På denne dag: 21. januar
Utforsk avgjørende hendelser, vitenskapelige sprang og historiske vendepunkter. Med kildekritisk merking for antikke og kalenderusatte datoer.
763: Historisk hendelse
The Abbasid Caliphate crushed the Alid revolt when a rebel leader was mortally wounded in battle near Basra in present-day Iraq.
1326: Historisk hendelse
King Edward II of England issued a royal charter confirming Adam de Brome's foundation of Oriel College, Oxford.
1757: Historisk hendelse
French and Indian War: French regulars, Canadien militia and Indigenous forces ambushed Rogers' Rangers forces in the Battle on Snowshoes.
1793: Historisk hendelse
French Revolution: After being found guilty of high treason by the National Convention, Louis XVI was guillotined in Paris.
1919: Historisk hendelse
The First Dáil convened at the Mansion House in Dublin and adopted a declaration of independence calling for the establishment of the Irish Republic.
1931: Historisk hendelse
Isaac Isaacs (pictured) became the first Australian-born governor-general of Australia.
1951: Historisk hendelse
Mount Lamington, a volcano in Papua New Guinea, erupted (pictured) and killed more than 2,900 people.
1968: Historisk hendelse
A B-52 bomber carrying four nuclear weapons crashed onto sea ice near Thule Air Base, Greenland, causing localized radioactive contamination.
1968: Historisk hendelse
Vietnam War: The People's Army of Vietnam attacked Khe Sanh Combat Base, a U.S. Marines outpost in Quảng Trị province, South Vietnam, starting the Battle of Khe Sanh.
1972: Historisk hendelse
Tripura, formerly part of the independent Twipra Kingdom, became a state of India.
1976: Historisk hendelse
Concorde, an Anglo-French supersonic airliner, began scheduled commercial flights to London, Paris, Bahrain, and Rio de Janeiro.
1981: Historisk hendelse
The DeLorean Motor Company completed the first production car of the DMC DeLorean at its factory in Northern Ireland.
1997: Historisk hendelse
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 395–28 to reprimand Newt Gingrich for ethics violations, making him the first Speaker of the House to be so disciplined.
2011: Historisk hendelse
Demonstrations against alleged corruption in the Albanian government led to the killings of four protesters in Tirana by the Republican Guard.
2017: Historisk hendelse
Millions of people participated in the Women's March in Washington, D.C., and around the world to advocate for legislation and policies on human rights and other issues.
2023: Historisk hendelse
A shooting at a dance studio in Monterey Park, California, left 11 people dead and injured nine others.
2025: Historisk hendelse
A fire at a hotel at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Turkey's Bolu Province results in 78 people killed.
🔍 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.