816 notable events from 2021 — fires, wars and murders. Page 2 of 9.
- Murder of Peter R. de Vries
Jul 6, 2021 · Netherlands · Murder & homicide
- Kongsberg attack
Oct 13, 2021 · Norway · Murder & homicide
- Murder de Lucio Dupuy
Nov 26, 2021 · Argentina · Crime & justice
- Myanmar protests (2021–present)
from Feb 2, 2021 · Myanmar · Riot & unrest
- Typhoon Rai
Dec 12, 2021–Dec 22, 2021 · Micronesia · Natural disaster
- Murder of Temù
May 7, 2021 · Italy · Murder & homicide
- Killing of Vicha Ratanapakdee
Jan 28, 2021 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 2021–2022 Luzon sabungero disappearances
Apr 28, 2021–Jan 2022 · Philippines · Kidnapping & hostage
- Murder of Mee Kuen Chong
Jun 11, 2021 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- Disappearance of Peng Shuai
Nov 2021 · China · Attack (other)
- 2021 Haiti earthquake
Aug 14, 2021 · Haiti · Earthquake
- 2021 Pacific typhoon season
2021 · Marshall Islands · Natural disaster
- Murders of Peter Neumair and Laura Perselli
Jan 4, 2021 · Italy · Murder & homicide
- 2021 Tunisian self-coup
from Jul 25, 2021 · Tunisia · Crisis
- 2021 Colorado mid-air collision
from May 12, 2021 · United States · Aviation accident
- River Valley High School attack
Jul 19, 2021 · Malaysia · Attack (other)
- Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc.
2021 · United States · Crime & justice
- 2021 South African unrest
Jul 9, 2021–Jul 17, 2021 · South Africa · Riot & unrest
- Nagano prefectural assemblyman wife murder case
Sep 28, 2021 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Manhunt for Jürgen Conings
May 17, 2021–Jun 20, 2021 · Belgium · Scandal & controversy
- 2021 Monette–Samburg tornado
Dec 10, 2021 · United States · Natural disaster
- Killing of Ma'Khia Bryant
Apr 20, 2021 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Aichi Prefecture Yatomi city school stabbing murder case
Nov 14, 2021 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- 2021 Denver and Lakewood shootings
Dec 27, 2021 · United States · Shooting
- 2021 Northern Chad offensive
from Apr 11, 2021 · Chad · War & armed conflict
- Liverpool Women's Hospital bombing
Nov 14, 2021 · United Kingdom · Terrorism
- 2021 Percy Priest Lake Cessna Citation crash
May 29, 2021 · United States · Aviation accident
- 2021 Fukushima earthquake
Feb 13, 2021 · Japan · Earthquake
- Juan Pablo Mohr Prieto
Feb 5, 2021 · Pakistan · Disappearance
- Murder of Saman Abbas
May 1, 2021 · Italy · Murder & homicide
- Thiago Brennand case
Jan 1, 2021 · Brazil · Crime & justice
- Typhoon Surigae
Apr 12, 2021–Apr 25, 2021 · Micronesia · Natural disaster
- Disappearance of Lina Khil
Dec 20, 2021 · Disappearance
- Murder of Fawziyah Javed
Sep 2, 2021 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- Death of Christine Dacera
Jan 1, 2021 · Philippines · Crime & justice
- John Snorri Sigurjónsson
Feb 5, 2021 · Pakistan · Disappearance
- Stockton serial shootings
Apr 10, 2021–Sep 27, 2022 · United States · Shooting
- Takatsuki wealthy woman murder case
Jul 22, 2021 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Caroline Crouch
May 11, 2021 · Greece · Murder & homicide
- 2020s energy crisis
from 2021 · Crisis
- Daito City female university student murder case
Apr 28, 2021 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- 2021 Hualien train derailment
Apr 2, 2021 · Taiwan · Rail accident
- 2021 Canadian church burnings
Jun 21, 2021–Jul 8, 2021 · Canada · Attack (other)
- Edwardsville Amazon warehouse collapse
Dec 10, 2021 · United States · Natural disaster
- Five schoolchildren in Yachimata were killed or injured accident
Jun 28, 2021 · Japan · Road accident
- Chahinez Daoud affair
May 4, 2021 · France · Crime & justice
- Red Hill water crisis
from Nov 20, 2021 · United States · Crisis
- 2021 Minsk apartment shooting
Sep 28, 2021 · Belarus · Shooting
- Lytton wildfire
from Jun 30, 2021 · Canada · Fire
- 2021 London, Ontario, truck attack
Jun 6, 2021 · Canada · Attack (other)
- Murder of Ava White
Nov 25, 2021 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- Cyclone Tauktae
May 14, 2021–May 19, 2021 · India · Natural disaster
- Disappearance of Cynthia Bah-Traore
Feb 3, 2021 · United States · Disappearance
- Wi Spa controversy
Jun 24, 2021 · United States · Scandal & controversy
- 2021 Sunrise, Florida shootout
Feb 2, 2021 · United States · Shooting
- Murder of Samuel Luiz
Jul 3, 2021 · Spain · Murder & homicide
- 2021 Chignik earthquake
Jul 29, 2021 · United States · Earthquake
- Peruvian security crisis
from 2021 · Peru · Crisis
- 2021 Chiba earthquake
Oct 7, 2021 · Japan · Earthquake
- Floods in Belgium in 2021
Jul 2021 · Belgium · Natural disaster
- 2021 Semeru eruption
from Dec 4, 2021 · Indonesia · Natural disaster
- 2021 Black Sea incident
Jun 23, 2021 · Ukraine · War & armed conflict
- Australian submarine crisis
from Sep 15, 2021 · Crisis
- Janikhel protest
Mar 21, 2021 · Pakistan · Riot & unrest
- Killing of Adam Toledo
Mar 29, 2021 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 (2021)
Jul 6, 2021 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- 2021 Rio de Janeiro shootout
May 6, 2021 · Brazil · Massacre
- Duhamel scandal
2021 · France · Scandal & controversy
- 2021 Piedade de Caratinga Beechcraft King Air crash
Nov 5, 2021 · Brazil · Aviation accident
- Kurz corruption probe
2021 · Austria · Scandal & controversy
- 2021 Houston MD-87 crash
Oct 19, 2021 · United States · Aviation accident
- 2021 Würzburg stabbing
Jun 25, 2021 · Germany · Attack (other)
- Saudades massacre
May 4, 2021 · Brazil · Murder & homicide
- 2021 Northern Ireland riots
Mar 30, 2021–Apr 9, 2021 · United Kingdom · Riot & unrest
- Operation Guardian of the Walls
May 10, 2021–May 21, 2021 · Israel · War & armed conflict
- Death of Tomás Bravo
Feb 17, 2021 · Chile · Murder & homicide
- Sofagate
Apr 6, 2021 · Türkiye · Scandal & controversy
- Murder of Ingrid Bueno
Feb 22, 2021 · Brazil · Crime & justice
- 2021 Kabul school bombing
May 8, 2021 · Afghanistan · Terrorism
- 2021 United Aircraft Corporation Il-112 crash
Aug 17, 2021 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- 2021–present Peruvian political crisis
from 2021 · Peru · Crisis
- Raymond Childs III
Jan 24, 2021 · Shooting
- 2021 Henan floods
from Jul 17, 2021 · China · Natural disaster
- Tornado outbreak sequence of March 24–28, 2021
from Mar 24, 2021 · United States · Natural disaster
- Killing of Djamel Ben Ismail
Aug 11, 2021 · Algeria · Murder & homicide
- 2021 California wildfires
2021 · United States · Fire
- Killing of Richard Lee Richards
Nov 29, 2021 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Sabina Nessa
Sep 17, 2021 · United Kingdom · Disappearance
- 2021 Indian Air Force Mil Mi-17 crash
Dec 8, 2021 · India · Aviation accident
- ToomuchLucile affair
Jan 1, 2021 · France · Crime & justice
- New Mexico Muslim killings
Nov 7, 2021–Aug 5, 2022 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Listvyazhnaya mine disaster
Nov 25, 2021 · Russian Federation · Industrial & structural disaster
- 2021 Salvadoran political crisis
May 1, 2021 · El Salvador · War & armed conflict
- RTÉ secret payment scandal
2020s · Ireland · Scandal & controversy
- 2021 arrests in Jordan
Apr 3, 2021 · Jordan · War & armed conflict
- 2021 Leverkusen explosion
Jul 27, 2021 · Germany · Bombing & explosion
- Killing of America Thayer
Jul 28, 2021 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 2021 Morocco–Spain border incident
May 17, 2021–May 20, 2021 · Spain · Crisis
- Bear Attack Incident at Higashi-ku, Sapporo
Jun 18, 2021 · Japan · Attack (other)
- 2021 English Channel disaster
Nov 24, 2021 · France · Maritime disaster