På denne dag: 12. mars
Utforsk avgjørende hendelser, vitenskapelige sprang og historiske vendepunkter. Med kildekritisk merking for antikke og kalenderusatte datoer.
538: Historisk hendelse
The Gothic king Vitiges ended his year-long siege of Rome, which was defended by the Byzantine general Belisarius
1088: Historisk hendelse
Odo of Châtillon was elected as the 159th pope of the Catholic Church.
1537: Historisk hendelse
Croatian–Ottoman wars: After the execution of feudal lord Petar Kružić, Croatian forces at Klis surrendered to the Ottoman forces in exchange for their safe passage to northern locations.
1622: Historisk hendelse
Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier, founders of the Jesuits, were canonized by Pope Gregory XV.
1881: Historisk hendelse
Andrew Watson (pictured) captained the Scotland national football team against England, becoming the world's first black international footballer.
1913: Historisk hendelse
At a ceremony at Kurrajong Hill, Lady Denman, wife of the governor-general Lord Denman, announced that the future capital of Australia would be called Canberra.
1928: Historisk hendelse
The failure of the St. Francis Dam (pictured) northwest of Los Angeles resulted in a flood that killed 400 people.
1930: Historisk hendelse
Mahatma Gandhi began the Salt March (pictured), a 24-day nonviolent walk to defy the British salt tax in colonial India.
1934: Historisk hendelse
Supported by the Estonian army, Konstantin Päts staged a coup d'état, beginning the Era of Silence.
1940: Historisk hendelse
The Moscow Peace Treaty was signed, ending the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union.
1947: Historisk hendelse
Cold War: U.S. president Harry S. Truman proclaimed the Truman Doctrine to help stem the spread of communism.
1952: Historisk hendelse
British diplomat Lord Ismay was appointed the first secretary general of NATO.
1967: Historisk hendelse
General Suharto (pictured) seized power from President Sukarno when the Provisional People's Consultative Assembly sworn him in as acting president of Indonesia.
1971: Historisk hendelse
The Turkish Armed Forces executed a "coup by memorandum", forcing the resignation of Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel (pictured).
2006: Historisk hendelse
U.S. Army soldiers gang-raped a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and murdered her along with her family members.
2014: Historisk hendelse
A gas leak caused an explosion in East Harlem, New York City, destroying two apartment buildings and causing eight deaths.
🔍 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.