Merriam-Webster dictionary defines history as a branch of knowledge that records and explains past events. It’s a chronological record of significant events often including an explanation of their causes. The earliest known use of the word history was in the 14th century.
This website utilizes entries from Wikipedia to extract historical events from 3761 BC up to the present. There are currently 105,060 records in our database. The present day Gregorian calendar was adopted to show dates of interest.
Let us begin with what happened today in history. You may also enter a specific day using the form on the right sidebar. It is optional to input the year. If you do give a complete date with month, day and year then only events that happened on that specific date will be shown.
About September 18September 18, 2025 is the 261st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 104 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
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Virgo is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 152 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On September 18 1454 – In the Battle of Chojnice, the Polish army is defeated by the Teutonic army during the Thirteen Years’ War. 1502 – Christopher Columbus lands at Costa Rica on his fourth, and final, voyage. 1679 – New Hampshire becomes a county of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. 1812 – The 1812 Fire of Moscow dies down after destroying more than three quarters of the city. Napoleon returns from the Petrovsky Palace to the Moscow Kremlin, spared from the fire. 1851 – First publication of The New-York Daily Times, which later becomes The New York Times. 1882 – The Pacific Stock Exchange opens. 1914 – The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I. 1931 – The Mukden Incident gives Japan the pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria. 1974 – Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, killing 5,000 people. 1998 – ICANN is formed.
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