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• 1035 CEYangon foundedYangon, also romanized in English as Rangoon, Mon : ဒဂုၚ် is the capital city of the Yangon Region and the…
• 1420 CEYanxi Palace builtThe Palace of Prolonging Happiness (Chinese: 延禧宫; pinyin: Yánxǐgōng), also known as Yanxi Palace, is one of…
• 2022 CEYaoundé football crushOn 24 January 2022, at least eight people were killed in a crowd crush at the south entrance of Olembe…
• 1888 CEYaoundé foundedYaoundé (UK:; US:, French pronunciation: [ja.unde]) is the capital city of Cameroon. It has a population of…
• 2013 CEYarnell Hill FireA wildfire near Yarnell, Arizona–ignited by dry lightning on June 28, 2013–overran and killed 19 members of…
• 1010 CEYaroslavl foundedYaroslavl (Russian: Ярославль, IPA: [jɪrɐˈsɫavlʲ]) is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl…
• 1921 CEYasnaya Polyana (monument) builtYasnaya Polyana (Russian: Я́сная Поля́на, IPA: [ˈjasnəjə pɐˈlʲanə], lit. 'Bright Glade') is a writer's house…
• 1869 CEYasukuni Shrine builtYasukuni Shrine (Japanese: 靖国神社 or 靖國神社, Hepburn: Yasukuni Jinja; lit. 'Peaceful Country Shrine') is a Shinto…
• 1949 CEYavne settledYavne (Hebrew: יַבְנֶה) is a city in the Central District of Israel. In 2024 it had a population of 58,090.…
• 1527 CEYavuz Selim Mosque builtThe Yavuz Selim Mosque, also known as the Selim I Mosque and the Yavuz Sultan Selim Mosque (Turkish: Yavuz…
• 2016 CEYavuz Sultan Selim Bridge builtThe Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge (Turkish: Yavuz Sultan Selim Köprüsü), also known as the Third Bosphorus…
• 69 CEYear of the Four EmperorsThe Year of the Four Emperors, AD 69, was the first civil war of the Roman Empire, during which four emperors…
• 1458 CEYedikule Fortress builtYedikule Fortress (Turkish: Yedikule Hisarı or Yedikule Zindanları; meaning "Fortress of the Seven Towers")…
• 1723 CEYekaterinburg foundedYekaterinburg, alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk (1924–1991), is a…
• 1937 CEYekatit 12Yekatit 12 (Amharic: የካቲት ፲፪, romanized: Yekatīt 12), also known in Italy as the Addis Ababa massacre…
• 1774 CEYellow Creek MassacreThe Yellow Creek massacre was a killing of several Mingo Indians by Virginian settlers on April 30, 1774. The…
• 1988 CEYellowstone fires of 1988The largest wildfire in the recorded history of Yellowstone National Park in the United States took place in…
• 2025 CEYelwata massacreThe Yelwata massacre was a massacre of Christian villagers which took place between June 13 and 14, 2025 in…
• 2001 CEYemenia Flight 448Yemenia Flight 448 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight piloted by Captain Amer Anis from Sanaa to…
• 1710 CEYeni Üsküdar Mosque builtThe Yeni Valide Mosque at Üsküdar aka Valide-e Jadid Mosque (Turkish: Yeni Vâlide Camii, Vâlide-i Cedid…
• 1699 CEYeni-Kale (fortress) builtYeni-Kale (Ukrainian: Єні-Кале; Russian: Еникале; Turkish: Yenikale; Crimean Tatar: Yeñi Qale, also spelled…
• 1953 CEYenice–Gönen earthquake of 1953The 1953 Yenice–Gönen earthquake occurred at 21:06 local time (19:06 UTC) on 18 March in the province of…
• 401 CEYererouk (church building) builtYererouk (Armenian: Երերույքի տաճար, Yereruyk’i tachar), also Yereruyk or Ererouk, is an ancient Armenian…
• 1919 CEYerevan State University foundedYerevan State University (YSU; Armenian: Երևանի պետական համալսարան, ԵՊՀ, Yerevani petakan hamalsaran), also…
• 781 BCEYerevan foundedYerevan (UK: YERR-ə-VAN, US:, -⁠VAHN; Armenian: Երևան [jɛɾɛˈvɑn]; sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital…
• 2002 CEYeshivat Beit Yisrael massacreA Palestinian suicide bombing occurred in the Beit Yisrael neighborhood in downtown Jerusalem on 2 March…
• 1421 CEYeşil Türbe (monument) builtThe Green Tomb (Turkish: Yeşil Türbe) is a mausoleum of the fifth Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed I, in Bursa, Turkey.…
• 2019 CEYirgou massacreOn the night between December 31, 2018, and January 1, 2019, alleged Ansarul Islam jihadists attacked the…
• 1867 CEYlivieska foundedYlivieska (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈyliˌʋie̯skɑ]) is a town and municipality of Northern Ostrobothnia region…
• 1869 CEYlöjärvi foundedYlöjärvi (Finnish: [ˈyløˌjærʋi]) is a town in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. It lies to the west…
• 2013 CEYobe State school shootingOn 6 July 2013, Boko Haram insurgents attacked the Government Secondary School in the village of Mamudo in…
• 1889 CEYokohama foundedYokohama (Japanese: 横浜; pronounced [jokohama] ) is the second-largest city in Japan by population as well as…
• 1907 CEYokosuka foundedYokosuka (Japanese: 横須賀市, Hepburn: Yokosuka-shi; pronounced [jokosɯ̥ka]) is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture…
• 1889 CEYonezawa foundedYonezawa (米沢市, Yonezawa-shi) is a city in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 February 2020, the city had an…
• 1694 CEYonghe Temple builtThe Yonghe Temple (Chinese: 雍和宮; lit. 'Palace of Harmony and Peace'; also known as the Yonghe Lamasery or…
• 1608 CEYongtai Fortress builtYongtai Fortress is a village and historical fortress town in Sitan Township, Jingtai County, Baiyin City…
• 1068 CEYork Castle builtYork Castle is a fortified complex in the city of York, England. It consists of a sequence of castles…
• 1220 CEYork Minster builtYork Minster, formally the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Peter in York, is an Anglican cathedral…
• 1959 CEYork University foundedYork University (also known as York U or simply York; French: Université York) is a public research…
• 71 CEYork foundedYork is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the…
• 1262 CEYoros Castle builtYoros Castle (Turkish: Yoros Kalesi) is a ruined castle dating back to Byzantine times that stands above the…
• 2018 CEYouTube headquarters shootingOn April 3, 2018, at approximately 12:46 p.m. PDT, a shooting occurred at the headquarters of the American…
• 2005 CEYoumaconYoumacon is an annual four-day anime convention held during November at Huntington Place in Detroit…
• 1848 CEYoung Ireland rebellionThe Young Irelander Rebellion was a failed Irish nationalist uprising led by the Young Ireland movement, part…
• 71860 BCEYoungest Toba eruptionThe Toba eruption (also called the Toba supereruption and the Youngest Toba eruption) was a large eruption…
• 1971 CEYucca Valley foundedYucca Valley is an incorporated town in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The population was…
• 1883 CEYukhari Govhar Agha Mosque builtThe Yukhari Govhar Agha Mosque (Azerbaijani: Yuxarı Gövhər Ağa Məscidi), also called the Great Mosque of…
• 1030 CEYuriev Monastery builtThe St. George's (Yuriev) Monastery (Russian: Юрьев монастырь, romanized: Yur'ev monastyr') is usually cited…
• 1770 CEYusupov Palace on Moika builtThe Palace of the Yusupovs on the Moika (Russian: Дворец Юсуповых на Мойке), known as the Moika Palace or…
• 1886 CEYıldız Hamidi Mosque builtThe Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque (Turkish: Yıldız Hamidiye Camii), also called the Yıldız Mosque (Turkish: Yıldız…
• 1790 CEYıldız Palace builtYıldız Palace (Turkish: Yıldız Sarayı, IPA: [jɯɫˈdɯz saɾaˈjɯ]) is a vast complex of former imperial Ottoman…
• 1180 CEYōwa famineThe Yōwa famine (養和の飢饉, Yōwa no kikin), was a famine which affected Japan at the end of Heian period. It…

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• 383 BCEZadar foundedZadar (US: ZAH-dar, Croatian: [zâdar] ), historically known as Zara (from Venetian and Italian, pronounced…
• 1972 CEZadar school shootingOn 9 October 1972, a 19-year-old student shot two teachers at a gymnasium in Zadar (current-day Vladimir…
• 1943 CEZagaje massacreZagaje massacre was a mass murder of ethnic Poles carried out on 11–12 July 1943 by the troops of the…
• 1461 CEZagan Pasha Mosque builtZagan Pasha Mosque (Turkish: Zağnospaşa Camii) is a historic mosque in Balıkesir, northwest Turkey. It is…
• 1093 CEZagreb Cathedral builtThe Zagreb Cathedral (officially the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saints…
• 1094 CEZagreb foundedZagreb ( ZAH-greb; Croatian: [zǎːɡreb] ) is the capital and largest city of Croatia. It is in the north of…
• 2024 CEZagreb school stabbingOn 20 December 2024, a mass stabbing occurred at Prečko Elementary School in Zagreb, Croatia. 19-year-old…
• 1912 CEZahir Mosque builtThe Zahir Mosque (Malay: Masjid Zahir, Kedah Malay: Masjid Zaheq) is a Sunni mosque in Alor Setar, Kota…
• 1914 CEZaian WarThe Zaian (or Zayan) War was fought between France and the Zaian Confederation of Berber tribes in Morocco…
• 2001 CEZaki Biam MassacreThe Zaki-Biam massacre (also known as The Zaki-Biam Invasion or Operation No Living Thing) was a mass…
• 1416 CEZakimi Castle builtZakimi Castle (座喜味城, Zakimi jō; Okinawan: Zachimi Gushiku) is a Ryūkyūan gusuku fortification located in the…
• 1992 CEZaklopača massacreThe Zaklopača massacre occurred three years before the Srebrenica massacre, at the time when Serb forces were…
• 1590 CEZal Mahmud Pasha Mosque builtThe Zal Mahmud Pasha Mosque (Turkish: Zal Mahmut Paşa Camii) is a 16th-century Ottoman mosque located in the…
• 2020 CEZalambessa massacreThe Zalambessa massacre was a mass extrajudicial killing that took place in Zalambessa in the Tigray Region…
• 1946 CEZaleszany massacreIn the aftermath of World War II, between 79 and 87 Polish nationals of Belarusian ethnicity were killed in…
• 2013 CEZamboanga City crisisThe Zamboanga siege (Filipino: Pagkubkob sa Zamboanga; Chavacano: Asedio na Zamboanga; Tausug: Pagkubkub ha…
• 1939 CEZambrów massacreThe Zambrów massacre was a war crime that took place on the night of 13–14 September 1939. It was one of the…
• 2021 CEZamfara kidnappingThe Zamfara kidnapping (or Jangebe kidnapping) was the abduction of 279 female students aged between 10 and…
• 2021 CEZamr massacreThe Zamr massacre was a mass extrajudicial killing that took place in Zamr (Tigrinya: ዛምር) in the Tigray…
• 2024 CEZamzam and Abu Shouk refugee camp massacresDuring the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continuously shelled and…
• 1978 CEZanfretta UFO IncidentThe Zanfretta UFO incident was an alleged alien encounter that occurred on 6 December 1978 near the town of…
• 1964 CEZanzibar RevolutionThe Zanzibar Revolution (Swahili: Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar; Arabic: ثورة زنجبار, romanized: Thawrat Zanjibār)…
• 2011 CEZanzibar ferry sinkingOn 10 September 2011, MV Spice Islander I, a passenger ferry, reportedly carrying over 2,000 passengers, sank…
• 1945 CEZapel-Ausbau massacreThe Zapel-Ausbau massacre was a massacre committed by the SS of Nazi Germany on 3 May 1945 during the final…
• 952 CEZaporizhzhia foundedZaporizhzhia, formerly known as Aleksandrovsk or Oleksandrivsk until 1921, is a city in southeast Ukraine…
• 1528 CEZaraysk Kremlin (fortress) builtThe Zaraysk Kremlin is a rectangular fortified citadel, built at the behest of Vasili III of Moscow between…
• 2014 CEZaria Quds Day MassacresZaria Quds Day massacres (or Zaria Quds massacres) refers to an incident on 25 July 2014, when the Nigerian…
• 1938 CEZarrentin am Schaalsee foundedZarrentin am Schaalsee (German pronunciation: [ˈtsaʁɛntiːn ʔam ˈʃaːlˌzeː], lit. 'Zarrentin on the…
• 2011 CEZawiya skirmishThe Zawiya skirmish began on 11 June 2011, when the National Liberation Army launched an attack into the…
• 1631 CEZbarazh Castle builtThe Zbarazh Castle (Ukrainian: Збаразький замок, romanized: Zbarazkyi zamok; Polish: Zamek w Zbarażu) is a…
• 1918 CEZeebrugge RaidThe Zeebrugge Raid (Dutch: Aanval op de haven van Zeebrugge; French: Raid sur Zeebruges) on 23 April 1918…
• 1984 CEZeewolde foundedZeewolde (Dutch pronunciation: [zeːˈʋɔldə] ) is a municipality and a town in the Flevoland province in the…
• 1892 CEZegrze Fortress builtThe Zegrze Fortress (Polish: Twierdza Zegrze) is a military structure located in Zegrze, Poland, on a high…
• 2009 CEZeitoun incidentThe Zeitoun killings refer to the Israeli military incursion, led by the Givati Brigade unit of the Israel…
• 1895 CEZeitun RebellionThe Zeitun rebellion or Second Zeitun Resistance (Armenian: Զեյթունի երկրորդ գոյամարտը, Zeyt'uni yerkrord…
• 2014 CEZelenopillya rocket attackThe Zelenopillia rocket attack took place on 11 July 2014 during the war in Donbas. The rocket barrage, which…
• 1993 CEZenica massacreThe Zenica massacre happened on 19 April 1993, shortly after noon. Several shells fired from the Croatian…
• 1051 CEZenkunen WarThe Zenkunen War (前九年の役, Zenkunen no Eki), also known in English as the Former Nine Years' War or the Early…
• 400 CEZerzevan Castle builtZerzevan Castle (Kurdish: Qesra Zêrzevan, Zîrzevan Turkish: Zerzevan Kalesi Armenian: Զերզեվանի ամրոց), also…
• 1769 CEZeynep Sultan Mosque builtThe Zeynep Sultan Mosque (Turkish: Zeynep Sultan Camii) is a mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. It was built in 1769…
• 1136 CEZeyrek Mosque builtZeyrek Mosque (Turkish: Zeyrek Camii) or the Monastery of the Pantokrator (Greek: Μονή του Παντοκράτορος…
• 606 CEZhaozhou Bridge builtThe Anji Bridge (simplified Chinese: 安济桥; traditional Chinese: 安濟橋; pinyin: Ānjì Qiáo; lit. 'Safe crossing…
• 1897 CEZhejiang University foundedZhejiang University (ZJU) is a public research university in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. It is affiliated with…
• 2014 CEZhengzhou Airport riotThe Zhengzhou Airport riot occurred on 5–6 February 2014. Passengers at the airport in Zhengzhou, capital of…
• 1977 CEZhongli incidentThe Zhongli Incident or Chung-li Incident was a democracy movement in the Taiwanese town of Zhongli (now…
• 884 CEZhytomyr foundedZhytomyr (Ukrainian: Житомир [ʒɪˈtɔmɪr]; see below for other names) is a city in the north of the western…
• 2020 CEZiban Gedena massacreThe Ziban Gedena massacre was a mass extrajudicial killing that took place in Ziban Gedena (Tigrinya: ዝባን…
• 1930 CEZilan massacreThe Zilan massacre was the massacre of thousands of Kurdish civilians by the Turkish Land Forces in the Zilan…
• 1915 CEZimmerwald ConferenceThe Zimmerwald Conference, held in Zimmerwald, Switzerland, from September 5 to 8, 1915, was the first of…
• 1385 CEZimnicea foundedZimnicea (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈzimnit͡ʃe̯a]) is a town in Teleorman County, Romania (in the historic…
• 2999 BCEZincirli Höyük (monument) builtZincirli Höyük is an archaeological site located in the Anti-Taurus Mountains of modern Turkey's Gaziantep…
• 1975 CEZion Square refrigerator bombingThe Zion Square refrigerator bombing was a terrorist attack carried out in Zion Square, Jerusalem on July 4…
• 2007 CEZirve Publishing House massacreThe Zirve Publishing House murders, called the Missionary Massacres by Turkish media, took place on April 18…
• 2016 CEZliten truck bombingThe Zliten truck bombing occurred on 7 January 2016, when Islamist militants detonated a truck bomb at the…
• 901 CEZografou Monastery builtThe Saint George the Zograf Monastery or Zograf Monastery (Greek: Μονή Ζωγράφου, Moní Zográphou; Bulgarian…
• 1847 CEZollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex (monument) builtThe Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex (German Zeche Zollverein) is a large former industrial site in…
• 1781 CEZong massacreThe Zong massacre was a mass killing of more than 130 enslaved African people by the crew of the British…
• 2001 CEZug massacreThe Zug massacre was a mass shooting that took place on 27 September 2001 in the parliament of the Canton of…
• 1637 CEZuihōden (mausoleum) builtZuihōden (瑞鳳殿) in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan is the mausoleum complex of Date Masamune and his heirs…
• 200 CEZurich foundedZurich (German: Zürich; Alemannic German: Züri; see below) is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital…
• 1349 CEZurich massacreThe Zurich massacre was an antisemitic episode in Zurich, Switzerland, which occurred in 1349. The incident…
• 2021 CEZurmi massacreOn 11–12 June 2021, a massacre occurred in Zurmi, Zamfara State, Nigeria. The attack was part of a broader…
• 601 CEZvartnots Cathedral settledZvartnots Cathedral (Armenian: Զուարթնոց (classical); Զվարթնոց (reformed), sometimes rendered in scholarly…
• 1400 CEZvolen Castle builtZvolen Castle (Slovak: Zvolenský zámok or incorrectly Zvolenský hrad, Hungarian: Zólyomi vár) is a medieval…
• 1992 CEZvornik massacreThe Zvornik massacre refers to acts of mass murder and violence committed against Bosniaks and other non-Serb…
• 1300 CEZvíkov Castle builtZvíkov (Czech: hrad Zvíkov; German: Klingenberg), often called "the king of Czech castles", is a castle in…
• 1711 CEZwinger (palace) builtThe Zwinger (German: Dresdner Zwinger, IPA: [ˈdʁeːzdnɐ ˈt͡svɪŋɐ]) is a palatial complex with gardens in…
• 1220 CEZytglogge (monument) builtThe Zytglogge (Bernese German: [ˈtsiˌkːlɔkːə]; lit. 'time bell') is a landmark medieval tower in Bern…
• 1367 CEZărnești foundedZărnești (Romanian pronunciation: [zərˈneʃtʲ]; German: Molkendorf, Zernescht; Hungarian: Zernest) is a town…

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• 2021 CEabandonment of buffaloes in BrotasIn November 2021, more than a thousand buffaloes were left abandoned on a farm in the Brazilian municipality…
• 1962 CEaccident de BérylThe "Béryl incident" was a French nuclear test, conducted on 1 May 1962, during which nine soldiers of the…
• 2023 CEal-Ahli Arab Hospital explosionOn 17 October 2023, an explosion took place in a courtyard of al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City during the…
• 2020 CEal-Jawf OffensiveThe Al Jawf offensive was a Houthi offensive that began in February 2020 with clashes in the Al Jawf…
• 1914 CEanti-Serb riots in SarajevoAnti-Serb riots, consisting of large-scale violence against Serbs, occurred in Sarajevo on 28 and 29 June…
• 1808 CEarc de triomphe du Carrousel (monument) builtThe Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel (French: [aʁk də tʁijɔ̃f dy kaʁuzɛl]; "Triumphal Arch of the Carousel") is a…
• 1934 CEassassination in MarseillesAlexander I Karađorđević (Serbo-Croatian: Александар I Карађорђевић, Aleksandar I Karađorđević, 16 December…
• 1951 CEassassination of Abdullah I of JordanOn 20 July 1951, King Abdullah I of Jordan was assassinated while visiting the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.…
• 1865 CEassassination of Abraham LincolnOn April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was shot at Ford's Theatre in…
• 1979 CEassassination of Airey NeaveOn 30 March 1979, Airey Neave, British Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, was assassinated by…
• 1881 CEassassination of Alexander II of RussiaOn 13 March [O.S. 1 March] 1881, Alexander II, the Emperor of Russia, was assassinated in Saint Petersburg…
• 661 CEassassination of AliAli ibn Abi Talib, the fourth Rashidun caliph (r. 656–661) and the first Shia Imam, was assassinated during…
• 2026 CEassassination of Ali KhameneiOn 28 February 2026, Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, was assassinated in Tehran as part of a series…
• 2026 CEassassination of Ali LarijaniOn 17 March 2026, Ali Larijani, the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, was assassinated in…
• 2025 CEassassination of Anas Al-SharifOn 10 August 2025, Anas Al-Sharif, a Palestinian journalist working for Al Jazeera, was assassinated in an…
• 2016 CEassassination of Andrei KarlovAndrei Karlov, the Russian Ambassador to Turkey, was assassinated by Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, an off-duty…
• 1981 CEassassination of Anwar SadatOn 6 October 1981, Anwar Sadat, the president of Egypt, was assassinated during the annual victory parade…
• 1914 CEassassination of Archduke Franz FerdinandArchduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie…
• 2017 CEassassination of Ataullah ShahOn 19 August 2017, Attaullah Shah, a prominent worker of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F), was shot dead by unknown…
• 2007 CEassassination of Benazir BhuttoBenazir Bhutto was assassinated on 27 December 2007 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Bhutto, the former prime…
• 2015 CEassassination of Boris NemtsovOn 27 February 2015, Boris Nemtsov, a Russian politician opposed to the government of Vladimir Putin, was…
• 2025 CEassassination of Charlie KirkOn September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk, an American right-wing political activist, was assassinated at Utah…
• 1897 CEassassination of Cánovas del CastilloItalian anarchist Michele Angiolillo assassinated Spanish Prime Minister Antonio Cánovas del Castillo on 8…
• 1922 CEassassination of Gabriel NarutowiczGabriel Narutowicz, the first president of Poland after regaining independence, was assassinated by a…
• 1983 CEassassination of Galip BalkarGalip Balkar, Turkish ambassador to Yugoslavia, was shot on 9 March 1983 in downtown Belgrade, capital of…
• 2007 CEassassination of Hrant DinkThe prominent Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was assassinated in Istanbul on 19 January 2007. Dink…
• 1984 CEassassination of Indira GandhiIndira Gandhi, the Indian prime minister, was assassinated at 9:30 am on 31 October 1984 at her residence in…
• 1960 CEassassination of Inejiro AsanumaOn 12 October 1960, Inejirō Asanuma (浅沼 稲次郎, Asanuma Inejirō), chairman of the Japan Socialist Party, was…
• 2024 CEassassination of Iryna FarionIryna Farion, a Ukrainian linguist, former lawmaker and nationalist politician who served as a deputy in the…
• 2024 CEassassination of Ismail HaniyehOn 31 July 2024, Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, was assassinated along with his personal…
• 2008 CEassassination of Ivo PukanićThe assassination of Ivo Pukanić happened on 23 October 2008 in Zagreb, Croatia, when a remote-detonation car…
• 2018 CEassassination of Jamal KhashoggiOn 2 October 2018, Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi dissident journalist, was killed by agents of the Saudi…
• 1881 CEassassination of James A. GarfieldOn July 2, 1881, at 9:30 AM, James A. Garfield, the 20th president of the United States, was shot at the…
• 1963 CEassassination of John F. KennedyOn Friday, November 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated…
• 1419 CEassassination of John the FearlessJohn the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, was assassinated on the bridge at Montereau on 10 September 1419 during…
• 2021 CEassassination of Jovenel MoïseJovenel Moïse, the 48th president of Haiti, was assassinated on 7 July 2021 at 1:00 am EDT (UTC−04:00) at his…
• 43 BCEassassination of Julius CaesarJulius Caesar, the Roman dictator, was assassinated on the Ides of March (15 March), 44 BC, by a group of…
• 2017 CEassassination of Kim Jong-namOn 13 February 2017, Kim Jong-nam, the older half-brother of the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was…
• 1407 CEassassination of Louis I, Duke of OrléansLouis I, Duke of Orléans, was assassinated on 23 November 1407 in Paris, France. The assassination occurred…
• 1979 CEassassination of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of BurmaLord Mountbatten, a retired British statesman and cousin to Queen Elizabeth II, was assassinated on 27 August…
• 1948 CEassassination of Mahatma GandhiMahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948 at the age of 78 in the compound of The Birla House (now…
• 2018 CEassassination of Marielle FrancoMarielle Franco, a Brazilian politician and activist, was fatally shot on 14 March 2018, in Estácio, Rio de…
• 1968 CEassassination of Martin Luther King Jr.On April 4, 1968, at 6:01 p.m. CST, Martin Luther King Jr., an American civil rights activist, was fatally…
• 2025 CEassassination of Miguel Uribe TurbayOn 7 June 2025, Miguel Uribe Turbay, a senator and pre-candidate in the 2026 Colombian presidential election…
• 1904 CEassassination of Nikolay BobrikovThe assassination of Nikolay Bobrikov took place on 16 June [O.S. 3 June] 1904 when Finnish nationalist Eugen…
• 1991 CEassassination of Nikos TemponerasNikos Temponeras (1954 – January 8, 1991) was a high school mathematics teacher, and a member of the…
• 1986 CEassassination of Olof PalmeOn 28 February 1986, at 23:21 CET (22:21 UTC), Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden, was fatally wounded by a…
• 1931 CEassassination of Paul Anlauf and Franz LenckOn 9 August 1931 a double homicide took place in Berlin, Weimar Germany, when Berlin police captains Paul…
• 2019 CEassassination of Paweł AdamowiczPaweł Adamowicz, the mayor of Gdańsk, Poland, was fatally stabbed on 13 January 2019 while onstage during a…
• 2002 CEassassination of Pim FortuynPim Fortuyn, a Dutch politician, was assassinated by Volkert van der Graaf in Hilversum, North Holland on 6…
• 2020 CEassassination of Qasem SoleimaniOn 3 January 2020, Qasem Soleimani, an Iranian major general, was assassinated by an American drone strike…
• 2005 CEassassination of Rafic HaririOn 14 February 2005, former Prime Minister of Lebanon Rafic Hariri was assassinated along with 21 others in…
• 1991 CEassassination of Rajiv GandhiThe assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, former prime minister of India, occurred as a result of a suicide bombing…
• 1968 CEassassination of Robert F. KennedyOn June 5, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy was shot by 24-year-old Sirhan Sirhan at the Ambassador Hotel in Los…
• 1894 CEassassination of Sadi CarnotOn 24 June 1894, French President Sadi Carnot was assassinated by Italian anarchist Sante Geronimo Caserio in…
• 2024 CEassassination of Saleh al-ArouriOn 2 January 2024, Saleh al-Arouri, the deputy leader of Hamas, was killed in an Israeli strike on an office…
• 1975 CEassassination of Sheikh Mujibur RahmanSheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding president of Bangladesh, was assassinated along with most of his family…
• 2022 CEassassination of Shinzō AbeOn 8 July 2022, Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister of Japan and serving member of the Japanese House of…
• 1918 CEassassination of Sidónio PaisThe fourth President of Portugal, Sidónio Pais, was shot and fatally wounded at the Lisboa-Rossio Railway…
• 1812 CEassassination of Spencer PercevalOn 11 May 1812, at about 5:15 pm, Spencer Perceval, the prime minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain…
• 2004 CEassassination of Theo van GoghTheodoor "Theo" van Gogh (Dutch: [ˈteːjoː vɑŋ ˈɣɔx]; 23 July 1957 – 2 November 2004) was a Dutch film…
• 1971 CEassassination of Wasfi TalOn 28 November 1971, Wasfi Tal, the 15th Prime Minister of Jordan, was assassinated while he was on his way…
• 1901 CEassassination of William McKinleyWilliam McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American…
• 1995 CEassassination of Yitzhak RabinYitzhak Rabin, the prime minister of Israel, was assassinated on 4 November 1995 at 21:30, at the end of a…
• 1981 CEassassination of Ziaur RahmanZiaur Rahman, the sixth president of Bangladesh, was assassinated by members of the Bangladesh Army on 30 May…
• 2003 CEassassination of Zoran ĐinđićZoran Đinđić, the sixth Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia, was assassinated on Wednesday 12 March…
• 1980 CEassassination of the Marquesses of UrquijoThe Spanish nobles María Lourdes de Urquijo, 5th Marchioness of Urquijo and Grandee of Spain, and her husband…
• 1929 CEassassination of the recruiter BazinThe assassination of Alfred François Bazin (French: [bazɛ̃]), a French labour recruiter in Hanoi, colonial…
• 2008 CEattack on Abu Bakr Mosque of BakuThe 2008 Abu Bakr Mosque Bombing took place on August 17, 2008, when a grenade was thrown through a window of…
• 1958 CEattack on Richard Nixon's motorcadeOn May 13, 1958, US vice president Richard Nixon's motorcade was attacked by a mob in Caracas, Venezuela…
• 1974 CEattempted assassination of Asari GiichiOn 8 March 1974, a 22-year-old ethnically Japanese man from Hiroshima named Yagi Tatsumi entered the office…
• 1986 CEattempted assassination of Augusto PinochetAn assassination attempt was made on Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet the evening of 7 September 1986, when…
• 2022 CEattempted assassination of Cristina Fernández de KirchnerOn 1 September 2022, a man attempted to assassinate Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, the vice president and…
• 2024 CEattempted assassination of Donald Trump in FloridaOn September 15, 2024, Donald Trump, then a former president of the United States and nominee of the…
• 2024 CEattempted assassination of Donald Trump in PennsylvaniaOn July 13, 2024, Donald Trump, then a former president of the United States and the presumptive nominee of…
• 2023 CEattempted assassination of Fumio KishidaOn 15 April 2023, a pipe bomb exploded near Fumio Kishida, the then-prime minister of Japan, who came to the…
• 1950 CEattempted assassination of Harry S. TrumanOn November 1, 1950, Puerto Rican secessionists Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola attempted to assassinate…
• 2025 CEattempted assassination of Hassan Sheikh MohamudThe attempted assassination of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud occurred on 18 March 2025, when al-Shabaab militants…
• 2022 CEattempted assassination of Imran KhanOn 3 November 2022, Imran Khan, a former prime minister of Pakistan and chairman of the Pakistan…