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List of Islamist terrorist attacks
List of Islamist terrorist attacks: compilations such as Fondapol (66,872 attacks, 249,941 deaths, 1979-2024), the Global Terrorism Database, and CSPII; deadliest events 9/11 and October 7, 2023; deadliest groups Taliban, Islamic State, Boko Haram.
List of Israeli assassinations
List of Israeli assassinations: Israel's targeted killings of militant and political leaders, from the 1956 Gaza bomb and 1992 killing of Abbas al-Musawi to Hamas chiefs Deif, Yahya Sinwar, and Mohammed Sinwar, plus legal rulings and the effectiveness debate.
List of Japanese battles
Japanese battles, from the Genpei War (1180–1185) and Mongol invasions of 1274 through Nagashino, Sekigahara, the Seinan War, and the Pacific War battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, surveyed chronologically with weapons, outcomes, and casualties.
List of Japanese-run internment camps during World War II
Japanese-run internment camps (POW and civilian camps in occupied Asia and Japan) held roughly 130,000 Allied civilians and 150,000 Allied POWs; about 180 camps existed in Japan proper, including Santo Tomás, Tjihapit, Zentsūji, and Fukuoka.
List of kidnappings (1970–1979)
Kidnappings of 1970-1979: a wave of largely political abductions centered in Latin America, including Patty Hearst and US diplomats in Khartoum and Mexico, prompting no-negotiation policies and the 1979 UN Hostages Convention.
List of kidnappings (2010–2019)
Kidnappings 2010–2019: rise of kidnap-for-ransom by insurgent groups, AQIM's $75 million ransoms, and Nigeria's mass school abductions beginning with Boko Haram's 2014 Chibok kidnapping of 276 girls.
List of last surviving World War I veterans
The list of last surviving World War I veterans records the final known service members of the war, ending with Florence Green, who died in 2012.
List of lost United States submarines
This list of lost United States submarines summarizes losses from both wartime and peacetime, highlighting the 52 lost in World War II, including severe non-combat incidents.
List of major perpetrators of the Holocaust
Major perpetrators of the Holocaust: Himmler's SS and police leaders, Eichmann, Einsatzgruppen commanders, killing-center SS officers, plus Wehrmacht, Reichsbank, I.G. Farben, and collaborators across occupied Europe; postwar trials reached only a small minority.
List of major terrorist incidents
List of major terrorist incidents: deadliest and most consequential attacks such as 9/11, Paris 2015, Nice 2016, and October 7, 2023, with counts from the GTD and Global Terrorism Index.
List of mass shootings in South Africa
Mass shootings in South Africa, defined by police as three or more people shot in one attack, are mostly multi-gunman criminal attacks tied to gangs, illegal mining, extortion, and taxi conflicts, with incidents such as Soweto 2022 and Wedela 2026.
List of mass shootings in the United States in 2019
2019 U.S. mass shootings: counts ranged from six to 503 incidents and 60 to 628 deaths depending on definition. Notable attacks included El Paso (22 dead), Dayton (9), Virginia Beach (12), Sebring, and Odessa-Midland.
List of mass shootings in the United States in 2020
Mass shootings in the United States in 2020: Gun Violence Archive counted 610 incidents under its four-or-more-victims definition, up from 417 in 2019, while the FBI designated 40 active shooter incidents; definitions and counts vary by source.
List of mass shootings in the United States in 2021
Mass shootings in the United States in 2021: the FBI designated 61 active shooter incidents (103 killed, 140 wounded), 12 meeting the federal mass killing definition; broader Gun Violence Archive counts differ sharply by definition.
List of mass shootings in the United States in 2022
Mass shootings in the United States in 2022, also tracked as Gun Violence Archive and FBI active shooter data: 647 GVA mass shootings and 50 FBI active shooter incidents, including Uvalde, Buffalo, Highland Park, and Club Q.
List of mass shootings in the United States in 2023
2023 US mass shootings: Gun Violence Archive counted 656 (or 660) incidents with four or more victims shot, killing 712; FBI designated 48 active shooter incidents; Lewiston, Maine was deadliest.
List of mass shootings in the United States in 2024
Mass shootings in the United States in 2024: FBI counted 24 active shooter incidents (down 50% from 2023), Gun Violence Archive counted 502 mass shootings; counts vary by definition, with notable incidents at Apalachee High School, Fordyce, and Charlotte.
List of mass shootings in the United States in 2026
A list of mass shootings in the United States in 2026, where counts vary from 21 to 345 by database, including notable attacks in Bend, Oregon, and Erie, Pennsylvania.
List of massacres in Australia
Documented massacres in Australia, chiefly the University of Newcastle Colonial Frontier Massacres map (1788–1930): 438 verified sites, at least 10,657 killed, definition of six or more defenceless people, peaks in the 1820s and 1840s.
List of massacres of Indigenous Australians
Massacres of Indigenous Australians, 1788–1930, recorded in the University of Newcastle Colonial Frontier Massacres map: 438 sites, at least 10,657 killed, six-or-more undefended definition, reprisal and opportunity massacres.
List of military aid to Israel during the Gaza war
List of military aid to Israel during the Gaza war: chiefly US arms transfers and funding, plus German and Italian deliveries; at least $21.7 billion in US military aid from October 7, 2023, with supplementals for Iron Dome, missile defense, and Iron Beam.
List of military disasters
Military disasters: defeats in battle or war where the losing side completely fails to achieve its objectives, also called catastrophic defeats. Examples include the fall of Singapore (1942), the Retreat from Kabul (1842), and Japan's defeat at Imphal-Kohima (1944).
List of military engagements of World War I
List of military engagements of World War I, also called WWI battles or First World War engagements: the battles, sieges, offensives, and naval actions of 1914-1918, including Mons, Tannenberg, Marne, Gallipoli, Verdun, the Somme, Jutland, Passchendaele, Cambrai, and Meuse-Argonne.
List of modern conflicts in the Middle East
Modern conflicts in the Middle East: the Arab-Israeli wars from 1948, the Iran-Iraq War, Gulf War, 2003 Iraq invasion, Syrian and Yemeni civil wars, and the Gaza war and 2026 Iran war, with casualty and displacement figures.
List of naval battles
List of naval battles: chronological catalogs of sea engagements from the 1210 BCE Hittite-Cypriot battle and Salamis (480 BC) to Leyte Gulf and modern times, plus the decisive-battle tradition of Creasy, Fuller, and Pratt.
List of ongoing armed conflicts
List of ongoing armed conflicts: inventories of active wars and lower-level conflicts, defined by UCDP's 25-battle-death threshold and IHL's IAC/NIAC categories; 2025 saw a record 65 state-based conflicts and about 244,600 deaths.
List of operations conducted by SEAL Team Six
SEAL Team Six, officially DEVGRU (Naval Special Warfare Development Group), is the US Navy's JSOC special missions unit. Known operations include the 2011 Abbottabad raid killing Osama bin Laden; most missions remain classified.
List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel in 2023
Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel in 2023: rocket and mortar fire from Gaza, mostly by Islamic Jihad and Hamas, including the May Shield and Arrow round (1,469 rockets) and the October 7 barrages that opened the Israel-Hamas war, with roughly 9,000 projectiles by early November.
List of rampage killers
Rampage killers, also called mass murderers or mass shooters, kill multiple victims in single public attacks with random or symbolic targets. No canonical list exists because FBI, Gun Violence Archive, Mother Jones, and AP databases use different thresholds.
List of regicides of Charles I
The list of regicides of Charles I catalogs the 59 commissioners who signed the death warrant for Charles I's execution in January 1649, including Oliver Cromwell.