40 events with tag "destruction"
1225 BC
ID: 3633
Earthquake storm begins - 50-year period of major seismic activity across Mediterranean, destroying cities
ID: 3633
1200 BC
ID: 3635
Destruction of Mycenaean palaces - major centers burned and abandoned, writing system lost
ID: 3635
1200 BC
ID: 3636
Fall of Hattusa - Hittite capital burned and abandoned, empire collapses under Suppiluliuma II
ID: 3636
1200 BC
ID: 5792
Late Bronze Age Collapse begins - widespread destruction across eastern Mediterranean, multiple civilizations fall simultaneously
ID: 5792
1190 BC
ID: 3637
Destruction of Ugarit - king's final letter: 'enemy ships are here, my cities burn, country does evil things'
ID: 3637
1180 BC
ID: 3638
Destruction of Troy VIIa - archaeological layer possibly matching Homeric Troy, city burned
ID: 3638
689 BC
ID: 4639
Sennacherib destroys Babylon completely - floods the city, shocking the ancient world
ID: 4639
646 BC
ID: 4644
Ashurbanipal destroys Susa - capital of Elam razed, ending 2000-year-old civilization
ID: 4644
612 BC
ID: 3670
Babylon and Medes destroy Nineveh - end of Assyrian Empire, Babylon inherits southern territories
ID: 3670
612 BC
ID: 3623
August 612 BC
Fall of Nineveh - Medes and Babylonians destroy Assyrian capital, empire collapses
ID: 3623
604 BC
ID: 5800
Nebuchadnezzar destroys Philistine cities - Ashkelon destroyed, Philistines begin to disappear as distinct people
ID: 5800
586 BC
ID: 2774
July 586 BC
Destruction of First Temple - Jerusalem falls on 9th of Av, Temple burned, walls demolished, mass deportation to Babylon
ID: 2774
335 BC
ID: 286
Alexander destroys Thebes - 6,000 killed, 30,000 enslaved, spares only house of poet Pindar
ID: 286
149 BC
ID: 2672
Third Punic War begins - Cato's 'Carthage must be destroyed' finally heeded, war of annihilation begins
ID: 2672
146 BC
ID: 2673
Destruction of Carthage and Corinth - both cities razed same year, Carthage sown with salt (legend), Roman dominance complete
ID: 2673
108 BC
ID: 2987
John Hyrcanus destroys Samaritan Temple - razes rival temple on Mount Gerizim, permanent enmity with Samaritans
ID: 2987
60
ID: 2524
Boudica's Rebellion begins - Iceni queen leads uprising after Romans flog her and rape daughters, burns Camulodunum, Londinium, and Verulamium
ID: 2524
68
ID: 3011
Jewish civil war in Jerusalem - John of Gischala, Simon bar Giora, and Eleazar fight each other, burn food supplies
ID: 3011
70
ID: 4126
Destruction of Jerusalem Temple - Titus destroys Second Temple on 9th of Av, fulfilling Christ's prophecy
ID: 4126
70
ID: 4820
August 9, 70
Destruction of Second Temple - Romans destroy Jerusalem Temple, Jewish Christians flee to Pella, end of Temple Judaism
ID: 4820
259
ID: 4855
Nehardea destroyed, Pumbedita founded - After Palmyrene attack, academy relocates to Pumbedita
ID: 4855
407
ID: 3788
First destruction of Scetis - barbarian raids scatter monks, John Cassian flees to West with desert tradition
ID: 3788
795
ID: 2624
Vikings sack Iona - Columba's monastery destroyed, 68 monks killed, treasures stolen
ID: 2624
842
ID: 2626
Vikings attack London - great slaughter in London, first major Viking assault on the city
ID: 2626
976
ID: 5100
St. Mark's Basilica burns - popular uprising against Doge Pietro IV Candiano, palace and church destroyed in fire
ID: 5100
1011
ID: 5862
Vikings target wealthy monasteries - Canterbury sacked, monasteries' vast wealth makes them prime targets
ID: 5862
1209
ID: 5281
Albigensian Crusade begins destroying troubadour culture - northern French attack Occitan lands, courts destroyed, patrons killed
ID: 5281
1209
ID: 5282
July 1209
Massacre at Béziers - 'Kill them all, God will know his own' - troubadour courts annihilated, Occitan culture suppressed
ID: 5282
1219
ID: 4737
Mongols invade Khwarazmian Empire - Genghis Khan destroys Bukhara, Samarkand after caravan massacre
ID: 4737
1258
ID: 48
Mongols sack Baghdad - end of Islamic Golden Age, destruction of House of Wisdom
ID: 48
1258
ID: 4744
Mongols sack Baghdad - Hulagu Khan destroys House of Wisdom, kills 800,000, ends Islamic Golden Age
ID: 4744
1394
ID: 2455
June 7, 1394
Death of Queen Anne of Bohemia - Richard II grief-stricken, orders Sheen Palace demolished
ID: 2455
1497
ID: 5141
February 7, 1497
Bonfire of the Vanities - Savonarola's followers burn art, books, cosmetics, mirrors in Piazza della Signoria
ID: 5141
1798
ID: 5453
Systematic demolition of Cluny Abbey begins; locals use it as stone quarry - eventually only 10% of original structure survives
ID: 5453
1884
ID: 1054
Engels publishes Origin of Family, Private Property and State - advocates destroying traditional family
ID: 1054
1920
ID: 5787
Prohibition destroys American cider tradition - FBI burns countless orchards, cider-making knowledge lost
ID: 5787
1945
ID: 4598
February 1945
Planck's home destroyed in Allied bombing - loses library and correspondence, age 86
ID: 4598
1969
ID: 1859
Alice von Hildebrand witnesses Kate Millett's consciousness-raising meeting about destroying American family
ID: 1859
1969
ID: 1865
Peak effectiveness period - Phoenix 'quite successful in destroying VC infrastructure' (1969-1971)
ID: 1865
2012
ID: 3218
New York Times publishes 'An Engineered Doomsday' calling for H5N1 constructs to be destroyed
ID: 3218