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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Mar
12
538
📜 The Gothic king Vitiges ended his year-long siege of Rome, which was defended by the…
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Dec
17
546
📜 Rome was sacked by the Ostrogoths led by Totila after a year-long siege.
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Jul
9
551
📜 An estimated 30,000 people died when a massive earthquake struck the Roman province of…
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Apr
16
556
📜 Emperor Justinian I approved and consecrated Pope Pelagius I.
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Jan
22
565
📜 Eutychius of Constantinople was arrested after he refused Byzantine emperor Justinian…
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Jun
28
572
📜 Alboin, the king of the Lombards, was assassinated in Verona in a coup d'état instigated…
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Dec
7
574
📜 Suffering from mental illness, Eastern Roman emperor Justin II had his general Tiberius…
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Aug
13
582
📜 Maurice was crowned as Byzantine emperor, succeeding Tiberius II Constantine.
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Dec
23
583
📜 Yohl Ikʼnal (signature pictured) acceded to the throne of the Maya city-state of Palenque.
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Feb
6
590
📜 Vistahm and Vinduyih deposed their brother-in-law Hormizd IV, King of Kings of the…
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Mar
26
590
📜 Byzantine emperor Maurice proclaimed his son Theodosius as his co-emperor.
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Sep
8
617
📜 Li Yuan defeated a Sui army at the Battle of Huoyi, opening the path to his capture of…
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Jun
18
618
📜 Sui–Tang transition: Chinese governor Li Yuan (pictured) declared himself emperor,…
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Oct
6
618
📜 Transition from Sui to Tang: Wang Shichong's army defeated Li Mi's forces at the Battle…
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Nov
2
619
📜 Emperor Gaozu of Tang allowed the assassination of a khagan of the Western Turkic…
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May
28
621
📜 Tang forces led by Li Shimin defeated and captured Dou Jiande at the Battle of Hulao in…
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Mar
23
625
📜 The Muslim army under Muhammad suffered a defeat against the Quraysh in the Battle of…
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Jul
21
625
📜 Paulinus was consecrated as the first bishop of York by Justus, the archbishop of…
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Jul
2
626
📜 Li Shimin (pictured) led his forces to assassinate his rival brothers in a coup for the…
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Apr
12
627
📜 King Edwin of Northumbria was baptised by Bishop Paulinus of York.
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Dec
12
627
📜 At the Battle of Nineveh, the Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeated the forces…
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Feb
25
628
📜 Khosrow II, the last great king of the Sasanian Empire, was overthrown by his son Kavad…
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Apr
27
630
📜 Shahrbaraz usurped the throne of the Sasanian Empire from Ardashir III, but was himself…
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Jun
16
632
📜 The final king of the Sasanian Empire of Iran, Yazdegerd III, ascended the throne at the…
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Jul
10
645
📜 In a plot to eliminate the Japanese Soga clan, Prince Naka no Ōe assassinated Soga no…
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