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This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions, structural fires, flood disasters, coal mine disasters, and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture, planning, construction, design, and more.
- Bhopal Disaster
The Bhopal disaster or Bhopal gas tragedy was a chemical...
- Church of The Company Fire
The Church of the Society fire (8 December 1863) is the...
- Banqiao Dam
History Construction Approximate location of Banqiao Dam....
- Lagos Armoury Explosion
The Lagos armoury explosion was the accidental detonation of...
- Texas City Disaster
SS Wilson B. Keene, destroyed in the disaster's second...
- Kaprun Disaster
Train. The Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2 funicular railway opened...
- Brescia Explosion
The Brescia explosion occurred in 1769 in Brescia (now part...
- Vaal Reefs
Vaal Reefs is a gold bearing reef which is mined near the...
- Bhopal Disaster
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Ten deadliest natural disasters by highest estimated death toll excluding epidemics and famines. This list takes into account only the highest estimated death toll for each disaster and lists them accordingly. It does not include epidemics and famines.
Surjit Patar, 79, Indian writer and poet. [83] Haider Akbar Khan Rono, 81, Bangladeshi political activist. [84] Aleksandr Surikov, 68, Russian diplomat. [85] Juan María Traverso, 73, Argentine racing driver ( Turismo Carretera, TC2000, European Formula Two ), esophageal cancer.
The death toll would be about 140,000, including 44,000 who had sought refuge near Tokyo’s Sumida River in the first few hours, only to be immolated by a freak pillar of fire known as a “dragon...
Epidemics and pandemics with at least 1 million deaths Rank Epidemics/pandemics Disease Death toll Percentage of population lost Years Location 1 Spanish flu: Influenza A/H1N1: 17–100 million 1–5.4% of global population: 1918–1920 Worldwide 2 Plague of Justinian: Bubonic plague 15–100 million 25–60% of European population: 541–549
EventYearsLocationDisease1350 BC plague of Megiddoc. 1350 BCMegiddo, land of CanaanAmarna letters EA 244, Biridiya, mayor of ...Hittite Plague /"Hand of Nergal"c. 1330 BCNear East, Hittite Empire, Alashiya, ...Unknown, possibly Tularemia. Mentioned in ...430–426 BCGreece, Libya, Egypt, EthiopiaUnknown, possibly typhus, typhoid fever ...412 BCGreece ( Northern Greece, Roman Republic ...Unknown, possibly influenzaU.S. presidential election, 1924: Republican Calvin Coolidge defeats Democrat John W. Davis and Progressive U. S. Senator Robert M. La Follette. Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is elected as the first woman governor in the United States. November 15 – In Los Angeles, silent film director Thomas Ince ("The Father of the Western") meets ...
