874 notable events in Brazil — air crashes, murders and wars. Page 1 of 9.
- Goiânia accident
Sep 13, 1987 · Industrial & structural disaster
- Air France Flight 447
Jun 1, 2009 · Aviation accident
- Murder of Otávio Jordão da Silva
Jun 30, 2013 · Murder & homicide
- Pedro Rodrigues Filho
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- Percy Fawcett
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Bruno (footballer, born 1984)
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907
Sep 29, 2006 · Aviation accident
- Henry Borel case
Mar 8, 2021 · Murder & homicide
- TAM Airlines Flight 3054
Jul 17, 2007 · Aviation accident
- War of Canudos
Oct 2, 1897 · War & armed conflict
- Carandiru massacre
Oct 2, 1992 · Massacre
- Ragamuffin War
Sep 20, 1835–Mar 1, 1845 · War & armed conflict
- Francisco de Assis Pereira
Jan 1, 1997–Jan 1, 1998 · Attack (other)
- Suzano massacre
Mar 13, 2019 · Shooting
- Brumadinho dam disaster
Jan 25, 2019 · Industrial & structural disaster
- Richthofen case
Oct 31, 2002 · Crime & justice
- Constitutionalist Revolution
Jul 9, 1932–Oct 2, 1932 · War & armed conflict
- 1964 Brazilian coup d'état
Apr 1, 1964 · War & armed conflict
- Operation Car Wash
Mar 17, 2014 · Scandal & controversy
- Kiss nightclub fire
Jan 27, 2013 · Fire
- Banco Master scandal
2020s · Crime & justice
- Orelha case
Jan 4, 2026 · Crime & justice
- Murder of Eliza Samudio
Jun 2010 · Crime & justice
- Voepass Flight 2283
Aug 9, 2024 · Aviation accident
- Aracruz school shootings
Nov 25, 2022 · Shooting
- Proclamation of the Republic (Brazil)
Nov 15, 1889 · War & armed conflict
- Murder of Isabella Nardoni
Mar 29, 2008 · Murder & homicide
- Revolution of 1930
Oct 1930 · War & armed conflict
- Lead masks case
date unknown · Crime & justice
- Kidnapping and murder of Eloá Cristina Pimentel
Oct 2008 · Kidnapping & hostage
- Loalwa Braz
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- Theodosia Burr Alston
Jan 1, 1813 · Disappearance
- 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods
Apr 28, 2024–May 2024 · Natural disaster
- Bolsonarism
date unknown · Terrorism
- 8 January Brasília attacks
Jan 8, 2023 · War & armed conflict
- TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402
Oct 31, 1996 · Aviation accident
- Operação Prato
Oct 20, 1977–Dec 5, 1977 · Scandal & controversy
- Contestado War
Oct 12, 1912 · War & armed conflict
- Varig Flight 254
Sep 3, 1989 · Aviation accident
- Inconfidência Mineira
1789 · War & armed conflict
- Candelária massacre
Jul 23, 1993 · Massacre
- 1997 Renan Antonov An-72 disappearance
Dec 22, 1997 · Disappearance
- Poon Lim
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Revolt of the Lash
Nov 22, 1910–Nov 26, 1910 · War & armed conflict
- Malê revolt
Jan 1835 · War & armed conflict
- Jean Mermoz
date unknown · Disappearance
- Adelir Antônio de Carli
Apr 20, 2008 · Disappearance
- South Atlantic Anomaly
date unknown · Science & concept
- Rio de Janeiro school shooting
Apr 7, 2011 · Massacre
- Marco Aurélio case
Jun 8, 1985 · Disappearance
- Murders of Liana Friedenbach and Felipe Caffé
Nov 2003 · Murder & homicide
- Mariana dam disaster
Nov 5, 2015 · War & armed conflict
- Murder of Marcos Kitano
May 20, 2012 · Crime & justice
- VASP Flight 375
Sep 29, 1988 · Aviation accident
- Banco Central burglary at Fortaleza
Aug 6, 2005 · Crime & justice
- Operation Containment
Oct 28, 2025 · Massacre
- 2022–2023 Brazilian coup plot
Oct 30, 2022–Jan 8, 2023 · War & armed conflict
- Grande Seca
date unknown · Natural disaster
- Ana Lídia case
Sep 11, 1973 · Crime & justice
- Joelma Building fire
Feb 1, 1974 · Fire
- Attempted assassination of Jair Bolsonaro
Sep 6, 2018 · Attack (other)
- Murder of Nicolly Pogere
Jul 14, 2025 · Murder & homicide
- Araguaia Guerrilla War
1966 · War & armed conflict
- 2006 São Paulo violence outbreak
May 21, 2006 · War & armed conflict
- Lobster War
1961–1963 · War & armed conflict
- Niterói circus fire
Dec 17, 1961 · Fire
- Confederation of the Equator
Nov 29, 1824 · War & armed conflict
- Cabanagem
Jan 6, 1835 · War & armed conflict
- 1996 Madrid Taxi Aéreo Learjet 25 crash
Mar 2, 1996 · Aviation accident
- Florisvaldo de Oliveira
Jan 1, 1982–Jan 1, 1983 · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Gabriel Kuhn
Jul 23, 2007 · Murder & homicide
- MC Daleste
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- Federalist Revolution
1893–1895 · War & armed conflict
- Daniella Perez case
Dec 28, 1992 · Murder & homicide
- Pernambucan revolution
Mar 6, 1817–May 20, 1817 · War & armed conflict
- Garanhuns cannibals
2008 · Crime & justice
- Coluna Prestes
1924–1927 · War & armed conflict
- Kidnapping of Edevair de Souza Faria
May 2, 1994 · Kidnapping & hostage
- Antonio Bardellino
May 26, 1988 · Murder & homicide
- Taubaté pregnancy hoax
Jan 2012 · Scandal & controversy
- Brazilian drug war
from Dec 27, 2006 · War & armed conflict
- 1986 Brazilian UFO incident
date unknown · Aviation accident
- Pesseghini case
Aug 5, 2013 · Crime & justice
- Bus 174 hijacking
Jun 12, 2000 · Aviation accident
- Tiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha
Jan 1, 2011–Jan 1, 2014 · Murder & homicide
- 2025 Santa Catarina hot air balloon crash
Jun 21, 2025 · Aviation accident
- Latin American debt crisis
1982 · Crisis
- Brazilian communist uprising
Nov 23, 1935 · War & armed conflict
- Brent Sikkema
Jan 15, 2024 · Attack (other)
- MV Stellar Banner
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Guaratuba child murders
Apr 6, 1992 · Crime & justice
- 2025 Rio Bonito do Iguaçu tornado
Nov 7, 2025 · Natural disaster
- Vaccine Revolt
Nov 16, 1904 · War & armed conflict
- Marcelo Costa de Andrade
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- 2026 Rio Branco school shooting
May 5, 2026 · Shooting
- Altamira child emasculations
Jan 1, 1989 · Murder & homicide
- Morumbi Shopping shooting
Nov 3, 1999 · Murder & homicide
- João Acácio Pereira da Costa
Jan 1, 1962–Jan 1, 1967 · Murder & homicide
- Canudos
date unknown · Massacre
- Gil Rugai Case
Mar 28, 2004 · Crime & justice