There are a total of 1,040 Historical events compiled and organized in this comprehensive list. The selection includes named, well-documented events whose common English name begins with the target letter, emphasizing globally impactful and regionally significant incidents.

Historical events are dated occurrences or processes that change societies, politics, culture, technology, or the environment. They range from single-day incidents to long-term movements spanning decades or centuries. Many are named and documented in primary sources, archives, or scholarly syntheses and serve as reference points for study and teaching. They help explain causation, continuity, and change across regions and eras.

Interesting and little-known facts about Historical events:
– This collection lists 1,040 events; modern reference works typically document hundreds of notable events per century, with denser records after 1500 CE.
– World War II remains the deadliest recorded event cluster, causing an estimated 70–85 million deaths globally (about 3–4% of the 1940 world population).
– The 1918 influenza pandemic infected roughly one-third of people worldwide (~500 million) and caused at least 50 million deaths.
– Some recorded events date back more than 5,000 years, such as Mesopotamian dynastic conflicts around 2,900 BCE.
– The printing press (15th century), telegraph, and internet vastly increased contemporaneous documentation, so recent centuries appear richer in recorded events.

The alphabetical index organizes events A–Z to help locate notable historical entries by name. Each entry lists year (exact or range), concise location (city/region/country), and a 15–25 word significance summary.