2,054 notable events in the United Kingdom — murders, shipwrecks and rail accidents. Page 9 of 21.
- Murder of Jennifer Poole
Apr 17, 2021 · Murder & homicide
- Tradeston Flour Mills explosion
Jul 9, 1872 · Bombing & explosion
- Murder of Gareth O'Connor
May 11, 2003 · Murder & homicide
- 2014 Glasgow bin lorry crash
Dec 22, 2014 · Road accident
- Dover lorry deaths
Jun 18, 2000 · Crime & justice
- SS Ypiranga
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- 2025 Shap derailment
Nov 3, 2025 · Rail accident
- Killing of David Morley
Oct 30, 2004 · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Wendy Sewell
Sep 12, 1973 · Murder & homicide
- MV RMS Mulheim
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Ridgeway Hill Viking burial pit
date unknown · Massacre
- French destroyer La Combattante
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Gilbert Wynter
Mar 9, 1998 · Disappearance
- 1946 Railway Air Services Dakota crash
Dec 19, 1946 · Aviation accident
- Killing of Richard Challen
Aug 14, 2010 · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Linda Cook
Dec 9, 1982 · Murder & homicide
- Disappearance of Shaun Ritchie
Oct 31, 2014 · Disappearance
- Camden Town Murder
Sep 11, 1907 · Murder & homicide
- Royal Charter (ship)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Raid on Mount's Bay
Aug 2, 1595–Aug 4, 1595 · War & armed conflict
- Nottingham cheese riot
Oct 2, 1766 · Riot & unrest
- Killing of Chloe Mitchell
Jun 3, 2023 · Murder & homicide
- Stena Seaspread diving accident
Jan 21, 1981 · Maritime disaster
- Palace Barracks
date unknown · Terrorism
- Green Bicycle Case
Jul 5, 1919 · Crime & justice
- Waage Drill II diving accident
Sep 9, 1975 · Maritime disaster
- Murder of Carol Wardell
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- Towpath murders
May 31, 1953 · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Garry Newlove
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- Carausian revolt
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- 1958 Syerston Avro Vulcan crash
Sep 20, 1958 · Aviation accident
- HMS Pathfinder (1904)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- WWE Rebellion
until 2002 · War & armed conflict
- Girona (ship)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Column 88
date unknown · Terrorism
- Glasgow pub bombings
Feb 17, 1979 · Bombing & explosion
- Death of Bridget Driscoll
Aug 17, 1896 · Road accident
- Kingsbury High School stabbing
Feb 10, 2026 · Attack (other)
- Sack of Berwick (1296)
Mar 22, 1296–Mar 30, 1296 · War & armed conflict
- Oaks explosion
Dec 12, 1866 · Industrial & structural disaster
- Clayton Tunnel rail crash
Aug 25, 1861 · Rail accident
- SMS Kaiserin
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- 2018 Westminster car attack
Aug 14, 2018 · Attack (other)
- Pentrich rising
Jun 9, 1817–Jun 10, 1817 · Riot & unrest
- R v Bow Street Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate, ex parte Pinochet
Nov 25, 1998 · Crime & justice
- Murder of Lyn Bryant
Oct 20, 1998 · Murder & homicide
- Norwich sexual abuse ring
date unknown · Crime & justice
- 2010 transatlantic aircraft bomb plot
Oct 29, 2010 · Bombing & explosion
- Murder of Esther Brown
May 28, 2021 · Murder & homicide
- 1972 Aldershot bombing
Feb 22, 1972 · Bombing & explosion
- Murder of Rania Alayed
Jun 7, 2013 · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Charlotte Dymond
Apr 14, 1844 · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Gordon Semple
Apr 1, 2016 · Murder & homicide
- Second Cornish uprising of 1497
Oct 4, 1497 · War & armed conflict
- Murder of Stephen Carroll
Mar 9, 2009 · Murder & homicide
- Bayardo Bar attack
Aug 13, 1975 · Attack (other)
- Bloody Sunday (1921)
Jul 10, 1921 · Massacre
- Oldcastle Revolt
Jan 9, 1414–Jan 10, 1414 · War & armed conflict
- Bond Offshore Helicopters Flight 85N
Apr 1, 2009 · Aviation accident
- Bristol heart scandal
1990s · Scandal & controversy
- R v Adomako
date unknown · Crime & justice
- 1980 Scottish Cup final
May 10, 1980 · Scandal & controversy
- 2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak
date unknown · Epidemic & disease
- SS Mendi
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Clapham alkali attack
Jan 31, 2024 · Attack (other)
- HMS Formidable (1898)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Murder of Angela Wrightson
Dec 8, 2014 · Murder & homicide
- Ashford v Thornton
May 27, 1817 · Crime & justice
- Clerkenwell explosion
Dec 13, 1867 · Bombing & explosion
- Wennington wildfire
Jul 19, 2022 · Fire
- Stafford and Lovell rebellion
Apr 23, 1486–May 14, 1486 · War & armed conflict
- 2001 BBC bombing
Mar 4, 2001 · Bombing & explosion
- Iberia Flight 062
Nov 4, 1967 · Aviation accident
- Battle of Glen Fruin
Feb 7, 1603 · War & armed conflict
- Dikko affair
Jul 4, 1984 · Kidnapping & hostage
- Murder of Jayne MacDonald
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- Storming of Bolton
May 28, 1644 · War & armed conflict
- York Minster fire
Jul 9, 1984 · Fire
- M40 minibus crash
Nov 18, 1993 · Road accident
- Murder of Aya Hachem
May 17, 2020 · Murder & homicide
- News of the World royal phone hacking scandal
date unknown · Scandal & controversy
- Aylesbury child sex abuse ring
Jan 1, 2006 · Scandal & controversy
- Question Time British National Party controversy
Sep 2009–Oct 2009 · Scandal & controversy
- Murder of Marion Crofts
Jun 6, 1981 · Murder & homicide
- Kirkby train crash
Mar 13, 2021 · Rail accident
- Murders of Christine and Lucy Lee
Feb 23, 2014 · Murder & homicide
- Battle of Newry Road
Sep 23, 1993 · War & armed conflict
- 2008 Exeter attempted bombing
May 22, 2008 · Bombing & explosion
- Cleft chin murder
Oct 7, 1944 · Murder & homicide
- Teebane bombing
Jan 17, 1992 · Bombing & explosion
- Fairey FB-1 Gyrodyne
date unknown · Aviation accident
- Horden shooting
Jan 1, 2012 · Shooting
- Hayes substation fire
Mar 21, 2025 · Industrial & structural disaster
- Murder of June Anne Devaney
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- 1997 Coalisland attack
Mar 26, 1997 · Attack (other)
- Luton railway station
date unknown · Rail accident
- SM UB-65
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Norwich Blitz
1940–1942 · War & armed conflict
- Murder of Zahid Mubarek
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- Hawes Junction rail crash
Dec 24, 1910 · Rail accident