493 notable events in Mexico — earthquakes, massacres and murders. Page 1 of 5.
- Pancho Villa
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Mexican Revolution
Nov 20, 1910–May 21, 1920 · War & armed conflict
- Mexican drug war
from Dec 11, 2006 · War & armed conflict
- Cristero War
Aug 3, 1926–Jun 21, 1929 · War & armed conflict
- 2026 Teotihuacan shooting
Apr 20, 2026 · Shooting
- Tlatelolco massacre
Oct 2, 1968 · Massacre
- Killing of Valeria Márquez
May 13, 2025 · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Mark Kilroy
Mar 14, 1989 · Murder & homicide
- Assassination of Leon Trotsky
Aug 20, 1940 · Murder & homicide
- 1985 Mexico City earthquake
Sep 19, 1985 · Earthquake
- Hurricane Milton
Oct 5, 2024–Oct 10, 2024 · Natural disaster
- Óscar García Guzmán
Jan 1, 2006–Jan 1, 2019 · Murder & homicide
- José Salvador Alvarenga
Nov 17, 2012 · Disappearance
- Fall of Tenochtitlan
May 10, 1521–Aug 13, 1521 · War & armed conflict
- Adolfo Constanzo
Jan 1, 1986–Jan 1, 1989 · Murder & homicide
- Ciudad Juárez cobalt-60 contamination incident
1984 · Industrial & structural disaster
- 2026 Jalisco operation
Feb 22, 2026 · War & armed conflict
- Ramon Novarro
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- Iguala mass kidnapping
Sep 26, 2014 · Kidnapping & hostage
- Killing of Carolina Flores Gómez
Apr 15, 2026 · Murder & homicide
- Juana Barraza
Jan 1, 1998–Jan 1, 2006 · Murder & homicide
- Oscar Zeta Acosta
May 1, 1974 · War & armed conflict
- Hurricane Patricia
Oct 20, 2015–Dec 31, 2015 · Natural disaster
- China Airlines Flight 006
Feb 19, 1985 · Aviation accident
- Population history of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas
date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Saint Patrick's Battalion
date unknown · Massacre
- Mexico City Metro overpass collapse
May 3, 2021 · Rail accident
- Colegio Cervantes shooting
Jan 10, 2020 · Shooting
- Genocide of Indigenous peoples of the Americas
from 1492 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Las Poquianchis
Jan 1, 1950–Jan 1, 1963 · Murder & homicide
- Death of Paulette Gebara Farah
Mar 22, 2010 · Death & funeral
- Infighting in the Sinaloa Cartel
Sep 9, 2024 · War & armed conflict
- Western Airlines Flight 2605
Oct 31, 1979 · Aviation accident
- Mexican Dirty War
1954–2000 · Terrorism
- Ten Tragic Days
Feb 9, 1913–Feb 19, 1913 · War & armed conflict
- Zapatista uprising
Jan 12, 1994 · Riot & unrest
- Flower war
1454–1519 · War & armed conflict
- Femicide in Ciudad Juárez
from 1993 · Massacre
- Mexican peso crisis
Nov 1, 1994–Jan 3, 1995 · Crisis
- Classic Maya collapse
9th century · Industrial & structural disaster
- Cholula massacre
Oct 23, 1519–Oct 24, 1519 · War & armed conflict
- Killing of Debanhi Escobar
Apr 2022 · Crime & justice
- Chiapas conflict
Jan 1, 1994 · War & armed conflict
- Caste War of Yucatán
1847–1901 · War & armed conflict
- Massacre in the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan
May 22, 1520 · Massacre
- Cumbres case
Mar 2, 2006 · Murder & homicide
- Felix Batista
Dec 10, 2008 · Kidnapping & hostage
- Battle of Culiacán
Oct 17, 2019 · War & armed conflict
- Ixtoc I oil spill
Jun 3, 1979 · Industrial & structural disaster
- El Halconazo
Jun 10, 1971 · Massacre
- 2017 Puebla earthquake
Sep 19, 2017 · Earthquake
- San Juanico disaster
Nov 19, 1984 · Bombing & explosion
- 1962 Mexico City radiation accident
1962 · Industrial & structural disaster
- 2008 Mexico City Learjet 45 crash
Nov 4, 2008 · Aviation accident
- Colegio Americano del Noreste shooting
Jan 18, 2017 · Shooting
- Mexicana de Aviación Flight 940
Mar 31, 1986 · Aviation accident
- Torreón massacre
May 1911 · Massacre
- Battle of Veracruz (1914)
Apr 1914–Nov 1914 · War & armed conflict
- LeBarón and Langford families massacre
Nov 4, 2019 · Massacre
- Querétaro–Atlas riot
Mar 5, 2022 · Riot & unrest
- Odebrecht case
Dec 21, 2016 · Scandal & controversy
- Kidnapping of Hannah Anderson
Aug 3, 2013–Aug 10, 2013 · Attack (other)
- Battle of Monterrey
Sep 21, 1846–Sep 24, 1846 · War & armed conflict
- 1992 Guadalajara explosions
Apr 22, 1992 · Bombing & explosion
- 2026 Lázaro Cárdenas school shooting
Mar 24, 2026 · Shooting
- 2011 San Fernando massacre
Jun 7, 2011 · Massacre
- 2010 San Fernando massacre
Aug 24, 2010 · Massacre
- Cadereyta Jiménez massacre
May 13, 2012 · Murder & homicide
- 2015–16 Zika virus epidemic
Apr 2015–Nov 2016 · Epidemic & disease
- Yaqui Wars
1533–1929 · War & armed conflict
- Monsters of Ecatepec
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- Mixtón War
1540–1542 · War & armed conflict
- Killing of Ingrid Escamilla
Feb 9, 2020 · Murder & homicide
- Acteal massacre
Dec 22, 1997 · Massacre
- Aeroméxico Connect Flight 2431
Jul 31, 2018 · Aviation accident
- 2012 Boeing 727 crash experiment
Apr 27, 2012 · Science & concept
- Liga Comunista 23 de Septiembre
date unknown · Terrorism
- 2009 Hermosillo daycare center fire
Jun 5, 2009 · Fire
- 2011 Monterrey casino attack
Aug 25, 2011 · Attack (other)
- Assassination of Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta
Mar 23, 1994 · Murder & homicide
- Gregorio Cárdenas Hernández
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- José Luis Calva
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- 2010 Baja California earthquake
Apr 4, 2010 · Earthquake
- Fernando Hernández Leyva
Jan 1, 1982–Jan 1, 1999 · Murder & homicide
- Missing persons in Mexico
date unknown · Disappearance
- Cananea strike
Jun 1906 · Massacre
- Madres buscadoras
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Tampico Affair
Apr 9, 1914 · Scandal & controversy
- CCH Sur school attack
Sep 22, 2025 · Attack (other)
- Church of the Firstborn (LeBaron family)
Sep 21, 1955 · Murder & homicide
- Túnel 29 tragedy
May 26, 1985 · Stampede & crowd crush
- 2017 Chiapas earthquake
from Sep 7, 2017 · Earthquake
- César Armando Librado Legorreta
Jan 1, 2011–Jan 1, 2012 · Murder & homicide
- 2025 Iztapalapa tank truck explosion
Sep 10, 2025 · Bombing & explosion
- David Carroll (biker)
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- 2026 Guerrero earthquake
Jan 2, 2026 · Earthquake
- 2012 Nuevo León Learjet 25 crash
Dec 9, 2012 · Aviation accident
- Murder of Fátima Cecilia
Feb 15, 2020 · Murder & homicide
- 2023 Sinaloa unrest
Jan 5, 2023–Jan 13, 2023 · Riot & unrest
- 1985 National Museum of Anthropology theft
Dec 25, 1985 · Crime & justice