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.
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About September 21September 21, 2025 is the 264th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 101 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
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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 149 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On September 21 1745 – Battle of Prestonpans: A Hanoverian army under the command of Sir John Cope is defeated, in ten minutes, by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart 1823 – Joseph Smith is reportedly visited by the angel Moroni, who told him the location of gold plates, which Smith obtained four years later and partially translated into The Book of Mormon. 1860 – In the Second Opium War, an Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao. 1961 – Maiden flight of the CH-47 Chinook transportation helicopter. 1964 – Malta becomes independent from the United Kingdom. 1965 – Gambia, Maldives and Singapore are admitted as members of the United Nations. 1991 – Armenia is granted independence from Soviet Union. 1993 – Russian President Boris Yeltsin suspends parliament and scraps the then-functioning constitution, thus triggering the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993. 2001 – America: A Tribute to Heroes is broadcast by over 35 network and cable channels, raising over $200 million for the September 11 attack victims. 2001 – Deep Space 1 flies within 2,200 km of Comet Borrelly.
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