When did Karbala take place?
The Battle of Karbala took place on Muharram 10, in the year 61 of the Islamic calendar (October 10, 680) in Karbala, in present day Iraq. On one side were supporters and relatives of Muhammad's grandson Husain ibn Ali, on the other side was a military detachment from the forces of Yazid I, the Umayyad caliph.