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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Aug
12
1099
📜 Crusades: Fatimid forces under al-Afdal Shahanshah began retreating to Egypt after the…
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Aug
2
1100
📜 While on a hunting trip in the New Forest, King William II of England was killed by an…
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Aug
5
1100
📜 Henry I was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.
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Sep
8
1100
📜 Theodoric was elected by opponents of Pope Paschal II, following the death of Antipope…
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Dec
25
1100
📜 Baldwin I was crowned the first king of Jerusalem (depicted) in the Church of the…
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Sep
28
1106
📜 In the Battle of Tinchebray in Normandy, the invading King Henry I of England captured…
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May
13
1110
📜 Baldwin I of Jerusalem captured Beirut from the Fatimid Caliphate with the help of a…
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Feb
15
1113
📜 Pope Paschal II issued the papal bull Pie postulatio voluntatis, formally recognising…
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Sep
23
1122
📜 Pope Callixtus II and Holy Roman emperor Henry V agreed the Concordat of Worms…
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Dec
21
1124
📜 Lamberto Scannabecchi was elected pope, taking the name Honorius II.
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Jun
21
1128
📜 William Clito defeated Thierry of Alsace in a battle over the succession to the title of…
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May
21
1138
📜 The Crusades: The siege of Shaizar ended, and the Emir of Shaizar became a vassal of the…
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Nov
5
1138
📜 Lý Anh Tông was enthroned as the emperor of Đại Việt at the age of two, beginning a…
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Sep
30
1139
📜 A violent earthquake struck the Caucasus near Ganja, killing up to an estimated 300,000…
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Sep
9
1141
📜 Yelü Dashi, the Liao general who founded the Qara Khitai, defeated Seljuq and…
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Nov
1
1141
📜 After Empress Matilda released her rival King Stephen, he in turn released Robert of…
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Sep
26
1142
📜 Stephen of Blois's army approached Oxford, beginning the siege of Oxford.
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Oct
11
1142
📜 The Treaty of Shaoxing was ratified, ending the Jin–Song wars, although sporadic…
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Sep
1
1145
📜 The main altar of Lund Cathedral, then the Catholic cathedral of all the Nordic…
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Mar
31
1146
📜 French abbot Bernard of Clairvaux preached a sermon to a crowd at a council in Vézelay,…
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Mar
15
1147
📜 Reconquista: Portuguese troops under King Afonso I captured the city of Santarém from…
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Oct
25
1147
📜 Reconquista: Forces under Afonso I of Portugal captured Lisbon from the Moors after a…
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Jul
28
1148
📜 Crusades: The siege of Damascus ended in a decisive victory for the Muslims, leading to…
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May
27
1153
📜 Malcolm IV was crowned King of Scotland at the age of twelve.
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Dec
19
1154
📜 Henry II (depicted) was crowned king of England in Westminster Abbey, London.
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