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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May
15
1252
📜 Pope Innocent IV issued the papal bull Ad extirpanda, authorizing the use of torture on…
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Apr
28
1253
📜 The Japanese monk Nichiren declared the mantra Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō, now a central part…
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Jun
5
1257
📜 Bolesław V, High Duke of Poland, granted city rights to Kraków modelled on the Magdeburg…
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Feb
10
1258
📜 The last Abbasid caliph surrendered Baghdad to the besieging Mongol army of Hulegu Khan,…
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Aug
25
1258
📜 George Mouzalon, the regent of the Empire of Nicaea, was assassinated as part of a…
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Jul
13
1260
📜 Livonian Crusade: Samogitian forces defeated Teutonic knights and the Livonian Order at…
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Sep
20
1260
📜 The second of two major uprisings by the Old Prussians, a Baltic tribe, began against…
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Oct
24
1260
📜 Qutuz (bust pictured), the sultan of Egypt, was assassinated and replaced by fellow…
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Jul
25
1261
📜 Struggle for Constantinople: Alexios Strategopoulos led Nicaean forces to recapture…
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Aug
15
1261
📜 Michael VIII Palaiologos was crowned Byzantine emperor in Constantinople.
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Jan
23
1264
📜 King Louis IX of France issued the Mise of Amiens, a settlement between King Henry III…
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May
14
1264
📜 Second Barons' War: King Henry III was defeated at the Battle of Lewes and forced to…
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Aug
8
1264
📜 Reconquista: In the early stages of the Mudéjar revolt, Muslim rebels captured the…
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Aug
14
1264
📜 War of Saint Sabas: A Genoese fleet captured or sank most of the ships of a Venetian…
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Jan
20
1265
📜 Simon de Montfort summoned local representatives to the Palace of Westminster to attend…
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Aug
4
1265
📜 Second Barons' War: Royal troops led by Prince Edward defeated baronial forces under…
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Feb
3
1266
📜 Mudéjar revolt: King James I of Aragon entered the formerly Muslim-held city of Murcia…
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Jun
23
1266
📜 War of Saint Sabas: In an action off Trapani, Sicily, a Venetian fleet captured all 27…
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Feb
18
1268
📜 Northern Crusades: The Battle of Wesenberg (depicted) took place between Novgorodian and…
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Apr
4
1268
📜 The Byzantine Empire and the Republic of Venice signed a five-year peace treaty.
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Feb
16
1270
📜 Livonian Crusade: In the Battle of Karuse, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania achieved a…
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Aug
10
1270
📜 Yekuno Amlak deposed the last Zagwe king and seized the imperial throne of Ethiopia,…
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Aug
25
1270
📜 Philip III became King of France following the death of his father Louis IX during the…
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Apr
8
1271
📜 Crusades: The Knights Hospitaller surrendered the Krak des Chevaliers, a castle in…
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Jan
22
1273
📜 Muhammad II became Sultan of Granada after his father's death in a riding accident.
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