410 CE
410 sack of Rome
Attack · Europe
On this day
24 August
335 events in the atlas are dated to 24 August, from 49 BCE to 2025. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 335 events
- 49 BCE – 2025 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1109
Siege of Głogów
Siege · Europe
1814
Burning of Washington
Crime · North America
1942
Battle of the Eastern Solomons
Battle · Oceania
2001
Air Transat Flight 236
Accident
2016
Operation Euphrates Shield
Event · Middle East · 2016 – 2017
Antiquity
to 500 CE · 4 eventsThe Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 24 events- 1217Battle of Sandwich (1217)Battle · Europe
- 1109Siege of GłogówSiege · Europe
- 1346Battle of BlanchetaqueBattle · Europe
- 1266Battle of MariBattle · Middle East
- 1471Conquest of AsilahBattle · North Africa
- 1109Battle of HundsfeldBattle · Europe
- 1335Treaty of TrentschinTreaty · Europe
- 13561356 Cape St. Vincent earthquakeNatural disaster · Europe
- 1443Founding of SasovaFounding · Europe
- 1438Founding of BozieniFounding · Europe
Early modern times
1501 – 1800 · 28 events- 1516Battle of Marj DabiqBattle · Middle East
- 1704Battle of MálagaBattle · Europe
- 1781Lochry's DefeatBattle · North America
- 1675Battle of LwówBattle · Europe
- 1792Siege of ThionvilleSiege · Europe
- 1654Battle of ShepelevicheBattle · Europe
- 1637Battle of ElminaBattle · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 1760Battle of the Thousand IslandsBattle · North America
- 1720Founding of Kingdom of SardiniaFounding
- 1789First Battle of SvensksundBattle · Europe
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 25 events- 1814Burning of WashingtonCrime · North America
- 1820Liberal Revolution of 1820Rebellion · Europe
- 1867murder of Fanny AdamsNatural disaster · Europe
- 1821Treaty of CórdobaTreaty · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1814Battle of BladensburgBattle · North America
- 1824Construction of Lachine CanalConstruction · North America
- 1893Founding of Museum of Croatian Archaeological MonumentsFounding · Europe
- 1839Construction of Immanuel ChurchConstruction · Southeast Asia
- 1877Battle of AblanovoBattle · Europe
- 18691869 Iquique earthquakeNatural disaster · South America
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 122 events- 19291929 Hebron massacreAttack · Middle East
- 1942Battle of the Eastern SolomonsBattle · Oceania
- 1943Battle of the DnieperBattle · Europe
- 1914Great RetreatEvent · Europe
- 1963Egypt–North Korea relationsEvent · North Africa
- 1998Kasika massacreAttack · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 1970Sterling Hall bombingAttack · North America
- 1945Matsue IncidentRebellion · East Asia
- 1937Battle of BelchiteBattle · Europe
- 2000Super Mario 128Event
The 21st century
since 2001 · 132 events- 2016August 2016 Central Italy earthquakeNatural disaster · Europe
- 2016Operation Euphrates ShieldEvent · Middle East · 2016 – 2017
- 2001Air Transat Flight 236Accident
- 20202020 Jolo bombingsAttack · Southeast Asia
- 20042004 Russian aircraft bombingsAttack · Europe
- 2010Henan Airlines Flight 8387Accident · East Asia
- 2023discharge of radioactive water of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power PlantNatural disaster · East Asia
- 2008Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895Accident · Central Asia
- 2010Hurricane EarlNatural disaster · North America
- 20102010 San Fernando massacreAttack · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
About the dates
Each event is listed under the date its sources give, as its page shows it. Before 1582, and in some countries later (Britain until 1752, Russia until 1918), that is a date of the Julian calendar, as on Wikipedia’s pages for each day.