625 CE
Battle of Uhud
Battle · Middle East
On this day
23 March
318 events in the atlas are dated to 23 March, from 625 CE to 2026. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 318 events
- 625 – 2026 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1654
Action of 23 March 1654
Battle · South Asia
1849
Battle of Novara
Battle · Europe
1991
Sierra Leone Civil War
War · Sub-Saharan Africa · 1991 – 2002
2010
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Event · North America
2021
2021 Suez Canal obstruction
Accident · North Africa
The Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 6 eventsEarly modern times
1501 – 1800 · 30 events- 1654Action of 23 March 1654Battle · South Asia
- 1548Battle of UedaharaBattle · East Asia
- 17481748 Valence earthquakeNatural disaster · Europe
- 1766Esquilache RiotsRebellion · Europe
- 1752Fall of Taungoo dynastyCollapse · Southeast Asia
- 1609Battle of SalisBattle · Europe
- 1757Battle of ChandannagarBattle · South Asia
- 1657Treaty of ParisTreaty · Europe
- 1660Siege of LyakhavichySiege · Europe
- 1799Battle of FeldkirchBattle · Europe
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 36 events- 1862Shenandoah Valley CampaignBattle · North America
- 1849Battle of NovaraBattle · Europe
- 1862First Battle of KernstownBattle · North America
- 1864Camden ExpeditionWar · North America
- 1879Battle of TopeterBattle · South America
- 1895Pescadores CampaignWar · East Asia
- 1868Founding of University of California, BerkeleyFounding · North America
- 1849Ten Days of BresciaRebellion · Europe
- 1867Founding of CleburneFounding · North America
- 1864Founding of ClarkFounding · North America
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 118 events- 1991Sierra Leone Civil WarWar · Sub-Saharan Africa · 1991 – 2002
- 1994Aeroflot Flight 593Accident · Europe
- 1939Slovak–Hungarian WarWar
- 1945Operation PlunderEvent · Europe
- 19871987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly electionElection · South Asia
- 1943Battle of El GuettarBattle · North Africa
- 1956Constitution of Pakistan of 1956Event · South Asia
- 1905Theriso revoltRebellion · Europe
- 1962Helsinki TreatyTreaty · Europe
- 1944Via Rasella attackAttack · Europe
The 21st century
since 2001 · 128 events- 2010Patient Protection and Affordable Care ActEvent · North America
- 20212021 Suez Canal obstructionAccident · North Africa
- 2009FedEx Express Flight 80Accident · East Asia
- 2003Battle of NasiriyahBattle · Middle East
- 2025March 2025 Rafah humanitarian convoy attacksAttack · Middle East
- 20262026 Colombian Air Force Lockheed C-130 crashAccident · South America
- 2011Operation Unified ProtectorEvent · North Africa
- 20202020 COVID-19 pandemic in MyanmarEpidemic · Southeast Asia
- 20202020 COVID-19 pandemic in BelizeEpidemic · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 20262026 Italian constitutional referendumElection · Europe
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.