755 CE
An Lushan Rebellion
Rebellion · East Asia · 755 – 763 CE
On this day
16 December
343 events in the atlas are dated to 16 December, from 46 CE to 2025. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 343 events
- 46 – 2025 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1773
Boston Tea Party
Protest · North America
1838
Battle of Blood River
Battle · Sub-Saharan Africa
1944
Battle of the Bulge
Event · Europe · 1944 – 1945
1966
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Treaty · North America
2012
2012 Delhi gang rape case
Crime
Antiquity
to 500 CE · 3 eventsThe Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 6 eventsEarly modern times
1501 – 1800 · 21 events- 1773Boston Tea PartyProtest · North America
- 1707Hōei eruptionNatural disaster · East Asia
- 1598Battle of NoryangBattle · East Asia
- 1740First Silesian WarWar · Europe · 1740 – 1742
- 16311631 eruption of VesuviusNatural disaster · Europe
- 16311631 Naples (Napoli) earthquakeNatural disaster · Europe
- 1670Henry Morgan's Panama expeditionAttack · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean · 1670 – 1671
- 1631Mount Vesuvius eruption of 1631Natural disaster · Europe · 1631 – 1632
- 15751575 Valdivia earthquakeNatural disaster · South America
- 1769Founding of RangpurFounding · South Asia
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 28 events- 18111812 New Madrid earthquakeNatural disaster · North America
- 1838Battle of Blood RiverBattle · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 1803Dance of ZalongoNatural disaster · Europe
- 18571857 Campania earthquakeNatural disaster · Europe
- 18871887 Yunnan earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 18571857 Basilicata earthquakeNatural disaster · Europe
- 1808Battle of CardadeuBattle · Europe
- 1815Founding of United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the AlgarvesFounding · South America
- 1832Founding of AzulFounding · South America
- 1845Founding of Sidi ChamiFounding · North Africa
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 176 events- 1944Battle of the BulgeEvent · Europe · 1944 – 1945
- 1966International Covenant on Civil and Political RightsTreaty · North America
- 19201920 Haiyuan earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 1997Pokémon shockAccident · East Asia
- 19201920 Gansu earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 1986Toyota WarWar · Sub-Saharan Africa · 1986 – 1987
- 19981998 bombing of IraqEvent · Middle East
- 19601960 New York air disasterAccident · North America
- 1986JeltoqsanAttack · Central Asia
- 1939Battle of SummaBattle · Europe · 1939 – 1940
The 21st century
since 2001 · 109 events- 20122012 Delhi gang rape caseCrime
- 20142014 Peshawar school attackAttack · South Asia
- 2020The Expanse AftershowEvent
- 2024Abundant Life Christian School shootingAttack · North America
- 2006Dissenters' MarchProtest · Europe
- 2017Typhoon TembinEvent · Southeast Asia
- 2004Murder of Bobbie Jo StinnettNatural disaster · North America
- 2006Knicks–Nuggets brawlEvent · North America
- 2009winter of 2009–10 in EuropeEvent · 2009 – 2010
- 20222022 Batang Kali landslideEvent · Southeast Asia
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.