685 CE
Battle of Dun Nechtain
Battle · Europe
On this day
20 May
418 events in the atlas are dated to 20 May, from 685 CE to 2026. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 418 events
- 685 – 2026 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1631
Sack of Magdeburg
Siege · Europe
1875
Metre Convention
Treaty
1883
1883 eruption of Krakatoa
Natural disaster · Southeast Asia
1993
Macedonian denar
Event · Europe
2018
2018 Venezuelan presidential election
Election · South America
The Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 15 events- 685 CEBattle of Dun NechtainBattle · Europe
- 12021202 Southwestern earthquakeNatural disaster · Middle East
- 1217Battle of LincolnBattle · Europe
- 13031303 Treaty of ParisTreaty · Europe
- 1449Battle of AlfarrobeiraBattle · Europe
- 1422Siege of KarlštejnSiege · Europe
- 1388Founding of OrleștiFounding · Europe
- 1388Founding of CotmeanaFounding · Europe
- 1388Founding of CălineștiFounding · Europe
- 1388Founding of SeacaFounding · Europe
Early modern times
1501 – 1800 · 34 events- 1631Sack of MagdeburgSiege · Europe
- 17511751 Honshu earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 1795Revolt of 1 Prairial Year IIIProtest · Europe
- 1756Battle of MinorcaBattle · Europe
- 16731673 eruption of GamkonoraNatural disaster · Southeast Asia
- 16181618 Shanxi earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 1591Founding of La RiojaFounding · South America
- 1635Battle of Les AvinsBattle · Europe
- 1521Battle of PamplonaSiege · Europe
- 1778Battle of Barren HillBattle · North America
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 34 events- 18831883 eruption of KrakatoaNatural disaster · Southeast Asia
- 1875Metre ConventionTreaty
- 1828Gran Colombia–Peru WarWar · South America · 1828 – 1829
- 1801War of the OrangesWar · South America
- 1813Battle of BautzenBattle · Europe
- 1859Battle of MontebelloBattle · Europe
- 1858Battle of Taku FortsBattle · East Asia
- 1861Founding of MasonFounding · North America
- 1862Founding of National Museum in WarsawFounding · Europe
- 1805Founding of SualFounding · Southeast Asia
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 210 events- 1993Macedonian denarEvent · Europe
- 1941Battle of CreteBattle · Europe
- 1949Martial law in TaiwanEvent · East Asia · 1949 – 1987
- 1980Quebec referendum, 1980Election · North America
- 1944Icelandic constitutional referendumElection · Europe
- 19981998 War in AbkhaziaWar · Middle East
- 1983Church Street bombingAttack · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 1967Falcon Lake incidentAccident · North America
- 1971Chuknagar massacreAttack · South Asia
- 1965Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705Accident · North Africa
The 21st century
since 2001 · 125 events- 20182018 Venezuelan presidential electionElection · South America
- 20192019 Atlantic hurricane seasonEvent
- 20122012 Northern Italy earthquakesNatural disaster · Europe
- 2002East Timor independenceEvent · Southeast Asia
- 20072007 Lebanon conflictWar
- 20122012 NATO Summit in ChicagoPolitical · North America
- 2012solar eclipse of May 20, 2012Event
- 20182018 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashesWar · Middle East
- 20162016 Minya pogromAttack · North Africa
- 2023Treaty of Jeddah (2023)Treaty · 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.