| Date |
Event |
Film |
Notes
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| 73 |
Siege of Masada |
Masada (1981) |
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The Dovekeepers (2015) |
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| 79 |
Destruction of Pompeii |
The Last Days of Pompeii (1984) |
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Pompeii (2014) |
Supposedly a fairly accurate depiction of the city and the eruption themselves, but otherwise fictitious.
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| 25 Jul 1492 |
Death of Pope Innocent VIII |
The Borgias #1.1 (2011) |
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| 11 Aug 1492 |
Election of Pope Alexander VI |
The Borgias #1.1 (2011) |
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| 1492 |
Coronation of Pope Alexander VI |
The Borgias #1.1 (2011) |
The music includes Zadok the Priest, composed in 1727.
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| 12 Jun 1493 |
Wedding of Lucrezia Borgia and Giovanni Sforza |
The Borgias #1.4 (2011) |
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| 25 Jan 1494 |
Death of King Ferdinand I of Naples |
The Borgias #1.7 (2011) |
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| 1494–1498 |
Italian War of Charles VIII of France |
The Borgias #1.7–2.4 (2011–2012) |
Does not appear to be a very accurate account of the war.
|
| 1494 |
Wedding of Gioffre Borgia and Sancha of Aragon |
The Borgias #1.6 (2011) |
|
| 25 Feb 1495 |
Death of Prince Cem |
The Borgias #1.3 (2011) |
Cem dies in Rome after being poisoned on the orders of Pope Alexander VI, whereas he actually died on campaign in Capua.
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| 18 Dec 1495 |
Death of King Alfonso II of Naples |
The Borgias #2.1 (2012) |
Alfonso, much younger than his actual 47 years, is tortured to death in Naples on the orders of King Charles VIII of France, whereas in fact he died in a monastery in Messina.
|
| 7 Feb 1497 |
Bonfire of the Vanities, Florence |
The Borgias #2.7 (2012) |
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| 14 Jun 1497 |
Murder of Giovanni Borgia |
The Borgias #2.9 (2012) |
Giovanni is murdered by his brother Cesare, which was rumoured to have been the case.
|
| Mar 1498 |
Birth of Giovanni Borgia, son of Lucrezia Borgia |
The Borgias #1.9 (2011) |
|
| 7 Apr 1498 |
Trial by fire of Girolamo Savonarola |
The Borgias #2.9 (2012) |
Savonarola walks through the fire and is badly burned, whereas in reality the flames were extinguished by a rainstorm.
|
| 23 May 1498 |
Execution of Girolamo Savonarola |
The Borgias #2.10 (2012) |
Savonarola is burned at the stake by himself in Rome, whereas in reality he was hanged above the pyre along with two other friars in Florence.
|
| 22 March 1622 |
Indian massacre in Virginia |
Jamestown #3.8 (2019) |
Only the beginning of the massacre is depicted.
|
| 12 April 1864 |
Battle of Fort Pillow |
Roots #4 (2016) |
Also the subsequent massacre of black prisoners.
|
| 29 November 1864 |
Sand Creek massacre |
Soldier Blue (1970) |
A fictionalised version, with all names changed, but certainly inspired by Sand Creek.
|
| 21 December 1866 |
Fetterman Fight |
Chief Crazy Horse (1955) |
All the U.S. soldiers are depicted as cavalry; in fact, most of the contingent was infantry.
|
| 17 June 1876 |
Battle of the Rosebud |
Chief Crazy Horse (1955) |
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| 25–26 June 1876 |
Battle of the Little Bighorn |
Chief Crazy Horse (1955) |
Only the commencement and aftermath of the battle are depicted.
|
| 5 September 1877 |
Death of Crazy Horse |
Chief Crazy Horse (1955) |
Crazy Horse is depicted being bayoneted in the back by Little Big Man.
|
| 15 July 1881 |
Robbery of the Rock Island Railroad by the James Gang |
The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (1986) |
|
| 4 December 1881 |
Murder of Wood Hite |
The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (1986) |
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| 3 April 1882 |
Murder of Jesse James |
The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (1986) |
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| 20 August–6 September 1883 |
Trial of Frank James at Gallatin, Missouri |
The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (1986) |
|
| 6 May 1884 |
Suicide of Charley Ford |
The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (1986) |
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| 8 June 1892 |
Murder of Robert Ford |
The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (1986) |
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| 13 May–13 October 1917 |
Marian apparitions of Fátima |
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952) |
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Fatima (2020) |
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| 13 October 1917 |
Miracle of the Sun |
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952) |
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Fatima (2020) |
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| 3 October 1929 |
Death of Gustav Stresemann |
Babylon Berlin #3.12 (2020) |
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| 6 October 1929 |
Funeral of Gustav Stresemann |
Babylon Berlin #3.12 (2020) |
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| 22 November 1939 |
Murder of Harry Greenberg |
Bugsy (1991) |
The murder is depicted as being in 1945 and by Bugsy Siegel alone in Los Angeles, rather than 1939 and on Greenberg's drive in New York by several men (including Siegel).
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| 7 December 1941 |
Attack on Pearl Harbor |
Midway (2019) |
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| 1 February 1942 |
Promotion of Bruno Gaido |
Midway (2019) |
Gaido was personally promoted from Motor Machinist's Mate 3rd Class to 1st Class by Admiral Halsey after single-handedly shooting down a Japanese bomber.
|
| 18 April 1942 |
Doolittle Raid |
Midway (2019) |
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| 3 June 1942 |
B-17 attack on the Midway Occupation Force |
Midway (2019) |
|
| 4 June 1942 |
Japanese air raid on Midway |
Midway (2019) |
|
| 4–7 June 1942 |
Battle of Midway |
Midway (2019) |
|
| 4 June 1942 |
Sinking of the Hiryū |
Midway (2019) |
The depiction here of the ship being torpedoed by Japanese vessels after being badly damaged was actually the fate of the Akagi, not the Hiryū, which was sunk during the battle.
|
| 15 June 1942 |
Murder of Frank O'Flaherty and Bruno Gaido |
Midway (2019) |
O'Flaherty and Gaido were American aircrew captured by a Japanese ship who were then drowned by their captors.
|
| 20 December 1946 |
Havana Conference |
Bugsy (1991) |
|
| 26 December 1946 |
Opening of the Flamingo Hotel & Casino |
Bugsy (1991) |
The beginning of Las Vegas.
|
| 20 June 1947 |
Murder of Bugsy Siegel |
Bugsy (1991) |
|
| 25 December 1951 |
Bloody Christmas |
L.A. Confidential (1997) |
|
| 25 October 1957 |
Murder of Albert Anastasia |
The Irishman (2019) |
|
| 21 March 1960 |
Sharpeville massacre |
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013) |
|
| 6 June 1961 |
Murder of Anthony Castellitto |
The Irishman (2019) |
|
| 31 August 1961 |
Abduction of Ann Marie Burr |
The Stranger Beside Me (2003) |
She is renamed Sarah Jane Sweeney; suggests she was murdered by the young Ted Bundy and shows him leading her away from her home.
|
| 5 August 1962 |
Arrest of Nelson Mandela at Howick |
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013) |
|
| 1963 |
Argyll v Argyll divorce case |
A Very British Scandal (2021) |
|
| 11 July 1963 |
Raid on Liliesleaf Farm |
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013) |
|
| 9 October 1963–12 June 1964 |
Rivonia Trial |
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013) |
|
| 22 November 1963 |
Assassination of John F. Kennedy |
The X-Files #4.7 "Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man" (1996) |
Kennedy is assassinated by the Cigarette Smoking Man.
|
| 22 November 1963 |
Murder of Patrolman J. D. Tippit |
The X-Files #4.7 "Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man" (1996) |
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| 22 November 1963 |
Arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald |
The X-Files #4.7 "Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man" (1996) |
|
| 21 June 1964 |
Murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner |
Mississippi Burning (1988) |
The depiction of events is relatively accurate, although the identities of the participants have been changed.
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All the Way (2016) |
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| 16–17 March 1966 |
Gemini 8 |
First Man (2018) |
|
| 27 January 1967 |
Apollo 1 fire |
First Man (2018) |
|
| 4 April 1968 |
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. |
The X-Files #4.7 "Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man" (1996) |
King is assassinated by the Cigarette Smoking Man.
|
| June 1968 |
Ford sewing machinists strike |
Made in Dagenham (2010) |
Highly fictionalised.
|
| 4 July 1969 |
Shooting of Darlene Ferrin and Michael Mageau by the Zodiac Killer |
Zodiac (2007) |
|
| 16–24 July 1969 |
Apollo 11 (Moon landing) |
First Man (2018) |
|
| 18–19 July 1969 |
Chappaquiddick incident |
Chappaquiddick (2017) |
|
| 25 July 1969 |
Ted Kennedy's televised statement re Chappaquiddick incident |
Chappaquiddick (2017) |
|
| 27 September 1969 |
Stabbing of Bryan Hartnell and Cecelia Shepard by the Zodiac Killer |
Zodiac (2007) |
|
| 11 October 1969 |
Murder of Paul Stine by the Zodiac Killer |
Zodiac (2007) |
|
| 22 March 1970 |
Abduction of Kathleen Johns |
Zodiac (2007) |
Possibly by the Zodiac Killer.
|
| 28 June 1971 |
Shooting of Joe Colombo |
The Irishman (2019) |
|
| 7 April 1972 |
Murder of "Crazy Joe" Gallo |
The Irishman (2019) |
Gallo is depicted as being shot by Frank Sheeran, who was indeed one of the prime suspects and later confessed to the killing, although his account has been disputed.
|
| 8 November 1974 |
Attempted abduction of Carol DaRonch by Ted Bundy |
The Stranger Beside Me (2003) |
She is renamed Julie Wyatt, but the circumstances are depicted fairly accurately.
|
| 8 November 1974 |
Abduction of Debra Kent by Ted Bundy |
The Stranger Beside Me (2003) |
She is renamed Susan Wayne.
|
| 30 June 1975 |
Murder of Jimmy Hoffa |
The Irishman (2019) |
Hoffa is depicted as being shot by Frank Sheeran, who later confessed to the murder, although his account has been disputed.
|
| 16 August 1975 |
Arrest of Ted Bundy in Granger, Utah |
The Stranger Beside Me (2003) |
|
| 15 January 1978 |
Chi Omega sorority house murders by Ted Bundy |
The Stranger Beside Me (2003) |
|
| 15 February 1978 |
Arrest of Ted Bundy in Pensacola, Florida |
The Stranger Beside Me (2003) |
|
| 21 March 1978 |
Murder of Salvatore "Sally Bugs" Briguglio |
The Irishman (2019) |
He is depicted as being shot by Frank Sheeran and John Francis.
|
| June–24 July 1979 |
Trial of Ted Bundy in Miami |
The Stranger Beside Me (2003) |
Includes elements of his second trial in Orlando, including his marriage.
|
| 31 August 1985 |
Capture of Richard Ramirez |
American Horror Story: 1984 #6 (2019) |
|
| 3–28 October 1986 |
Trial of Jeremy Bamber |
White House Farm #6 (2020) |
|
| 24 January 1989 |
Execution of Ted Bundy |
The Stranger Beside Me (2003) |
|
| 17 June 1992 |
Boipatong massacre |
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013) |
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