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Historical Events

From the signing of the Magna Carta to the invention of the World Wide Web, Wolfram|Alpha can compute answers to questions about thousands of historical events. Look up detailed information about major historical events, discover what happened on this day in history and more.
Historical Events

Construct historical timelines, search by date or explore information about historical events.

Get information about a historical event:

codices replace scrolls
first powered flight
Treaty of Versailles
people at the signing of the Declaration of Independence

Construct a timeline of events:

founding of Carthage, fall of Constantinople
diet of worms, vaccinations invented, spam debuts

Find notable events in a specified date range:

year 1951
events September 1 to October 31, 2001
What happened in August 1969?
May 18, 2009 events

Find information about a property of a historical event:

When was the great Baltimore fire?
Lindbergh solo flight cities involved
people involved in Mathematica 4 release
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