National Days
Today in history
Discover the remarkable events that have taken place on this day throughout history, offering insights into our collective past and its impact on the present.
Discover the remarkable events that have taken place on this day throughout history, offering insights into our collective past and its impact on the present.
🇮🇳 India (3)
An earthquake of 6.6 magnitude strikes 39 km west-southwest of Ashkasham
📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 INDIA
Severe earthquake centered near Ashkasham, Afghanistan
🌍 World (47)
During the year of Six Emperors
📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 GLOBAL
Year with six claimants as Emperor of Rome (238 CE)
Nestorius becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople.
📜 CHRISTIAN FESTIVALS🌍 GLOBAL
Archbishop of Constantinople from c. 428 to 431
Election of Pope Leo IV following the death of Pope Sergius II.
📜 POLITICS🌍 ITALY
Head of the Catholic Church from 847 to 855
The Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.
📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 GLOBAL
Division of the Virginia Company
War of the First Coalition: A surprise Austrian attack at the Battle of Voltri marks the beginning of the Italian Campaign of 1796-1797
📜 WARS🌍 FRANCE
1792–1797 battles between French revolutionaries and neighbouring monarchies
Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Ottoman government from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the Bosphorus.
📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 GLOBAL
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg is proclaimed emperor of Mexico during the French intervention in Mexico.
📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 FRANCE
Emperor of Mexico from 1864 to 1867
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh.
📜 CITIES🌍 UNITED STATES
American nonprofit organization
The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
📜 OBSERVANCES🌍 GLOBAL
Holiday in which individuals and groups are encouraged to plant and care for trees
British suffer a sharp defeat by the Boers south of Brandfort. 600 British troops are killed and wounded and 800 taken prisoner.
📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED KINGDOM
Place in Free State, South Africa
Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from Birkenau death camp.
📜 WARS🌍 CANADA
Slovak-Jewish Auschwitz escapee, Canadian biochemist (1924–2006)
Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashes in a snowstorm on approach to Basel
📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED KINGDOM
1973 crash near Hochwald, Switzerland
Red River Valley tornado outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls
📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 GLOBAL
Severe weather event in April 1979
Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands was elected to Westminster as the MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone
📜 INDIAN ARMY🌍 UNITED KINGDOM
Paramilitary force active from 1969 to 2005