653
653 CE
Nanchang was founded as a Han dynasty city and became the regional capital of Jiangxi province during the Tang dynasty.
On this day
August 1
Cities around the world keep their histories on dates. Here is what happened on August 1 across the 3 editorial events Pyflo has so far catalogued for this date.
3 events
3 centuries
3 countries
1321
Utrecht was founded as a Roman frontier fort (Traiectum) around 47 CE
on the Rhine River frontier of the Lower Limes Germanicus (the Roman northern frontier of the Empire).
1943
Ploieşti
Operation Tidal Wave (August 1, 1943) was the American Army Air Forces low-altitude bombing-raid on the Ploiești oil refineries — the most-decorated single American air-mission of WWII with 5 Medals of Honor awarded (3 posthumous).
Drawn from the Pyflo Atlas — an interactive timeline of 1,601 editorial events reaching back to 2100 BCE, each pin a deep link into a city's full story. Watch history play out on the map →