Events
Articles about notable events, ceremonies and occurrences.
Battle of Stamford Bridge
Battle of Stamford Bridge (25 September 1066)
Battle of Stoney Creek
Stoney Creek (1813): Night attack that halted American advance in Upper Canada
Battle of the Alamo
Battle of the Alamo: 1836 siege and its place in Texas history
Battle of the Netherlands
Battle of the Netherlands (May 1940)
German invasion of the Netherlands in May 1940, key actions, surrender and subsequent occupation, and the campaign's consequences including resistance, repression and eventual libe
Battle of the Nile
Battle of the Nile (1798)
Battle of the Somme
Battle of the Somme (1 July – 18 November 1916)
Battle of the Trebia
Battle of the Trebia (218 BC)
A decisive early engagement of the Second Punic War in December 218 BC near the Trebia River, where Hannibal defeated Roman forces through surprise, cavalry superiority and tactica
Battle of the Winwaed
Battle of the Winwaed (655) — clash between Penda of Mercia and Oswiu of Northumbria
Battle of Trafalgar
A decisive naval engagement on 21 October 1805 off Cape Trafalgar where the Royal Navy defeated a Franco-Spanish fleet, ensuring British command of the seas and influencing the cou
Battle of Troina
Battle of Troina (31 July–6 August 1943)
Battle of Uhud
Battle of Uhud (625 CE)
Battle of Valcour Island
Battle of Valcour Island (Lake Champlain, October 1776)
Tactical naval action on Lake Champlain in 1776 where an improvised American fleet under Benedict Arnold delayed a superior British force, shaping the course of the Revolutionary W
Battle of Waterloo
Battle of Worcester
Battle of Worcester (1651) — final engagement of the English Civil Wars
Battle of Wuhan
Battle of Wuhan (Wuhan Campaign) — 1938
A major 1938 campaign in the Second Sino-Japanese War in which Japanese forces sought to capture Wuhan, a strategic river and rail hub; Chinese forces withdrew after prolonged figh
Battle of Yellow Tavern
Battle of Yellow Tavern (May 11, 1864)
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of Yorktown (1781)
Battle of Yorktown (1781): Siege, surrender, and significance
Battle of Zama
Battle of Zama (202 BC)
Decisive clash near Zama in 202 BC where Roman forces under Scipio defeated Hannibal, ending the Second Punic War and reshaping Roman and Carthaginian power in the western Mediterr
Battleground (2014)
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Battles of Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775)
First military engagements of the American Revolution near Boston; militia and British troops clashed at Lexington and Concord, beginning a colonial uprising and the British retrea
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Bayreuth Festival
Bayreuth Festival (Bayreuther Festspiele)
BBC Electric Proms
Beer Hall Putsch
Beer Hall Putsch — the failed 1923 Munich coup attempt
Belfast Agreement
Belfast Agreement (Good Friday Agreement) — summary, provisions and legacy
Berlin Conference
Berlinale
Bhopal disaster
Bhopal disaster: 1984 industrial gas tragedy in India
Bicentennial
Bill Nye–Ken Ham debate
Bill Nye–Ken Ham debate (February 4, 2014): overview and significance
Birmingham Children's Crusade
Birmingham Children's Crusade (May 1963)
Birmingham pub bombings
Birmingham pub bombings (21 November 1974)
Birmingham Triennial Music Festival
Bitburg controversy
Bitburg controversy: Reagan's 1985 visit to a German military cemetery
Black Death
Black Thursday (2020)
Black Thursday (March 12, 2020) — global stock market crash
Blackpool Dance Festival
Blackpool Illuminations
Blackpool Illuminations: the annual lights festival of Blackpool
Blacks and Whites' Carnival
Bloody Sunday (1905)
Bloody Sunday (1972)
Bloody Sunday (1972): the Bogside shootings in Derry
BOAC Flight 911
BOAC Flight 911 (1966): Mid-air breakup near Mount Fuji
Bologna massacre
Bologna massacre (1980) — bombing of Bologna Centrale railway station
Bombay riots
Bombay riots (December 1992–January 1993)
Bone Wars
Bonfire
Bonfire — large controlled outdoor fire: history, construction, and uses