Up to 1900 1. 356 BC – The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus (present-day Turkey), one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, is destroyed in an arson attack. 2. 230 – Pope Pontian succeeds Pope Urban I. 3. 285 – Diocletian appoints Maximianas Roman Caesar and co-ruler. 4. 365 – After a magnitud…
1901 – 2000 1. 1902 – The steamer Primus sinks in the Elbe River near Hamburg, killing 101 people. 2. 1904 – Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100 miles per hour (160 kilometres per hour) barrier on land. He drove a 15-litre Gobron-Brille in Ostend, Belgium. 3. 190…
July 21: Belgian National Day ( 1831 ) Depiction of the Ciompi Revolt by Giuseppe Lorenzo Gatteri 365 – A large earthquake occurred near Crete and triggered a subsequent tsunami that caused widespread destruction around the eastern Mediterranean region.
July 20 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 22 All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on August 3 by Old Calendar. For July 21st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on July 8.
July 21 Self Verification of the Third Estate during the early days of the French Revolution When Louis XVI called the Estates General in 1789, it set off a litany of events that would culminate in …
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "7/21" and "21/7" redirect here. For the date, see July 21. On Thursday, 21 July 2005, four attempted bomb attacks by Islamist extremists disrupted part …
July 22 is the 203rd day of the year (204th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 162 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600. 838 – Battle ... is killed by police as the hunt …
June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 193 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600. 533 – A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under …
May 21 is the 141st day of the year (142nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 224 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600. 293 – Roman Emperors Diocletian and …