1745
Founding of Surakarta
Founding · Southeast Asia
On this day
16 February
231 events in the atlas are dated to 16 February, from 25 CE to 2026. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 231 events
- 25 – 2026 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1878
1878 papal conclave
Election · Europe
1926
Albanian lek
Event · Europe
1985
Iran–Israel proxy conflict
War · Middle East
2005
Kyoto Protocol
Treaty
2019
2019–2021 Algerian protests
Protest · North Africa
Antiquity
to 500 CE · 3 eventsThe Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 6 eventsEarly modern times
1501 – 1800 · 6 eventsThe 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 26 events- 18101810 Crete earthquakeNatural disaster · Europe
- 18781878 papal conclaveElection · Europe
- 18611861 Lagundi earthquakeNatural disaster · Southeast Asia
- 1854Founding of RoswellFounding · North America
- 1843Great Siege of MontevideoSiege · South America · 1843 – 1851
- 1887Founding of DavistonFounding · North America
- 1803Founding of LisbonFounding · North America
- 1801Founding of LeedsFounding · North America
- 1889Founding of Boothbay HarborFounding · North America
- 1848Spanish expedition to BalanguinguiWar · Southeast Asia
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 112 events- 1926Albanian lekEvent · Europe
- 1918Act of Independence of LithuaniaEvent · Europe
- 1985Iran–Israel proxy conflictWar · Middle East
- 1945Battle of CorregidorBattle · Southeast Asia
- 1998China Airlines Flight 676Accident · East Asia
- 1940Altmark IncidentBattle · Europe
- 1942Bangka Island massacreAttack · Southeast Asia
- 1962North Sea flood of 1962Event · Europe
- 1985Israeli occupation of Southern LebanonEvent · Middle East · 1985 – 2000
- 19991999 Tashkent bombingsAttack · Central Asia
The 21st century
since 2001 · 78 events- 2005Kyoto ProtocolTreaty
- 20192019–2021 Algerian protestsProtest · North Africa
- 2024same-sex marriage in GreeceEvent · Europe
- 20172017 Sehwan suicide bombingNatural disaster · South Asia
- 2014Nepal Airlines Flight 183Accident · South Asia
- 20152015 Egyptian military intervention in LibyaBattle · North Africa
- 20182018 Oaxaca earthquakeNatural disaster · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 20262026 Pawtucket shootingAttack · North America
- 2001Podujevo bus bombingAttack · Europe
- 20032003 Cypriot presidential electionElection · Middle East
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.