Events in the United Kingdom

2,054 notable events in the United Kingdom — murders, shipwrecks and rail accidents. Page 1 of 21.

• Agatha Christie
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Jack the Ripper
  Jan 1, 1888 · Murder & homicide
• Brian Jones
  date unknown · Scandal & controversy
• The Troubles
  1960s–1998 · War & armed conflict
• Virginia Woolf
  date unknown · Scandal & controversy
• Manchester Arena bombing
  May 22, 2017 · Terrorism
• Special Air Service
  date unknown · Terrorism
• Pan Am Flight 103
  Dec 21, 1988 · Terrorism
• Aberfan disaster
  from Oct 21, 1966 · Natural disaster
• Murder of James Bulger
  Feb 12, 1993 · Attack (other)
• Hillsborough disaster
  Apr 15, 1989 · Stampede & crowd crush
• Killing of Rachel Nickell
  Jul 15, 1992 · Murder & homicide
• Battle of Britain
  Jul 10, 1940–Oct 31, 1940 · War & armed conflict
• Peter Sutcliffe
  Jan 1, 1975–Jan 1, 1980 · Murder & homicide
• The Crystal Palace
  date unknown · Fire
• Percy Bysshe Shelley
  date unknown · Riot & unrest
• Balfour Declaration
  Nov 2, 1917 · War & armed conflict
• Dennis Nilsen
  Dec 30, 1978–Jan 26, 1983 · Murder & homicide
• HSBC
  date unknown
• Robert Maudsley
  Jan 1, 1974–Jan 1, 1978 · Murder & homicide
• The Blitz
  Sep 7, 1940–May 21, 1941 · War & armed conflict
• Edward V
  Jul 1, 1483 · War & armed conflict
• Grenfell Tower fire
  Jun 14, 2017 · Fire
• Bloody Sunday (1972)
  Jan 30, 1972 · Massacre
• Moors murders
  Jul 1, 1963–Oct 1, 1965 · Murder & homicide
• 7 July 2005 London bombings
  Jul 7, 2005 · Terrorism
• Rose West
  Jun 1, 1971 · Attack (other)
• 2026 Golders Green attack
  Apr 29, 2026 · Attack (other)
• Edward Smith (sea captain)
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal
  Mar 4, 2018 · Murder & homicide
• Mary Bell
  date unknown · Murder & homicide
• Great Fire of London
  Sep 2, 1666–Sep 6, 1666 · Fire
• Murder of Sophie Lancaster
  Aug 11, 2007 · Crime & justice
• Ronnie Biggs
  date unknown · Crime & justice
• Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II
  Sep 8, 2022 · Death & funeral
• Soham murders
  Aug 4, 2002 · Murder & homicide
• Christopher Marlowe
  date unknown · Attack (other)
• Iranian Embassy siege
  Apr 30, 1980–May 5, 1980 · War & armed conflict
• Dunblane massacre
  Mar 13, 1996 · Shooting
• Profumo affair
  Jul 9, 1961–Jun 4, 1963 · Scandal & controversy
• Murder of Lee Rigby
  May 22, 2013 · Murder & homicide
• Murder of Henry Nowak
  Dec 3, 2025 · Attack (other)
• Great Smog of London
  Dec 5, 1952–Dec 9, 1952 · Science & concept
• Death of Noah Donohoe
  date unknown · Riot & unrest
• Jacobite rising of 1745
  Jan 1, 1745–Jan 1, 1746 · War & armed conflict
• Gunpowder Plot
  Nov 5, 1605 · Murder & homicide
• Murder of Suzanne Capper
  Dec 18, 1992 · Murder & homicide
• Mary Jane Kelly
  date unknown · Murder & homicide
• Bradford City stadium fire
  May 11, 1985 · Fire
• Southampton F.C. espionage incident
  2026 · Attack (other)
• William Kidd
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Richey Edwards
  Feb 1, 1995 · Disappearance
• Abdication of Edward VIII
  1936 · Crisis
• Murder of Sarah Everard
  Mar 3, 2021 · Murder & homicide
• Cutty Sark
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Grooming gangs scandal
  Jan 1, 1990–Jan 1, 2010 · Scandal & controversy
• Great Train Robbery (1963)
  Aug 8, 1963 · Crime & justice
• 2024 Southport stabbings
  Jul 29, 2024 · Attack (other)
• Windscale fire
  Oct 10, 1957 · Fire
• Great Stink
  Jul 1858–Aug 1858 · Disaster
• Piper Alpha
  Jul 1988 · Fire
• Peasants' Revolt
  May 30, 1381–Nov 1381 · War & armed conflict
• Massacre of Glencoe
  Feb 13, 1692 · Massacre
• Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko
  Nov 1, 2006–Nov 23, 2006 · Epidemic & disease
• Jeremy Bamber
  Aug 7, 1985 · Murder & homicide
• Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal
  1997–2013 · Crime & justice
• Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal
  date unknown · Scandal & controversy
• Sawney Bean
  date unknown · Murder & homicide
• Operation Chastise
  May 16, 1943–May 17, 1943 · War & armed conflict
• British Post Office scandal
  date unknown · Crime & justice
• William McMaster Murdoch
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Enfield poltergeist
  date unknown · Science & concept
• Combat 18
  date unknown · Terrorism
• Burke and Hare murders
  1828 · Murder & homicide
• Kidnapping of Shannon Matthews
  Feb 19, 2008–Mar 14, 2008 · Kidnapping & hostage
• British Airways Flight 5390
  Jun 10, 1990 · Aviation accident
• Omagh bombing
  Aug 15, 1998 · Bombing & explosion
• Mary Rose
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Disappearance of Andrew Gosden
  Sep 14, 2007 · Disappearance
• Murder of Brianna Ghey
  Feb 11, 2023 · Murder & homicide
• White power skinhead
  date unknown · Terrorism
• Jo Cox
  date unknown · Terrorism
• Rettendon murders
  Dec 6, 1995 · Murder & homicide
• Peter Tobin
  Feb 10, 1991–Sep 26, 2006 · Murder & homicide
• Murder of Stephen Lawrence
  Apr 22, 1993 · Crime & justice
• Timothy Evans
  Nov 30, 1949 · Murder & homicide
• Banastre Tarleton
  date unknown · Massacre
• British Airways Flight 38
  Jan 17, 2008 · Aviation accident
• Battle of Cable Street
  Oct 4, 1936 · War & armed conflict
• Rendlesham Forest incident
  from Dec 1980 · Scandal & controversy
• Kegworth air disaster
  Jan 8, 1989 · Aviation accident
• Murder of Sarah Payne
  Jul 1, 2000 · Murder & homicide
• Hungerford massacre
  Aug 19, 1987 · Shooting
• Murder of Milly Dowler
  Mar 21, 2002 · Murder & homicide
• 2010 Northumbria Police manhunt
  Jul 9, 2010 · Shooting
• HMS Royal Oak (08)
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• 2011 England riots
  Aug 6, 2011–Aug 11, 2011 · Attack (other)
• 2024 United Kingdom riots
  Jul 30, 2024–Aug 10, 2024 · Riot & unrest
• Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York
  Jul 1, 1483 · War & armed conflict
• Sellafield
  date unknown