1,736 notable events in France — criminal cases, murders and wars. Page 8 of 18.
- Tragedy of the Guerry's wells
Jul 24, 1944–Aug 8, 1944 · Massacre
- Philippe Daudet affair
Nov 1923 · Crime & justice
- Battle of Le Mans (1793)
Dec 13, 1793 · War & armed conflict
- Plateau d'Assy disaster
Apr 16, 1970 · Natural disaster
- Jacques Bouthier affair
2022 · Crime & justice
- Wilson Bridge (Tours)
date unknown · Rail accident
- La Courtine mutiny
Jun 26, 1917–Sep 20, 1917 · War & armed conflict
- Vincendon and Henry affair
date unknown · Scandal & controversy
- Couscous connection
date unknown · Crime & justice
- Pierre Dubois affair
Apr 21, 1993 · Murder & homicide
- 1922 Picardie mid-air collision
Apr 7, 1922 · Aviation accident
- 2025 Mulhouse stabbing attack
Feb 22, 2025 · Terrorism
- Lac de Bouzey
date unknown · Disaster
- Tours killings (2001)
Oct 29, 2001 · Murder & homicide
- Bombardment of Cherbourg
Jun 25, 1944 · War & armed conflict
- Cocaine theft affair at 36 quai des Orfèvres
2014 · Crime & justice
- Henri Martin affair
1950s · Scandal & controversy
- Murder of Ibrahim Ali
Feb 21, 1995 · Murder & homicide
- Lagny-Pomponne rail accident
Dec 23, 1933 · Rail accident
- Fualdès affair
date unknown · Crime & justice
- 1999 Blayais Nuclear Power Plant flood
Dec 27, 1999 · Natural disaster
- Albert Soleilland case
1907 · Crime & justice
- Fabrice Ladoux case
Jan 13, 1989 · Murder & homicide
- October 2022 European tornado outbreak
Oct 23, 2022 · Natural disaster
- Dominique Cottrez
Jan 1, 1989–Jan 1, 2006 · Murder & homicide
- Bombing of Cézembre
Aug 1944 · War & armed conflict
- Albert Pel
Jan 1, 1872–Jan 1, 1884 · Murder & homicide
- Cuers massacre
Sep 23, 1995 · Massacre
- Régional Flight 7775
Jan 25, 2007 · Aviation accident
- Dailami Attoumani
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- Baby Loup crèche affair
Jun 25, 2014 · Scandal & controversy
- Maxime Gaget affair
Dec 31, 2007 · Scandal & controversy
- Paris coup d'état and massacres of 1418
May 29, 1418 · War & armed conflict
- 2000 Charles de Gaulle runway collision
May 25, 2000 · Aviation accident
- Étaples mutiny
Sep 1, 1917 · War & armed conflict
- Chauffeurs de la Drôme
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- August 2008 European tornado outbreak
Aug 1, 2008 · Natural disaster
- 2024 France railway arson attacks
Jul 26, 2024 · Attack (other)
- Gilles Beyer
date unknown · Scandal & controversy
- 2020 Dijon riots
Jun 11, 2020–Jun 17, 2020 · Riot & unrest
- Francis Imbard affair
Feb 26, 2003 · Murder & homicide
- Jean Meyer murder
Apr 27, 2011 · Murder & homicide
- 1949 Landes forest fire
Aug 19, 1949–Aug 25, 1949 · Fire
- Attempted murder on Jacques Tillier
Sep 1979 · Crime & justice
- Zaki Ali Toumbou
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- 1229 University of Paris strike
Mar 27, 1229–Apr 13, 1231 · Riot & unrest
- Jacques Dugué Affair
date unknown · Crime & justice
- Jean van Heijenoort
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- Revolt of the Pitauds
1548 · Riot & unrest
- Armed Nuclei for Popular Autonomy
until 1980 · Terrorism
- Terrorism in France in 2025
2025 · Terrorism
- Child sexual abuse in France
date unknown · Scandal & controversy
- Saint-Étienne sextape blackmail affair
Jan 1, 2010 · Crime & justice
- Hemma Davy-Greedharry murder
May 30, 1987 · Murder & homicide
- Malpasset dam disaster
Dec 2, 1959 · Industrial & structural disaster
- Henri Pacchioni affair
from Apr 1, 1989 · Murder & homicide
- Brumark-Bourgeois affair
date unknown · Crime & justice
- Revolt of the Maillotins
Jan 9, 1382 · War & armed conflict
- Tulle poison pen affair
date unknown · Crime & justice
- French minesweepers Inkerman and Cerisoles
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Tania Parnisari affair
Mar 10, 2003 · Scandal & controversy
- Massacre of Lucs-sur-Boulogne
Feb 28, 1794 · Massacre
- Grenoble's Saint-Bartholomew
Nov 25, 1943–Nov 30, 1943 · Massacre
- Villa Poirier bombing
Nov 2, 1976 · Attack (other)
- Jacquy Haddouche
Jan 1, 1992–Jan 1, 2002 · Murder & homicide
- Chantal Sébire affair
date unknown · Crime & justice
- German destroyer Z24
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Air Inter Flight 696Y
Oct 27, 1972 · Aviation accident
- Brit Air Flight 5672
Jun 22, 2003 · Aviation accident
- Raid on Rochefort
Sep 1757 · War & armed conflict
- Simplon station
date unknown · Bombing & explosion
- Clichy affair
May 1, 1891 · Scandal & controversy
- Insurrection of 12 Germinal Year III
1795 · War & armed conflict
- Asbestos scandal in France
1990s · Scandal & controversy
- 2013 triple murder of Kurdish activists in Paris
Jan 10, 2013 · Murder & homicide
- Philippe Barbarin affair
date unknown · Crime & justice
- 1967 Air Ferry DC-4 accident
Jun 3, 1967 · Aviation accident
- Trial of the 66
date unknown · Crime & justice
- Déroulède's attempted coup
Feb 23, 1899 · War & armed conflict
- Summit dinner affair
date unknown · Scandal & controversy
- 2015 Nice stabbing
Feb 3, 2015 · Terrorism
- Operation Waldfest
Sep 1944–Nov 1944 · War & armed conflict
- Manuel Da Cruz affair
Oct 1, 2000 · Crime & justice
- Murder of Gilles Andruet
Aug 22, 1995 · Crime & justice
- Marion Fraisse affair
Feb 13, 2013–2022 · Crime & justice
- Monbar Hotel attack
Sep 25, 1985 · Shooting
- Dépakine case
date unknown · Scandal & controversy
- Executed at Mont Valérien
Aug 29, 1941–Aug 11, 1944 · Massacre
- HNoMS Svenner (G03)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- 1580 Dover Straits earthquake
Apr 6, 1580 · Earthquake
- 2020 Romans-sur-Isère knife attack
Apr 4, 2020 · Attack (other)
- Handball match-fixing scandal
date unknown · Scandal & controversy
- Lucien-Gilles de Vallière case
Mar 13, 1986 · Crime & justice
- French submarine Bévéziers (1935)
date unknown · Attack (other)
- Patrie (airship)
date unknown · Aviation accident
- Bombing of Caen
Jun 6, 1944–Aug 15, 1944 · War & armed conflict
- Massacres of La Glacière
Oct 1791 · Massacre
- 2016 European floods
from May 2016 · Natural disaster
- Notre-Dame de Paris bombing attempt
Sep 4, 2016 · Terrorism
- Ministry of Armaments and General Liaisons of Algeria
date unknown · War & armed conflict