249 CE
Incident at Gaoping Tombs
Political · East Asia
On this day
5 February
255 events in the atlas are dated to 5 February, from 249 CE to 2026. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 255 events
- 249 – 2026 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1663
1663 Charlevoix earthquake
Natural disaster · North America
1900
Battle of Vaal Krantz
Battle · Sub-Saharan Africa
1922
Chauri Chaura incident
Protest · South Asia
2011
New START
Treaty · Europe · 2011 – 2021
2020
COVID-19 pandemic on cruise ships
Epidemic
Antiquity
to 500 CE · 1 eventThe Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 4 eventsEarly modern times
1501 – 1800 · 31 events- 17831783 Tyrrhenian Calabria earthquakeNatural disaster · Europe
- 17831783 Calabrian earthquakesNatural disaster · Europe
- 16631663 Charlevoix earthquakeNatural disaster · North America
- 1597Founding of San Nicolás de los GarzaFounding · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1796Founding of National Gallery PragueFounding · Europe
- 17861786 Corfu (Kerkira) earthquakeNatural disaster · Europe
- 1762Battle of KupBattle
- 16411641 Tabriz earthquakeNatural disaster · Middle East
- 1798Founding of Byram TownshipFounding · North America
- 1626Treaty of ParisTreaty · Europe
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 19 events- 1900Battle of Vaal KrantzBattle · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 1810Siege of CádizSiege · Europe · 1810 – 1812
- 1864Battle of SankelmarkBattle · Europe
- 1865Battle of Hatcher's RunBattle · North America
- 1889Abandonment of SagalloCollapse · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 1895Arbitration in the Question of PalmasEvent · South America
- 1831Founding of Italian United ProvincesFounding · Europe
- 18181818 eruption of ColimaNatural disaster · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1849Battle of BraniskoBattle · Europe
- 1887Hartford rail accident 1887Accident · North America
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 84 events- 1922Chauri Chaura incidentProtest · South Asia
- 19581958 Tybee Island mid-air collisionAccident · North America
- 1944Battle of the Admin BoxBattle · Southeast Asia
- 1961Kachin conflictWar · Southeast Asia
- 1918Battle of KyivBattle · Europe
- 19691969 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly electionElection · South Asia
- 1941Battle of KerenBattle · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 2000Novye Aldi massacreAttack · Europe
- 1919La Canadenca strikeProtest · Europe
- 1916Trebizond CampaignBattle · Middle East
The 21st century
since 2001 · 116 events- 2011New STARTTreaty · Europe · 2011 – 2021
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic on cruise shipsEpidemic
- 2011Sinai insurgencyRebellion · North Africa
- 20202020 Thuringian government crisisEvent · Europe
- 2012Super Bowl XLVI halftime showEvent · North America
- 2020Pegasus Airlines Flight 2193Accident · Middle East
- 20252025 Delhi Legislative Assembly electionElection · South Asia
- 2017Super Bowl LI halftime showEvent · North America
- 20232023 Cypriot presidential electionElection · Middle East
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic on Diamond PrincessEpidemic · East 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.