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6 June 1505
The 1505 Lo Mustang earthquake (Nepali: सन् १५०५ को मुस्ताङ भूकम्प) occurred on 6 June 1505 and had an estimated magnitude between 8.2 and 8.8 making it one of the largest earthquakes in Nepalese history. The earthquake killed an approximate 30 percent of the Nepalese population at the time.
1744–1816
The Unification of Nepal (Nepali: नेपालको एकीकरण, romanized: Nēpālakō ēkīkaraṇa) was the historical process of military conquest, strategic diplomacy, and state-building through which the Hill Kingdom of Gorkha unified dozens of fragmented kingdoms into the sovereign state of modern Nepal. Initiated in 1743 CE (1799 BS) by King Prithvi Narayan Shah upon his ascension to the Gorkha throne, the unification campaign spanned over seven decades, concluding after the Anglo-Nepalese War with the Treaty of Sugauli in 1816 CE (1872 BS), which established the nation's formal international boundaries.
1767
The Battle of Kirtipur (Nepal bhasa : कीर्तिपुरयाउ युद्ध) occurred in 1767 during the Gorkha conquest of Nepal, and was fought at Kirtipur, one of the principal towns in the Kathmandu Valley. Kirtipur was then a walled town of 800 houses and part of the kingdom of Lalitpur.
1768
The Battle of Kathmandu (Nepali: काठमाडौंको युद्ध) or siege of Kathmandu or siege of Kantipur occurred during the Unification of Nepal. It was fought in Kathmandu in 1768, and resulted in the defeat of its king Jaya Prakash Malla by conquerors Prithvi Narayan Shah, king of the adjoining Gorkha Kingdom.
1769
The Battle of Bhaktapur was the final campaign in the Gorkha conquest of Nepal. It took place in Bhaktapur in 1769, and resulted in the victory of the Gorkhali king Prithvi Narayan Shah, giving him control of the entire Kathmandu Valley and adjoining areas.
14 September 1846
The Kot massacre (Nepali: कोत पर्व) took place on 14 September 1846 when then Kaji Jung Bahadur Kunwar and his brothers killed about 30-40 civil officials, military officers and palace guards of the Nepalese palace court including the Prime Minister of Nepal and a relative of the King, Chautariya Fateh Jung Shah along with other senior-most ministers and army generals at the palace armory (Kot) of Hanuman Dhoka in Kathmandu. The Kot meeting was called upon by Queen Rajya Laxmi Devi after the same night murder of her confidante Kaji Gagan Singh Bhandari while performing worship at his prayer…
22 November 1885
The 1885 Nepal coup d'état (Nepali: ४२ सालको पर्व) was a coup d'état led by Khadga Shumsher, Bhim Shumsher, Bir Shumsher, and Dambar Shumsher on 22 November 1885.
15 January 1934
The 1934 Nepal–India earthquake or 1934 Bihar–Nepal earthquake was one of the worst earthquakes in India's history. The towns of Munger and Muzaffarpur were completely destroyed.
1944
The Battle of Kohima was the turning point of the Japanese U-Go offensive into British India in 1944 during the Second World War. It took place in three stages from 4 April to 22 June 1944 around the town of Kohima, now the capital city of the state of Nagaland in Northeast India.
1951
The 1950–1951 Nepalese revolution, also known as Saat Saalko Kranti (Nepali: सात सालको क्रान्ति, romanized: Sāt Sālko Krānti, lit. 'The Seven Year Revolution') was a revolution in the Kingdom of Nepal that brought an end to Rana rule of Nepal which had lasted for 104 years.
15 December 1960
1960 Nepal coup d'état was a coup d'état led by King Mahendra on 15 December 1960. The same day, he dismissed the cabinet of B.P. Koirala and imprisoned Koirala.
8 April 1990
The 1990 People's Movement (Nepali: २०४६ जनआन्दोलन, romanized: 2046 Jana Andolan) was a multiparty movement in Nepal that brought an end to absolute monarchy and the beginning of constitutional monarchy. It also eliminated the Panchayat system.
31 July 1992
Thai Airways International Flight 311 (TG311/THA311) was a scheduled flight from Bangkok, Thailand's Don Mueang International Airport to Kathmandu, Nepal's Tribhuvan International Airport. On 31 July 1992, at 07:00:26 UTC (12:45:26 NST; 14:00:26 ICT), the Airbus A310 operating the route crashed into the side of a mountain 37 kilometres (23 mi; 20 nmi) north of Kathmandu, killing all 113 passengers and crew members on board.
28 September 1992
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 268 was an Airbus A300, registration AP-BCP, which crashed while approaching Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport on 28 September 1992. All 167 people on board were killed.
13 February 1996 – 21 November 2006
The Nepalese Civil War (1996–2006) was a protracted and countrywide armed conflict in the then Kingdom of Nepal between the Kingdom's rulers and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), with the latter making significant use of guerrilla warfare. It began on 13 February 1996, when the CPN(M) initiated an insurgency with the stated purpose of overthrowing the Nepali monarchy and establishing a people's republic.
1 June 2001
The Nepalese royal massacre (also called Durbar Hatyakanda, दरबार हत्याकाण्ड) was a mass shooting which occurred on 1 June 2001 (19 Jestha 2058 Nepal B.S.) at the Narayanhiti Palace, the then-residence of the Nepali monarchy, resulting in the deaths of nine members of the royal family, including King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya. A government-appointed inquiry team named Crown Prince Dipendra as the perpetrator of the massacre.
1 February 2005
A coup d'état in Nepal began on 1 February, when democratically elected members of the country's ruling party, the Nepali Congress, were deposed by Gyanendra, King of Nepal. The parliament was reinstated in 2006, when the king agreed to give up absolute power following the 2006 revolution.
8 October 2008
Yeti Airlines Flight 101 was a domestic flight in Nepal that crashed on final approach to Tenzing-Hillary Airport in the town of Lukla in eastern Nepal on 8 October 2008. The De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 200 registered as 9N-AFE originated from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu.
18 September 2011
The 2011 Sikkim earthquake (also known as the 2011 Himalayan earthquake) occurred with a moment magnitude of 6.9 and was centered within the Kanchenjunga Conservation Area, near the border of Nepal and the Indian state of Sikkim, at 18:10 IST on Sunday, 18 September. The earthquake was felt across northeastern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and southern Tibet.
25 September 2011
On 25 September 2011, Buddha Air Flight 103, a Beechcraft 1900 commuter aircraft, crashed near Lalitpur, Nepal, while attempting to land in poor weather at nearby Kathmandu Airport. All 19 passengers and crew on board were killed.