553 CE
Second Council of Constantinople
Political · Middle East
On this day
5 May
468 events in the atlas are dated to 5 May, from 553 CE to 2026. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 468 events
- 553 – 2026 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1862
Battle of Puebla
Siege · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
1864
Battle of the Wilderness
Battle · North America
1945
Prague Uprising
Rebellion · Europe
1992
Tajikistani Civil War
War · Central Asia · 1992 – 1997
2021
Myanmar Civil War
War · Southeast Asia
The Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 9 events- 553 CESecond Council of ConstantinoplePolitical · Middle East
- 13421342 papal conclaveElection · Europe
- 1405Battle of Pwll MelynBattle · Europe
- 1124Battle of ManbijBattle · Middle East
- 1255Siege of QuéribusSiege · Europe
- 1142Construction of Fontevivo AbbeyConstruction · Europe
- 1292Imperial election, 1292Election · Europe
- 1416Siege of IJsselsteinSiege · Europe
- 1492Peace of DoncheryTreaty · Europe
Early modern times
1501 – 1800 · 22 events- 1762Treaty of Saint PetersburgTreaty · Europe
- 1789Nootka CrisisEvent · North America · 1789 – 1790
- 1794Battle of GonaïvesBattle · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1578Siege of MikiSiege · East Asia · 1578 – 1580
- 1706Eruption of TrevejoNatural disaster · North Africa
- 1800Battle of MesskirchBattle · Europe
- 1793Battle of ThouarsBattle · Europe
- 1538Founding of GoiaFounding · Europe
- 1538Founding of UngheniFounding · Europe
- 1633Founding of MorteniFounding · Europe
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 56 events- 1864Battle of the WildernessBattle · North America
- 1862Battle of PueblaSiege · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1860Expedition of the ThousandWar · Europe · 1860 – 1861
- 1821Battle of AlamanaBattle · Europe
- 1862Battle of WilliamsburgBattle · North America
- 1821death of NapoleonEvent
- 1842Great Fire of HamburgEvent · Europe
- 1898Founding of ChetumalFounding · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1811Siege of TarragonaSiege · Europe
- 1804Battle of SurinameBattle · South America
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 215 events- 1992Tajikistani Civil WarWar · Central Asia · 1992 – 1997
- 1945Prague UprisingRebellion · Europe
- 1942Battle of MadagascarBattle · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 1992Basel ConventionTreaty · Europe
- 1950coronation of Bhumibol AdulyadejPolitical · Southeast Asia
- 1945Battle of Castle ItterBattle · Europe
- 1955General TreatyTreaty · Europe · 1955 – 1991
- 1945Bratislava-Brno OffensiveEvent · Europe
- 1949Statute of the Council of EuropeTreaty · Europe
- 19461946 Colombian presidential electionElection · South America
The 21st century
since 2001 · 166 events- 2021Myanmar Civil WarWar · Southeast Asia
- 2011United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendumElection · Europe
- 20202020–2021 China–India skirmishesBattle · East Asia · 2020 – 2021
- 2010Anti-austerity movement in GreeceProtest · Europe · 2010 – 2012
- 2019Persian Gulf crisis (2019–2020)Event · Middle East · 2019 – 2020
- 2019Aeroflot Flight 1492Accident · Europe
- 20092009 Georgian mutinyRebellion · Middle East
- 2020Shutdown of ABS-CBN broadcastingEvent · Southeast Asia
- 2007Kenya Airways Flight 507Accident · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 2022Battle of the Siverskyi DonetsBattle · 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.