{"id":5,"canonical_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/776bce-aug-15--5","name":"c. 776 BCE, Aug ","year":-776,"era":"BCE","month":8,"day":15,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/776bce-aug-15--5","iso-date":"-0776-08-15","precision":"year-month-day","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first recorded Olympic Games in ancient Greece take place in Olympia c. August, 776 BCE. It was a five -day event held during the summer that included athletic competitions, religious sacrifices, and crowning of winners with olive wreaths.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e","additional_details":"","photo":"https://k365fs.imgix.net/MipCcSxEQHmRR3l22oI3_Olympos.jpg?auto=format,compress\u0026fit=clip\u0026max-w=1600","photo_width":1225,"photo_height":723,"created_at":"2025-03-06T13:38:26-08:00","updated_at":"2026-03-24T18:37:56-07:00","breadcrumbs":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"August History","item":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/august"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"August 15","item":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/august-15"}]},"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Thing","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/776bce-aug-15--5#eventK365","name":"c. 776 BCE, Aug ","headline":"The first recorded Olympic Games in ancient Greece take place in Olympia c - c. 776 BCE","description":"The first recorded Olympic Games in ancient Greece take place in Olympia c. August, 776 BCE. It was a five -day event held during the summer that included...","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/776bce-aug-15--5","additionalType":"HistoricalEvent","inLanguage":"en","datePublished":"2025-03-06T13:38:26-08:00","dateModified":"2026-03-24T18:37:56-07:00","publisher":{"@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/#organizationK365"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://k365fs.imgix.net/MipCcSxEQHmRR3l22oI3_Olympos.jpg?auto=format,compress\u0026fit=clip\u0026max-w=1600","width":1225,"height":723},"temporalCoverage":"-0776-08-15","isPartOf":[{"@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/#websiteK365"},{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/august","name":"What Happened in August History"},{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/august-15#pageK365","name":"What Happened on August 15"}]}}