1179
Third Council of the Lateran
Political
On this day
5 March
307 events in the atlas are dated to 5 March, from 1132 to 2026. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 307 events
- 1132 – 2026
The best known
From every age and part of the world1770
Boston Massacre
Attack · North America
1824
First Anglo-Burmese War
War · Southeast Asia · 1824 – 1826
1945
denazification
Event · Europe · 1945 – 1951
1966
BOAC Flight 911
Accident · East Asia
2020
COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa
Epidemic · Sub-Saharan Africa
The Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 15 events- 1179Third Council of the LateranPolitical
- 1279Battle of AizkraukleBattle · Europe
- 1460Treaty of RibeTreaty · Europe
- 14101410 eruption of NasudakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 1132Founding of Rievaulx AbbeyFounding · Europe
- 1433Founding of BucșaniFounding · Europe
- 1438Founding of LeoștiFounding · Europe
- 1493Founding of BursuciFounding · Europe
- 1433Founding of Bolintin-DealFounding · Europe
- 1295Battle of Maes MoydogBattle · Europe
Early modern times
1501 – 1800 · 25 events- 1770Boston MassacreAttack · North America
- 17301730 papal conclaveElection · Europe
- 1535Founding of TrujilloFounding · South America
- 1798Battle of GrauholzBattle · Europe
- 17191719 San Salvador earthquakeNatural disaster · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1701Founding of MaracayFounding · South America
- 1798Fall of Old Swiss ConfederacyCollapse · Europe
- 1626Treaty of MonçonTreaty · Europe
- 1603Battle of RakvereBattle · Europe
- 1765Founding of Alexandria TownshipFounding · North America
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 33 events- 1824First Anglo-Burmese WarWar · Southeast Asia · 1824 – 1826
- 1868impeachment trial of Andrew JohnsonPolitical · North America
- 1811Independence of Central AmericaEvent · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean · 1811 – 1821
- 1811Battle of BarrosaBattle · Europe
- 1850Founding of BeverlyFounding · North America
- 1877inauguration of Rutherford B. HayesEvent · North America
- 1900Battle of JigjigaBattle · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 1821second inauguration of James MonroeEvent · North America
- 1849inauguration of Zachary TaylorEvent · North America
- 1849Battle Creek massacreAttack · North America
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 104 events- 1945denazificationEvent · Europe · 1945 – 1951
- 1933March 1933 German federal electionElection · Europe
- 1994Velika Broda massacreAttack · Europe
- 1966BOAC Flight 911Accident · East Asia
- 1950Battle of Hainan IslandEvent · East Asia
- 1998Attack on PrekazEvent · Europe
- 1906First Battle of Bud DajoBattle · Southeast Asia
- 2000Southwest Airlines Flight 1455Accident · North America
- 1943Battle of the RuhrBattle · Europe
- 1949Operation UvdaEvent · Middle East
The 21st century
since 2001 · 130 events- 2020COVID-19 pandemic in South AfricaEpidemic · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 20262026 Ghazali family killingPolitical · Middle East
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic in Vatican CityEpidemic · Europe
- 20202020 COVID-19 pandemic in Bosnia and HerzegovinaEpidemic · Europe
- 20242024 Gazi University protestsProtest · Middle East
- 2015Delta Air Lines Flight 1086Accident · North America
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic in the State of PalestineEpidemic · Middle East
- 20262026 Iranian or Israeli drone strikes on AzerbaijanEvent · Middle East
- 2003Haifa bus 37 suicide bombingNatural disaster · Middle East
- 20152015 Galena train derailmentAccident · North America
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.