Every day has made History. Discover the events, births and milestones that happened on this date throughout the centuries.
On January 1, 1564, Charles IX's Edict of Roussillon set the start of the year in France. In 1959, Batista fled Cuba before Castro and Che. In 1983, TCP/IP gave birth to the Internet. Test your history.
On March 25, 1957, six countries signed in Rome the founding treaties of the EEC. In 1655, Huygens discovered a large moon orbiting Saturn. In 1896, the first modern Olympic Games were opened, and in 1767 was born marshal Joachim Murat. 10 questions on this date.
On March 26, 1979, Sadat and Begin signed peace under Carter. Same date in 1791: the Academy defines the metre. In 1971: independence of Bangladesh. Ten questions to connect the facts.
On 27 March 1513, Ponce de León names Florida. On 27 March 1977, two Boeing 747s collide at Tenerife (583 dead). And in 1973, Brando sends Sacheen Littlefeather to refuse his Oscar. Eleven centuries, one date.
On March 28, 845, Ragnar Lothbrok's Viking drakkars sailed up the Seine toward Paris. In 1882, Jules Ferry made school secular and compulsory. In 1949, Fred Hoyle coined the term Big Bang, as mockery.
Theresa May triggers Article 50 of Brexit in 2017, Chinese farmers dig up the Terracotta Army near Xi'an in 1974, Paris Match releases its first issue with Churchill in 1949. March 29 has seen it all.
On March 30, 1867, the United States bought Alaska for 7.2 million dollars. Same day: Van Gogh's birth in 1853, inauguration of I.M. Pei's pyramid at the Louvre in 1989. Test your memory.
On March 31, 1889, the Eiffel Tower was inaugurated for the World's Fair, built in 2 years and 2 months by Gustave Eiffel. Same date for Descartes' birth in 1596 and Angus Young of AC/DC in 1955.
On April 1, 1976, Ronald Wayne sells his 10% of Apple for 800 dollars. The same day in 1918, the Royal Air Force was born, and in 1921 Adrienne Bolland crossed the Andes in a Caudron G3. Test what you know about forgotten dates.
Argentine landing in the Falklands in 1982, Serge Gainsbourg born in 1928, Fountain of Youth legend tied to Ponce de León in 1513, NATO enlargement in 2004, Andersen born in 1805: a packed April 2.
On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper made the first mobile phone call to his rival at AT&T. In 2007, the TGV V150 hit 574.8 km/h, still the unbeaten rail record. And in 1996, the FBI nabbed the Unabomber.
On April 4, 1949, NATO is born; on April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King falls in Memphis; and on April 4, 1975, Bill Gates and Paul Allen found Microsoft in Albuquerque. A heavily loaded date.
Alexander Nevsky beats the Teutonic Order at Lake Peipus in 1242, Danton guillotined in 1794, Jules Ferry born in 1832, ABBA's Agnetha in 1950, Sarajevo siege begins in 1992: 5 questions on April 5th.
On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic Games open in Athens with 241 athletes. Same date in 1994: the attack on Habyarimana triggers the Rwandan genocide. Test yourself on these contrasting April 6 dates.
April 7, 1994 marks the start of the Rwandan genocide. Same date in 1945: the battleship Yamato sinks on a suicide mission to Okinawa. And in 1969, Steve Crocker's RFC 1 founds ARPANET. Test your bearings.
On April 8, 1904, Paris and London signed the Entente Cordiale that paved the way for WWI. In 1911, Kamerlingh Onnes discovered superconductivity. And in 1962, 90% of the French approved the Evian Accords.
On April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox. In 2003, Saddam Hussein's statue fell in Baghdad. And Baudelaire was born in 1821. Test these three dates with nothing in common.
On April 10, 1912, the Titanic left Southampton with 2,224 people aboard. On April 10, 1998, the Good Friday Agreement ended the Northern Ireland Troubles. In 2019, the first image of a black hole was unveiled. One date, three turning points.
On April 11, 1814, Napoleon signs his abdication at Fontainebleau. Same day in 1970, Apollo 13 lifts off for the Moon; in 1945, the US 89th Division liberates Buchenwald. Test your history.
Gagarin completed one Earth orbit in 108 minutes on April 12, 1961, and Euro Disneyland opened in Marne-la-Vallée on the same day in 1992. Fort Sumter had already fallen back in 1861.
Fort Sumter on 13 April 1861, Edict of Nantes signed by Henry IV in 1598, Amritsar massacre in 1919 under Reginald Dyer, MK-Ultra launched by Allen Dulles in 1953, Ian Fleming's Casino Royale that same year: one day, many tipping points.
On 14 April 1912, the Titanic struck an iceberg at 11:40 pm. In 1865, Booth shot Lincoln at Ford's Theatre. In 1927, Volvo was founded in Gothenburg. Three centuries, one date.
A Renaissance genius, a stadium tragedy, a barrier broken in baseball, a theme park opening: ten events that all unfolded on April 15, from the 15th to the 20th century. Match each date to its story.
Megiddo in 1457 BC, the first documented battle; Albert Hofmann discovers the effects of LSD in 1943; the sinking of the Goya in 1945, deadlier than the Titanic; the birth of Chaplin in 1889.
Capitulations of Santa Fe signed with Christopher Columbus in 1492, Haiti's debt imposed by Charles X in 1825, Bay of Pigs in 1961, Phnom Penh taken by Pol Pot in 1975. A heavy date.
A natural disaster, a military raid, a founding treaty of European unity and a few famous lives: ten questions on events that happened on an April 18, from the 19th to the 21st century. Can you pin down each date and figure?
On April 19, 1943, the Warsaw Ghetto rose up against the SS. In 1775, Lexington and Concord sparked American independence. In 2005, Joseph Ratzinger became Benedict XVI. A dense date.
On April 20, 1534, Jacques Cartier left Saint-Malo for Canada. Same date, 1889: Hitler is born. 1999: Columbine. 2010: Deepwater Horizon. A loaded day to piece back together.
On April 21, 1944, de Gaulle granted French women the right to vote. In 2002, Le Pen knocked Jospin out in the first round. And according to legend, Rome was founded on April 21, 753 BC. Test yourself.
Pedro Álvares Cabral reaches Brazil in 1500, Immanuel Kant is born in Königsberg in 1724, 168 tonnes of chlorine released at Ypres in 1915: 5 questions on the April 22nds that mattered.
Nice joining France in 1860, YouTube launching in 2005, the same-sex marriage law, the birth of Max Planck, the founding of the Order of the Garter: 10 moments from April 23.
One single April 24 saw an American singing diva born, a New York skyscraper rise, a space telescope launch and a textile workshop collapse. 10 questions on these calendar coincidences.
On 25 April 1974, carnations in rifle barrels ended 48 years of dictatorship in Portugal. It is also Tchaikovsky's birthday (1840) and the date of the first guillotine execution (Pelletier, 1792).
On April 26, 1986, reactor No. 4 at Chernobyl explodes. Same day in 1478, the Pazzi conspiracy targets the Medici in Florence; in 1989, Satoshi Tajiri founds Game Freak, future Pokémon studio. Place the dates.
On April 27, 1848, Victor Schoelcher pushed through the abolition of slavery in France. In 1969, de Gaulle resigned after the referendum 'no'. And in 2005, the Airbus A380 took off from Toulouse. Three turning points.
On April 28, 1789, Fletcher Christian mutinies against Bligh aboard the Bounty. In 1945, Mussolini is executed with Clara Petacci. In 2001, Dennis Tito pays 20 million to fly to the ISS.
On 29 April 1429 Joan of Arc reached Orléans, in 1899 La Jamais Contente broke 100 km/h, in 1945 Dachau was liberated and Hitler married Eva Braun. 10 questions on a packed date.
George Washington was sworn in at 57 in 1789, Napoleon sold Louisiana for 15 million dollars in 1803, Céline Dion won Eurovision 1988 for Switzerland by one point. April 30 packs a punch.
On May 1, 1886, a bomb at Haymarket Square shook the global labor movement. On May 1, 1994, Ayrton Senna died at Tamburello. Belgium opened its national rail on May 1, 1834. Test the dates behind the date.
On 2 May 1808, Madrid rises against Napoleon. On 2 May 1519, Leonardo da Vinci dies at Amboise. On 2 May 1982, the General Belgrano sinks in the Falklands. Test your memory of dates tied to this day.
In 1999, an F5 tornado blew at over 480 km/h across an American city. Six years after the 1808 Madrid shootings, Goya signed one of his most political canvases. A future head of state was born on 3 May 1898.
May 4th Movement of 1919 in Beijing, Thatcher's election in 1979, Gaza-Jericho accord between Rabin and Arafat in 1994, Superga tragedy in 1949: 10 dates to piece together one same day.
On 5 May 1789, Louis XVI opened the Estates General at Versailles. In 1921, Coco Chanel launched N°5, the first perfume named after a couturier. In 1945, Mauthausen was the last camp liberated. 10 questions on this date.
On May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg burst into flames at Lakehurst, killing 36. In 1994, Elizabeth II and Mitterrand opened the Channel Tunnel, 50.5 km with 38 under the sea. Freud was born on May 6, 1856.
German capitulation in 1945, Emmanuel Macron's election in 2017, the torpedoing of the Lusitania in 1915: the landmark events that happened on May 7.
The pyroclastic flow of Mount Pelée wiped out Saint-Pierre in 1902, Joan of Arc lifted the siege of Orléans in 1429, Hernando de Soto crossed the Mississippi in 1541, Sétif erupted on the day of the Nazi surrender.
Schuman Declaration of May 9, 1950, founding act of Europe. Same day in 1978: Aldo Moro found dead in a Renault in Rome. In 1754: Franklin publishes Join, or Die. Ten questions to connect.
On 10 May 1871, the Treaty of Frankfurt cedes Alsace-Lorraine. In 1940, the Wehrmacht crosses the Ardennes. In 1981, Mitterrand wins; in 1994, Mandela becomes president after 27 years in prison.
In 330, Constantine renamed Byzantium Constantinople. In 1812, Spencer Perceval became the only British Prime Minister assassinated. And in 1960, the Mossad captured Eichmann in Buenos Aires. Three May 11ths.
On 12 May 1881, the Treaty of Bardo made Tunisia a French protectorate. In 1310, 54 Templars were burned alive under Philip the Fair. And in 1820 Florence Nightingale was born, who invented modern nursing.
On 13 May 1888, the Lei Áurea freed 700,000 enslaved people in Brazil. Same date in 1917, three children saw the Virgin at Fátima. And in 1981, Mehmet Ali Ağca shot John Paul II. Ten questions on a dense date.
Ben-Gurion proclaims Israel in Tel Aviv in 1948, Ravaillac stabs Henry IV in 1610, the Warsaw Pact is born in 1955: a dense May 14 when George Lucas also enters the world.
From the 17th century to today, May 15 has seen nations born, great engineering feats completed and pop-culture icons appear. Can you place each event in the right era?
Du Guesclin defeats Charles the Bad at Cocherel in 1364, Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great in 1703, first Oscars ceremony in 1929, Michael Jackson's moonwalk in 1983.
The founding of a major North American city, a famous air raid, a court ruling that advanced civil rights: May 17 has often changed the course of history. Can you date each event?
Mount Saint Helens erupts on May 18, 1980, 57 dead. Saint-Jean-d'Acre falls in 1291, end of the Crusades. Eleanor of Aquitaine marries Henry II in 1152, eight weeks after her divorce.
On May 19, 1643, Conde shattered the Spanish infantry at Rocroi aged 21. In 1974, Erno Rubik filed his cube. In 1536, Anne Boleyn was beheaded at the Tower of London. Test this dense date.
On 20 May 1498, Vasco da Gama reached India by sea. On 20 May 1927, Lindbergh took off for Paris aboard the Spirit of Saint Louis. Honoré de Balzac was born on 20 May 1799. Test what this date has witnessed.
Which events marked a May 21 across the centuries? The birth of a major sports federation, an aviation feat linking two continents, the assassination of an Indian leader: 10 questions to explore this date packed with history.
A composer born in 1813, the creator of a famous detective born in 1859, the bloody final week of 1871, an alliance signed in 1939: ten events that happened on a May 22 to track down.
Defenestration of Prague in 1618, Palme d'Or for Tarantino under Clint Eastwood's jury in 1994, promulgation of the West German Basic Law in 1949, Joan of Arc captured at Compiègne in 1430: a packed 23 May.
In 1626 Peter Minuit buys Manhattan from the Lenape for 60 guilders, in 1844 Morse telegraphs "What hath God wrought?", in 1993 Eritrea becomes independent. Test your May 24 dates.
May 25, 1521: Luther outlawed at the Diet of Worms. 1720: plague arrives in Marseille on the Grand-Saint-Antoine. 1977: Star Wars hits theaters. Test the densest date in History.
Basile Boli scores with a header in the 43rd minute in 1993, the only French victory in the Champions League. The same day, Michel Vaujour escapes from La Santé in a helicopter piloted by his wife.
Peter the Great founds Saint Petersburg on marshland in 1703. May 27, 1905, Tsushima: the Russian fleet wiped out by the Japanese. And Jean Moulin unites the Resistance in 1943.
On May 28, 1871, the Bloody Week ended the Paris Commune; in 1987, Mathias Rust landed his Cessna on Red Square. Test the other surprises of this date, from Amnesty to the Sierra Club.
On 29 May 1453, Constantinople falls to Mehmed II. In 1919, Eddington confirms Einstein's relativity from Príncipe. In 1953, Hillary and Tenzing reach Everest. In 1985, the Heysel disaster.
Joan of Arc burned at Rouen in 1431, Wilbur Wright carried off by typhoid in 1912, the Mariner 9 probe launched in 1971 to Mars, the Chant des Partisans written by Kessel and Druon in 1943. May 30 in dated facts.
On May 31, 1793, the Girondins fell to the Montagnards. In 1902, the Treaty of Vereeniging ended the Boer War. In 2008, Usain Bolt ran the 100m in 9.72s in New York. Test your history knowledge.
Hugh Capet crowned in 987, Sgt. Pepper's released in 1967, flight AF447 lost in 2009, Eichmann hanged at Ramla in 1962. Test your June 1 dates.
On June 2, 1946, Italy voted for the Republic and ousted Umberto II. Seven years later, Elizabeth II was crowned the same day Hillary and Tenzing Norgay announced their Everest summit. Test your dates.
On June 3, 1940, Operation Dynamo evacuated 338,000 troops from Dunkirk. Same date: Montenegro's independence in 2006, Rafael Nadal's birth in 1986. Test what this date hides.
Operation Dynamo evacuated 340,000 soldiers from Dunkirk in June 1940. The Montgolfiers flew their first balloon at Annonay on 4 June 1783. Tiananmen and Solidarność, same day in 1989. Test your 4 June.
George Marshall announces $13 billion in aid for Europe in 1947, Israel enters the Six-Day War in 1967, Yannick Noah wins Roland-Garros in 1983 against Mats Wilander. June 5 wrote big.
On June 6, 1944, 156,000 Allied troops land in Normandy. On June 6, 1799, Pushkin is born. On June 6, 1968, Robert Kennedy dies in Los Angeles, shot by Sirhan Sirhan. One single date, several centuries.
The Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) dividing the New World, the birth of Vatican City in 1929, Operation Opera on the Osirak reactor in 1981: ten key dates that fell on a June 7.
From the 8th to the 20th century, a single day links a foundational invasion, a philosophy classic, a cult novel, a major volcanic eruption and a digital revolution. Ten events to place.
June 9, 53 BC, Crassus dies at Carrhae against the Parthians. June 9, 1660, Louis XIV marries Maria Theresa at Saint-Jean-de-Luz. June 9, 1944, the Das Reich division hangs 99 residents of Tulle. Test your memory of dates.
Oradour-sur-Glane was razed on 10 June 1944, Lidice destroyed in 1942 after Heydrich's death, Simone Veil elected head of the European Parliament in 1979. Five centuries packed into a single date.
A legendary prison break, a discovery off the Australian coast, an act of protest that shook the world: June 11 has often tipped an era. Can you date each event?
Mandela sentenced at Rivonia in 1964 (27 years on Robben Island), Loving v. Virginia ruling in 1967 against anti-miscegenation laws, and the 40-hour week of the Popular Front voted on June 12, 1936.
Lafayette landing in America in 1777, the Miranda v. Arizona ruling in 1966, V1 rockets unleashed on London in 1944, John Nash born in 1928: 10 questions on June 13.
On June 14, 1800, Marengo saves Bonaparte. In 1919, Alcock and Brown cross the Atlantic nonstop in 16 hours. In 1985, Schengen is signed in Luxembourg. Ten questions on a busier date than it seems.
In 1667, the first blood transfusion in history kept a patient alive. In 1215, an English king bowed to his barons and sealed a charter limiting his own power. Ten events share this 15 June.
On 16 June 1963, Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space. Joyce sets Ulysses on that day in 1904, and Jules Ferry made primary school free in 1881. One date, several centuries of history.
In 1631, the death of Mumtaz Mahal inspires the Taj Mahal. On 17 June 1789, the Estates-General become the National Assembly. Nureyev defects to the West at Le Bourget in 1961, Eddy Merckx is born in 1945. From the Mughal court to the Cold War, can you follow the thread?
Paul McCartney was born on 18 June 1942. In 1946, Italy became a Republic. In 1948, CBS launched the LP record. In 1983, Sally Ride flew into space.
In 1865, Juneteenth marks the end of slavery in Texas. Blaise Pascal is born in 1623. On 19 June 1990, the Schengen Convention is signed in Luxembourg, and the Savannah steamed across the Atlantic in 1819. Ten facts, ten dates to pin down.
In 1791, Louis XVI is caught fleeing at Varennes. Yersin discovers the plague bacillus in 1894. On 20 June 1975, Spielberg releases Jaws. Wikimedia is born in 2003. Travel back along the thread of this date.
Jean-Paul Sartre is born on 21 June 1905. In 1919, the German fleet scuttles itself at Scapa Flow. In 1948, Columbia presses the first 33 rpm vinyl record. On 21 June 2004, SpaceShipOne becomes the first private plane to reach space. Four eras meet on a single square of the calendar.
Napoleon abdicates on 22 June 1815, four days after Waterloo. Erich Maria Remarque is born in 1898, Meryl Streep in 1949. Lady and the Tramp hits screens in 1955. Can you put a year on each one?
Alan Turing was born in 1912. In 1894, Coubertin founded the IOC in Paris. Robert the Bruce crushed the English at Bannockburn in 1314, and the UK voted for Brexit in 2016. Seven centuries separate Bannockburn from Brexit.
In 1497, John Cabot reaches the coast of Canada. The Grand Lodge of London is founded in 1717. In 1982, Jean-Loup Chrétien becomes the first French spationaut. Lionel Messi is born in 1987.
In 1857, Baudelaire publishes The Flowers of Evil. On 25 June 1852, Antoni Gaudí is born in Reus. In 1975, Mozambique breaks free from Portugal. Prince drops Purple Rain in 1984. A date with no shortage of style.
On 26 June 1963, Kennedy declares "Ich bin ein Berliner". Madagascar gains independence in 1960, Chaplin's The Gold Rush opens in 1925, and the first barcode is scanned in 1974. How many of these dates do you know?
In 1954, the USSR fires up Obninsk, the first civilian nuclear plant. Barclays installs the first cash machine in 1967. Djibouti gains independence in 1977, Harry Potter is published in 1997. From nuclear power to finance, from decolonisation to literature, this 27 June spans every field.
Assassinations, founding treaties, cultural revolutions: a single date packs in centuries of political, artistic and scientific upheavals around the world.
In 1776, San Francisco is founded. In 1880, France annexes Tahiti. On 29 June 2007, the first iPhone is released. Robert Schuman is born on this day in 1886. Ten questions on this history-packed date.
In 1908, a fireball explodes over Siberia with the force of a thousand Hiroshima bombs. In 1827, the first living giraffe arrives in Paris. In 1960, the Congo proclaims its independence. Can you place these June 30th events?
In 987, Hugues Capet became King of the Franks. In 1867, Canada was born as a dominion. In 1903, the Tour de France was launched for the first time. Can you match these events to their dates?
Íngrid Betancourt freed in 2008, Hermann Hesse born in 1877, the Civil Rights Act passed in 1964, Walmart opens in 1962. Ten questions about July 2nd. Can you place them all?
Hugh Capet crowned king in 987, Carl Benz tests his first automobile in 1886, Jim Morrison passes away in 1971. Sebastian Vettel and Tom Cruise blow out their candles on this day. Can you place them all?
In 1776, the United States declared its independence. Marie Curie died on 4 July 1934, Calvin Coolidge was born that same day in 1872. The Higgs boson announced by CERN in 2012. Can you place them all?
Newton publishes his Principia in 1687, Venezuela declares its independence in 1811, Dolly the cloned sheep is born in 1996. So many facts tied to July 5th. Can you place them all?
Pasteur vaccinates against rabies in 1885, Jan Hus burns at Constance in 1415, Cairo is founded in 969. Between famous births and founding events, can you place each fact?
Hawaii became a US territory in 1898, Ringo Starr was born in 1940, the Solomon Islands gained independence in 1978, and the Treaty of Tilsit was signed in 1807. Can you place them all?
Vasco da Gama sets sail in 1497, Jean de La Fontaine is born in 1621, and in 1982 France lives through its night of Seville. Ten questions about July 8th. Can you place them all?
In 1816, Argentina proclaims its independence. In 1955, Rock Around the Clock becomes the world's n°1. In 2006, Zidane is sent off with a red card in the final. In 2011, South Sudan is born. Can you place them all?
In 1509, John Calvin is born in France. Howard Hughes completes a round-the-world flight in 1938. The Rainbow Warrior is sunk in 1985. Nikola Tesla blows out his first candle in 1856. Ten questions about July 10th.
In 1302, the Battle of the Golden Spurs stunned Europe. In 1789, Necker was dismissed and Paris went up in flames. In 2010, Spain lifted the World Cup. Can you untangle these dates?
Julius Caesar is born around July 12th 100 BC, France beats Brazil 3-0 in 1998, the Rolling Stones play their first concert in 1962. Can you place these July 12th events?
Julius Caesar was born around this day in 100 BC, Marat was assassinated in 1793, Simone Veil was born in 1927, Live Aid rang out in 1985. Can you place them all?
