Events in Guatemala

84 notable events in Guatemala — earthquakes, massacres and air crashes.

• 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état
  Jun 18, 1954–Jun 27, 1954 · War & armed conflict
• Guatemalan Civil War
  Mar 3, 1965–Dec 29, 1996 · War & armed conflict
• Guatemalan genocide
  1980s · Genocide & ethnic violence
• Guatemalan Revolution
  Oct 20, 1944 · War & armed conflict
• 2018 Volcán de Fuego eruption
  Jun 3, 2018 · Natural disaster
• Guatemala syphilis experiments
  1946–1948 · Science & concept
• 1976 Guatemala earthquake
  Feb 4, 1976 · Earthquake
• Dos Erres massacre
  Dec 6, 1982 · Massacre
• Murder of Facundo Cabral
  Jul 5, 2011 · Murder & homicide
• Cubana de Aviación Flight 1216
  Dec 21, 1999 · Aviation accident
• Mano Blanca
  date unknown · Terrorism
• 1902 eruption of Santa María
  Oct 24, 1902 · Natural disaster
• La Línea corruption case
  date unknown · Crime & justice
• 2017 Guatemala orphanage fire
  Mar 8, 2017 · Attack (other)
• Alaíde Foppa
  Dec 19, 1980 · Murder & homicide
• Ixcán
  date unknown · Massacre
• Río Negro massacres
  1980 · Massacre
• 1773 Guatemala earthquake
  Jul 29, 1773 · Earthquake
• 1993 Guatemalan constitutional crisis
  May 25, 1993–Jun 5, 1993 · War & armed conflict
• 1980 Spanish embassy burning in Guatemala City
  Jan 31, 1980 · Massacre
• 2025 Guatemala earthquakes
  Jul 8, 2025 · Earthquake
• 1986 Aerovías Guatemala Caravelle crash
  Jan 18, 1986 · Aviation accident
• 2012 Guatemala earthquake
  from Nov 7, 2012 · Earthquake
• 2015 Rio Bravo lynching
  May 2015 · Genocide & ethnic violence
• Manuel Martínez Coronado
  Jan 1, 1995 · Massacre
• La Libertad, Petén
  date unknown · Massacre
• 1982 Guatemalan coup d'état
  Mar 23, 1982 · War & armed conflict
• San Mateo Ixtatán
  date unknown · Massacre
• 1902 Guatemala earthquake
  Apr 19, 1902 · Earthquake
• Panzós massacre
  May 29, 1978 · Massacre
• 2025 Guatemala City bus crash
  Feb 10, 2025 · Road accident
• Plan de Sánchez massacre
  Jul 18, 1982 · Massacre
• February 2007 Salvadoran congressmen killings
  Feb 17, 2007 · Murder & homicide
• Herman Schultheis
  May 20, 1955 · Disappearance
• 1963 Guatemalan coup d'état
  Mar 30, 1963 · War & armed conflict
• Pavón Prison
  date unknown · Massacre
• SAT corruption case in Guatemala
  date unknown · Scandal & controversy
• 1717 Guatemala earthquake
  Sep 29, 1717 · Earthquake
• Río Hondo massacre
  Mar 25, 2008 · Massacre
• Black Thursday (Guatemala)
  Jul 24, 2003 · Riot & unrest
• 2008 Aéreo Ruta Maya crash
  Aug 24, 2008 · Aviation accident
• 2017 Guatemala earthquake
  Jun 14, 2017 · Earthquake
• 2023-2024 Guatemalan political crisis
  from Jun 25, 2023 · Crisis
• 1983 Guatemalan coup d'état
  Aug 8, 1983 · War & armed conflict
• PARLACEN case
  date unknown · Murder & homicide
• 1942 Guatemala earthquake
  Aug 6, 1942 · Earthquake
• 1998 Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa attack
  Jan 16, 1998 · Attack (other)
• Myrna Mack Chang v. Guatemala
  Jun 19, 2001 · Crime & justice
• 2022 Guatemala earthquake
  Feb 16, 2022 · Earthquake
• Parque Central bombing
  Sep 5, 1980 · Terrorism
• Diario Militar
  date unknown · Disappearance
• Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation
  date unknown
• Moreno case in Guatemala
  date unknown
• 1949 Eastern Guatemalan floods
  Oct 14, 1949–Oct 16, 1949 · Natural disaster
• Communities of People in Resistance
  date unknown · Massacre
• 1980 Honduras earthquake
  Aug 9, 1980 · Earthquake
• 1998 MINUGUA helicopter crash
  Mar 17, 1998 · Aviation accident
• 2017 Roosevelt Hospital attack
  Aug 16, 2017 · Terrorism
• Atlantic Airlines flight 870
  Sep 18, 2001 · Aviation accident
• 2008 Villa Canales bus disaster
  Feb 29, 2008 · Road accident
• Los Cadetes assassination attempt
  Apr 20, 1908 · Murder & homicide
• Guatemala earthquake of 1874
  Sep 3, 1874 · Earthquake
• Plan de Sánchez Massacre v. Guatemala
  Jul 31, 2002 · Crime & justice
• 1977 Aviateca Convair 240 crash
  Apr 27, 1977 · Aviation accident
• "La Bomba" assassination attemp
  Apr 29, 1907 · Murder & homicide
• Atlantic Airlines Flight 870
  Sep 18, 2001 · Aviation accident
• 2007 Guatemala earthquake
  Jun 13, 2007 · Earthquake
• 1816 Guatemala earthquake
  Jul 22, 1816 · Earthquake
• Death of Julio René Alvarado
  date unknown · Murder & homicide
• Mateo Flores stadium disaster
  Oct 16, 1996 · Stampede & crowd crush
• 2022 Huehuetenango attack
  Jul 30, 2022 · Terrorism
• 1751 Guatemala earthquake
  Mar 4, 1751 · Earthquake
• Preventive Penal Law Against Communism
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• 1913 Guatemala Earthquake
  Mar 9, 1913 · Earthquake
• Redes case in Guatemala
  date unknown
• El Bodegón case in Guatemala
  date unknown
• 1991 Guatemala earthquake
  Sep 18, 1991 · Earthquake
• 2013 San Martin Jilotepeque bus disaster
  Sep 9, 2013 · Road accident
• FIFA corruption case (Guatemala)
  date unknown
• 2011 Guatemala earthquake
  Sep 19, 2011 · Earthquake
• Millon Air Flight 705
  Apr 28, 1995 · Aviation accident
• 2010 Guatemala earthquake
  Feb 23, 2010 · Earthquake
• Douglas DC-6 crash in Guatemala City 1990
  May 5, 1990 · Aviation accident
• Buena Vista rail accident
  Dec 20, 1962 · Rail accident