1174
Siege of Damascus
Siege · Middle East
On this day
396 events in the atlas are dated to 15 May, from 818 CE to 2026. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
1174
Siege · Middle East
1765
Event · Europe · 1765 – 1776
1864
Battle · North America
1948
War · North Africa · 1948 – 1949
1948
War · Middle East
2026
Epidemic · Sub-Saharan Africa
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