849 CE
Founding of Pagan kingdom
Founding · Southeast Asia
On this day
23 December
263 events in the atlas are dated to 23 December, from 14 BCE to 2025. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 263 events
- 14 BCE – 2025 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1598
Disaster of Curalaba
Battle · South America
1835
Second Seminole War
War · North America · 1835 – 1842
1972
1972 Nicaragua earthquake
Natural disaster · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
1990
Slovenian independence referendum, 1990
Election · Europe
2004
Second Battle of Fallujah
Battle · Middle East
Antiquity
to 500 CE · 1 eventThe Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 5 eventsEarly modern times
1501 – 1800 · 16 events- 1598Disaster of CuralabaBattle · South America
- 1783George Washington's resignation as commander-in-chiefEvent · North America
- 1597Siege of UlsanSiege · East Asia · 1597 – 1598
- 1793Battle of SavenayBattle · Europe
- 1647Founding of CarúpanoFounding · South America
- 1534Treaty of BasseinTreaty · Southeast Asia
- 1779Founding of BethelFounding · North America
- 1588Assassination of Henry I, Duke of GuisePolitical · Europe
- 1720Great Rennes Fire of 1720Event · Europe
- 1745Battle of InverurieBattle · Europe
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 30 events- 1835Second Seminole WarWar · North America · 1835 – 1842
- 1865Sammarinese liraEvent · Europe · 1865 – 2002
- 1876Constantinople ConferencePolitical · Middle East · 1876 – 1877
- 18541854 Ansei-Tōkai earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 18711871 Quchan earthquakeNatural disaster · Middle East
- 18541854 Enshunada Sea earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 1806Battle of CzarnowoBattle · Europe
- 1870Battle of HallueBattle · Europe
- 1813Battle of Holy GroundBattle · North America
- 1864First Battle of Fort FisherSiege · North America
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 124 events- 1990Slovenian independence referendum, 1990Election · Europe
- 1938Catalonia OffensiveBattle · Europe · 1938 – 1939
- 19721972 Nicaragua earthquakeNatural disaster · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1991Croatian dinarEvent · Europe · 1991 – 1994
- 1975OPEC siegeNatural disaster · Europe
- 1984Train 904 bombingAttack · Europe
- 1932Soviet–Polish Non-Aggression PactTreaty · Europe · 1932 – 1939
- 19721972 Managua earthquakeNatural disaster · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1916Battle of MagdhabaBattle · North Africa
- 1972Immaculate ReceptionEvent · North America
The 21st century
since 2001 · 87 events- 2004Second Battle of FallujahBattle · Middle East
- 2002Cyclone ZoeEvent · 2002 – 2003
- 20222022 Paris shootingAttack · Europe
- 2016Afriqiyah Airways Flight 209Accident · Europe
- 2015December 2015 Ukraine power grid cyber attackEvent · Europe
- 2025Harmony Jets Flight 185Event · Middle East
- 2005Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 217Accident · Middle East
- 20242025 Slovak protestsProtest · Europe
- 20182018 Democratic Republic of the Congo general electionElection · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 20082008 Guinean coup d'étatPolitical · Sub-Saharan Africa
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.