On This Day in History

On This Day in History

Notable events, famous births and deaths for every calendar date — sourced from Wikipedia, in 10 languages.

126925Total Entries
366Days Covered
17233Events
75136Births
34556Deaths

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March 4 603 entries

AD 51 · Event

Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title princeps iuventutis (head of the youth).

306 · Event

Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia.

852 · Event

Croatian Knez Trpimir I issues a statute, a document with the first known written mention of the Croats name in Croatian sources.

932 · Event

Translation of the relics of martyr Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Prince of the Czechs.

1152 · Event

Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of Germany.

1238 · Event

The Battle of the Sit River is fought in the northern part of the present-day Yaroslavl Oblast of Russia between the Mongol hordes of Batu Khan and the Russians under Yuri II of Vladimir-Suzdal during the Mongol invasion of Rus'.

January 1 557 entries

153 BC · Event

Roman consuls begin their year in office.

45 BC · Event

The Julian calendar takes effect as the civil calendar of the Roman Empire, establishing January 1 as the new date of the new year.

42 BC · Event

The Roman Senate posthumously deifies Julius Caesar.

AD 69 · Event

The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor.

193 · Event

The Senate chooses Pertinax against his will to succeed Commodus as Roman emperor.

404 · Event

Telemachus, a Christian monk, is killed for attempting to stop a gladiators' fight in the public arena held in Rome.

October 24 497 entries

AD 69 · Event

Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Marcus Antonius Primus, the commander of the Danube armies, loyal to Vespasian, defeat the forces of Emperor Vitellius.

1260 · Event

Chartres Cathedral is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France; the cathedral is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

1360 · Event

The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified at Calais, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War.

1590 · Event

John White, the governor of the second Roanoke Colony, returns to England after an unsuccessful search for the "lost" colonists.

1605 · Event

Coronation of Jahangir

1641 · Event

Sir Felim O'Neill of Kinard the leader of the Irish Rebellion issues his Proclamation of Dungannon justifying the uprising and declaring continued loyalty to Charles I

March 16 474 entries

597 BC · Event

Babylonians capture Jerusalem, and replace Jeconiah with Zedekiah as king.

455 · Event

Emperor Valentinian III is assassinated by two Hunnic retainers while training with the bow on the Campus Martius (Rome).

934 · Event

Meng Zhixiang declares himself emperor and establishes Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang.

1190 · Event

Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York.

1244 · Event

Over 200 Cathars are burned after the Fall of Montségur.

1322 · Event

The Battle of Boroughbridge take place in the Despenser Wars.