703 notable events from 2015 — wars, murders and terror attacks. Page 1 of 8.
- November 2015 Paris attacks
Nov 13, 2015 · France · Massacre
- Germanwings Flight 9525
Mar 24, 2015 · France · Murder & homicide
- 2015 Tianjin explosions
Aug 12, 2015 · China · Industrial & structural disaster
- Charlie Hebdo shooting
Jan 7, 2015 · France · Terrorism
- Murder of Dee Dee Blanchard
Jun 2015 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Dylann Roof
Jun 17, 2015 · United States · Crime & justice
- Metrojet Flight 9268
Oct 31, 2015 · Israel · Terrorism
- 21 Coptic Christian Martyrs of Libya
Feb 15, 2015 · Libya · Massacre
- Islamic State – Khorasan Province
Jan 26, 2015 · Afghanistan · Terrorism
- Obergefell v. Hodges
Apr 28, 2015 · United States · Crime & justice
- Killing of Jason Corbett
Aug 2, 2015 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Russian intervention in the Syrian civil war
from Sep 30, 2015 · Syrian Arab Republic · War & armed conflict
- Charleston church shooting
Jun 17, 2015 · United States · Shooting
- April 2015 Nepal earthquake
from Apr 25, 2015 · Nepal · Earthquake
- Murders of Alison Parker and Adam Ward
Aug 26, 2015 · United States · Shooting
- Broken Arrow murders
Jul 23, 2015 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Assassination of Boris Nemtsov
Feb 27, 2015 · Russian Federation · Murder & homicide
- 2015 Thalys train attack
Aug 21, 2015 · France · Massacre
- 2015 San Bernardino attack
Dec 2, 2015 · United States · Shooting
- 2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown
Nov 24, 2015 · Syrian Arab Republic · War & armed conflict
- 2015 Mina crowd crush
Sep 24, 2015 · Saudi Arabia · Stampede & crowd crush
- 2015 FIFA corruption case
2015 · Switzerland · Crime & justice
- Ashlee Martinson
Mar 7, 2015 · Murder & homicide
- Hurricane Patricia
Oct 20, 2015–Dec 31, 2015 · Mexico · Natural disaster
- Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war
from Mar 25, 2015 · Yemen · War & armed conflict
- Islamist insurgency in Burkina Faso
from Aug 23, 2015 · Burkina Faso · War & armed conflict
- 2015 Umpqua Community College shooting
Oct 1, 2015 · United States · Shooting
- 2015 Mount Everest avalanches
Apr 25, 2015 · Nepal · Earthquake
- Murder of Marco Vannini
May 17, 2015 · Italy · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Teresa Sievers
Jun 28, 2015 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 2015 Sousse attacks
Jun 26, 2015 · Tunisia · Murder & homicide
- Killing of Freddie Gray
Apr 12, 2015 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 2015 Philadelphia train derailment
May 12, 2015 · United States · Rail accident
- Death of Sandra Bland
Jul 13, 2015 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Death of Alan Kurdi
Sep 2, 2015 · Italy · War & armed conflict
- Funabashi 18-year-old girl murder case
Apr 2015 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Mecca crane collapse
Sep 11, 2015 · Saudi Arabia · Industrial & structural disaster
- TransAsia Airways Flight 235
Feb 4, 2015 · Taiwan · Aviation accident
- Hillary Clinton email controversy
from Mar 2015 · United States · Scandal & controversy
- Neyagawa junior high school students murder case
Aug 12, 2015 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Trollhättan school stabbing
Oct 22, 2015 · Sweden · Massacre
- Kumagaya Murders
Sep 14, 2015–Sep 16, 2015 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik
Dec 2, 2015 · Murder & homicide
- Kunduz hospital airstrike
Oct 3, 2015 · Afghanistan · War & armed conflict
- Amedy Coulibaly
Jan 9, 2015 · France · Terrorism
- January 2015 Île-de-France attacks
Jan 7, 2015–Jan 9, 2015 · France · Terrorism
- Islamic State–Taliban conflict
from Nov 11, 2015 · Afghanistan · War & armed conflict
- Mariana dam disaster
Nov 5, 2015 · Brazil · War & armed conflict
- Refugio oil spill
May 19, 2015 · United States · Industrial & structural disaster
- Ahmed Mohamed clock incident
Sep 14, 2015 · United States · Scandal & controversy
- Hypercacher kosher supermarket siege
Jan 9, 2015 · France · Terrorism
- Mamasapano clash
Jan 25, 2015 · Philippines · War & armed conflict
- Murder of Lisa Holm
Jun 7, 2015 · Sweden · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Farkhunda Malikzada
Mar 19, 2015 · Afghanistan · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Murder of S. Vithiya
May 13, 2015 · Sri Lanka · Murder & homicide
- Duma arson attack
Jul 31, 2015 · Palestine · Attack (other)
- Murder of Ryōta Uemura
Feb 20, 2015 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Yomiuri Giants baseball gambling scandal
2015 · Japan · Scandal & controversy
- 2015 Villa Castelli mid-air collision
Mar 9, 2015 · Argentina · Aviation accident
- Murder of Connie Dabate
Dec 23, 2015 · United States · Murder & homicide
- ISIL Japanese hostage crisis
Jan 1, 2015 · Syrian Arab Republic · Kidnapping & hostage
- Hitotsubashi University outing incident
Aug 24, 2015 · Japan · Crime & justice
- 2015 Waco shootout
May 17, 2015 · United States · Shooting
- Venezuelan refugee crisis
from 2015 · Venezuela · Crisis
- Disappearance of Crystal Rogers
Jul 3, 2015 · United States · Disappearance
- 2015 Shoreham Airshow crash
Aug 22, 2015 · United Kingdom · Aviation accident
- Rupperswil murder case
Dec 21, 2015 · Switzerland · Murder & homicide
- Joshua Wheeler
Oct 22, 2015 · Iraq · Terrorism
- Killing of Walter Scott
Apr 4, 2015 · United States · Shooting
- Death of Canserbero
Jan 19, 2015 · Venezuela · Murder & homicide
- Opération Sentinelle
from Jan 12, 2015 · France · War & armed conflict
- 2015 Illapel earthquake
Sep 16, 2015 · Chile · Earthquake
- Operation Freedom's Sentinel
Jan 1, 2015–Aug 30, 2021 · Afghanistan · War & armed conflict
- Sian Blake
Dec 13, 2015 · Murder & homicide
- Islamist insurgency in Niger
Feb 6, 2015 · Niger · War & armed conflict
- 2015 Rochelle–Fairdale tornado
Apr 9, 2015 · United States · Natural disaster
- Air Canada Flight 624
Mar 29, 2015 · Canada · Aviation accident
- Asiana Airlines Flight 162
Apr 14, 2015 · Japan · Aviation accident
- Murder of Madyson Middleton
Jul 26, 2015 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Bardo National Museum attack
Mar 18, 2015 · Tunisia · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Stephanie Scott
Apr 5, 2015 · Australia · Murder & homicide
- Colectiv nightclub fire
Oct 30, 2015 · Romania · Fire
- Garissa University College attack
Apr 2, 2015 · Kenya · Terrorism
- D.C. mansion murders
May 14, 2015 · United States · Attack (other)
- Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict
Apr 2, 2015 · Saudi Arabia · War & armed conflict
- 2015–16 Zika virus epidemic
Apr 2015–Nov 2016 · Mexico · Epidemic & disease
- 2015 Baltimore protests
from Apr 2015 · United States · Riot & unrest
- 2015 University of Louisville basketball sex scandal
2015 · United States · Scandal & controversy
- Radisson Blu Bamako attack
Nov 20, 2015 · Mali · Terrorism
- Disappearance of Lucas Tronche
Mar 18, 2015 · France · Disappearance
- 2015 Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack
Jun 26, 2015 · France · Attack (other)
- Eckwersheim derailment
Nov 14, 2015 · France · Rail accident
- Operation Decisive Storm
Mar 26, 2015–Apr 22, 2015 · Yemen · War & armed conflict
- British Airways Flight 2276
Sep 8, 2015 · United States · Aviation accident
- Delta Air Lines Flight 1086
Mar 5, 2015 · United States · Aviation accident
- 2015 Saint-Denis raid
Nov 18, 2015 · France · Terrorism
- Killing of Lucas Leonard
Oct 11, 2015–Oct 12, 2015 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 2015 Omsk building collapse
Jul 12, 2015 · Russian Federation · Industrial & structural disaster
- Execuflight Flight 1526
Nov 10, 2015 · United States · Aviation accident
- 2015 Chōfu PA-46 crash
Jul 26, 2015 · Japan · Aviation accident