Events in the United Kingdom

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

• British European Airways Flight 548
  Jun 18, 1972 · Aviation accident
• Murder of Muriel McKay
  1970 · Murder & homicide
• 2017 London Bridge attack
  Jun 3, 2017 · Attack (other)
• Windrush scandal
  date unknown · Scandal & controversy
• Mary Ann Nichols
  date unknown · Murder & homicide
• Murder of Kelly Anne Bates
  Apr 16, 1996 · Murder & homicide
• German submarine U-96 (1940)
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Flannan Isles Lighthouse
  date unknown · Disappearance
• R v Brown
  Mar 11, 1993 · Crime & justice
• Assassination of Spencer Perceval
  May 11, 1812 · Murder & homicide
• Peterloo Massacre
  Aug 16, 1819 · Massacre
• Brighton hotel bombing
  Oct 12, 1984 · Bombing & explosion
• SS Richard Montgomery
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Execution of Charles I of England
  Jan 30, 1649 · Suicide & execution
• Corporals killings
  Mar 19, 1988 · Shooting
• White House Farm murders
  Aug 6, 1985–Aug 7, 1985 · Shooting
• Catherine Eddowes
  date unknown · Murder & homicide
• Loughgall ambush
  May 8, 1987 · War & armed conflict
• Warrenpoint ambush
  Aug 27, 1979 · War & armed conflict
• First Barons' War
  Jan 1, 1215–Jan 1, 1217 · War & armed conflict
• Whitechapel murders
  Apr 3, 1888–Feb 13, 1891 · Murder & homicide
• News International phone hacking scandal
  date unknown · Scandal & controversy
• John Haigh
  Jan 1, 1944–Jan 1, 1949 · Murder & homicide
• Grenfell Tower
  date unknown · Fire
• Murders of John and Lois McCullough
  from Jun 17, 2019 · Murder & homicide
• Murder of Paige Doherty
  Mar 19, 2016 · Murder & homicide
• Annie Chapman
  date unknown · Murder & homicide
• Stabbing of George Harrison
  Dec 30, 1999 · Attack (other)
• 2023 Nottingham attacks
  Jun 13, 2023 · Attack (other)
• Extinction Rebellion
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Disappearance of Suzy Lamplugh
  Jul 28, 1986 · Disappearance
• St Brice's Day massacre
  Nov 13, 1002 · Massacre
• Blood & Honour
  date unknown · Terrorism
• Harrying of the North
  1069–1070 · Massacre
• Elizabeth Stride
  date unknown · Murder & homicide
• Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Peterborough ditch murders
  Mar 2013 · Murder & homicide
• Mary Ann Cotton
  date unknown · Murder & homicide
• Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow
  Jun 21, 1919 · War & armed conflict
• Boudican revolt
  60–61 · Riot & unrest
• Murder of Sara Sharif
  Aug 8, 2023 · Murder & homicide
• Murder of Ben Kinsella
  Jun 29, 2008 · Murder & homicide
• Mark Speight
  date unknown · Disappearance
• Bible John
  Feb 22, 1968–Oct 31, 1969 · Murder & homicide
• Murder of Victoria Climbié
  Feb 25, 2000 · Murder & homicide
• 2026 London antisemitic attacks
  from Mar 23, 2026 · Terrorism
• Henry Tingle Wilde
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• John Bodkin Adams
  date unknown · Murder & homicide
• King's Cross fire
  Nov 18, 1987 · Fire
• SMS Seydlitz
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Murder of Breck Bednar
  Feb 17, 2014 · Murder & homicide
• Angela Rayner tax scandal
  Aug 28, 2025 · Scandal & controversy
• Amelia Dyer
  Jan 1, 1869–Jan 1, 1896 · Murder & homicide
• 1999 London nail bombings
  Apr 17, 1999–Apr 30, 1999 · Bombing & explosion
• Death and state funeral of Winston Churchill
  Jan 30, 1965 · Death & funeral
• Amy Johnson
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Killing of Jean Charles de Menezes
  Jul 22, 2005 · Murder & homicide
• Coventry Blitz
  1940–1942 · War & armed conflict
• Warrington bombings
  Feb 26, 1993–Mar 20, 1993 · Bombing & explosion
• Gordon Riots
  Jun 1780 · Riot & unrest
• Dogger Bank incident
  Oct 21, 1904–Oct 22, 1904 · War & armed conflict
• John Darwin disappearance case
  Mar 21, 2002 · Disappearance
• Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War
  Mar 30, 1651–Jun 1651 · War & armed conflict
• Pilgrimage of Grace
  Oct 1, 1536 · War & armed conflict
• Murder of Jo Cox
  Jun 16, 2016 · Shooting
• Disappearance of Lee Boxell
  Sep 10, 1988 · Disappearance
• Cumbria shootings
  Jun 2, 2010 · Shooting
• Death and state funeral of George VI
  Feb 15, 1952 · Death & funeral
• Murder of Rhys Jones
  Aug 22, 2007 · Murder & homicide
• 2008 UEFA Cup final riots
  May 14, 2008 · Riot & unrest
• ORP Orzeł (1938)
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Joe Meek
  date unknown · Murder & homicide
• 2018 Leicester helicopter crash
  Oct 27, 2018 · Aviation accident
• Southern Television broadcast interruption
  Nov 26, 1977 · Crime & justice
• Battle of Naseby
  Jun 14, 1645 · War & armed conflict
• 2025 Liverpool parade attack
  May 26, 2025 · Attack (other)
• Rochdale child sex abuse ring
  Jan 1, 2008 · Scandal & controversy
• Babes in the Wood murders (Brighton)
  Oct 9, 1986 · Crime & justice
• Marchioness disaster
  Aug 20, 1989 · Maritime disaster
• 1996 Manchester bombing
  Jun 15, 1996 · Bombing & explosion
• Murder of Kriss Donald
  Mar 15, 2004 · Murder & homicide
• October 2022 United Kingdom government crisis
  from Oct 2022 · Crisis
• Essex lorry deaths
  Oct 23, 2019 · Massacre
• Louis Le Prince
  Sep 16, 1890 · Disappearance
• 2017 Westminster attack
  Mar 22, 2017 · Attack (other)
• Murder of Natalie McNally
  Dec 18, 2022 · Murder & homicide
• 2022–2023 mpox outbreak
  May 4, 2022–May 11, 2023 · Epidemic & disease
• German submarine U-1206
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Plymouth shooting
  Aug 12, 2021 · Shooting
• RMS Oceanic
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Battle of Bamber Bridge
  Jun 24, 1943–Jun 25, 1943 · War & armed conflict
• 1992 Windsor Castle fire
  Nov 20, 1992 · Fire
• Murder of Sian O'Callaghan
  Mar 19, 2011 · Murder & homicide
• Douglas P.
  date unknown · Death & funeral
• Killing of Peter Connelly
  Aug 3, 2007 · Murder & homicide
• Prosper family murders
  Sep 13, 2024 · Shooting
• Disappearance of Charlene Downes
  Nov 1, 2003 · Disappearance
• United Kingdom BSE outbreak
  date unknown · Epidemic & disease
• Wrongful conviction of Peter Sullivan
  1987–2025 · Crime & justice
• Graham Young
  Jan 1, 1961–Jan 1, 1971 · Murder & homicide