838 CE
838 CE Fergana earthquake
Natural disaster · Central Asia
On this day
23 November
297 events in the atlas are dated to 23 November, from 838 CE to 2025. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 297 events
- 838 – 2025 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1733
1733 slave insurrection on St. John
Rebellion · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean · 1733 – 1734
1808
Battle of Tudela
Battle · Europe
1996
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961
Accident · Sub-Saharan Africa
2010
Bombardment of Yeonpyeong
Event · East Asia
2019
Bougainville independence referendum, 2019
Election · Oceania
The Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 9 events- 838 CE838 CE Fergana earthquakeNatural disaster · Central Asia
- 1407assassination of Louis I, Duke of OrléansPolitical · Europe
- 1406Founding of Târgu JiuFounding · Europe
- 1271Battle of QaqunBattle · Middle East
- 1161Battle of MarashBattle · Middle East
- 1473Siege of Dâmbovița FortressSiege
- 1334St Clement's FloodEvent · Europe
- 1398Founding of Monastery of San Miguel del MonteFounding · Europe
- 1370Peace of BolognaTreaty · Europe
Early modern times
1501 – 1800 · 17 events- 1619Battle of HumennéBattle · Europe
- 17331733 slave insurrection on St. JohnRebellion · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean · 1733 – 1734
- 1745Battle of HennersdorfBattle · Europe
- 1693Founding of DunmanwayFounding · Europe
- 1780Battle of Fort St. GeorgeBattle · North America
- 1633Construction of rue de RichelieuConstruction · Europe
- 1778Founding of ArroyitoFounding · South America
- 1608Founding of PădureniFounding · Europe
- 1608Founding of Malu SpartFounding · Europe
- 1680Founding of CerocahuiFounding · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 24 events- 1808Battle of TudelaBattle · Europe
- 1887Michigan–Notre Dame football rivalryEvent · North America
- 1899Battle of BelmontBattle · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 1852Montenegrin–Ottoman War of 1852–53War · Europe · 1852 – 1853
- 1856Founding of FrutillarFounding · South America
- 1855Founding of BelgranoFounding · South America
- 1849Parkman–Webster murder caseNatural disaster · North America
- 1815Founding of Monte ChingoloFounding · South America
- 1854Founding of AlmaFounding · North America
- 1867Treaty of AyacuchoTreaty · South America
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 138 events- 1996Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961Accident · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 19801980 Irpinia earthquakeNatural disaster · Europe
- 19661966 New York City smogNatural disaster · North America
- 1985EgyptAir Flight 648Accident · Europe
- 1963State funeral of John F. KennedyEvent · North America
- 19801980 Avellino earthquakeNatural disaster · Europe
- 19351935 Brazilian Communist uprisingRebellion · South America
- 1961Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 322Accident · South America
- 1946Haiphong incidentEvent · Southeast Asia
- 1964TWA Flight 800Accident · Europe
The 21st century
since 2001 · 109 events- 2010Bombardment of YeonpyeongEvent · East Asia
- 2019Bougainville independence referendum, 2019Election · Oceania
- 2009Maguindanao massacreAttack · Southeast Asia
- 20082008–2009 Battle of KilinochchiBattle · South Asia · 2008 – 2009
- 2015suicide of Renata KambolinaNatural disaster · Europe
- 20142014 Tunisian presidential electionElection · North Africa
- 20232023 Dublin riotProtest · Europe
- 2012Murder of Jordan DavisNatural disaster · North America
- 20212021 Bulgaria bus crashAccident · Europe
- 2014Persecution of gay and bisexual men by ISILEvent · South Asia
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.