76 notable events in Kenya — wars, massacres and terror attacks.
- Mau Mau rebellion
1952–1960 · War & armed conflict
- 1998 United States embassy bombings
Aug 7, 1998 · Terrorism
- Nairobi DusitD2 complex attack
Jan 15, 2019 · Terrorism
- Westgate shopping mall attack
Sep 21, 2013–Sep 24, 2013 · Terrorism
- Somali Democratic Republic
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
date unknown · Fire
- Lufthansa Flight 540
Nov 20, 1974 · Aviation accident
- Kyanguli Fire Tragedy
Mar 24, 2001 · Fire
- Garissa University College attack
Apr 2, 2015 · Terrorism
- Shakahola Forest incident
Mar 1, 2023 · Suicide & execution
- Gikomba bombings
May 16, 2014 · Terrorism
- 2007–2008 Kenyan crisis
Dec 27, 2007–Feb 28, 2008 · Riot & unrest
- St. Kizito massacre
Jul 13, 1991 · Massacre
- 2026 Kenya floods
from Mar 6, 2026 · Natural disaster
- Raskamboni Movement
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Kenya Finance Bill protests
Jun 18, 2024–Aug 8, 2024 · Riot & unrest
- Camp Simba attack
Jan 5, 2020 · War & armed conflict
- 2002 Mombasa attacks
Nov 28, 2002 · Terrorism
- Safarilink Aviation Flight 053
Mar 5, 2024 · Aviation accident
- 2025 Kenyan protests
Jun 9, 2025 · Riot & unrest
- Wagalla massacre
Feb 10, 1984 · Massacre
- 1982 Kenyan coup attempt
Aug 1, 1982 · War & armed conflict
- Hola massacre
Mar 3, 1959 · Massacre
- Lari massacre
Mar 26, 1953 · Massacre
- 2026 Gilgil school fire
May 28, 2026 · Fire
- 2024 Nyeri school fire
Sep 5, 2024 · Fire
- Goldenberg scandal
1991–1993 · Scandal & controversy
- Assassination of Waruhiu
Oct 7, 1952 · Murder & homicide
- 2024 storming of the Kenyan Parliament
Jun 25, 2024 · Attack (other)
- 1899 famine in central Kenya
1899 · Natural disaster
- Somali drought (2021–2023)
from 2021 · Natural disaster
- Mount Elgon insurgency
2005–Mar 2008 · War & armed conflict
- Fly-SAX Flight 102
Jun 5, 2018 · Aviation accident
- 1980 Nairobi hotel bombing
Dec 31, 1980 · Bombing & explosion
- Dolo hospital airstrike
Dec 30, 1935 · War & armed conflict
- 2006 Kenyan Air Force Harbin Y-12 crash
Apr 10, 2006 · Aviation accident
- Battle of Tororo
Mar 4, 1979 · War & armed conflict
- Chuka massacre
date unknown · Massacre
- Mpeketoni attacks
Jun 15, 2014–Jun 17, 2014 · Murder & homicide
- Kisumu massacre
Oct 25, 1969 · Massacre
- 2012 Kenya Police helicopter crash
Jun 10, 2012 · Aviation accident
- 2009 Nakumatt supermarket fire
Jan 28, 2009 · Fire
- Sotik Massacre
Jun 1, 1905 · Massacre
- Turbi massacre
date unknown · Massacre
- Patel Dam failure
date unknown · Natural disaster
- 2024 Kenya–Tanzania floods
May 1, 2024 · Natural disaster
- Kitale murders
May 12, 1929 · Murder & homicide
- Baragoi clashes
Nov 2012 · War & armed conflict
- 2011 Nairobi pipeline fire
Sep 12, 2011 · Fire
- 2012–2013 Tana River District clashes
Aug 22, 2013 · War & armed conflict
- Murder of Sheila Lumumba
Apr 17, 2022 · Murder & homicide
- Arror and Kimwarer Dam scandal
date unknown · Scandal & controversy
- Sinking of the Christiana Hama
Mar 2, 1991 · Maritime disaster
- Salmossi mosque attack
Oct 11, 2019 · Attack (other)
- 2019 Kenya bus shooting
Dec 6, 2019 · Shooting
- HMT Gulland
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Isiolo massacre
1960s · Massacre
- 2018 East Africa floods
Mar 2018 · Natural disaster
- 2022 Mandera attack
Jan 31, 2022 · Attack (other)
- July 2014 Kenya attacks
Jul 5, 2014–Jul 6, 2014 · Terrorism
- Mathira massacre
date unknown · Massacre
- 1975 Nairobi bus bombing
Mar 1, 1975 · Terrorism
- 2024 Mai Mahiu flash flood
Apr 29, 2024 · Natural disaster
- Jasper Abraham murder case
Jun 6, 1923 · Crime & justice
- Baraza-Kerubo Village Market incident
2012
- Langley Hawkins murder case
May 5, 1920 · Crime & justice
- 2023 Kericho truck crash
Jun 30, 2023 · Disaster
- 2021 Lolldaiga conservancy wildfire
Mar 26, 2021 · Fire
- Dobley airstrike
Mar 3, 2003 · War & armed conflict
- Watts and Betchart murder case
Apr 2, 1918–Apr 10, 1918 · Murder & homicide
- May 2015 Garissa ambush
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Mombasa Air Safari L-410 accident
Aug 22, 2012 · Accident
- Kericho bus accident
Oct 10, 2018 · Road accident
- Molo fire
Jan 31, 2009 · Fire
- 2014 Nairobi bus bombings
May 4, 2014 · Murder & homicide
- 2014 Mandera attack
Nov 22, 2014 · Terrorism