History

Articles about historical periods, events and developments.

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Chōtoku

Chōtoku: Japanese era from 995 to 999

Chōwa

Chōwa (Japanese era, 1012–1017)

Chronicle

Chronology

Chronology: the study and ordering of events in time

Cimmerians

Cimmerians: Ancient Nomads of the Pontic Steppe

Cinquecento

Cinquecento: The Italian Sixteenth-Century Renaissance

Circa

Circa: meaning, usage, abbreviations and style

Classical antiquity

Classical Athens

Classical Athens: politics, culture, and legacy (c. 508–322 BC)

Classical Greece

Classics

Classics (classical studies): disciplines, history, and cultural influence

Clipper

Coalbrookdale

Coalbrookdale: cradle of coke-smelted iron and early industrial development

Cod Wars

Cod Wars: Iceland–United Kingdom fishing disputes over North Atlantic waters

Colonialism

Colonialism

Colonization

Colonization: history, forms, impacts and modern perspectives

Colony of Aden

Colony of Aden (British Crown colony, 1937–1963)

Columbian Exchange

Columbian Exchange: The Global Transfer of Species, Diseases, and Culture

Copper Age

Copper Age (Chalcolithic): the transition between Stone and Bronze

Coptic calendar

Count of Anjou

Count of Flanders

COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine

COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine: timeline, response, and regional issues

Cradle of civilization

Cradle of Civilization: Early Centers and the Rise of Complex Society

Crimean War

Crimean War

Crimean War (1853–1856): overview, campaigns, and legacy

Summary of the Crimean War (1853–1856): belligerents, main campaigns on the Crimean Peninsula and other theatres, innovations in warfare and medicine, diplomatic outcome and lastin

Crisis of the Third Century

Crisis of the Third Century (Roman Empire, 235–284 AD)

Crusades

Crusades

Crusades: Medieval campaigns for the Holy Land and their wider impact

A neutral overview of the Crusades: medieval military-religious campaigns from the late 11th century, their origins, major expeditions, varieties, participants, and long-term cultu

Crushing by elephant

Cuban Revolution

Cuban Revolution (1953–1959): overview, course, and legacy

Cuban Thaw

Cultural Revolution

Cultural Revolution

Cultural Revolution (China, 1966–1976)

A decade-long political and social upheaval in the People's Republic of China initiated by Mao Zedong, marked by mass campaigns, purges, disruption of education and culture, and lo

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

Dachau concentration camp

Dachau concentration camp

Dachau concentration camp — history, organization, and legacy

Dachau was the first regular Nazi concentration camp (1933–1945), a training centre for SS guards and a site of mass abuse and death; today it is a memorial and museum.

Daidō

Daiei (era)

Daiji (era)

Dál Riata

Dál Riata: Early Gaelic kingdom of the Irish Sea region

Damnatio memoriae

Danegeld

Danegeld

Danegeld: tribute and tax paid to Viking raiders in medieval Europe

Danegeld was a medieval payment—often in silver—made to Viking raiders and later formalized as a tax in England and parts of Europe between the 9th and 11th centuries.

Danelaw

Danelaw — Viking-era districts of northern and eastern England

Danish Centre of Urban History

Danish resistance movement

Danish resistance movement during World War II

Darwin–Wedgwood family

Darwin–Wedgwood family: science, industry and interwoven kinship

De-Stalinization

De-Stalinization: undoing the cult and policies of Joseph Stalin

Declaration of Arbroath

Deira

Delhi Sultanate

Delhi Sultanate (c. 1206–1526): rulers, institutions and legacy

Dendrochronology