816 notable events from 2021 — fires, wars and murders. Page 3 of 9.
- 2021 Salisbury rail crash
Oct 31, 2021 · United Kingdom · Rail accident
- 2021 eruption of La Soufrière
2021 · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Natural disaster
- Murder of Ella French
Aug 7, 2021 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Tehuel de la Torre
Mar 11, 2021 · Argentina · Disappearance
- Death of Lauren Cho
Jun 28, 2021 · Disappearance
- Murder of Leonie W. in Vienna 2021
Jun 26, 2021 · Austria · Crime & justice
- Murder of Mohammad Anwar
Mar 23, 2021 · United States · Murder & homicide
- OVHcloud 2021 datacenter fire
Mar 10, 2021 · Germany · Fire
- 2021 Romanian political crisis
Sep 1, 2021–Nov 25, 2021 · Romania · Crisis
- March 2021 Miyagi earthquake
Mar 20, 2021 · Japan · Earthquake
- Battle of Palma
Apr 5, 2021 · Tanzania · War & armed conflict
- Murder of Jennifer Poole
Apr 17, 2021 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- 2021 Philippine Air Force C-130 crash
Jul 4, 2021 · Philippines · Aviation accident
- Airbus A321neo incident over Magadan
Dec 2, 2021 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- Fire in the Archive of Town Hall of Kraków
Feb 6, 2021–Feb 16, 2021 · Poland · Fire
- 2021 Beirut clashes
Oct 14, 2021 · Lebanon · War & armed conflict
- 2021 Uttarakhand flood
Feb 7, 2021 · India · Natural disaster
- Killing of Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi
Aug 21, 2021 · Niger · War & armed conflict
- 2021 Pacific Northwest floods
Nov 12, 2021–Dec 7, 2021 · Canada · Natural disaster
- 2021 Solomon Islands unrest
from Nov 24, 2021 · Solomon Islands · Riot & unrest
- Murder of Esther Brown
May 28, 2021 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Babita Deokaran
Aug 23, 2021 · South Africa · Murder & homicide
- Killing of Leneal Frazier
Jul 6, 2021 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 2021 Natanz incident
Apr 11, 2021 · Iran · Bombing & explosion
- Ladakh protests
from 2021 · India · Riot & unrest
- 2021 Auckland supermarket stabbing
Sep 3, 2021 · New Zealand · Attack (other)
- Battle of Kandahar (2021)
Jul 9, 2021–Aug 16, 2021 · Afghanistan · War & armed conflict
- 2021 Guerrero earthquake
Sep 7, 2021 · Mexico · Earthquake
- 2021 British Columbia wildfires
Apr 1, 2021 · Canada · Fire
- 2021 Muskogee shooting
Feb 2, 2021 · United States · Massacre
- Voronezh bus explosion
Aug 12, 2021 · Russian Federation · Bombing & explosion
- Kirkby train crash
Mar 13, 2021 · United Kingdom · Rail accident
- 2021–2022 Iranian protests
Jul 15, 2021–Sep 15, 2022 · Iran · Riot & unrest
- Niihama triple murder case
Oct 13, 2021 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- 2021 Collierville Kroger shooting
Sep 23, 2021 · United States · Terrorism
- 2021 Dänischenhagen and Kiel triple murder
May 19, 2021 · Germany · Crime & justice
- 2021 Nagaland killings
Dec 4, 2021 · India · Massacre
- 2021 Armenian political crisis
Feb 25, 2021–Mar 28, 2021 · Armenia · War & armed conflict
- Longtail Aviation Flight 5504
Feb 20, 2021 · Netherlands · Aviation accident
- 2021 Montana train derailment
Sep 25, 2021 · United States · Rail accident
- Buffalo, Minnesota clinic attack
Feb 9, 2021 · United States · Shooting
- Death of Lucas Villa
May 11, 2021 · Colombia · Murder & homicide
- San Miguel del Ene attack
May 23, 2021 · Peru · Terrorism
- International reactions to the January 6 United States Capitol attack
Jan 6, 2021 · United States · Attack (other)
- 2021 Mansfield earthquake
Sep 22, 2021 · Australia · Earthquake
- 2021 Dutch curfew riots
Jan 23, 2021–Jan 26, 2021 · Netherlands · Riot & unrest
- Lynching of Priyantha Kumara
Dec 3, 2021 · Pakistan · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Killing of Sara-Nicole Morales
Nov 20, 2021 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Palisades Fire (2021)
May 14, 2021–May 26, 2021 · United States · Fire
- 2021–2022 Iraqi political crisis
Nov 5, 2021–Oct 27, 2022 · Iraq · Crisis
- Caso Miguel dos Santos Rodrigues
Jul 29, 2021 · Brazil · Murder & homicide
- Dasu bus attack
Jul 14, 2021 · Pakistan · Attack (other)
- Caso Union Temporal Centros Poblados
Jan 1, 2021–Jan 1, 2024 · Colombia · Scandal & controversy
- Kiwirok bombings
Oct 24, 2021 · Indonesia · War & armed conflict
- Trial of Hamid Nouri
Aug 10, 2021–May 4, 2022 · Sweden · War & armed conflict
- 2021 Milan Pilatus PC-12 crash
Oct 3, 2021 · Italy · Aviation accident
- Killing of Ali Fazeli Monfared
May 4, 2021 · Iran · Murder & homicide
- 2021–2022 Malaysian floods
from Dec 17, 2021 · Malaysia · Natural disaster
- Prandi v. Contardi
Oct 1, 2021 · Argentina · Crime & justice
- Wakefield standoff
Jul 3, 2021 · United States · Crime & justice
- 2021 Algeria wildfires
Aug 2021 · Algeria · Fire
- Battle of Marib (2021–2022)
Feb 22, 2021–Apr 1, 2022 · Yemen · War & armed conflict
- 2021 South Sandwich Islands earthquakes
Aug 12, 2021 · South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands · Earthquake
- Cyclone Seroja
Apr 4, 2021–Apr 12, 2021 · Indonesia · Natural disaster
- Hurricane Rick (2021)
Oct 22, 2021–Oct 26, 2021 · Mexico · Natural disaster
- 2021 Chicago–Evanston shootings
Jan 9, 2021 · United States · Shooting
- September 2021 Guayaquil prison riot
Sep 28, 2021 · Ecuador · Massacre
- Fukushima Prefecture Iwaki six casualties accident
Jul 24, 2021 · Japan · Road accident
- 2021 Knik Glacier helicopter crash
Mar 27, 2021 · United States · Aviation accident
- Nakama City nursery school bus five-year-old death case
Jul 29, 2021 · Japan · Accident
- 2021 United Kingdom fuel supply crisis
2021 · United Kingdom · Crisis
- Explosion near the gymnasium of the Vvedensky Vladychny Monastery
Dec 13, 2021 · Russian Federation · Bombing & explosion
- 2021 North Kivu Ebola outbreak
Feb 1, 2021–May 3, 2021 · DR Congo · Epidemic & disease
- 2021 Boyo killings
Dec 16, 2021 · Central African Republic · Murder & homicide
- Killing of Gracie Spinks
Jun 18, 2021 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- Sinking of the Baekho
May 26, 2021 · Russian Federation · Maritime disaster
- August 2021 Kabul drone strike
Aug 29, 2021 · Afghanistan · Terrorism
- 2021 Bata explosions
Mar 7, 2021 · Equatorial Guinea · Bombing & explosion
- 2021 Konya massacre
Jul 30, 2021 · Türkiye · Massacre
- 2021 United States Capitol car attack
Apr 2, 2021 · United States · Massacre
- 2021 Idar-Oberstein shooting
Sep 18, 2021 · Germany · Crime & justice
- 2021 Palmas FR plane crash
Jan 24, 2021 · Brazil · Aviation accident
- Killing of Zheng Shaoxiong
Nov 9, 2021 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Yaizu fishing port bonito theft case
Oct 11, 2021 · Japan · Crime & justice
- 2021 Brazilian protests
Dec 31, 2021 · Brazil · Riot & unrest
- February 2021 Ecuadorian prison riots
Feb 23, 2021 · Ecuador · Massacre
- 2021–present Madagascar famine
from 2021 · Madagascar · Crisis
- 2021 Russian wildfires
2021 · Russian Federation · Fire
- Murder of Sir Richard Sutton
Apr 7, 2021 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence
Oct 3, 2021 · Nepal · Genocide & ethnic violence
- 2021 Menzelinsk Let L-410UVP-E crash
Oct 10, 2021 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- Siberian Light Aviation Flight 42
Jul 16, 2021 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- 2021 Italian government crisis
Jan 13, 2021–Feb 13, 2021 · Italy · Crisis
- Grodno Aviakompania Flight 1252
Nov 3, 2021 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- Siberian Light Aviation Flight 51
Sep 12, 2021 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- Jair Bolsonaro jewelry case
2021 · Brazil · Crime & justice
- 2021 Jersey dispute
from May 5, 2021 · Jersey · War & armed conflict
- JBS S.A. ransomware attack
May 30, 2021 · Attack (other)
- Killing of Yao Pan Ma
Apr 23, 2021 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Yoshirō Mori sexist remarks
Feb 3, 2021 · Scandal & controversy