Events in Libya

121 notable events in Libya — wars, shipwrecks and massacres. Page 1 of 2.

• 2012 Benghazi attack
  Sep 11, 2012 · War & armed conflict
• Killing of Muammar Gaddafi
  Oct 20, 2011 · Murder & homicide
• 21 Coptic Christian Martyrs of Libya
  Feb 15, 2015 · Massacre
• Battle of Bir Hakeim
  May 26, 1942–Jun 11, 1942 · War & armed conflict
• Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Libyan civil war (2011)
  Feb 15, 2011–Oct 23, 2011 · War & armed conflict
• Khalifa Haftar
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Libyan civil war (2014–2020)
  May 16, 2014–Oct 23, 2020 · War & armed conflict
• Mutassim Gaddafi
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Libyan crisis
  from Feb 15, 2011 · War & armed conflict
• 1986 United States bombing of Libya
  Apr 15, 1986 · War & armed conflict
• Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771
  May 12, 2010 · Aviation accident
• American fatalities and injuries of the 2012 Benghazi attack
  date unknown · Attack (other)
• Second Italo-Senussi War
  Jan 26, 1923–Jan 24, 1932 · War & armed conflict
• Lady Be Good (aircraft)
  Apr 4, 1943 · Disappearance
• Gulf of Sidra incident (1981)
  Aug 19, 1981 · War & armed conflict
• Lufthansa Flight 615
  Oct 29, 1972 · Aviation accident
• Ansar al-Sharia (Libya)
  date unknown · Terrorism
• 1969 Libyan revolution
  Sep 1, 1969 · War & armed conflict
• Saif al-Arab Gaddafi
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Assassination of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
  Feb 3, 2026 · Murder & homicide
• 1989 air battle near Tobruk
  Jan 4, 1989 · War & armed conflict
• HIV trial in Libya
  date unknown · Crime & justice
• Libyan genocide (1929–1934)
  1929–1934 · Genocide & ethnic violence
• Operation Juniper Shield
  from Feb 6, 2007 · War & armed conflict
• Derna dam collapses
  Sep 11, 2023 · Industrial & structural disaster
• 2015 Islamic State killing of Christian migrants in Libya
  Apr 19, 2015 · Massacre
• Air France Flight 406
  May 10, 1961 · Aviation accident
• Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103
  Dec 22, 1992 · Aviation accident
• Korean Air Flight 803
  Jul 27, 1989 · Aviation accident
• HMS Terror (I03)
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Abu Salim prison
  date unknown · Massacre
• United States intervention in Libya (2015–2019)
  Nov 13, 2015–Sep 29, 2019 · War & armed conflict
• Libyan Islamic Fighting Group
  date unknown · Terrorism
• Battle and massacre at Shar al-Shatt
  Oct 23, 1911 · Massacre
• Human rights in Libya under Muammar Gaddafi
  date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
• Operation Flipper
  Nov 10, 1941–Nov 18, 1941 · War & armed conflict
• HMS Neptune (20)
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• HMS Southampton (83)
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Timeline of the investigation into the 2012 Benghazi attack
  2012 · Attack (other)
• HMS Sikh (F82)
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Ali Zeidan
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Seham Sergiwa
  Jul 17, 2019 · War & armed conflict
• Sudanese refugee crisis
  from Apr 15, 2023 · Crisis
• Battle of Tripoli (1911)
  Oct 10, 1911 · War & armed conflict
• 2015 Corinthia Hotel attack
  Jan 27, 2015 · Terrorism
• 1945 anti-Jewish riots in Tripolitania
  Nov 7, 1945 · Genocide & ethnic violence
• Abu Salim Prison massacre
  Jun 29, 1996 · Massacre
• 1977 Libyan Arab Airlines Tu-154 crash
  Dec 2, 1977 · Aviation accident
• Battle of Kufra (1931)
  Jan 20, 1931 · War & armed conflict
• 2000 Marsa Brega Short 360 crash
  Jan 13, 2000 · Aviation accident
• 2011 Libyan rape allegations
  date unknown · Crime & justice
• Gildonic War
  397–398 · War & armed conflict
• Cultural Revolution (Libya)
  date unknown · Terrorism
• Libya and state-sponsored terrorism
  date unknown · Terrorism
• Libya–Chad Territorial Dispute case
  date unknown · Crime & justice
• HMAS Waterhen (D22)
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• HMAT Wandilla
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Spanish conquest of Tripoli
  Jul 22, 1510–Jul 25, 1510 · War & armed conflict
• 1969 Libyan coup attempt
  Dec 7, 1969 · War & armed conflict
• Al-Jawazi massacre
  Sep 5, 1816 · Massacre
• Sidi Darghut Mosque
  date unknown · Attack (other)
• HMS Kandahar
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• HMS Jackal (F22)
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• 1967 Tripoli pogrom
  Jun 1967 · Genocide & ethnic violence
• HMS Defender (H07)
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• 1948 anti-Jewish riots in Tripolitania
  Jun 12, 1948 · Riot & unrest
• HMS Kipling
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• HMS Hasty (H24)
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Airbus affair (Libya)
  date unknown · Scandal & controversy
• As-Sahabah Mosque
  date unknown · Attack (other)
• German submarine U-652
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• 2014 Libyan coup attempts
  Feb 14, 2014 · War & armed conflict
• Black Prince conspiracy
  1970 · War & armed conflict
• HMS Dainty (H53)
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• 1993 Libyan coup attempt
  Oct 22, 1993 · War & armed conflict
• German submarine U-79 (1941)
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Zliten truck bombing
  Jan 7, 2016 · Terrorism
• MV Oceania (1932)
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• 2013 Libyan coup attempt
  Oct 10, 2013 · War & armed conflict
• Khalifa Ben Asker's revolt
  Jan 1915–Oct 1918 · Riot & unrest
• 2020 Al-Watiya airstrike
  Jul 4, 2020 · War & armed conflict
• German submarine U-568
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Italian destroyer Euro (1927)
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Brak al-Shati Airbase raid
  May 18, 2017 · War & armed conflict
• Central African Airways Flight 890
  Aug 9, 1958 · Aviation accident
• SS Erinpura
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Firmus revolt
  372–375 · Riot & unrest
• Massacres in the Italo-Turkish War
  date unknown · Massacre
• 1963 Marj earthquake
  Feb 21, 1963 · Earthquake
• German submarine U-577
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Bombardment of Tripoli (1728)
  Jul 20, 1728–Jul 27, 1728 · Bombing & explosion
• Yarmuk massacre
  Aug 23, 2011 · Massacre
• Karamanli Mosque
  date unknown · Attack (other)
• Tajoura migrant center airstrike
  Jul 3, 2019 · War & armed conflict
• Tripoli military school airstrike
  Jan 2020 · War & armed conflict
• German submarine U-562
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Al Qubbah bombings
  Feb 20, 2015 · Bombing & explosion
• Misrata ambush
  Apr 27, 2016 · War & armed conflict
• 2018 attack on the High National Elections Commission in Tripoli, Libya
  May 2, 2018 · Attack (other)