Events in El Salvador

52 notable events in El Salvador — earthquakes, wars and massacres.

• Football War
  Jul 14, 1969–Jul 18, 1969 · War & armed conflict
• Salvadoran Civil War
  Oct 15, 1979–Jan 16, 1992 · War & armed conflict
• El Mozote massacre
  Dec 11, 1981 · Genocide & ethnic violence
• La Matanza
  Jan 22, 1932 · Massacre
• Death squads in El Salvador
  date unknown · Terrorism
• March 2025 American deportations of Venezuelans
  Mar 2025 · Crime & justice
• 1980 murders of U.S. missionaries in El Salvador
  Dec 2, 1980 · Murder & homicide
• January 2001 El Salvador earthquake
  Jan 13, 2001 · Earthquake
• Aviateca Flight 901
  Aug 9, 1995 · Aviation accident
• 1989 murders of Jesuits in El Salvador
  Nov 16, 1989 · Murder & homicide
• 1979 Salvadoran coup d'état
  Oct 15, 1979 · War & armed conflict
• Mejicanos massacre
  Jun 20, 2010 · Massacre
• Spanish conquest of El Salvador
  1524–1539 · Genocide & ethnic violence
• 2020 Salvadoran political crisis
  Feb 9, 2020 · Crisis
• Anastasio Aquino's rebellion
  Jan 1, 1833–Apr 23, 1833 · War & armed conflict
• 2021 Salvadoran political crisis
  May 1, 2021 · War & armed conflict
• 1986 San Salvador earthquake
  Oct 10, 1986 · Earthquake
• San Salvador crowd crush
  May 20, 2023 · Stampede & crowd crush
• Tierra Blanca Joven eruption
  date unknown · Natural disaster
• El Calabozo massacre
  Aug 21, 1982–Aug 22, 1982 · Massacre
• 1975 Salvadoran student massacre
  Jul 30, 1975 · Massacre
• 2012 El Salvador earthquake
  Aug 26, 2012 · Earthquake
• 1985 Zona Rosa attacks
  date unknown · Attack (other)
• 1984 Joateca Bell UH-1 bombing
  Oct 23, 1984 · Bombing & explosion
• 1931 Salvadoran coup d'état
  Dec 2, 1931 · War & armed conflict
• Santa Rita massacre
  Mar 17, 1982 · Massacre
• 1972 Salvadoran coup attempt
  Mar 25, 1972–Mar 26, 1972 · War & armed conflict
• 1960 Salvadoran coup d'état
  Oct 26, 1960 · War & armed conflict
• 2024 Pasaquina Bell UH-1 crash
  Sep 8, 2024 · Aviation accident
• 1917 San Salvador earthquake
  Jun 7, 1917 · Earthquake
• 1961 Salvadoran coup d'état
  Jan 25, 1961 · War & armed conflict
• Nahua genocide in El Salvador
  date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
• 1991 Lolotique U.S. Army helicopter shootdown
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• 1965 San Salvador earthquake
  May 3, 1965 · Earthquake
• February 2001 El Salvador earthquake
  Feb 13, 2001 · Earthquake
• COMADRES
  date unknown · Disappearance
• 1993–1995 Salvadoran legislature attacks
  1993 · Kidnapping & hostage
• Santa Cruz massacre (El Salvador)
  Jan 1, 1981 · Massacre
• Vista al Lago massacre
  Oct 10, 2016 · Massacre
• Christmas Day Massacre (El Salvador)
  Dec 25, 1922 · Massacre
• 1982 El Salvador earthquake
  Jun 19, 1982 · Earthquake
• 1986 Ilopango Douglas DC-6 crash
  May 1, 1986 · Aviation accident
• Tenango and Guadalupe massacre
  date unknown · Massacre
• 1951 El Salvador earthquakes
  May 6, 1951 · Earthquake
• 1854 San Salvador earthquake
  Apr 16, 1854 · Earthquake
• 1951 El Salvador earthquake
  May 6, 1951 · Earthquake
• 1575 San Salvador earthquake
  May 23, 1575 · Earthquake
• 1625 El Salvador earthquake
  1625 · Earthquake
• San Salvador rail accident
  Mar 16, 1934 · Rail accident
• 2010 El Salvador earthquake
  Jan 18, 2010 · Earthquake
• 1891 San Salvador earthquake
  Sep 9, 1891 · Earthquake
• 1854 San Salvador earthquake
  Apr 16, 1854 · Earthquake