På denne dag: 8. februar
Utforsk avgjørende hendelser, vitenskapelige sprang og historiske vendepunkter. Med kildekritisk merking for antikke og kalenderusatte datoer.
421: Historisk hendelse
Honorius declared Constantius III to be his co-emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
1250: Historisk hendelse
Seventh Crusade: The Ayyubid Sultanate of Egypt defeated and captured King Louis IX of France at the Battle of Fariskur.
1575: Historisk hendelse
William of Orange founded Leiden University, the oldest university in the Netherlands.
1587: Historisk hendelse
Mary, Queen of Scots, was executed at Fotheringhay Castle for her involvement in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Elizabeth I of England.
1693: Historisk hendelse
The William III and Mary II of England charter the College of William & Mary, establishing what is now the second-oldest university in the United States.
1837: Historisk hendelse
Richard Mentor Johnson became the only person ever to be elected Vice President of the United States by the Senate.
1879: Historisk hendelse
Angered by a controversial umpiring decision, cricket spectators rioted and attacked the England team during a match in Sydney, Australia.
1910: Historisk hendelse
William D. Boyce established the Boy Scouts of America, expanding the Scout Movement into the United States.
1924: Historisk hendelse
Gee Jon became the first person in the United States to be executed by lethal gas.
1948: Historisk hendelse
The closing ceremony of the first Olympics held after World War II was held in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
1960: Historisk hendelse
The official groundbreaking of the Walk of Fame took place in Hollywood, Los Angeles, in California.
1965: Historisk hendelse
After taking evasive action to avoid a mid-air collision just after taking off from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, Eastern Air Lines Flight 663 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 84 people on board.
1968: Historisk hendelse
Law enforcement officers in Orangeburg, South Carolina (pictured), fired into a crowd of college students who were protesting segregation, killing three and injuring twenty-seven others.
1979: Historisk hendelse
Denis Sassou Nguesso (pictured) was chosen as the new President of the Republic of the Congo after Joachim Yhombi-Opango was forced from power.
1981: Historisk hendelse
Rhodesian Bush War: Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army cadres in Gwelo attacked Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army troops, killing over 60 of them and starting the 1981 Entumbane uprising.
1983: Historisk hendelse
The Irish-bred race horse Shergar was stolen by gunmen, who demanded a £2 million ransom.
🔍 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.