4150 significant historical events occurred on January 1. January 1 has 2,504 recorded historical events. On January 1, 1800, it was the start of the final year of the 18th century and the decade of the 1800s, aligning with the 1800 United States presidential election and Irish customs involving the Claddagh ring. This date often marks transitions and ceremonies in various cultures over time.
2473 famous birthdays on January 1
Including Vernon L. Smith, Sir Martin J. Evans, Cnut the Great
Event Distribution by Century
Darker = Higher Density-26th Century
1 event-18th Century
1 event-13th Century
2 events-12th Century
2 events-11th Century
2 events-10th Century
4 eventsBattle in ancient China ending the Shang dynasty and beginning Zhou, tentatively dated to c. 1046 BCE
According to the Bible, David besieged and conquered the Jebusite city of Jerusalem, then known as Jebus, from the native Canaanites
-8th Century
1 event-7th Century
4 events-6th Century
15 events612 BC battle that saw the fall of the Assyrian capital, and the climax of the Conquest of Assyria
-5th Century
11 events-4th Century
48 events-3th Century
51 eventsFortress located north of Bactria in Sogdiana (near Samarkand), was captured by the forces of Alexander the Great in the early spring of 327 BC as part of his conquest of the Achaemenid Empire
Naval battle in 322 BC during the Lamian War, between Athens and Macedonia, ending in Macedonian victory: one of the battles that ended Athenian thalassocracy
-2th Century
96 eventsFirst military conflict between the Roman Republic and Carthage, marking the start of the First Punic War
First pitched battle of the First Punic War and the first large-scale military confrontation between Carthage and the Roman Republic
First encounter between the fleets of Carthage and the Roman Republic during the First Punic War
"naval battle fought in 258 BCE between the Roman and Carthaginian navies on the coast near the town of Sulci, Sardinia",naval battle
Naval battle of the First Punic War fought off Cape Ecnomus (modern day Poggio di Sant'Angelo in Licata, Sicily) and one of the largest naval battles of the ancient world
Roman victory leading to Panormus (modern-day Palermo) being under Roman control for the remainder of the First Punic War
Naval battle of the First Punic War near modern Trapani, western Sicily, with the Carthaginian fleet emerging victorious
Final naval battle between Carthage and the Roman Republic in the First Punic War, resulting in a decisive Roman victory
Naval battle of the Second Punic War, fought near the mouth of Ebro River in the spring of 217 BC
"battle of the Second Punic War, fought in the spring of 215 BCE on the south bank of the Ebro River across from the town of Dertosa",battle
Battle of the Second Punic War, taking place when a Carthaginian army sailed to Sardinia in support of a Sardinian revolt against Roman rule
Battle fought in 214 BCE near modern Benevento during the Second Punic War, in which Roman legions under Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus defeated Hanno's Carthaginian forces, denying Hannibal reinforcements
Battle of the Second Punic War in 212 BCE where Hannibal defeated two Roman consular armies and temporarily managed to raise the siege of Capua
212 BCE battle of the Second Punic War in which Hannibal's army destroyed a Roman army led by praetor Marcus Centenius Penula
212 BCE battle of the Second Punic War in which Hannibal's Carthaginian army destroyed a Roman army led by Praetor Gnaeus Fulvius Flaccus
212 BCE battle of the Second Punic War in which Hanno the Elder was defeated by Quintus Fulvius Flaccus
Battle of the Second Punic War that took place in 211 BCE when the Romans besieged and captured Capua
210 BCE battle of the Second Punic War in which Hannibal's Carthaginians encircled and destroyed a Roman army which was operating against his allies in Apulia
Battle of the Second Punic War ending in a stalemate between Hannibal's army and a Roman consular army led by consul Marcus Claudius Marcellus
Battle of the Second Punic War consisting in a three-day engagement in Apulia, Italy between the forces of Rome and Carthage in the summer of 209 BCE
209 BCE successful Roman assault on the Carthaginian stronghold New Carthage (Cartagena) in Iberia
209 BCE battle of the Second Punic War in which the Romans led by Quintus Fabius Maximus recaptured the city of Tarentum
Scipio Africanus’s first major field battle after he had taken command of Roman interests in Iberia during the Second Punic War, in which he routed the Carthaginian army under the command of Hasdrubal Barca
Pivotal battle in the Second Punic War between Rome and Carthage, fought in 207 BCE near the Metauro River in present-day Italy
207 BCE battle of the Second Punic War in which the Romans led by Gaius Claudius Nero won a minor victory over a part of Hannibal's Carthaginian army
One of the last larger scale engagements between the Romans and the Carthaginians in Italy during the Second Punic War
Battle fought between Scipio Africanus of Rome and a combined Carthaginian and Numidian army late in the Second Punic War
Battle during the Second Punic War between the forces of the Roman Republic under Publius Cornelius Scipio and Carthage's main ally, Syphax
Culmination of a major diversion carried out by the Carthaginian commander Mago, son of Hamilcar Barca, at the end of the Second Punic war between Rome and Carthage in what is now northwestern Italy
-1th Century
31 eventsWar in 195 BC fought between the Greek city-state of Sparta and a coalition composed of Rome, the Achaean League, Pergamum, Rhodes, and Macedon
Major battle in the campaign carried out by Sri Lankan king Dutthagamani against the invading South Indian king Ellalan.
Battle of the Third Punic War in which a Roman army was defeated at Nepheris, a Carthaginian stronghold south of the city of Carthage
Battle of the Third Punic War where the forces of the Roman Republic, commanded by Scipio Aemilianus, defeated the forces of Carthage who were commanded by Diogenes of Carthage
Naval battle of the Third Punic War fought in 147 BC between the Carthaginians and the Roman Republic
An ancient Roman celebration held at the completion of various eras or on important anniversaries
0th Century
51 eventsDuring the Third Mithridatic War between Mithridates VI of Pontus and the Romans under Lucullus
Battle between the Germanic tribe of the Suebi under the leadership of Ariovistus against six Roman legions under the command of Gaius Julius Caesar in 58 BCE
Battle between the migrating tribes of the Helvetii, and four Roman legions (Legions VII, VIII, IX, and X) under the command of Gaius Julius Caesar
Battle between the legions of the Roman Republic and an association of Belgic tribes, principally the Nervii
Last major military confrontation of the Gallic Wars, marking the pacification of Gaul under Roman rule
1st Century
16 events16 AD battle between the Roman general Germanicus and an alliance of Germanic tribes commanded by Arminius
2nd Century
18 events3rd Century
55 events4th Century
13 events5th Century
24 eventsMilitary battle in 413 against the Roman city of Massilia, during the invasion of Visigoths in Gallia Narbonensis
437 conflict between the rival Britonnic forces of Ambrosius Aurelianus and Vortigern (Vitalinus).
Refers to Franco-alamannic battles in the years 496 & 503 (Clovis) at what is now Zülpich, near Cologne
6th Century
40 events6th century event, in which two Nestorian monks smuggled silkworm from China into the Byzantine Empire, leading to the establishment of an indigenous Byzantine silk industry
Battle in 577 between West Saxons and Celtic Britons, culturally separating Wales from Cornwall
7th Century
48 eventsPre-Islamic battle fought between Arabs from bani wael (anaza tribe now) and a Sassanid Persian army
Foundational event in the Islamic religion, traditionally dated to 610 CE at the Cave of Hira
Episode in the early history of Islam, where the first Muslims fled from Mecca to the Christian Kingdom of Aksum, due to persecution
Siege of Ansi fortress (645 AD): battle between Goguryeo and Tang forces in Ansi (Liaodong, China)
Battle between Arab Muslim forces of the Rashidun Caliphate and the Byzantine Exarchate of Africa in 647
Battle that took place during the First Fitna between the forces of Ali and Mu'awiya I in the Jazira region
7th century CE succession crisis following the death of Muhammad, causing the Sunni–Shia schism in Islam
8th Century
28 eventsTook place in 756 between the armies of the First Bulgarian Empire and the Byzantine Empire at Markeli, near the town of Karnobat in south eastern Bulgaria
9th Century
38 eventsIn Shia Islam, the doctrine that a messianic figure (Mahdi) was born, has disappeared, and will one day return; according to Twelvers, this is the 12th Imam, going into Occultation in c. 874
Peace treaty signed between Tri Ralpachen, Emperor of the Tibet Empire (629 - 877), and Emperor Tang Muzong of the Tang Dynasty of China in 822
Conducted by the Aghlabids against Syracuse in Sicily, then a possession of the Byzantine Empire
10th Century
27 events11th Century
57 events11th-century document from England dealing with the primacy of Canterbury in the English Church
Earthquake that occurred on April 16 or April 22, 1088, on Easter Sunday, in the southern provinces of the Kingdom of Georgia
12th Century
61 eventsSiege of Sicilian troops of George of Antioch against the Kelibia fortress protected by the Banu Hilal
13th Century
74 events1215 attempt by native Estonian forces to repel the Crusader knights and their allies during the Livonian Crusade
1230 crusade organised by the bishop of Utrecht with Frisian soldiers against the allegedly pagan Drenthers
1235 confrontation between the Sosso king Sumanguru Kanté and the Mandinka prince Sundiata Keita
14th Century
45 eventsBattle fought fought between two factions of the Delhi Sultanate on the Delhi-Dipalpur route in 1320
War between the emergent city-states of Bern and Fribourg in 1331-33 in what is now Switzerland
15th Century
66 eventsTreaty signed in 1443 between the Joseon dynasty and Sō Sadamori as a means of controlling Japanese piracy and legitimizing trade between Tsushima island and three Korean ports
Battle between Peter III Aron and Stephen III the Great won by Stephen the Great, who became voivode of Moldavia.
1478 battle between a Portuguese fleet and a Castilian fleet in the context of the War of the Castilian Succession
1484 battle between the Holy Roman Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary during the Austrian-Hungarian War
Sea route to India was the first recorded trip made directly from Europe to India via the Cape of Good Hope, in the Atlantic Ocean
16th Century
106 eventsBetween the Ottoman Empire and the Archduchy of Austria, as a result of the Battle of Mohacs
Natural disaster leading to famine and record-breaking temperatures in Europe during 1540
1569 one of the struggles between the Ōtomo and Mōri samurai clans during Japan's Sengoku period
17th Century
135 eventsSigned on 1621 were Valtelline was restored to the Bund and Protestants in the region were given religious freedoms
Unsuccessful siege (1628) on Stralsund by Albrecht von Wallenstein's Imperial Army during the Thirty Years' War
The taking of Quebec (without battle) in 1629, by English privateers led by David Kirke during the Thirty Years' War
1648 peace treaty between France and the Holy Roman Empire signed on 24 October 1648 in Münster
Siege in 1649 during the War of the Three Kingdoms; failed attempt by Irish Royalist and Confederate forces to capture Dublin, held by English forces under Michael Jones; abandoned following a decisive defeat at the Battle of Rathmines
1656 battle of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Crimean Khanate, against Sweden and Brandenburg
Series of conflicts between Dzungar Khanate and the Qing dynasty of China under Qianlong Emperor
Series of military conflicts between Great Britain and France that occurred from 1689 to 1815
18th Century
141 eventsThe Guatemalan earthquake of 1717 that destroyed much of the Guatemalan architecture and many buildings.
1777 an amphibious assault on the Massachusetts town of Machias (in present-day eastern Maine) by British forces during the American Revolutionary War
Conflict (1780–1784) between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Dutch Republic over British and Dutch disagreements on the legality and conduct of Dutch trade with the United States
Treaty between the USA and Tripolitania, ratified in 1797, and remembered for its position on church-state separation
19th Century
375 eventsTreaty signed in 1801 between John VI of Portugal and representatives from the French Republic
1809 land treaty between the United States government and several Native American peoples
Congress of Vienna — conference of ambassadors of European states (September/November 1814 to June 1815)
Unification of Italy — creation of the politically and administratively integrated nation of Italy (1815–1871)
1815 eruption of Mount Tambora — catastrophic volcanic eruption in present-day Indonesia
1816 United States presidential election — eighth quadrennial presidential election. It was held from Friday, November 1 to Wednesday, December 4, 1816
Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle (1818) — Diplomatic meeting the Allied Powers after the Napoleonic Wars
1818 battle fought between British East India Company (mostly Mahar soldiers) and the Peshwa faction of the Maratha Confederacy
Missouri Compromise — legislative compromise between pro- and anti-slavery parties in the run-up to the American Civil War
London Conference of 1832 — 1832 international conference to establish the Kingdom of Greece
Representation of the People Act 1832 — UK law reforming the electoral system of England and Wales
Treaty signed on October 20, 1832 by representatives of the United States and the Chiefs of the Chickasaw Nation
1839 Chinese destruction of illegal opium seized from British traders, which led to the First Opium War
Compromise of 1850 — compromise on slavery in U.S. territories annexed from Mexico in the Mexican-American war
Bleeding Kansas — violent political confrontations in the United States centered around slavery
Mountain Meadows massacre — 1857 massacre of California-bound emigrants by Mormon militiamen
Emancipation reform of 1861 — reform passed by Tsar Alexander II of Russia which effectively abolished serfdom throughout the Russian Empire
War in the Colorado Territory of native Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes against white settlers and militia
Group of battles between Mormons and Native Americans between 1865 and 1872 in Utah, United States
Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 — constitutional reform that established the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary
Croatian–Hungarian Settlement — 1868 document governing Croatia's political status in Hungary
Centennial Exposition — first official World's Fair in the United States, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Armed conflict between indigenous peoples and white people in northern Mexico and southern USA between 1879-1881
Michelson–Morley experiment — attempt to detect the relative motion of matter through the stationary luminiferous aether
Year of the Three Emperors — the year 1888, in which Wilhelm I of Germany died in March, to be succeeded by his son Frederick III, who died in June, to be succeeded by his son Wilhelm II
Great Britain at the 1896 Summer Olympics — Participation of Great Britain in the 1896 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – men's marathon — special race invented as part of the Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme
Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – men's 100 metres — men's 100 metres events at the Olympics
Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – men's 400 metres — men's 400 metres events at the Olympics
Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – men's long jump — men's long jump events at the Olympics
Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – men's triple jump — men's triple jump events at the Olympics
Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – men's discus throw — men's discus throw events at the Olympics
Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – men's 1500 metres — men's 1500 metres events at the Olympics
Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – men's road race — men's road race events at the Olympics
Les Grandes Baigneuses (The Large Bathers) — painting by Paul Cézanne in Philadelphia Museum of Art
Agreement between Britain and France that concluded the partition of West Africa between the colonial powers by finally fixing the borders in the disputed areas of Northern Nigeria, signed in Paris on 14 June 1898
Agreement between Great Britain and Germany signed on October 6, 1900, signed by Prime Minister Robert Gascoyne-Cecil and Ambassador Paul von Hatzfeldt respectively, stating both parties' opposition to the partition of China into spheres of influence
20th Century
1641 eventsIlinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising — Revolt against the Ottoman Empire in Southeastern Europe 1903
Football at the 1904 Summer Olympics — 1904 edition of the association football tournament during the Olympic Games
Constitutionalization attempts in Iran — a movement for the Constitution of Iran monarchy in 1905 to 1909
Armenian-Tatar massacres 1905-1906 — interethnic conflict during the 1905 Russian Revolution
Football at the 1906 Intercalated Games — 1906 association football practiced during the Intercalated Games
Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics — 1908 edition of the association football tournament during the Olympic Games
Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics — 1912 edition of the association football tournament during the Olympic Games
Armenian Genocide — systematic destruction of the Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I implemented by the Ottoman authorities through mass murder
FC Wacker Innsbruck — association football club in Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria (founded: 1915)
1916 Summer Olympics — Games of the VI Olympiad, scheduled to be played in Berlin, Germany, in 1916 but canceled due to World War I
Basmachi movement — decentralized decolonial movement which undertook a uprising against Russian Imperial and Soviet rule by the Muslim peoples of Central Asia (1916–1934)
1918 Bolshevik military operation of Petrograd and the Moscow Red Guard to sack the capital of Ukraine
1918 urban fighting between local Polish inhabitants and the forces of West Ukrainian People's Republic
Spartacist uprising — general strike and armed struggle in Berlin in Jan. 1919 in connection with the November Revolution that broke out following Germany's defeat in WW1
Leninism — communist ideology and state ideology of socialist states, as developed by Vladimir Lenin
Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics — 1920 edition of the association football tournament during the Olympic Games
Korenizatsiya — integration of the non-Russian peoples to the Soviet Union by promoting their languages and cultures
Red Army invasion of Azerbaijan — 1920 military campaign conducted by the 11th Army of Soviet Russia with the aim of installing a new Soviet government in the Azerbaijan
Attempt by Poland, led by Józef Piłsudski, to seize central and eastern Ukraine from Soviet control
1920 Fights of several weeks' duration at the outskirts of the city between the Polish Army and the Red Army during the Polish–Bolshevik War
1921 South American Championship — 1921 edition of the association fotoball South American Championship
1921 treaty which recognised that a land-locked state could register ships and sail them on the sea using its own flag
Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics — 1924 edition of the association football tournament during the Olympic Summer Games
Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics — 1924 edition of the speed skating competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Figure skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics — 1924 edition of the figure skating competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Ski jumping at the 1924 Winter Olympics — 1924 edition of the ski jumping competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Bobsleigh at the 1924 Winter Olympics — 1924 edition of the bobsleigh competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Ice hockey at the 1924 Winter Olympics — 1924 edition of the ice hockey tournament during the Olympic Winter Games
Nordic combined at the 1924 Winter Olympics — 1924 edition of the Nordic combined skiing competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Cross-country skiing at the 1924 Winter Olympics — 1924 edition of the cross-country skiing competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
UK recognized the independence of Ibn Saud and sovereignty of the Kingdom of Hejaz & Nejd
Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics — track and field athletics practiced at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics — 1928 edition of the association football tournament during the Olympic Summer Games
Speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics — 1928 edition of the speed skating competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Bobsleigh at the 1928 Winter Olympics — 1928 edition of the bobsleigh skiing competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Ski jumping at the 1928 Winter Olympics — 1928 edition of the ski jumping competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Nordic combined at the 1928 Winter Olympics — 1928 edition of the Nordic combined skiing competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Battle fought between the rival armies of the Liangguang region in Southern China as part of the internal conflicts within the Kuomintang leading up to the Central Plains War
Comfort woman — military sexual slavery system designed and implemented by Japan Empire from early 1930s until the end of World War II, or the victims who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military
The Persistence of Memory — painting by Salvador Dalí completed in 1931. Also known as Soft Watches or Melting Clocks, it is one of Dalí’s most famous pieces.
Speed skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics — 1932 edition of the speed skating competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Bobsleigh at the 1932 Winter Olympics — 1932 edition of the bobsleigh competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Enabling Act of 1933 — German law which transferred power from the Reichstag and the Weimar President to Adolf Hitler and his Cabinet
Night of the Long Knives — purge that took place in Nazi Germany from June 30 to July 2, 1934
1934 European Athletics Championships — 1934 edition of the European Athletics Championships
Handball at the 1936 Summer Olympics — overview of handball practiced at the 1936 Olympic Summer Games
Ski jumping at the 1936 Winter Olympics — 1936 edition of the ski jumping competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics — 1936 edition of the speed skating competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics — 1936 edition of the alpine skiing competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Bobsleigh at the 1936 Winter Olympics — 1936 edition of the bobsleigh competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Nordic combined at the 1936 Winter Olympics — 1936 edition of the Nordic combined skiing competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
1938 World Men's Handball Championship — 1938 edition of the World Men's Handball Championship
1938 European Athletics Championships — 1938 edition of the European Athletics Championships
1939 New York World's Fair — fair held at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York
1939 first of four attempts by Japan to take the city of Changsha during the second Sino-Japanese War
Lwów besieged by Germany during the Invasion of Poland of 1939 at the outbreak of World War II
Katyn massacre — Soviet mass murder of ca. 22,000 Poles in several parts of European Russia, including in the Katyn forest, which became a pars pro toto name for the whole massacre
1940 Summer Olympics — Games of the XII Olympiad, firstly scheduled in Tokyo, Japan, rescheduled in Helsinki, Finland, finally canceled due to World War II
Operation Weserübung — 1940 code name for Germany's assault on Denmark and Norway during the Second World War
1940 Winter Olympics — edition of the Winter Olympics, scheduled in Sapporo, Japan, canceled due to World War II
1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine — civil war between the Jewish and Arab communities of Palestine which is the first phase of the 1948 Palestine War
NKVD prisoner massacres — mass murders of political prisoners by Soviet secret police in June 1941 during World War II
1941 battle resulting in a large encirclement of Soviet troops in the vicinity of Kiev during World War II
Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia — massacre of Poles by Ukrainian nationalists during World War II
Sonderkommando — work units of German Nazi death camp prisoners forced to dispose of corpses
Moscow Conference (1943) — Collective term for several conferences of the Allied Great Powers in Moscow
1944 Summer Olympics — Games of the XIII Olympiad, scheduled in London, United Kingdom, canceled due to World War II
1944 Winter Olympics — edition of the Winter Olympics, scheduled in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, canceled due to World War II
Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush — ethnic cleansing of Chechens and Ingush in the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin
1st Golden Globe Awards — 1944 film award ceremony, on the 20th of January in Los Angeles, California, United States of America, honoring achievements in 1943 filmmaking
2nd Golden Globe Awards — 1945 film award ceremony, on the 16th of April in Beverly Hills, California, United States of America, honoring achievements in 1944 filmmaking
Borneo campaign — 1945 last major Allied campaign in the South West Pacific Area during World War II
Manila massacre — atrocities committed against Filipino civilians by Japanese troops at the Battle of Manila
Treaty transferring territory between the United States and Soviet occupation zones of Germany after World War II
1945 Second World War German sea evacuation of soldiers and civilians ahead of the advancing Red Army
Battle in 1945 during World War II fought between Japan and the United States with the Commonwealth of the Philippines
Operation Downfall — codename for the Allied plan for the invasion of Japan near the end of World War II
3rd Golden Globe Awards — 1946 film award ceremony, on the 30th of March in Los Angeles, California, United States of America, honoring achievements in 1945 filmmaking
1946 European Athletics Championships — 1946 edition of the European Athletics Championships
4th Golden Globe Awards — 1947 film award ceremony, on the 26th of February in Los Angeles, California, United States of America, honoring achievements in 1946 filmmaking
Insurgency in Balochistan — separatist insurgency being waged against the governments of Iran and Pakistan
Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics — 1948 edition of the association football tournament during the Olympic Summer Games
5th Golden Globe Awards — 1948 film award ceremony, on the 10th of March in Los Angeles, California, United States of America, honoring achievements in 1947 filmmaking
Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics — 1948 edition of the alpine skiing competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics — 1948 edition of the speed skating competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Ski jumping at the 1948 Winter Olympics — 1948 edition of the ski jumping competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Gymnastics at the 1948 Summer Olympics — overview of gymnastics at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Bobsleigh at the 1948 Winter Olympics — 1948 edition of the bobsleigh competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics — 1948 edition of the ice hockey tournament during the Olympic Winter Games
North Atlantic Treaty — treaty that forms the legal basis of, and is implemented by, the NATO
Operation Priboi — code name for the Soviet mass deportation from the Baltic states on 25–28 March 1949
6th Golden Globe Awards — 1949 film award ceremony, on the 16th of March in Los Angeles, California, United States of America, honoring achievements in 1948 filmmaking
7th Golden Globe Awards — 1950 film award ceremony, on the 23rd of February in Los Angeles, California, United States of America, honoring achievements in 1949 filmmaking
1950 European Athletics Championships — 1950 edition of the European Athletics Championships
1950 engagement between United Nations Command (UN) and North Korean forces early in the Korean War
8th Golden Globe Awards — 1951 film award ceremony, on the 28th of February in Los Angeles, California, United States of America, honoring achievements in 1950 filmmaking
Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics — 1952 edition of the association football tournament during the Olympic Summer Games
Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics — 1952 edition of the speed skating competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics — overview of gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics
9th Golden Globe Awards — 1952 film award ceremony, on the 21st of February in Los Angeles, California, United States of America, honoring achievements in 1951 filmmaking
Ski jumping at the 1952 Winter Olympics — 1952 edition of the ski jumping competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics — 1952 edition of the alpine skiing competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Bobsleigh at the 1952 Winter Olympics — 1952 edition of the bobsleigh competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
1952 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship — volleyball competition held in Soviet Union
1954 World Men's Handball Championship — 1954 edition of the World Men's Handball Championship
Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict — treaty
1954 European Athletics Championships — 1954 edition of the European Athletics Championships
1954 conference took place in Geneva dealt with the aftermath of Korean War and First Indochina War
Football at the 1956 Summer Olympics — 1956 edition of the association football tournament during the Olympic Summer Games
Equestrian at the 1956 Summer Olympics — horseback riding events of the Summer Games of the 16th Olympiad, in Stockholm, Sweden, other events of the Summer Games taking place in Melbourne, Australia
Ski jumping at the 1956 Winter Olympics — 1956 edition of the ski jumping competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics — 1956 edition of the figure skating competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics — 1956 edition of the alpine skiing competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics — competitive cycling practiced during the 1956 Olympic Summer Games
Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics — 1956 edition of the speed skating competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics — 1956 edition of the ice hockey tournament during the Olympic Winter Games
1957 World Women's Handball Championship — 1957 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship
1958 World Men's Handball Championship — 1958 edition of the World Men's Handball Championship
1958 European Athletics Championships — 1958 edition of the European Athletics Championships
Counterculture of the 1960s — cultural phenomenon that developed first in the United States and United Kingdom and spread throughout much of the Western world between the early 1960s and the early 1970s
Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics — association football played at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics — 1960 edition of the speed skating competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Biathlon at the 1960 Winter Olympics — 1960 edition of the biathlon competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics — 1960 edition of the alpine skiing competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Ski jumping at the 1960 Winter Olympics — 1960 edition of the ski jumping competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Series of events at the University of California, Berkeley, and Berkeley, California, in the 1960s
Combined oral contraceptive pill — birth control method that includes a combination of an estrogen (estradiol) and a progestogen (progestin)
Cuban Missile Crisis — October 1962 confrontation between the Soviet Union, Cuba and the United States
1962 World Women's Handball Championship — 1962 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship
1962 European Athletics Championships — 1962 edition of the European Athletics Championships
1964 World Men's Handball Championship — 1964 edition of the World Men's Handball Championship
Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics — association football played at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics — 1964 edition of the speed skating competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics — 1964 edition of the alpine skiing competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics — 1964 edition of the ice hockey tournament during the Olympic Winter Games
Figure skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics — 1964 edition of the figure skating competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Biathlon at the 1964 Winter Olympics — 1964 edition of the biathlon competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Ski jumping at the 1964 Winter Olympics — 1964 edition of the ski jumping competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
1965 World Women's Handball Championship — 1965 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship
1965 CONCACAF Championship — 1965 edition of the CONCACAF Championship association football competition
1966 European Athletics Championships — 1966 edition of the European Athletics Championships
Summer of Love — mid 1967 social and political phenomenon in San Francisco, California, USA
1967 World Men's Handball Championship — 1967 edition of the World Men's Handball Championship
1967 CONCACAF Championship — 1967 edition of the CONCACAF Championship association football competition
Expo 67 — International and Universal Exposition from April 27 to October 29, 1967, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
One of the many race riots that swept cities in the U.S. during the "Long Hot Summer of 1967"
Armed peasant revolt in 1967 in the Naxalbari block of Siliguri subdivision in Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India
Treaty setting forth rights and obligations of states concerning the rescue of persons in space
Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics — 1968 protest for volleyball in the Summer Olympics
Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics — 1968 edition of the association football tournament during the Olympic Summer Games
Biathlon at the 1968 Winter Olympics — 1968 edition of the biathlon competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
The personal is political — political rallying slogan and argument derived from second-wave feminism movements
Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics — 1968 edition of the alpine skiing competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Ski jumping at the 1968 Winter Olympics — 1968 edition of the ski jumping competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
1969 CONCACAF Championship — 1969 edition of the CONCACAF Championship association football competition
1969 European Athletics Championships — 1969 edition of the European Athletics Championships in Athens
Cambodian genocide — genocide of as many as 3,000,000 Cambodians by communist Khmer Rogue in 1975–79
1970 World Men's Handball Championship — 1970 edition of the World Men's Handball Championship
1971–72 UEFA Cup — inaugural season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
1971 World Women's Handball Championship — 1971 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship
1971 CONCACAF Championship — 1971 edition of the CONCACAF Championship association football competition
1971 European Athletics Championships — 1971 edition of the European Athletics Championships
1972 Nixon visit to China — official United States visit to the People's Republic of China, leading to establishment of diplomatic relations
Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics — overview of handball practiced at the 1972 Olympic Summer Games
1972–73 UEFA Cup — 2nd season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics — 1972 edition of the association football tournament during the Olympic Summer Games
World Chess Championship 1972 — 1972 chess match in Reykjavík, Iceland for the World Chess Championship between challenger Bobby Fischer (USA) and defending champion Boris Spassky (USSR)
United Nations Conference on the Human Environment — UN conference held at Stockholm in 1972
Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics — Gymnastics events during the 1972 Summer Olympics
Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics — overview of canoeing events at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics — 1972 edition of the speed skating competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Biathlon at the 1972 Winter Olympics — 1972 edition of the biathlon competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics — 1972 edition of the ski jumping competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics — 1972 edition of the alpine skiing competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
1973 World Women's Handball Championship — 1973 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship
1973 CONCACAF Championship — 1973 edition of the CONCACAF Championship association football competition
1973 battle between the Egyptian Army and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) during the last stages of the Yom Kippur War
Climate changes in Nigeria like drought and, flooding that causes alot of environmental changes
1974–75 UEFA Cup — 4th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
1974 World Men's Handball Championship — 1974 edition of the World Men's Handball Championship
1974 European Athletics Championships — 1974 edition of the European Athletics Championships
1974 bilateral agreement between India and Pakistan facilitating Indian and Pakistani nationals to visit certain religious shrines in both countries
1975–76 UEFA Cup — 5th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
1975 World Women's Handball Championship — 1975 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship
1976–77 UEFA Cup — 6th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics — overview of handball practiced at the 1976 Olympic Summer Games
Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics — Association football tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympic Games
Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics — 1976 edition of the biathlon competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Ski jumping at the 1976 Winter Olympics — 1976 edition of the ski jumping competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics — 1976 edition of the alpine skiing competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Great Britain at the 1976 Summer Olympics — Participation of athletes from Great Britain in the 1976 Summer Olympic Games
1977–78 UEFA Cup — 7th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
1977 CONCACAF Championship — 1977 edition of the CONCACAF Championship association football competition
1978–79 UEFA Cup — 8th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
1978 World Women's Handball Championship — 1978 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship
1978 World Men's Handball Championship — 1978 edition of the World Men's Handball Championship
1978 European Athletics Championships — 1978 edition of the European Athletics Championships
Moon Treaty — international treaty that turns jurisdiction of all celestial bodies over to the international community
1979–80 UEFA Cup — 9th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics — Basketball events during the 1980 Summer Olympics
Handball at the 1980 Summer Olympics — overview of handball practiced at the 1980 Olympic Summer Games
Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics — 1980 edition of the association football tournament during the Olympic Summer Games
1980–81 UEFA Cup — 10th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
1980 Summer Olympics boycott — NATO's soft opposition to the Soviet Union intervention in Afghanistan
Biathlon at the 1980 Winter Olympics — 1980 edition of the biathlon competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics — 1980 edition of the alpine skiing competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Ski jumping at the 1980 Winter Olympics — 1980 edition of the ski jumping competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
International agreement between the United States and the Pacific Island nations of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau
1981–82 UEFA Cup — 11th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
1981 CONCACAF Championship — 1981 edition of the CONCACAF Championship association football competition
1981 FIFA Intercontinental Cup — 1981 edition of the Intercontinental Cup, association football match between Liverpool FC and CR Flamengo in Tokyo, Japan
17 macaques kept (1981–1991) in the Institute for Behavioral Research, Silver Spring, Md., US, whose afferent ganglia were cut and whose arms were restrained to study neuroplasticity; caused a criminal prosecution for animal cruelty with a $3000 fine
Technological singularity — hypothetic future event in which artificial intelligence iteratively redesigns itself to rapidly become more intelligent, causing technological and social change beyond prediction
1983–84 UEFA Cup — 13th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics — overview of handball practiced at the 1984 Olympic Summer Games
1984 European Competition for Women's Football — 1984 edition of the European Competition for Women's Football
Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics — 1988 edition of track and field athletics at the Olympic Summer Games
Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics — 1984 edition of the association football tournament during the Olympic Summer Games
Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics — 1984 edition of the alpine skiing competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Ski jumping at the 1984 Winter Olympics — 1984 edition of the ski jumping competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Synchronized swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics — synchronized swimming events at the Olympics
Biathlon at the 1984 Winter Olympics — 1984 edition of the biathlon competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Yugoslavia at the 1984 Winter Olympics — Yugoslavia parcitipcating during the 1984 Olympic Winter Games
Bobsleigh at the 1984 Winter Olympics — 1984 edition of the bobsleigh competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
1985–86 UEFA Cup — 15th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
1985 CONCACAF Championship — 1985 edition of the CONCACAF Championship association football competition
1986–87 UEFA Cup — 16th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
1986 World Men's Handball Championship — 1986 edition of the World Men's Handball Championship
1986 FIFA World Cup qualification — Series of qualifying tournaments for the 1986 FIFA World Cup
1986 World Women's Handball Championship — 1986 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship
1986 European Athletics Championships — 1986 edition of the European Athletics Championships
1986 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship — international volleyball competitions hosted by France
Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics — Track and field athletics events during the 1988 Summer Olympics
1988–89 UEFA Cup — 18th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics — overview of handball practiced at the 1988 Olympic Summer Games
Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics — 1988 edition of the association football tournament during the Olympic Summer Games
1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners — state-sponsored mass executions of political prisoners in Iran
South Yemen at the 1988 Summer Olympics — Participation of South Yemen in the 1988 Summer Olympics
Ski jumping at the 1988 Winter Olympics — 1988 edition of the ski jumping competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics — overview of East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Synchronized swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics — synchronised swimming events at the Olympics
1990–91 UEFA Cup — 20th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
1990 World Men's Handball Championship — 1990 edition of the World Men's Handball Championship
1990 World Women's Handball Championship — 1990 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship
1990 European Athletics Championships — 1990 edition of the European Athletics Championships
Mongolian Revolution of 1990 — Mongolian protests for democracy and subsequent transition from communism to democracy
1991 World Championships in Athletics — 1991 edition of the World Championships in Athletics
1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup — 1991 edition of the association football competition CONCACAF Gold Cup
1991–92 UEFA Cup — 21st season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships — 1991 edition of the IAAF World Indoor Championships
The Alpine Convention is an international territorial treaty for the sustainable development of the Alps. The objective of the treaty is to protect the natural environment of the Alps while promoting its development.
Race riot in August 19 to 21, 1991 in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York City
Unified Team — special team of athletes from countries of the former Soviet Union (excepting the 3 Baltic countries) competing in the 1992 Winter and Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games
1992–93 UEFA Cup — 22nd season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics — overview of handball practiced at the 1992 Olympic Summer Games
Unified (ex-Soviet) Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics — sporting event delegation of most of the former Soviet Union countries
1993 Russian constitutional crisis — political unrest in Russia in September and October 1993
1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup — 1993 edition of the association football competition CONCACAF Gold Cup
1993–94 UEFA Cup — 23rd season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
1993 World Men's Handball Championship — 1993 edition of the World Men's Handball Championship
1993 World Women's Handball Championship — 1993 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship
1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships — 1993 edition of the IAAF World Indoor Championships
1993 FINA World Swimming Championships — 1993 edition of the FINA Short Course World Swimming Championships
1994 Genocide against Tutsi — 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda in which 800,000 were killed
1994 European Men's Handball Championship — 1994 edition of the European Men's Handball Championship
1994–95 UEFA Cup — 24th season of Europe's tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA
North Korean famine — famine in North Korea from collapse of Soviet aid environmental & infrastructure conditions and corruption
Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics — 1994 edition of the alpine skiing competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
1994 European Women's Handball Championship — 1994 edition of the European Women's Handball Championship
Biathlon at the 1994 Winter Olympics — 1994 edition of the biathlon competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Marrakech Agreement — April 1994 international free trade agreement signed in Marrakech, Morocco
1994 European Athletics Championships — 1994 edition of the European Athletics Championships
Ski jumping at the 1994 Winter Olympics — ski jumping events during the 1994 Olympic Winter Games
1994 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships — 1994 edition of the Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
Series of mass poisonings in Sanyao Management District committed by Du Runqiong and Tang Youhua
1996 African Cup of Nations — 1996 edition of the African Cup of Nations association football competition
Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics — athletics competitions during the 1996 Olympic Summer Games
1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup — 1996 edition of the association football competition CONCACAF Gold Cup
Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics — overview of handball practiced at the 1996 Olympic Summer Games
1996–97 UEFA Cup — 26th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics — 1996 edition of the association football torunaments during the Olympic Summer Games
1996 European Men's Handball Championship — 1996 edition of the European Men's Handball Championship
1996 European Women's Handball Championship — 1996 edition of the European Women's Handball Championship
1997 Asian financial crisis — financial crisis in many East/Southeast Asian countries starting in 1997
1997–98 UEFA Cup — 27th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
1997 World Men's Handball Championship — 1997 edition of the World Men's Handball Championship
1997 World Women's Handball Championship — 1997 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship
1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships — 1997 edition of the IAAF World Indoor Championships
1997 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships — 1997 edition of the IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championship
1999–2000 UEFA Cup — 29th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
1999 World Men's Handball Championship — 1999 edition of the World Men's Handball Championship
1999 World Women's Handball Championship — 1999 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship
1999 Cricket World Cup — 1999 One Day International cricket tournament in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Netherlands
1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships — 1999 edition of the IAAF World Indoor Championships
Jewish exodus from the Muslim world — departure of Jews from Arab countries from 1948 to the 1970s
2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup — 2000 edition of the association football competition CONCACAF Gold Cup
Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics — overview of handball practiced at the 2000 Olympic Summer Games
2000–01 UEFA Cup — 30th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics — 2000 edition of the association football torunaments during the Olympic Summer Games
2000 European Men's Handball Championship — 2000 edition of the European Men's Handball Championship
21st Century
822 events2001 FIFA Confederations Cup — 5th FIFA Confederations Cup, held in South Korea and Japan
2001 World Championships in Athletics — 2001 edition of the World Championships in Athletics
2001–02 UEFA Cup — 31st season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
2001 World Men's Handball Championship — 2001 edition of the World Men's Handball Championship
2001 World Women's Handball Championship — 2001 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship
2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships — 2001 edition of the IAAF World Indoor Championships
58th Golden Globe Awards — 2001 film and television award ceremony, on the 21st of January in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, honoring achievements in 2000 filmmaking and televisionmaking
2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup — 2002 edition of the association football competition CONCACAF Gold Cup
2002–03 UEFA Cup — 32nd season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
2002 European Men's Handball Championship — 2002 edition of the European Men's Handball Championship
59th Golden Globe Awards — 2002 film and television award ceremony, on the 20th of January in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, honoring achievements in 2001 filmmaking and televisionmaking
Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics — 2002 edition of the alpine skiing competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics — 1992 edition of the biathlon competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
2002 European Athletics Championships — 2002 edition of the European Athletics Championships
Ski jumping at the 2002 Winter Olympics — ski jumping events during the 2002 Olympic Winter Games
2002 European Women's Handball Championship — 2002 edition of the European Women's Handball Championship
2003 World Championships in Athletics — 2003 edition of the World Championships in Athletics
2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup — 2003 edition of the association football competition CONCACAF Gold Cup
2003 European heat wave — heat wave leading to record-breaking temperatures in Europe during mid 2003
2003 World Men's Handball Championship — 2003 edition of the World Men's Handball Championship
2003–04 UEFA Cup — 33rd season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
2003 World Women's Handball Championship — 2003 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship
Iraqi insurgency — ongoing warfare in mainly central Iraq, which began after the 2003 invasion of Iraq
60th Golden Globe Awards — 2003 film and television award ceremony, on the 19th of January in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, honoring achievements in 2002 filmmaking and televisionmaking
2003 Cricket World Cup — 2003 One Day International cricket tournament in Kenya, South Africa and Zimbabwe
2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships — 2003 edition of the IAAF World Indoor Championships
2003 Tuzla Island conflict — territorial dispute between Russia and Ukraine over Tuzla Island in October 2003
Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics — Competitive event at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games
Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics — overview of handball practiced at the 2004 Olympic Summer Games
2004–05 UEFA Cup — 34th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics — 2004 edition of the association football torunaments during the Olympic Summer Games
2004 European Men's Handball Championship — 2004 edition of the European Men's Handball Championship
Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy — controversy relating to the publication of depictions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup — 2005 edition of the association football competition CONCACAF Gold Cup
2005–06 UEFA Cup — 35th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
2005 World Men's Handball Championship — 2005 edition of the World Men's Handball Championship
62nd Golden Globe Awards — 2005 film and television award ceremony, on the 16th of January in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, honoring achievements in 2004 filmmaking and televisionmaking
2005 World Women's Handball Championship — 2005 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship
2005 FIFA World Youth Championship — 15th FIFA U-20 World Cup, held in Netherlands in 2005
2007 World Championships in Athletics — 2007 edition of the World Championships in Athletics
2007 World Men's Handball Championship — 2007 edition of the World Men's Handball Championship
2007–08 UEFA Cup — 37th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup — 2007 edition of the association football competition CONCACAF Gold Cup
Treaty on the functioning of the European Union — one of the four constituent treaties of the European Union
64th Golden Globe Awards — 2007 film and television award ceremony, on the 15th of January in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, honoring achievements in 2006 filmmaking and televisionmaking
2007 World Women's Handball Championship — 2007 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship
2007 Cricket World Cup — 2007 One Day International cricket tournament in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago
Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics — basketball played during the 2008 Summer Olympics
Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics — handball tournaments played during the 2008 Olympic Summer Games
Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics — 2008 edition of association football at the Olympic Summer Games
2008–09 UEFA Cup — 38th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
2008 European Men's Handball Championship — 2008 edition of the European Men's Handball Championship
2008 armed conflict in the eastern Nord-Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
European sovereign-debt crisis — multi-year debt crisis in multiple EU countries since late 2009
2010–11 UEFA Europa League — 40th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics — 2010 edition of the biathlon competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics — alpine skiing competitions during the 2010 Olympic Winter games
Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics — 2010 edition of the ice hockey torunaments during the Olympic Winter Games
Ski jumping at the 2010 Winter Olympics — ski jumping events during the 2010 Olympic Winter Games
67th Golden Globe Awards — 2010 film and television award ceremony, on the 17th of January in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, honoring achievements in 2009 filmmaking and televisionmaking
Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics — 2012 edition of the association football torunaments during the Olympic Summer Games
2012–13 UEFA Europa League — 42nd season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
2011–12 UEFA Europa League — 41st season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics — overview of handball practiced at the 2012 Olympic Summer Games
69th Golden Globe Awards — 2012 film and television award ceremony, on the 15th of January in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, honoring achievements in 2011 filmmaking and televisionmaking
Political scandal in Argentina involving Vice President Amado Boudou and the printing house Ciccone Calcografica.
2013 World Championships in Athletics — 2013 edition of the World Championships in Athletics
2013–14 UEFA Europa League — 43rd season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
70th Golden Globe Awards — 2013 film and television award ceremony, on the 13th of January in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, honoring achievements in 2012 filmmaking and televisionmaking
2013 World Men's Handball Championship — 2013 edition of the World Men's Handball Championship
2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup — 2013 edition of the association football competition CONCACAF Gold Cup
2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship — 2021 edition of the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, that took place in Israel
2014 Gaza War — war fought between the Israel Defense Forces and the Hamas-governed Gaza Strip during 2014
Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics — alpine skiing competitions during the 2014 Olympic Winter games
Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics — 2014 edition of the biathlon competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
2014–15 UEFA Europa League — 44th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics — 2014 edition of the ice hockey torunaments during the Olympic Winter Games
2014 Hong Kong protests — pro-democracy political movement that was created spontaneously
Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics — 2014 edition of the speed skating competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics — 2014 edition of the cross-country skiing competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Ski jumping at the 2014 Winter Olympics — ski jumping events during the 2014 Olympic Winter Games
Nordic combined at the 2014 Winter Olympics — Nordic combined events during the 2014 Olympic Winter Games
Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics — 2014 edition of the figure skating competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics — short track speed skating events at the Olympics
2015 World Championships in Athletics — 2015 edition of the World Championships in Athletics
2015–16 UEFA Europa League — 45th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup — 2015 edition of the association football competition CONCACAF Gold Cup
72nd Golden Globe Awards — 2015 film and television award ceremony, on the 11th of January in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, honoring achievements in 2014 filmmaking and televisionmaking
2015 World Men's Handball Championship — 2015 edition of the World Men's Handball Championship
2015 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship — 2015 edition of the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
2015 World Women's Handball Championship — 2015 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship
Copa América Centenario — 2016 edition of the Copa América association football competition
Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics — association football played during the 2016 Olympic Summer Games
2016–17 UEFA Europa League — 46th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
1944 — song written and composed by Art Antonyan and Jamala, originally performed by Jamala at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest
Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics — basketball played during the 2016 Summer Olympics
Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics — handball played during the 2016 Olympic Summer Games
Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics — competitive sport at the 2016 Olympic Summer Games
Golf at the 2016 Summer Olympics — overview of the golf competitions during the 2016 Summer Olympics
Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics — Field hockey played during the 2016 Summer Olympics
Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics — rugby sevens played during the 2016 Summer Olympics
Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics — Water polo played during the 2016 Summer Olympics
Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics — volleyball and beach volleyball played during the 2016 Summer Olympics
2017 Istanbul nightclub attack — terrorist mass shooting that occurred at a nightclub in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey, on 1 January 2017
2017–18 UEFA Europa League — 47th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
2017 World Championships in Athletics — 2017 edition of the World Championships in Athletics
2017 World Men's Handball Championship — 2017 edition of the World Men's Handball Championship
74th Golden Globe Awards — 2017 film and television award ceremony, on the 8th of January in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, honoring achievements in 2016 filmmaking and televisionmaking
2017 edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup association football competition for men's national teams
2018–19 UEFA Europa League — 48th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics — 2018 edition of the biathlon competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics — 2018 edition of the alpine skiing competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics — 2018 edition of the cross-country skiing competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Ski jumping at the 2018 Winter Olympics — 2018 edition of the ski jumping events during the Olympic Winter Games
Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics — ice hockey played during the 2018 Winter Olympics
Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics — speed skating events during the 2018 Winter Olympics
Nordic combined at the 2018 Winter Olympics — 2018 edition of the Nordic combined skiing competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Heat wave leading to record-breaking temperatures in Europe during the spring and summer of 2018
2019–20 UEFA Europa League — 49th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria — 2019 Turkish military offensive in northern Syria
2019 World Men's Handball Championship — 2019 edition of the World Men's Handball Championship
Prelude to the Russian invasion of Ukraine — Russian preparation for the invasion since March 2021
77th Golden Globe Awards — 2020 film and television award ceremony, on the 5th of January in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, honoring achievements in 2019 filmmaking and televisionmaking
Hezbollah–Israel conflict (2023–present) — conflict between Hezbollah and Israel since 2023 till 2024
2020 European Men's Handball Championship — 14th edition of the European Men's Handball Championship
Series of civil disturbances in the Twin Cities area following the death of George Floyd
Chinese quarantine effort in Hubei Province in response to the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak
2021 Taliban offensive — 2021 military offensive by the Taliban causing the fall of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics — association football practiced at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics — handball played during the 2020 Olympic Summer Games
2021 Russian protests — protests in opposition to Vladimir Putin and in support of Alexei Navalny
Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics — water polo tournaments at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics — overview of the golf competitions during the 2020 Summer Olympics
Belarus–European Union border crisis — border crisis between Belarus and the European Union
Artistic swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics — artistic swimming competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics — Table tennis events at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Riots caused by the arrest of rapper Pablo Hasél, which began on the evening of February 16, 2021 and were accompanied by pogroms and attacks on the police.
US Congressional count of ballots formally cast by the electoral college on December 14, 2020
2022 Kazakh unrest — series of protests in Kazakhstan that began on 2 January 2022 after an LPG price increase
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) — Qualification for the 2022 FIFA World Cup for AFC members
Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics — ice hockey played during the 2022 Winter Olympics
Mass die-off of fish, beavers etc. in the Oder river (Poland and Germany) during the summer of 2022
2023 Chinese balloon incident — 2023 diplomatic incident involving a Chinese balloon in Canadian and U.S. airspace
2023 Men's Cricket World Cup — 13th edition of the premier international cricket competition
2023 World Men's Handball Championship — 28th event hosted by the International Handball Federation
80th Golden Globe Awards — 2023 film and television award ceremony, on the 10th of January in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, honoring achievements in 2022 filmmaking and televisionmaking
2023 World Women's Handball Championship — 2023 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship
Georgian authorties' use of a chemical agent against protestors in late 2024 that became controversial in late 2025
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