På denne dag: 6. mai
Utforsk avgjørende hendelser, vitenskapelige sprang og historiske vendepunkter. Med kildekritisk merking for antikke og kalenderusatte datoer.
1536: Historisk hendelse
Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire: Sapa Inca emperor Manco Inca Yupanqui's army began a ten-month siege of Cusco.
1757: Historisk hendelse
English poet Christopher Smart (pictured) was admitted to St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confinement in mental asylums.
1782: Historisk hendelse
Construction began on the Grand Palace in Bangkok, the official residence of the king of Thailand.
1801: Historisk hendelse
French Revolutionary Wars: The 32-gun Spanish frigate El Gamo was captured by the outmanned and outgunned HMS Speedy.
1882: Historisk hendelse
Irish civil servants Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish were stabbed to death by members of the radical Irish National Invincibles in Phoenix Park, Dublin.
1882: Historisk hendelse
U.S. president Chester A. Arthur signed the Chinese Exclusion Act into law (cartoon pictured), implementing a ban on Chinese immigration to the United States that remained for 61 years.
1915: Historisk hendelse
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: SY Aurora, anchored in McMurdo Sound, broke loose during a gale, beginning a 312-day ordeal in the Ross Sea and Southern Ocean for her 18-man crew.
1930: Historisk hendelse
Vita Sackville-West and her husband Harold Nicolson purchased the Kent property they would transform into Sissinghurst Castle Garden.
1937: Historisk hendelse
The German airship Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during an attempt to dock at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey, killing 36 people.
1941: Historisk hendelse
American entertainer Bob Hope performed his first show with the United Service Organizations, beginning a 50-year involvement with them.
1942: Historisk hendelse
World War II: Japanese troops overcame fierce American and Philippine resistance to win the Battle of Corregidor.
1954: Historisk hendelse
At Oxford's Iffley Road Track, English runner Roger Bannister became the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.
1975: Historisk hendelse
About 100,000 Armenians gathered during a lull in fighting to mark the 60th anniversary of the Armenian genocide.
1976: Historisk hendelse
An earthquake struck Northern Italy, killing 990 people and injuring up to 3,000.
1988: Historisk hendelse
Widerøe Flight 710 crashed into the fog-covered mountain of Torghatten in Brønnøy, Norway, killing all 36 people on board.
1991: Historisk hendelse
Time magazine published the article "The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power" by Richard Behar criticizing the Church of Scientology, leading to years of legal conflict.
1998: Historisk hendelse
Steve Jobs unveiled the iMac G3' personal computer.
2004: Historisk hendelse
The final episode of the television sitcom Friends was aired.
2008: Historisk hendelse
British barrister Mark Saunders was shot dead by police after a five-hour siege at his home in Chelsea, London.
2013: Historisk hendelse
Amanda Berry escaped from the Cleveland, Ohio, home of her captor, Ariel Castro, having been held there with two other women for ten years.
2023: Historisk hendelse
King Charles III and Queen Camilla were crowned at Westminster Abbey in London.
🔍 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.