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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Oct
13
645
📜 Goguryeo–Tang War: Led by Emperor Taizong, the Tang army was forced to abandon a siege…
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Jun
17
653
📜 Pope Martin I (pictured) was arrested in the Lateran Palace, Rome, and taken to…
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Nov
15
655
📜 Penda of Mercia and Æthelhere of East Anglia were defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria at…
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Jan
26
661
📜 Ali, the fourth Rashidun caliph, was assassinated (depicted) by Ibn Muljim, leading to…
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Jun
5
663
📜 The Daming Palace in Chang'an became the seat of government and the royal residence of…
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Jun
27
678
📜 Pope Agatho, later venerated as a saint in both the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox…
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Jul
27
678
📜 Unable to penetrate the city's defences, the Sclaveni gave up their siege of the…
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Oct
10
680
📜 Husayn ibn Ali, a grandson of Muhammad, was killed at the Battle of Karbala (depicted)…
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Nov
7
680
📜 The Third Council of Constantinople convened to settle the Christological controversies…
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Sep
16
681
📜 Pope Honorius I was posthumously excommunicated at the Third Council of Constantinople,…
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Aug
26
683
📜 Second Fitna: The Battle of al-Harra was fought between Umayyad forces and the rebel…
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Aug
18
684
📜 Second Fitna: Umayyad partisans defeated the supporters of Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr near…
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May
20
685
📜 The Picts defeated the Northumbrians at the Battle of Dun Nechtain, severely weakening…
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Aug
6
686
📜 Second Fitna: Pro-Alid forces defeated the Umayyad Caliphate at the Battle of Khazir,…
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Dec
15
687
📜 Sergius was elected pope, ending the last disputed period of sede vacante during the…
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Jul
1
692
📜 Berhtwald was elected Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Jul
2
706
📜 The bodies of Emperor Gaozong of Tang and Empress Wu Zetian were interred in the…
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Mar
25
708
📜 Constantine was selected as one of the last popes of the Byzantine Papacy.
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May
19
715
📜 Gregory II began his pontificate; his conflict with Byzantine emperor Leo III eventually…
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Mar
25
717
📜 Byzantine emperor Theodosius III abdicated in favour of Leo the Isaurian after he…
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Aug
15
718
📜 Forces of the Umayyad Caliphate abandoned a year-long siege of Constantinople, ending…
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Jun
10
731
📜 Tatwine was consecrated as Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Sep
30
737
📜 Muslim conquest of Transoxiana: Türgesh tribesmen attacked and captured the exposed…
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Jun
9
747
📜 Abu Muslim initiated an open revolt against Umayyad rule, eventually leading to the…
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Jan
29
757
📜 An Lushan, leader of a revolt against the Tang dynasty and emperor of Yan, was…
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