Historical Events

Discover 194 significant historical events from January 1904 to 2024, featuring battles, discoveries, and cultural milestones that shaped our world.

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2023 Formula One World Championship

1968–69 Japanese university protests

athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Events on January 1

2023 Formula One World Championship

1968–69 Japanese university protests

athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Eurovision Song Contest 2013

Eurovision Song Contest 2021

badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics – men's doubles

athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – women's 100 metres

Mahsa Amini protests

2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Miss World 2008

2007 World Aquatics Championships

2023 MotoGP World Championship

2008 Summer Olympics

badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – women's singles

massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia

Melodifestivalen 2008

badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – women's singles

Eurovision Song Contest 2009

Eurovision Song Contest 2008

2014 UEFA Europa League Final

beach volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – men's tournament

badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – men's singles

Eurovision Song Contest 2016

Eurovision Song Contest 2011

tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – women's singles

2023 F1 Academy

Campeonato Mundial de Vóley Playa de 2023

badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – women's singles

2019 World Athletics Championships

2001 UEFA Cup Final

2005 UEFA Cup Final

badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – men's doubles

Nuit debout

Armenian genocide

Eurovision Song Contest 1996

badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – men's doubles

badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – mixed doubles

badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics – mixed doubles

athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – women's 200 metres

football at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Eurovision Song Contest 2004

badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – women's doubles

badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – mixed doubles

1999 UEFA Cup Final

badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics – men's doubles

2017 UEFA Europa League Final

bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics – two-man

2015 UEFA Europa League final

2022 Winter Olympics

1994 FIFA World Cup

1953 British Mount Everest Expedition

badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics – women's doubles

Eurovision Song Contest 2003

2012 UEFA Europa League Final

Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Eurovision Song Contest 2002

2011 UEFA Europa League Final

badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics – men's singles

Eurovision Song Contest 1998

Eurovision Song Contest 2001

Eurovision Song Contest 1994

badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics – men's doubles

badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics – men's singles

badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics – women's singles

2005 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

Eurovision Song Contest 1985

Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War

badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics – women's singles

Eurovision Song Contest 1997

2006 UEFA Cup Final

2022 MotoGP World Championship

Eurovision Song Contest 1993

Eurovision Song Contest 1978

Eurovision Song Contest 1987