Explore 3882 historical events from 2010–2019.
The Nagahan wedding bombing was a suicide bombing on a wedding party, which occurred on 9 June 2010 at around 21:00 local time in the village of Nagahan in Arghandab District of Ka…
At least 40 people are killed and more than 70 wounded in a suicide bombing at a wedding party in Arghandab, Kandahar
Valyantsin Byalkevich, also referred to as Valiantsin Bialkevich, was a Belarusian professional footballer who played as a midfielder for the Belarus national team. He spent the ma…
Valyantsin Byalkevich, Belarusian footballer and manager (born 1973)
Mahafarid Amir Khosravi, also known as Amir Mansour Aria, was an Iranian businessman who was executed for his part in the 2011 Iranian embezzlement scandal. At one time, he was con…
Mahafarid Amir Khosravi, Iranian businessman (born 1969)
The 2016 Ecuador earthquake occurred on April 16 at 18:58:37 ECT with a moment magnitude of 7.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). The very large thrust earthquake …
Ecuador's worst earthquake in nearly 40 years kills 676 and injures more than 230,000
Telangana is a state in southern India on the Deccan Plateau bordering Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh to the north and Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka to the south. It is the eleventh l…
The Indian state of Telangana was officially formed, with K
The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition among the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Associatio…
The first African FIFA World Cup kicks off in South Africa
David Américo Ortiz Arias, nicknamed "Big Papi", is a Dominican-American former professional baseball designated hitter who played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 19…
Dominican-American retired baseball player David Ortiz was shot and severely wounded while at a bar in Santo Domingo
Shanghai Disneyland is a theme park located in Chuansha New Town, Pudong, Shanghai, China, that is part of the Shanghai Disney Resort. The park is operated by Disney Experiences an…
Shanghai Disneyland Park, the first Disney Park in mainland China, opens to the public
The Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Reunification of the Korean Peninsula was adopted between the supreme leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, and the president of S…
The Panmunjom Declaration is signed between North and South Korea, officially declaring their intentions to end the Kore
On 2 May 2014, a pair of mudslides occurred in Argo District, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. The death toll is uncertain, the number of deaths is believed to be at least 350 and…
Two mudslides in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, leave up to 2,500 people missing
On 22 April 2019, a landslide triggered the collapse of a jade mine near Maw Wun Kalay, Hpakant, Kachin State, Myanmar, trapping at least 54 miners. The deaths of four miners were …
The April 2019 Hpakant jade mine collapse in Myanmar kills four miners and two rescuers, with at least 50 others missing
Naxalism is the communist ideology of the Naxalites or Naxals, a grouping of political and insurgent groups from India. It is influenced by Maoist political sentiment and ideology.
Naxalite attack in Gadchiroli district of India: Sixteen army soldiers, including a driver, killed in an IED blast
Naruhito is Emperor of Japan since 1 May 2019. He is the 126th monarch, according to the traditional order of succession.
Naruhito ascends to the throne of Japan succeeding his father Akihito, beginning the Reiwa period
Brexit was the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU).
Under pressure over her handling of Brexit, British Prime Minister Theresa May announces her resignation as Leader of th
From 2019 until 2020, protests were held in Hong Kong in response to the Hong Kong government's introduction of a bill to amend the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance in regard to extrad…
Upwards of 2,000,000 people participate in the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests, the largest in Hong Kong's history
Donald John Trump is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 4…
Donald Trump becomes the first sitting US President to visit the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)
Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election, more commonly known as the Mueller report, is the official report documenting the findings …
A redacted version of the Mueller report is released to the United States Congress and the public
On 21 April 2019, Easter Sunday, three churches in Sri Lanka and three luxury hotels in the commercial capital, Colombo, were targeted in a series of coordinated ISIS-related terro…
Eight bombs explode at churches, hotels, and other locations in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing at least 269
W Series was an all-female single-seater racing championship. It was held over a total of three seasons in 2019, 2021 and 2022 before the championship fell into administration and …
The inaugural all-female motorsport series, W Series, takes place at Hockenheimring
Phage therapy, viral phage therapy, or phagotherapy is the therapeutic use of bacteriophages for the treatment of pathogenic bacterial infections. This therapeutic approach emerged…
British 17-year-old Isabelle Holdaway is reported to be the first patient ever to receive a genetically modified phage t
The GippsAero GA8 Airvan is a single-engined utility aircraft manufactured by GippsAero of Victoria, Australia. It can seat up to eight people, including the pilot.
A GippsAero GA8 Airvan crashes in Umeå, Sweden, killing all nine aboard.
In late June and late July 2019 there were two temporally distinct European heat waves, which set all-time high temperature records in Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Net…
National extreme heat records set this day in the UK, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany during the July 2019…
The Altamira prison riot occurred on 29 July 2019, when a riot broke out at the Centro de Recuperação Regional de Altamira prison in Altamira, Pará, Brazil due to drug turf dispute…
The 2019 Altamira prison riot between rival Brazilian drug gangs leaves 62 dead.
The Nyonoksa radiation accident, Arkhangelsk explosion or Nyonoksa explosion occurred on 8 August 2019 near Nyonoksa, a village under the administrative jurisdiction of Severodvins…
An explosion at the State Central Navy Testing Range in Nyonoksa, Russia, kills five people.
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 3, 2020. The Democratic ticket of former vice president Joe Biden and California junior senator Kamala Harris defe…
United States presidential election: Joe Biden launches his presidential campaign
The International System of Units, internationally known by the abbreviation SI, is the modern form of the metric system and the world's most widely used system of measurement. I…
The International System of Units (SI): The base units are redefined, making the international prototype of the kilogram
On 24 May 2019, a fire occurred at a commercial complex in Sarthana Jakatnaka area of Surat in the Gujarat state of India. Twenty-two students died and 19 others were injured in an…
Twenty-two students die in a fire in Surat (India)
On May 31, 2019, a mass shooting occurred at a municipal building in the Princess Anne area of Virginia Beach, Virginia. The gunman, 40-year-old DeWayne Craddock, a disgruntled cit…
A shooting occurs inside a municipal building at Virginia Beach, Virginia, leaving 13 people dead, including the shooter
The Khartoum massacre occurred on 3 June 2019, when the armed forces of the Sudanese Transitional Military Council, headed by the Lieutenant-General Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan…
Khartoum massacre: In Sudan, over 100 people are killed when security forces accompanied by Janjaweed militiamen storm a
Oleh Hennadiiovych Sentsov is a Ukrainian filmmaker, writer, activist and soldier of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from Crimea. Sentsov has directed the feature films Gamer (2011), Nu…
Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and 66 others are released in a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia.
Prince Archie of Sussex is a member of the British royal family. He is the son of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. A grandson of King Charles III, he is…
Prince Archie of Sussex
Gwendolyn Joy Marston was an American quilter, quilt teacher, lecturer, and author who championed a style of quilting she called "liberated quiltmaking". She encouraged modern quil…
Gwen Marston, American quilter and writer (born 1936)
Lyra Catherine McKee was a journalist from Northern Ireland who wrote for several publications about the consequences of the Troubles. She also served as an editor for Mediagazer, …
Lyra McKee, Irish journalist (born 1990)
Kassym-Jomart Kemeluly Tokayev is a Kazakh politician and diplomat who has served as the second president of Kazakhstan since 2019. He previously served as Prime Minister from 1999…
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is inaugurated as the second president of Kazakhstan