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
21
878
📜 Arab–Byzantine wars: The city of Syracuse was captured by the Aghlabids (pictured) as…
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Jun
7
879
📜 Pope John VIII officially recognised Croatia as an independent state, and Branimir as…
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May
1
880
📜 The Nea Ekklesia church in Constantinople, on which many later cross-in-square Eastern…
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Dec
28
893
📜 An earthquake destroyed the city of Dvin, Armenia, resulting in about 30,000 casualties.
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Apr
21
900
📜 A debt was pardoned by the chief of Tondo on the island of Luzon and recorded on the…
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Aug
1
902
📜 Arab–Byzantine wars: Led by Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya, Aghlabid forces captured the…
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Nov
29
903
📜 The Abbasid Caliphate captured the Qarmatian leadership at the Battle of Hama in Syria,…
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Jan
29
904
📜 Sergius III returned from exile to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope…
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Jul
29
904
📜 Arab–Byzantine wars: Thessalonica, the Byzantine Empire's second-largest city, was…
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Jul
21
905
📜 Louis III, Holy Roman Emperor, was captured and blinded during his attempt to restore…
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Oct
22
906
📜 Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh, an Abbasid military officer of Turkic origin, led a raid against…
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Jan
24
914
📜 The Fatimid Caliphate began their first invasion of Egypt, against the Abbasids, which…
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Aug
20
917
📜 Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Bulgarian forces led by Tsar Simeon I drove the Byzantines out…
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Sep
5
917
📜 Liu Yan declared himself emperor, establishing the state of Southern Han at his capital…
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Apr
5
919
📜 The Fatimid Caliphate began a second unsuccessful invasion of Egypt, then under Abbasid…
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Sep
14
919
📜 Viking activity in the British Isles: A coalition of native Irish, led by Niall Glúndub,…
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Jul
12
927
📜 King Æthelstan of England secured the submission of four northern rulers: Constantine II…
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Mar
16
934
📜 Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period: Chinese general Meng Zhixiang proclaimed himself…
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Dec
17
942
📜 William Longsword of Normandy was ambushed and assassinated by supporters of Arnulf I,…
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Jan
27
945
📜 The brothers Stephen and Constantine Lekapenos, having deposed their father as Byzantine…
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Jan
29
946
📜 The Abbasid caliph, al-Mustakfi, was deposed, and went on to spend the rest of his life…
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May
26
946
📜 King Edmund I (pictured) of England was murdered at Pucklechurch on the feast day of St…
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Aug
10
955
📜 Hungarian invasions of Europe: Forces under Otto the Great were victorious at the Battle…
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Oct
1
959
📜 Edgar acceded to the English throne upon the death of his brother Eadwig.
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Feb
4
960
📜 Emperor Taizu (pictured) came to power, initiating the Song dynasty of China that…
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