1755
1755 Lisbon earthquake
Natural disaster · Europe
On this day
21 December
566 events in the atlas are dated to 21 December, from 1028 to 2025. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 566 events
- 1028 – 2025
The best known
From every age and part of the world1866
Battle of the Hundred-in-the-Hands
Battle · North America
1974
Cyclone Tracy
Event · Oceania
1988
Pan Am Flight 103
Attack · Europe
2012
2012 phenomenon
Event
2018
2018 Sunda Strait tsunami
Natural disaster · Southeast Asia
The Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 5 eventsEarly modern times
1501 – 1800 · 15 events- 17551755 Lisbon earthquakeNatural disaster · Europe
- 1792French expedition to SardiniaWar · Europe · 1792 – 1793
- 1745Siege of CarlisleSiege · Europe
- 1614Founding of MatițaFounding · Europe
- 1514Founding of Capu CodruluiFounding · Europe
- 1656Founding of SăbieștiFounding · Europe
- 1722Construction of St. Nicholas of Myra Cathedral, LungroConstruction · Europe
- 1516Battle of GazaBattle · Middle East
- 17011701 Oaxaca earthquakeNatural disaster · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1717Founding of Ducado de SolferinoFounding · Europe
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 36 events- 1866Battle of the Hundred-in-the-HandsBattle · North America
- 1832Battle of KonyaBattle · Middle East
- 1826Fredonian RebellionRebellion · North America · 1826 – 1827
- 1845Battle of FerozeshahBattle · South Asia
- 1808Battle of SahagúnBattle · Europe
- 1808Battle of Molins de ReyBattle · Europe
- 1851French constitutional referendum, 1851Election · Europe
- 1868Battle of Lomas ValentinasBattle · South America
- 18681868 San Fernando massacreAttack · South America
- 1891Founding of CoelemuFounding · South America
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 222 events- 1988Pan Am Flight 103Attack · Europe
- 1974Cyclone TracyEvent · Oceania
- 1979Lancaster House AgreementEvent · Europe
- 19581958 French presidential electionElection · Europe
- 19461946 Nankai earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 1992Martinair Flight 495Accident · Europe
- 19991999 Sri Lankan presidential electionElection · South Asia
- 1923Nepal–Britain Treaty of 1923Treaty · South Asia
- 1944Battle of St. VithBattle · Europe
- 1931Jinzhou OperationEvent · East Asia
The 21st century
since 2001 · 288 events- 20182018 Sunda Strait tsunamiNatural disaster · Southeast Asia
- 20122012 phenomenonEvent
- 20232023 Prague shootingAttack · Europe
- 20222022 Volodymyr Zelenskyy visit to the United StatesEvent · North America
- 2022December 2022 North American blizzardEvent · North America
- 20192019 Harper's Ferry train derailmentAccident · North America
- 2010December 2010 lunar eclipseEvent
- 2023Storm PiaEvent · Europe
- 2006Founding of University of PulaFounding · Europe
- 2010Bangkok RulesTreaty
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.