurately predicted by…
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Sep
13
-508
📜 According to Roman tradition, the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus (depicted), the most…
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Apr
4
-502
📜 Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrated a triumph for a military victory over…
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Aug
2
-337
📜 An allied army led by Philip II of Macedon overcame the forces of city-states led by…
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Mar
10
-240
📜 The Roman Republic defeated Carthaginian forces at the Battle of the Aegates, off the…
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Jun
21
-216
📜 Second Punic War: Commanded by Hannibal, the Carthaginians ambushed a Roman army at the…
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Feb
28
-201
📜 Rebel leader Liu Bang declared himself Emperor Gaozu of Han after overthrowing the Qin…
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Aug
24
-48
📜 Caesar's Civil War: Forces loyal to Julius Caesar led by Gaius Scribonius Curio were…
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Sep
28
-47
📜 Pompey was killed by Lucius Septimius at Pelusium in Egypt.
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Sep
26
-45
📜 Julius Caesar dedicated the Temple of Venus Genetrix in Rome to Venus, the mythical…
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Mar
15
-43
📜 Julius Caesar, the dictator of the Roman Republic, was stabbed to death by a group of…
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Apr
14
-42
📜 War of Mutina: Despite initial success, troops loyal to Mark Antony were defeated near…
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Apr
21
-42
📜 Forces led by Mark Antony fought the Battle of Mutina against those of Decimus Brutus,…
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Dec
7
-42
📜 Cicero, widely considered one of ancient Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists, was…
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Sep
3
-35
📜 The Sicilian revolt against the Second Triumvirate of the Roman Republic ended when the…
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Aug
1
-29
📜 War of Actium: Octavian defeated the forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra at Alexandria,…
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May
10
-27
📜 Chinese astronomers during the Han dynasty made the first precisely dated observation of…
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Jan
16
-26
📜 Gaius Octavianus was given the titles Augustus and Princeps by the Roman Senate when he…
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