Disasters & Accidents
1,923 sourced entries filed under disasters & accidents, split by century. Each century below opens the full list for that stretch of time.
By century
- Disasters & Accidents in the 1st century — 9 entries
- Disasters & Accidents in the 5th century — 12 entries
- Disasters & Accidents in the 11th century — 9 entries
- Disasters & Accidents in the 12th century — 20 entries
- Disasters & Accidents in the 14th century — 13 entries
- Disasters & Accidents in the 15th century — 20 entries
- Disasters & Accidents in the 16th century — 37 entries
- Disasters & Accidents in the 17th century — 95 entries
- Disasters & Accidents in the 18th century — 116 entries
- Disasters & Accidents in the 19th century — 248 entries
- Disasters & Accidents in the 20th century — 1,068 entries
- Disasters & Accidents in the 21st century — 276 entries
A line from each of the last few centuries
- 1556November 10 – The English ship Edward Bonadventure, commanded by Richard Chancellor is wrecked on the coast of Scotland at Pitsligo, killing most of its crew, including Chancellor. The few survivors include the first Russian ambassador to England, Osip Nepeya.source
- 1656May 7 – Nine days after the wreck of the Vergulde Draeck, a steersman and six crew members are dispatched to Batavia to get help. The other 68 survivors remain at Ledge Point and await rescue but are not seen again.source
- 1744January 6 – The Royal Navy ship Bacchus engages the Spanish Navy privateer Begona, and sinks it; 90 of the 120 Spanish sailors die, but 30 of the crew are rescued.source
- 1868August 20 – Abergele rail disaster in Wales: An Irish Mail passenger train collides with 4 cargo trucks loaded with paraffin oil (more akin to modern kerosine); 33 are killed (the first major train disaster in Britain).source
- 1965June 25 – A U.S. Air Force Boeing C-135 Stratolifter bound for Okinawa crashes just after takeoff at MCAS El Toro in Orange County, California, killing all 85 on board.source
- 2014May 14 – According to a South Korea Unification Ministry report, a twenty-three story apartment building collapsed in Pyongchon-guyok, Pyongyang, North Korea (DPR of Korea), with more than 490 fatalities estimated.source