Events in Puerto Rico

40 notable events in Puerto Rico — air crashes, earthquakes and wars.

• 1972 Puerto Rico DC-7 crash
  Dec 31, 1972 · Aviation accident
• Grito de Lares
  Sep 23, 1868 · War & armed conflict
• Dupont Plaza Hotel arson
  Dec 31, 1986 · Fire
• Ponce massacre
  Mar 21, 1937 · Massacre
• Murder of Lorenzo González Cacho
  Mar 9, 2010 · Murder & homicide
• Cerro Maravilla murders
  Jul 25, 1978 · Murder & homicide
• Spanish–Taíno War of San Juan–Borikén
  1511–1529 · War & armed conflict
• Puerto Rican Nationalist Party insurgency
  Oct 30, 1950–Mar 1, 1954 · War & armed conflict
• Jayuya Uprising
  Oct 30, 1950 · War & armed conflict
• Humberto Vidal explosion
  Nov 21, 1996 · Bombing & explosion
• Pan Am Flight 526A
  Apr 11, 1952 · Aviation accident
• 2019–20 Puerto Rico earthquakes
  Jan 7, 2020 · Earthquake
• Utuado uprising
  from Oct 30, 1950 · War & armed conflict
• 1918 San Fermín earthquake
  Oct 11, 1918 · Earthquake
• San Juan Nationalist revolt
  Oct 30, 1950 · Riot & unrest
• Río Piedras massacre
  Oct 24, 1935 · Riot & unrest
• Disappearance of John and Gianinna Colonna
  May 5, 1974 · Disappearance
• American Eagle Flight 5456
  Jun 7, 1992 · Aviation accident
• American Eagle Flight 5452
  May 8, 1987 · Aviation accident
• 2009 Cataño oil refinery fire
  Oct 23, 2009–Oct 25, 2009 · Fire
• Bombardment of San Juan
  May 12, 1898–May 18, 1898 · Bombing & explosion
• Prinair Flight 277
  Mar 5, 1969 · Aviation accident
• IBC Airways Flight 405
  Dec 2, 2013 · Aviation accident
• Prinair Flight 191
  Jun 24, 1972 · Aviation accident
• 2019 Río Piedras shooting
  Oct 14, 2019 · Shooting
• Murder of Keishla Rodríguez
  Apr 29, 2021 · Murder & homicide
• Vieques Air Link Flight 901A
  Aug 2, 1984 · Aviation accident
• 1949 Strato-Freight Curtiss C-46A crash
  Jun 7, 1949 · Aviation accident
• German submarine U-159 (1941)
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• 1977 Vieques Air Link crash
  Dec 19, 1977 · Aviation accident
• 1979 Sabana Seca ambush
  Dec 3, 1979 · Terrorism
• 2017 Puerto Rico leptospirosis outbreak
  Nov 2017 · Epidemic & disease
• 1787 Boricua earthquake
  May 2, 1787 · Earthquake
• 1943 Puerto Rico earthquake
  Jul 28, 1943 · Earthquake
• 2010 Aguas Buenas earthquake
  Dec 24, 2010 · Earthquake
• Aerochago Airlines Convair CV-240 crash 1990
  Sep 10, 1990 · Aviation accident
• SS Augustana Victory
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• 2010 Moca earthquake
  May 16, 2010 · Earthquake
• Guajataca Dam
  date unknown · Disaster
• 2010 Puerto Rico earthquakes
  May 16, 2010 · Earthquake