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5th January in History

By sangeeta Saxena on January 5, 2026

1066 – Edward the Confessor dies childless, sparking a succession crisis that will eventually lead to the Norman conquest of England. 1477 – Battle of…

4th January in History

By sangeeta Saxena on January 4, 2026

1642 – King Charles I with 400 soldiers attacks the English parliament 1698 – Most of the Palace of Whitehall in London, the main residence…

2nd January in history

By sangeeta Saxena on January 2, 2026

1757 – British troops occupy Calcutta India 1839 – 1st photo of the Moon (French photographer Louis Daguerre) 1905 – Elara, a satellite of Jupiter,…

1st January in History

By sangeeta Saxena on January 1, 2026

1AD – Origin of Christian Era 1583 – 1st day of the Gregorian calendar in Holland & Flanders 1610 – German astronomer Simon Marius 1st…

31st December in History

By Harmeet Singh on December 31, 2025

535 – Byzantine general Belisarius completes the conquest of Sicily, defeating the Gothic garrison of Palermo (Panormos), and ending his consulship for the year. 1225…

30th December in History

By sangeeta Saxena on December 30, 2025

1906 – Iran becomes a constitutional monarchy 1906 – The All India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India Empire, which later…

29th December in History

By sangeeta Saxena on December 29, 2025

1782 – 1st nautical almanac in US published by Samuel Stearns, Boston 1860 – The first British seagoing iron-clad warship, HMS Warrior is launched. 1867…

28th December in History

By sangeeta Saxena on December 28, 2025

1612 – First observation of Neptune – Galileo observes and records a “fixed star” without realising it is a planet 1893 – French lieutenant Boiteux…

27th December in History

By Harmeet Singh on December 27, 2025

537 – The Hagia Sophia is completed. 1703 – Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.…

26th December in History

By Harmeet Singh on December 26, 2025

887 – Berengar I is elected as king of Italy by the lords of Lombardy. He is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy at…

25th December in History

By Harmeet Singh on December 25, 2025

1901 – Battle at Tweefontein: British force camped on a hill is surprised by a Boer attack at 2am 1914 – Legendary “Christmas Truce” takes…

24th December In History

By Harmeet Singh on December 24, 2025

640 – Pope John IV is elected. 1294 – Pope Boniface VIII is elected, replacing St. Celestine V, who had resigned. 1777 – Kiritimati, also…

23rd December In History

By Harmeet Singh on December 23, 2025

562 – Hagia Sophia in Constantinople reopened with a rebuilt dome after a series of earthquakes caused the original to collapse. 1572 – Theologian Johann…

22nd December In History

By Harmeet Singh on December 22, 2025

69 – Emperor Vitellius is captured and murdered at the Gemonian stairs in Rome. 401 – Pope Innocent I is elected. 856 – Damghan earthquake:…

20th December in History

By Harmeet Singh on December 20, 2025

69 – Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. 217 – Callixtus I is elected as the sixteenth…

19th December in History

By Harmeet Singh on December 19, 2025

211 – Publius Septimius Geta, co-emperor of Rome, is lured to come without his bodyguards to meet his brother Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (Caracalla), to discuss…

1271 – Kublai Khan renames his empire “Yuan” (元 yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan dynasty of Mongolia and China. 1777 – The United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, marking the recent…