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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Sep
18
1048
📜 Byzantine–Seljuk wars: Byzantine forces defeated their Seljuk opponents in the flanks of…
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Jul
4
1054
📜 Chinese astronomers recorded the sudden appearance of a "guest star", later identified…
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Jul
27
1054
📜 During his invasion of Scotland, Siward, Earl of Northumbria, defeated Macbeth, King of…
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Jan
11
1055
📜 Theodora Porphyrogenita became the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire after the death of…
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Aug
3
1057
📜 Pope Stephen IX was crowned as pope.
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Dec
6
1060
📜 Béla I (pictured) was crowned King of Hungary in Székesfehérvár.
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Dec
28
1065
📜 Westminster Abbey, built by Edward the Confessor as the first Romanesque church in…
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Jan
6
1066
📜 Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon monarch before the Norman Conquest, was crowned…
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Sep
20
1066
📜 Harald III of Norway and his English ally Tostig Godwinson defeated the northern earls…
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Sep
25
1066
📜 Harold Godwinson defeated King Harald III of Norway and his English ally Tostig…
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Sep
28
1066
📜 William the Conqueror and his fleet of around 600 ships landed at Pevensey, Sussex,…
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Oct
14
1066
📜 Norman Conquest: William the Conqueror's forces defeated the English army at Hastings…
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Dec
25
1066
📜 Norman Conquest: William the Conqueror was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey,…
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Jan
1
1068
📜 Having been pardoned by Eudokia Makrembolitissa, the regent of the Byzantine Empire, for…
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Jan
28
1069
📜 Robert de Comines, Earl of Northumbria, was killed in Durham, causing William the…
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Apr
15
1071
📜 Byzantine–Norman wars: After a siege of almost three years, Italo-Norman forces…
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Aug
26
1071
📜 Byzantine–Seljuk wars: Seljuk Turks led by Alp Arslan captured Byzantine emperor Romanos…
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Apr
22
1073
📜 Gregory VII was elected pope following the death of Alexander II.
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Apr
17
1080
📜 Canute IV became King of Denmark upon the death of his brother Harald III.
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Apr
4
1081
📜 The Komnenos dynasty came to full power with the coronation of Alexios I Komnenos…
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Oct
18
1081
📜 Byzantine–Norman wars: Robert Guiscard led an invasion of the Byzantine Empire,…
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Sep
26
1087
📜 William II, son of William the Conqueror, was crowned king of England.
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Mar
12
1088
📜 Odo of Châtillon was elected as the 159th pope of the Catholic Church.
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May
27
1096
📜 The largest of the Rhineland massacres (depicted) took place in Mainz, where at least…
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Oct
21
1096
📜 First Crusade: At the Battle of Civetot, the Seljuk forces of Kilij Arslan destroyed the…
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