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This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths that are either directly or indirectly caused by war.These numbers include the deaths of military personnel which are the direct results of a battle or other military wartime actions, as well as wartime/war-related deaths of civilians which are often results of war-induced epidemics, famines, genocide, etc. Due to incomplete records, the ...
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1856 – Battle of Seattle (1856), Jan 26, Attack by Native American tribesmen upon Seattle, Washington. 1856 – Pottawatomie massacre, May 24, Franklin County, Kansas. 1856 – Baltimore Know-Nothing riots of 1856, (anti-immigration) 1856 – San Francisco Vigilance Movement, San Francisco, California.
Watts is now suspected to have killed more than 100 women, which would make him the most prolific serial killer in American history. [136] Belle Gunness United States: 1884–1908 14 40 Norwegian-born murder-for-profit killer who murdered her suitors and relatives in Indiana. High possibility of committing over 40 murders.
The events have been characterized as a genocide due to the intentions of its perpetrators to destroy the Osage nation. [254][255][256][257][258] Estimates vary widely, with 10% of 591 full-blood Osage being killed with the lowest estimate. [259] Armenian genocide. Ottoman Empire (now Turkey, Syria, and Iraq) 1915.
Kurdish rebellions in Turkey. 6 March 1921. Ongoing. 103 years, 5 months and 4 weeks. Russo-Circassian War. 1763. 1864. 100 years, 10 months and 4 days. Xhosa Wars.
There have been 15 tropical cyclones in the 21st century so far with a death toll of at least 1,000, of which the deadliest was Cyclone Nargis, with at least 138,373 deaths when it struck Myanmar. In recent years, the deadliest Atlantic hurricane was Hurricane Mitch of 1998, with at least 11,374 deaths attributed to it, while the deadliest ...
Veshkayma, Ulyanovsk Oblast. Russia. 3. 1. F. Ruslan Akhtyamov, 26. No. Suicide. The # symbol indicates the massacre's ranking by number of deaths (since this list is sorted by death toll, not by date or by number of overall casualties).