598 notable events from 2011. Page 1 of 6.
- Fukushima nuclear accident
from Mar 11, 2011 · Japan
- Anders Behring Breivik
Jul 22, 2011 · Norway
- 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
Mar 11, 2011 · Japan
- Syrian civil war
from Mar 15, 2011 · Syrian Arab Republic
- Killing of Osama bin Laden
May 2, 2011 · Pakistan
- 2011 Norway attacks
Jul 22, 2011 · Norway
- Dupont de Ligonnès murders and disappearance
Apr 21, 2011 · France
- Joplin tornado
May 22, 2011 · United States
- Whitey Bulger
Jun 22, 2011 · —
- Pelicot rape case
Jul 2011–Oct 2020 · France
- Aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
Mar 11, 2011 · Japan
- Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash
Sep 7, 2011 · Russian Federation
- Killing of Muammar Gaddafi
Oct 20, 2011 · Libya
- Murder of Seath Jackson
Apr 17, 2011 · United States
- Libyan civil war (2011)
Feb 15, 2011–Oct 23, 2011 · Libya
- Occupy Wall Street
Sep 17, 2011 · United States
- Murder of Candela Sol Rodríguez
Aug 22, 2011 · Argentina
- 15-M Movement
Jan 1, 2011 · Spain
- 2011 Egyptian revolution
Jan 25, 2011–Feb 11, 2011 · Egypt
- 2011 Kumamoto three-year-old girl murder case
Mar 3, 2011 · Japan
- 2011–2013 Russian protests
Dec 4, 2011–Jul 18, 2013 · Russian Federation
- War in the Sahel
from Feb 15, 2011 · Niger
- Extortion 17 shootdown
Aug 6, 2011 · Afghanistan
- Disappearance of Lauren Spierer
Jun 3, 2011 · United States
- 2011 England riots
Aug 6, 2011–Aug 11, 2011 · United Kingdom
- 2011 Christchurch earthquake
Feb 22, 2011 · New Zealand
- Murder of Lauren Giddings
Jun 26, 2011 · United States
- Libyan crisis
from Feb 15, 2011 · Libya
- 2011 Tucson shooting
Jan 8, 2011 · United States
- New York v. Strauss-Kahn
May 14, 2011 · United States
- Murder of Holly Bobo
Apr 13, 2011 · United States
- Relationship of Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway, and Jeffrey Epstein
2011–2014 · —
- Ammons haunting case
Jan 1, 2011 · United States
- Murder of Agnès Marin
Nov 16, 2011 · France
- Disappearance of Timmothy Pitzen
May 13, 2011 · United States
- Syrian revolution
Mar 15, 2011–Jun 12, 2012 · Syrian Arab Republic
- Crystal Mangum
Apr 3, 2011 · —
- Lululemon murder
Mar 11, 2011 · United States
- 2011 Tuscaloosa–Birmingham tornado
Apr 27, 2011 · United States
- 2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot
Jun 15, 2011 · Canada
- Vatican leaks scandal
from 2011 · Holy See (Vatican City State)
- Death and state funeral of Kim Jong Il
Dec 29, 2011 · North Korea
- Sinai insurgency
from Feb 5, 2011 · Egypt
- Zanesville animal escape
Oct 18, 2011 · United States
- Occupy movement
from Sep 17, 2011 · —
- Disappearance of Rebecca Coriam
Mar 21, 2011 · —
- Otsu school bullying and suicide
Oct 11, 2011 · Japan
- Murder of Sian O'Callaghan
Mar 19, 2011 · United Kingdom
- Rio de Janeiro school shooting
Apr 7, 2011 · Brazil
- 2011 Reno Air Races crash
Sep 16, 2011 · United States
- Murder of Bethany Decker
Jan 29, 2011 · United States
- Killing of Mark Duggan
Aug 4, 2011 · United Kingdom
- LOT Polish Airlines Flight 16
Nov 1, 2011 · Poland
- Match-fixing in professional sumo
2011 · Japan
- Murder of Erica Parsons
Dec 17, 2011 · United States
- 2011 Bahraini uprising
from Feb 14, 2011 · Bahrain
- 5 World Trade Center
Sep 9, 2011 · United States
- Iran–U.S. RQ-170 incident
Dec 4, 2011 · Iran
- Wenzhou train collision
Jul 23, 2011 · China
- 2011 Lorca earthquake
May 11, 2011 · Spain
- Hurricane Irene
Aug 21, 2011–Aug 30, 2011 · United States
- Olympus scandal
Oct 14, 2011 · Japan
- Murders of Blake and Mary-Jo Hadley
Jul 16, 2011 · United States
- José Bretón case
Oct 8, 2011 · Spain
- 2011 PlayStation Network outage
Apr 20, 2011–May 14, 2011 · —
- Domodedovo International Airport bombing
Jan 24, 2011 · Russian Federation
- Former colleague Okayama female dismembered murder case
Sep 30, 2011 · Japan
- Murder of Courtney Wilkes
Jun 16, 2011 · United States
- 2011 Minsk Metro bombing
Apr 11, 2011 · Belarus
- Caesium-san incident
Aug 4, 2011 · Japan
- Radik Tagirov
Jan 1, 2011–Jan 1, 2012 · Russian Federation
- Sol Líneas Aéreas Flight 5428
May 18, 2011 · Argentina
- 2011 Svalbard polar bear attack
Aug 5, 2011 · Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- Alphen aan den Rijn shopping mall shooting
Apr 9, 2011 · Netherlands
- 2011 Virginia earthquake
Aug 23, 2011 · United States
- 2011 White House shooting
Nov 11, 2011 · United States
- Mathis Jouanneau case
Sep 4, 2011 · France
- Asiana Airlines Flight 991
Jul 28, 2011 · South Korea
- Death of Madison Scott
May 28, 2011 · Canada
- Tiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha
Jan 1, 2011–Jan 1, 2014 · Brazil
- Yemeni revolution
Jan 27, 2011–Feb 27, 2012 · Yemen
- 2011 San Fernando massacre
Jun 7, 2011 · Mexico
- First Air Flight 6560
Aug 20, 2011 · Canada
- 2011 Marrakesh bombing
Apr 28, 2011 · Morocco
- Yemeni crisis
from Jan 27, 2011 · Yemen
- Indiana State Fair stage collapse
Aug 13, 2011 · United States
- Philadelphia basement kidnapping
Oct 17, 2011 · United States
- Lionel Floury affair
Jan 1, 2011 · France
- Siege of Homs
May 6, 2011–May 21, 2017 · Syrian Arab Republic
- Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr.
Nov 19, 2011 · United States
- Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013)
Dec 18, 2011–Dec 30, 2013 · Iraq
- 2011 Waltham triple murder
Sep 11, 2011 · United States
- Egyptian Crisis (2011–2014)
Jan 25, 2011–May 2014 · Egypt
- Airlines PNG Flight 1600
Oct 13, 2011 · Papua New Guinea
- Death of Wang Yue
Oct 21, 2011 · China
- 2011 Super Ōzora derailment and fire
May 27, 2011 · Japan
- Steven Lawayne Nelson
Mar 3, 2011 · —
- Murder of Nubia Barahona
Feb 11, 2011 · United States
- 2011–12 Italian football match-fixing scandal
2011 · Italy
- 2011 Monterrey casino attack
Aug 25, 2011 · Mexico