Byabbe

How to Use This API

1. Events on a Specific Date

https://byabbe.se/on-this-day/12/25/events.json

Returns historical events that happened on December 25th. Format: /month/day/events.json.

2. Births on a Date

https://byabbe.se/on-this-day/7/20/births.json

Notable people born on July 20th. Entries include year, description, and optional Wikipedia link.

3. Deaths on a Date

https://byabbe.se/on-this-day/4/15/deaths.json

Famous deaths that occurred on April 15th.

4. All Data for a Date

https://byabbe.se/on-this-day/6/16

Returns events, births, and deaths all at once. Omitting the .json suffix returns HTML.

5. JavaScript — Today in History

async function getTodayInHistory() {
  const today = new Date();
  const month = today.getMonth() + 1;
  const day = today.getDate();
  
  const resp = await fetch(
    `https://byabbe.se/on-this-day/${month}/${day}/events.json`
  );
  const data = await resp.json();
  
  const container = document.getElementById('history-events');
  if (container) {
    container.innerHTML = data.events
      .slice(0, 10)
      .map(e => `
${e.year}: ${e.description}
`)
      .join('');
  }
}

getTodayInHistory();

6. Python — Find Events Matching a Keyword

import requests

def search_events_on_date(month, day, keyword='invented'):
    resp = requests.get(
        f'https://byabbe.se/on-this-day/{month}/{day}/events.json'
    )
    data = resp.json()
    
    matches = [e for e in data.get('events', [])
               if keyword.lower() in e['description'].lower()]
    
    print(f"{len(matches)} events on {month}/{day} matching '{keyword}':")
    for e in matches[:5]:
        print(f"  {e['year']}: {e['description']}")

search_events_on_date(3, 14, 'patent')