"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 * List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll * List of famines, 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 *

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 *

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

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 * 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 *

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 * List of deadliest floods * List of foodborne illness outbreaks by death toll *

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 During warfare, some units take more casualties than other units. Sometimes, the casualty rate is disproportionately high. This article displays the highest percentage of casualties among American units, including those wiped out as an effective f ...

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 othe ...

* List of battles and other violent events by death toll *

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 *

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 *

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 * List of projected death tolls from nuclear attacks on cities *

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 * List of serial killers by number of victims *

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 * List of wars by death toll

Massacres

* List of events named massacres * 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 *

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 * List of massacres in the Bosnian War * List of massacres in the Croatian War of Independence * List of massacres committed during the Eritrean War of Independence *

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 Ter ...

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 *

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) *

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

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

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 *

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 *

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 * List of disasters in Romania by death toll *

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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Death tolls