14 events with tag "tragedy"
586 BC
ID: 2775
Zedekiah blinded - sons killed before his eyes, then blinded and taken to Babylon in chains
ID: 2775
534 BC
ID: 5949
First tragedy performed at Dionysia - Thespis wins contest, theater born from Dionysian worship, goat sacrifice gives 'tragedy' (goat-song)
ID: 5949
458 BC
ID: 237
Aeschylus presents Oresteia trilogy - justice evolves from blood vengeance to law courts
ID: 237
441 BC
ID: 244
Sophocles presents Antigone - divine law versus human law, individual versus state
ID: 244
431 BC
ID: 252
Euripides presents Medea - psychological realism, woman's revenge, questions traditional values
ID: 252
29 BC
ID: 2997
Herod executes wife Mariamne - kills Hasmonean wife in paranoid rage, later executes own sons
ID: 2997
1120
ID: 2600
November 25, 1120
White Ship disaster - Henry's only legitimate son William drowns with 300 nobles, succession crisis begins
ID: 2600
1484
ID: 2515
April 9, 1484
Death of Edward of Middleham - Richard III's only son dies at 10, succession crisis deepens
ID: 2515
1581
ID: 5984
Ivan the Terrible kills his son and heir Ivan Ivanovich in rage - ensures future Time of Troubles
ID: 5984
1909
ID: 4590
Planck's first wife Marie dies of tuberculosis - mother of his four children
ID: 4590
1916
ID: 4591
Planck's son Karl killed in World War I at Verdun - first of family tragedies
ID: 4591
1917
ID: 4592
Planck's daughter Grete dies in childbirth - second family tragedy within a year
ID: 4592
1919
ID: 4594
Planck's daughter Emma dies in childbirth - twin sister of Grete, married to Grete's widower
ID: 4594
1945
ID: 4597
January 1945
Planck's son Erwin executed by Nazis - implicated in July 20 plot against Hitler, Planck's last son
ID: 4597