På denne dag: 10. januar
Utforsk avgjørende hendelser, vitenskapelige sprang og historiske vendepunkter. Med kildekritisk merking for antikke og kalenderusatte datoer.
9: Historisk hendelse
The Western Han dynasty of China ended after the throne was usurped by Wang Mang, who founded the Xin dynasty.
236: Historisk hendelse
Pope Fabian, said to have been chosen by the Holy Spirit when a dove landed on his head, began his papacy.
976: Historisk hendelse
After the death of his guardian John I Tzimiskes, Basil II became the effective ruler and senior emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
1430: Historisk hendelse
Philip the Good established the Order of the Golden Fleece, referred to as the most prestigious, exclusive, and expensive order of chivalry in the world.
1475: Historisk hendelse
Moldavian–Ottoman Wars: Stephen the Great led Moldavian forces to defeat an Ottoman attack under Hadım Suleiman Pasha near Vaslui in present-day Romania.
1812: Historisk hendelse
New Orleans (pictured), the first steamship on the Mississippi River, arrived at New Orleans to complete its maiden voyage.
1863: Historisk hendelse
Service began on the Metropolitan Railway (construction depicted) between Paddington and Farringdon Street, today the oldest segment of the London Underground.
1901: Historisk hendelse
The first great gusher of the Texas oil boom was discovered in the Spindletop oil field near Beaumont.
1917: Historisk hendelse
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: Seven survivors of the Ross Sea party were rescued after being stranded for several months.
1923: Historisk hendelse
Lithuanian residents of the Klaipėda Region began a revolt, ahead of a League of Nations decision on their future which they expected to be against their interest.
1927: Historisk hendelse
The science fiction film Metropolis, directed by Fritz Lang, was released in Germany.
1929: Historisk hendelse
Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, the first volume of The Adventures of Tintin by the Belgian cartoonist Hergé, began serialisation.
1941: Historisk hendelse
Greco-Italian War: The Greek army captured the strategically important Klisura Pass in Albania.
1946: Historisk hendelse
The first session of the United Nations General Assembly convened at the Methodist Central Hall in London with representatives from 51 member states.
1946: Historisk hendelse
The first session of the United Nations General Assembly convened in London with representatives from the original 51 member states.
1985: Historisk hendelse
Sir Clive Sinclair launched the Sinclair C5 personal electric vehicle (pictured), "one of the great marketing bombs of postwar British industry", which later became a cult collectable despite its commercial failure.
1993: Historisk hendelse
The Braer Storm, the strongest extratropical cyclone ever recorded in the North Atlantic, reached peak intensity.
2007: Historisk hendelse
A general strike began in Guinea as an attempt to force President Lansana Conté to resign, eventually resulting in the appointment of two new prime ministers.
🔍 Om kildene og historisk datering
Å tidfeste hendelser tusenvis av år tilbake i tid er en krevende historievitenskapelig oppgave. Før innføringen av den julianske kalenderen (45 f.Kr.) og den gregorianske kalenderen (1582) benyttet ulike sivilisasjoner (romere, grekere, kinesere, babylonere) vidt forskjellige kalendersystemer basert på månesykluser eller lokale embetsperioder.
Slik merker vi dateringene:
• ✓ Sikker datering: Dokumentert i samtidige protokoller, offisielle traktater eller etter standardiserte kalendersystemer.
• ⚠️ Usikker / estimert: Hendelsen er historisk reell, men datoen er tradisjonell, basert på senere krøniker eller lunisolare omregninger.
- Wikimedia Foundation – Wikipedia On This Day arkiver og historiske registre.
- Store norske leksikon (SNL) – Norsk og internasjonal historie, biografier og årstallsverifisering.
- Encyclopædia Britannica – Verifisering av antikke slag, fredsavtaler og statsdannelser.
- NASA Historical Logs & Science Missions – Romfartshistoriske datoer og oppskytningstelemetri.