"Organized by death toll" means * list entries are ordered by death toll, or * there is a table sortable on a column labeled "Death toll", "Casualties", or equivalent

General

List of accidents and disasters by death toll This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions, structural fires, flood disasters, coal mine disasters, and other notable accidents caused by the effects of negli ...

List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll This is a list of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll. The list covers the name of the event, location and the start and end of each event. Some events may belong in more than one category. In addition, some of the listed events over ...

List of famines This is a list of famines. List See also Main article lists * Bengal famine * Droughts and famines in Russia and the Soviet Union * Famine in India * Famines in Czechia * Famines in Ethiopia * Great Bengal famine of 1770 * Great Fam ...

, not included in natural disasters as some of them are at least partially anthropogenic

Accidents

List of aircraft accidents and incidents by number of ground fatalities The following is a list of aircraft accidents and incidents which have resulted in fatalities on the ground. Aircraft crashes with a high number of ground fatalities typically occur in areas where there are large congregations of people, such a ...

List of deadliest aircraft accidents and incidents This article lists the deadliest aircraft accidents and incidents involving commercial passenger and cargo flights, military passenger and cargo flights, or general-aviation flights that have been involved in a ground or midair collision. As of ...

List of airship accidents The following is a partial list of airship accidents. It should be stated that rigid airships operate differently than blimps which have no rigid structure. See also * List of ballooning accidents References {{DEFAULTSORT:List of Air ...

List of ballooning accidents This is a list of ballooning accidents by date. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various accidents that involved manned balloons, such as Montgolfiere hot-air balloons, Charliere gas balloons, or de-Roziere gas and hot-air hybri ...

List of elevator accidents This is a list of elevator accidents by death toll. It does not include accidents involving gondola lifts, ski lifts or similar types of cable transport. List Other notable accidents * On 14 December 1883, in one of the earliest documented elev ...

List of nuclear and radiation accidents by death toll There have been several nuclear and radiation accidents involving fatalities, including nuclear power plant accidents, nuclear submarine accidents, and radiotherapy incidents. List of accidents Events with disputed fatality counts Chernobyl di ...

List of rail accidents in the United Kingdom This lists significant accidents involving railway rolling stock, including crashes, fires and incidents of crew being overcome by locomotive emissions. Other railway-related incidents such as the King's Cross fire of 1987 or the 7 July 2005 Lond ...

List of the deadliest firefighter disasters in the United States Below is a list of the deadliest firefighter disasters in the United States, in which more than five firefighters died. "Firefighter" is defined as a professional trained to fight fires. Hence the 1933 Griffith Park fire is excluded, as it killed ...

Natural disasters including diseases

List of costly or deadly hailstorms This is a list of the costliest or deadliest hailstorms on record. Notable events North America Europe Asia South America No entries yet. Africa Oceania Largest by country * 15 July 1808 - Somerset, England, United ...

List of the deadliest tropical cyclones This is a list of the deadliest tropical cyclones, including all known storms that caused at least 1,000 direct deaths. There were at least 74 tropical cyclones in the 20th century with a death toll of 1,000 or more, including the deadliest ...

* List of deadliest Pacific hurricanes *

List of epidemics This is a list of the largest known epidemics and pandemics caused by an infectious disease. Widespread non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer are not included. An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large nu ...

List of tornadoes causing 100 or more deaths This is a list of the deadliest tornadoes in world history. This list includes confirmed individual tornadoes that caused 100 or more direct fatalities. The deadliest tornadoes by far have occurred in a small area of Bangladesh and East India. In ...

List of deadliest Storm Prediction Center days by outlook risk level The Storm Prediction Center issues daily outlooks denoting the risk for severe weather and wildfires for specific regions in the United States. For severe weather, which includes the risk for thunderstorms, tornadoes, hail, and straight-line winds, ...

List of natural disasters by death toll A natural disaster is a sudden event that always causes widespread destruction, major collateral damage or loss of life, brought about by forces other than the acts of human beings. A natural disaster might be caused by earthquakes, flooding, vo ...

List of avalanches by death toll This is an incomplete list of notable avalanches. See also *Avalanche *List of natural disasters by death toll References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Avalanches * Avalanches in the United States Death in the United Kingdom Dea ...

List of deadliest floods This is a list consisting of the deadliest floods worldwide with a minimum of 60 deaths. List Floods by year Only floods having caused 10 fatalities or more in 21st-century are listed. 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2 ...

List of foodborne illness outbreaks by death toll This is a list of foodborne illness outbreaks by death toll, caused by infectious disease, heavy metals, chemical contamination, or from natural toxins, such as those found in poisonous mushrooms. Before modern microbiology, foodbourne illness was ...

List of volcanic eruptions by death toll Volcanic eruptions can be highly explosive. Some volcanoes have undergone catastrophic eruptions, killing large numbers of humans or other life forms. This list documents volcanic eruptions by human death toll. Volcanic eruptions See also *Li ...

Intentional killing, including collateral deaths

* American units with the highest percentage of casualties per conflict *

Deadliest single days of World War I World War I was fought on many fronts around the world from the battlefields of Europe to the far-flung colonies in the Pacific and Africa. While it is most famous for the trench warfare stalemate that existed on Europe's Western Front, in oth ...

List of battles and other violent events by death toll A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...

List of battles by casualties The following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in world history. The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but usually yielding similar combat-related or civilian deaths) and civilian casualties during the ba ...

List of battles with most United States military fatalities This article contains a list of battles with most United States military fatalities, in terms of American deaths. Introduction This article lists battles and campaigns in which the number of U.S. soldiers killed was higher than 1,000. The battle ...

List of genocides by death toll This list of genocides by death toll includes estimates of all deaths which were directly or indirectly caused by genocide, as it is defined by the UN Convention on Genocide. It excludes other mass killings, which may be referred to as geno ...

List of major terrorist incidents This is a list of terrorist incidents conducted by violent non-state actors, i.e. excluding state terrorism. Attacks 1950 to 1999 1971 McGurk's Bar bombing *Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland *Killed: 15 (17 injured) *Perpetrator: Ulster Volun ...

List of modern conflicts in the Middle East This is a list of modern conflicts in the Middle East ensuing in the geographic and political region known as the Middle East. The "Middle East" is traditionally defined as the Fertile Crescent (Mesopotamia), Levant, and Egypt and neighboring ...

List of murderers by number of victims *''For serial killers see:'' List of serial killers by number of victims *''For mass murderers and spree killers see:'' List of rampage killers A rampage killer has been defined as follows: This list should contain, for each category, the ...

List of ongoing armed conflicts The following is a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world. List parameters This list of ongoing armed conflicts identifies present-day conflicts and the death toll associated with each conflict. The guidelines ...

List of projected death tolls from nuclear attacks on cities This is a list of ''projected'' numbers of casualties should a nuclear weapon be detonated in a certain city or other population center. Method The effects of any nuclear explosion is dependent on a very large number of factors, including but no ...

List of rampage killers A rampage killer has been defined as follows: This list should contain, for each category, the first fifteen cases with at least one of the following features: * Rampage killings with 6 or more dead * Rampage killings with at least 4 peopl ...

List of serial killers before 1900 The following is a list of serial killers i.e. a person who murders more than one person, in two or more separate events over a period of time, for primarily psychological reasons''Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying'' entry o"Serial Killer ...

List of serial killers by number of victims A serial killer is typically a person who murders three or more people, in two or more separate events over a period of time, for primarily psychological reasons.A serial killer is most commonly defined as a person who kills three or more peop ...

List of ships sunk by submarines by death toll While submarines were invented centuries ago, development of self-propelled torpedoes in the latter half of the 19th century dramatically increased the effectiveness of military submarines. Initial submarine scouting patrols against surface wa ...

List of terrorist incidents The following is a list of terrorist incidents that have not been carried out by a state or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism). Assassinations are listed at List of assassinated people. Definitions of terroris ...

List of wars by death toll This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths that are either directly or indirectly caused by the war. These numbers usually include the deaths of military personnel which are the direct results of battle or other military wartime actions, ...

Massacres

List of events named massacres The following is a list of events for which one of the commonly accepted names includes the word "massacre". Definition ''Massacre'' is defined in the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' as "the indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of people ...

* List of pogroms *

List of massacres at sea List of events See also * Mass grave * List of riots This is a chronological list of known riots. Seventeenth century and earlier * 44 BC – Assassination of Julius Caesar (Rome, Roman Republic). During Caesar's cremation in the Forum, ...

* List of massacres in the Italian Social Republic *

List of massacres in Jerusalem This article constitutes a list of massacres occurring in the city of Jerusalem. List References {{reflist See also * Ben Yehuda Street bombings * List of massacres in Israel *List of massacres in Jerusalem Jerusalem Massacres in Israe ...

* List of massacres in Nagaland * List of massacres of Kurds *

List of massacres of Nizari Ismailis Numerous massacres are recorded against the minority Nizari Ismaili Shia Muslims, particularly during the Alamut Period. In many cases, the victims include non-Nizaris; such as supporters of the Nizaris, and people who are falsely accused and ki ...

List of massacres of Turkish people This is a list of massacres against ethnic Turks. List See also * List of massacres in Cyprus * List of massacres in Turkey * List of massacres of Azerbaijanis References Bibliography * {{Massacres Turkish people The Turkish people, ...

By war

List of massacres during the Algerian Civil War Many massacres were committed during the Algerian Civil War that began in 1991. The Armed Islamic Group (GIA) claimed responsibility for many of them, while for others no group has claimed responsibility. In addition to generating a widespread sen ...

List of massacres in the Bosnian War The following is a list of massacres that occurred during the Bosnian War. Incidents References Sources * {{Europe topic , List of massacres in Bosnia and Herzegovina Massacres * Bosnian War The Bosnian War ( sh, Rat u Bosni i He ...

List of massacres in the Croatian War of Independence The following is a list of massacres that occurred in the Croatian War of Independence. Numbers may be approximate. See also *List of massacres in Yugoslavia *List of massacres in Bosnia and Herzegovina * List of massacres in Serbia *List of ma ...

List of massacres committed during the Eritrean War of Independence The Eritrean War of Independence was fought as a guerrilla campaign by two main Eritrean liberation fronts, first by the Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF) and then, after the Eritrean Civil War, by the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) again ...

List of massacres in the Finnish Civil War This is a list of massacres during or immediately after the Finnish Civil War. The Finnish Civil War was a conflict in 1918, which killed more than 38,000 people (about one percent of the country's population), of whom 1,650 were victims of Red Te ...

List of massacres in the Kosovo War This is a list of massacres that happened in Kosovo throughout modern history. Ottoman period Interwar period World War II Insurgency in Kosovo Kosovo War Aftermath of Kosovo War See also * War crimes in the Kosovo War Refer ...

List of killings and massacres during the 1948 Palestine war Killings and massacres during the 1948 Palestine war resulted in the deaths of hundreds of civilians and unarmed soldiers.Morris 2008, pp. 404-06. The historiography of the events has been revisited by the New Historians, starting in the 1980s ...

List of massacres during the Syrian civil war This is a list of massacres committed during the Syrian civil war. 2011 * Between 31 July and 4 August 2011, during the Siege of Hama, Syrian government forces reportedly killed more than 100 people in an assault on the city of Hama. Opposit ...

List of mass executions and massacres in Yugoslavia during World War II The following is a list of massacres and mass executions that occurred in Yugoslavia during World War II. Areas once part of Yugoslavia that are now parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovenia, North Macedonia, and Montenegr ...

School-related shootings and attacks

List of attacks related to primary schools These are attacks that have occurred on school property or related primarily to school issues or events. A narrow definition of ''attack'' is used for this list to exclude attacks during warfare, robberies, gang violence, political or police atta ...

, includes kindergarten attacks *

List of attacks related to secondary schools This is a list of attacks related to secondary schools that have occurred around the world. These are attacks that have occurred on school property or related primarily to school issues or events. A narrow definition of the word ''attacks'' is use ...

List of attacks related to post-secondary schools This is a list of attacks related to postsecondary schools, such as universities or colleges. These are attacks that occurred on school property, faculty or related primarily to school issues or events. A narrow definition of the word attacks is ...

List of unsuccessful attacks related to schools This is a list of unsuccessful or foiled attacks related to schools. Foiled or exposed plots See also * School bullying * School shooting * School violence School violence includes violence between school students as well as attacks by stude ...

, includes incidents that involved only staff who work at the school *

List of school massacres by death toll This list of school massacres by death toll contains those cases that occurred at kindergartens, schools and universities, as well as their affiliated buildings. If the perpetrator was a member of the school staff and the victims primarily their ...

List of school shootings in the United States (before 2000) This is a chronological list of school shootings in the United States before the year 2000, including any school shootings that occurred at a K-12 public or private school, as well as at colleges and universities, and on school buses. Excluded ...

List of school shootings in the United States (2000–present) School shootings in the United States have occurred at K–12 public and private schools, as well as at colleges and universities, and on school buses. Excluded from this list are the following: # Incidents that occurred during wars # Inciden ...

List of school shootings in the United States by death toll This article lists school shootings in the United States by death toll (four or more deaths, including any perpetrators that died during the shooting). List This table is organized first by deaths, then injuries, and then dates. See a ...

Disasters by place

List of disasters in Antarctica by death toll The following is a list of all known disasters in Antarctica which have resulted in fatalities. It includes disasters which happened on land, as well as in the waters surrounding the continent. See also * List of disasters in Australia by death ...

List of disasters in Metro Manila by death toll This list of disasters in Metro Manila by death toll includes both natural and man-made disasters that took place in the general vicinity of Metro Manila in the Philippines. This list is not comprehensive in general. Over 100,000 deaths 10 ...

List of disasters in New York City by death toll This is a list of disasters that have occurred in New York City organized by death toll. The list is general and comprehensive, comprising natural disasters (including epidemics) and man-made disasters both purposeful and acciden ...

Country

List of disasters in Australia by death toll This is a list of disasters in Australia by death toll. 100 or more deaths 50 to 99 deaths 20 to 49 deaths Between 10 and 20 Gallery Image:Port arthur outside.jpg, The Port Arthur massacre claimed 35 lives in 1996 when Martin Bryan ...

List of disasters in Bangladesh by death toll This is a list of disasters and tragic events in Bangladesh sorted by death toll. Throughout history, Bangladesh has been attacked by various types of natural disasters. Most of the natural disasters happen during May to July. 100 or more dea ...

List of disasters in Canada by death toll This list of Canadian disasters by death toll includes major disasters (excluding acts of war) that occurred on Canadian soil or involved Canadian citizens, in a definable incident, where the loss of life was 10 or more. 200 or more deaths 10 ...

List of disasters in Croatia by death toll The list of disasters in Croatia by death toll includes major disasters and accidents - excluding warfare and other intentional acts - that took place on Croatian soil and resulted in 10 or more fatalities: __NOTOC__ See also * List of disasters ...

List of disasters in Estonia by death toll The following list of disasters in Estonia is a list of major disasters (excluding conventional acts of war but including acts of terrorism) which relate to Estonia or involved its citizens, in a definable incident or accident such as a shipwre ...

List of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland by death toll The following list of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland is a list of major disasters (excluding acts of war) which relate to the United Kingdom or Ireland, or to the states that preceded them, or that involved their citizens, in a definable ...

List of disasters in Japan by death toll This is a list of Japanese disasters by their death toll. Included in the list are disasters both natural and man-made, but it excludes acts of war and epidemics. The disasters occurred in Japan and its territories or involved a significant number ...

List of disasters in Malta by death toll This list of Maltese disasters by death toll includes disasters that occurred either in Malta or incidents outside of the country in which a number of Maltese citizens were killed. It does not include death tolls from war. List See also *List o ...

List of disasters in New Zealand by death toll This is a list of New Zealand disasters by death toll, listing major disasters (excluding acts of war) which occurred in New Zealand and its territories or involved a significant number of New Zealand citizens, in a specific incident, where the ...

List of disasters in Poland by death toll Listed below are the worst disasters in Poland's history, listed by death toll. This list excludes warfare, the Holocaust and intentional acts of destruction, but may include accidents in which the military, Polish or foreign, was involved (e.g. ...

List of disasters in Romania by death toll The list of disasters in Romania by death toll includes major disasters and accidents – excluding warfare and other intentional acts – that took place on Romanian soil and resulted in at least five fatalities: Disasters References {{Di ...

List of disasters in Sweden by death toll This is a list of disasters and tragic events in modern Sweden sorted by death toll. 225,000-500,000 or less 50 to 99 deaths 10 to 49 deaths Significant incidents resulting in fewer than 10 deaths Significant incidents of Swedes being kil ...

List of disasters in the United States by death toll This list of United States disasters by death toll includes disasters that occurred either in the United States, at diplomatic missions of the United States, or incidents outside of the United States in which a number of U.S. citizens were killed ...

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