On This Day Calendar
Below you’ll find links to specific days and the historical events that happened on them.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
Octomber
November
December
Historical Events by Month
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
- Europe's Royals Set Sail on the “Cruise of the Kings”
- Louis XVI, France's Last King Before the Revolution, Is Born
- The Baltic Way: Two Million People Joined Hands for Freedom
- Amelia Earhart Flies Nonstop Across America
- Elisabeth of Brandenburg, Reformer and Regent, Is Born
- The First Concrete Is Poured for the Panama Canal's Gatun Locks
- Arpad Elo, Creator of the Elo Rating System, Is Born
- Captain Matthew Webb Swims Across the English Channel
- Galileo Presents His Telescope to the Rulers of Venice
- John Fitch Receives a Patent for His Steamboat
- Mother Teresa Is Born in Skopje
- The 19th Amendment Is Officially Certified
- The World's First Jet Aircraft Takes Flight
- The Book Created to Settle Pub Arguments Is Born
- Calder Hall Sends Nuclear Power to the Grid
- Britain Approves the Slavery Abolition Act
- Pedro Menéndez Sights Florida — and St. Augustine Gets Its Name
- The Tom Thumb Races a Horse — and Steam Wins the Future
- James Hunt, Formula One's Unconventional World Champion, Is Born
- Michael Faraday Discovers Electromagnetic Induction
- The Final Voyage of HMS Pandora
- The Railway That Learned to Climb a Mountain
- Bruce McLaren, the Man Behind a Racing Legend, Is Born
- Maurice Hilleman, the Man Behind Modern Vaccines, Is Born
- Melbourne Begins on the Banks of the Yarra
- Queen Mary Becomes the Fastest Liner on the Atlantic
- Ferdinand von Zeppelin Patents His Vision of the Airship
- Radio Prague Begins Broadcasting to the World
- The Death of Diana, Princess of Wales, Shocks the World
September
- Annie Ernaux, the Writer Who Turned Memory Into Literature, Is Born
- The SR-71 Blackbird Flies from New York to London in Under Two Hours
- The Wreck of Titanic Is Found After 73 Years
- Edinburgh Welcomes Mary, Queen of Scots, With a Spectacular Royal Entry
- Frederick Soddy, the Scientist Who Gave Isotopes Their Name, Is Born
- The Woman Who Would Become Empress Shōken Is Chosen as Meiji's Bride
- The World's Oldest Republic Begins on Monte Titano
- A Storm Brings the First Europeans to Japan
Octomber
November
December