1147
Battle of Ephesus
Battle · Middle East
On this day
24 December
234 events in the atlas are dated to 24 December, from 1147 to 2025. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 234 events
- 1147 – 2025
The best known
From every age and part of the world1717
Christmas flood of 1717
Natural disaster · Europe
1854
1854 Ansei-Nankai earthquake
Natural disaster · East Asia
1989
First Liberian Civil War
War · Sub-Saharan Africa · 1989 – 1997
1999
Indian Airlines flight 814 hijacking
Accident · South Asia
2020
EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement
Treaty
The Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 4 eventsEarly modern times
1501 – 1800 · 21 events- 1717Christmas flood of 1717Natural disaster · Europe
- 1568Rebellion of the AlpujarrasRebellion · Europe · 1568 – 1571
- 1800Plot of the rue Saint-NicaiseAttack · Europe
- 16751675–76 Malta plague epidemicEpidemic · Europe · 1675 – 1676
- 1737Battle of BhopalBattle · North Africa
- 1794Croisière du Grand HiverBattle · Europe
- 1734Destruction of Royal Alcazar of MadridCollapse · Europe
- 17371737 Valdivia earthquakeNatural disaster · South America
- 1740Founding of Roxbury TownshipFounding · North America
- 1794Battle of TiburonBattle · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 16 events- 18541854 Ansei-Nankai earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 18541854 Nankaido earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 18541854 Sichuan earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 1872Founding of Saint-Tite-des-CapsFounding · North America
- 18521852 Bandaneira earthquakeNatural disaster · Southeast Asia
- 1874Shipton-on-Cherwell train crashAccident · Europe
- 1841Sonning Cutting railway accidentAccident · Europe
- 1875Tiligul railway disasterAccident · Europe
- 1835Siege of Puerto CabelloSiege · South America · 1835 – 1836
- 1867Izurusan IncidentRebellion · East Asia
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 128 events- 1989First Liberian Civil WarWar · Sub-Saharan Africa · 1989 – 1997
- 1999Indian Airlines flight 814 hijackingAccident · South Asia
- 1943Dnieper–Carpathian OffensiveEvent · 1943 – 1944
- 1953Tangiwai disasterAccident · Oceania
- 1945Sodder children disappearanceEvent · North America
- 1971LANSA Flight 508Accident · South America
- 1968Apollo 8 Genesis readingEvent
- 19901990 Surinamese coup d'étatPolitical · South America
- 2000Christmas Eve 2000 Indonesia bombingsAttack · Southeast Asia
- 1943Zhitomir–Berdichev OffensiveEvent · Europe · 1943 – 1944
The 21st century
since 2001 · 65 events- 2020EU–UK Trade and Cooperation AgreementTreaty
- 2008Covina massacreAttack · North America
- 2017pardon of Alberto FujimoriEvent · South America
- 2010Cyclone TashaEvent · Oceania
- 2020Pemi attackEvent
- 20212021 Bangladesh ferry fireAccident · South Asia
- 20222022 Galicia bus crashAccident · Europe
- 2025Jonglei clashes (2025–present)Battle · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 2003Treaty Between the Russian Federation and Ukraine on Cooperation in the Use of the Sea of Azov and the Kerch StraitTreaty · Europe
- 20072007 killing of French tourists in MauritaniaAttack · 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.