816 notable events from 2021 — fires, wars and murders. Page 4 of 9.
- Killing of Winston Boogie Smith
Jun 3, 2021 · United States · Shooting
- Singapore mosque attacks plot
Mar 15, 2021 · Malaysia · Attack (other)
- 2021 anti-LGBTQ riots in Georgia
Jul 5, 2021 · Georgia · Riot & unrest
- Bootleg Fire
from Jul 6, 2021 · United States · Fire
- 2021 Georgia poultry plant accident
Jan 28, 2021 · United States · Industrial & structural disaster
- 2021 Sukma–Bijapur attack
Apr 3, 2021 · India · War & armed conflict
- 2021 Indian farmers' Republic Day protest
Jan 26, 2021 · India · Riot & unrest
- 2021 Orange, California office shooting
Mar 31, 2021 · United States · Shooting
- Attempted assassination of Mustafa Al-Kadhimi
Nov 7, 2021 · Iraq · Murder & homicide
- Valentin Marcone affair
May 1, 2021 · France · Crime & justice
- 2021 Indianapolis FedEx shooting
Apr 15, 2021 · United States · Shooting
- 2021 Punta Caucedo Gulfstream G-IVSP crash
Dec 15, 2021 · Dominican Republic · Aviation accident
- Destruction of the al-Jalaa building
May 15, 2021 · Palestine · War & armed conflict
- 2021 Public University of El Alto accident
Mar 10, 2021 · Bolivia · Riot & unrest
- 2021 Tennessee floods
Aug 21, 2021 · Natural disaster
- 2021 PNP–PDEA shootout
Feb 24, 2021 · Philippines · War & armed conflict
- 2021 Fagradalsfjall eruption
Mar 19, 2021–Dec 18, 2021 · Iceland · Natural disaster
- 2021 Erbil rocket attacks
Feb 15, 2021 · Iraq · Attack (other)
- Murder of Malachi Subecz
Nov 12, 2021 · New Zealand · Murder & homicide
- 2021 Potsdam attack
Apr 28, 2021 · Germany · Murder & homicide
- Kumamoto Minami ward former Jonanchomachi councilman murder case
May 24, 2021 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- 2021 Arkalochori earthquake
Sep 27, 2021 · Greece · Earthquake
- Murder of Chen Shijun
Jan 1, 2021 · China · Murder & homicide
- 2021 Kunduz mosque bombing
Oct 8, 2021 · Afghanistan · Terrorism
- 2021 Senegalese protests
Mar 3, 2021 · Senegal · Riot & unrest
- Battle of Lashkargah
Jul 29, 2021–Aug 13, 2021 · Afghanistan · War & armed conflict
- 2021 Pantelhó mass kidnapping
Jul 26, 2021 · Mexico · Kidnapping & hostage
- 2021 anti-Christian violence in Karnataka
2021 · India · Attack (other)
- Yuriy affair
Jan 15, 2021 · France · Scandal & controversy
- 2021 Laurentian University financial crisis
2021 · Canada · Crisis
- Operation Claw-Eagle 2
Feb 10, 2021–Feb 14, 2021 · Iraq · War & armed conflict
- Murder of Lorenza de Pinho
Apr 2, 2021 · Brazil · Murder & homicide
- Moscow Multifunctional Center shooting
Dec 7, 2021 · Russian Federation · Shooting
- 2021 Nigerien coup attempt
Mar 31, 2021 · Niger · War & armed conflict
- 2021 Bangladesh anti-Modi protests
Mar 29, 2021 · Bangladesh · Riot & unrest
- 2021 Tunisian protests
Jan 15, 2021–Jul 25, 2021 · Tunisia · Riot & unrest
- Killing of Andrew Brown Jr.
Apr 21, 2021 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 2021 Lahore bombing
Jun 23, 2021 · Pakistan · Bombing & explosion
- 2021 Wehda Street airstrikes
May 16, 2021 · Palestine · Massacre
- Operation Éclipse
Jan 2, 2021–Jan 20, 2021 · Burkina Faso · War & armed conflict
- 2021 Kermadec Islands earthquakes
Mar 5, 2021 · Tonga · Earthquake
- Daunte Wright protests
Dec 23, 2021 · United States · Riot & unrest
- 2021 Northern Peru earthquake
Nov 28, 2021 · Peru · Earthquake
- 2021 Greece wildfires
Jul 22, 2021 · Greece · Fire
- Disappearance of Ikran Tahlil Farah
Jun 26, 2021 · Somalia · Disappearance
- Solhan and Tadaryat massacres
Jun 4, 2021–Jun 5, 2021 · Burkina Faso · Massacre
- 2021 Daraa offensive
Sep 5, 2021 · Syrian Arab Republic · War & armed conflict
- 2021 Kaohsiung building fire
Oct 14, 2021 · Taiwan · Fire
- 2021 San Juan earthquake
Jan 18, 2021 · Earthquake
- Hurricane Larry
Aug 31, 2021–Sep 11, 2021 · Bermuda · Natural disaster
- Somali drought (2021–2023)
from 2021 · Kenya · Natural disaster
- Camargo massacre
Jan 2021 · Mexico · Massacre
- 2021 North Kosovo crisis
Oct 2, 2021 · Kosovo · Riot & unrest
- Capture of Aguililla
Apr 28, 2021 · Mexico · War & armed conflict
- 2021 Lagos high-rise collapse
Nov 1, 2021 · Nigeria · Industrial & structural disaster
- January 2021 Baghdad bombings
Jan 21, 2021 · Iraq · Terrorism
- Whitsun Reef incident
Mar 21, 2021 · Philippines · Incident
- 2021 Congo River disaster
Feb 15, 2021 · Angola · Maritime disaster
- 2021 Ardea shooting
Jun 13, 2021 · Italy · Shooting
- 2021 Table Mountain fire
Apr 18, 2021 · South Africa · Fire
- 2021 Swedish government crisis
Jun 21, 2021 · Sweden · Crisis
- 2021 Tula River floods
from Sep 7, 2021 · Mexico · Natural disaster
- 2021 Rockton fire
Jun 2021 · United States · Fire
- Republic of Korea Navy ROKS Gang Gam-chan private first class suicide incident
Jun 18, 2021 · South Korea · Suicide & execution
- 2021 Sunwing Airlines party incident
Dec 30, 2021 · Aviation accident
- Rambouillet stabbing
Apr 23, 2021 · France · Terrorism
- 2021 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence
Oct 19, 2021 · Bangladesh · Attack (other)
- Varginha massacre
Oct 31, 2021 · Massacre
- Killing of Deona Marie Knajdek
Jun 13, 2021 · United States · Attack (other)
- Belarus 2020 Summer Olympics scandal
Aug 2021 · Japan · Scandal & controversy
- 2021 Pakistani protests
Apr 11, 2021 · Pakistan · Riot & unrest
- Killing of Hunter Brittain
Jun 23, 2021 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 2021 Makassar cathedral bombing
Mar 28, 2021 · Indonesia · Terrorism
- Murder of Rinku Sharma
Feb 10, 2021 · India · Murder & homicide
- Saint Boy controversy
from Aug 6, 2021 · Japan · Scandal & controversy
- July 2021 Gulf of Oman incident
Jul 29, 2021 · Oman · Maritime disaster
- Transnet ransomware attack
Jul 22, 2021 · Attack (other)
- 2021 Calabarzon raids
Mar 7, 2021 · Philippines · Terrorism
- November 2021 Guayaquil prison riot
Nov 12, 2021–Nov 13, 2021 · Ecuador · Massacre
- 2021 Gwangju building collapse
Jun 9, 2021 · South Korea · Industrial & structural disaster
- Apure clashes (2021–2022)
from Mar 21, 2021 · Colombia · War & armed conflict
- Killing of Keith and Nolven Absalon
Jun 8, 2021 · Philippines · Murder & homicide
- 1 July police stabbing
Jul 1, 2021 · Hong Kong · Attack (other)
- 2021 Maduo earthquake
May 22, 2021 · China · Earthquake
- 2021 Ravanusa explosion
Dec 11, 2021 · Italy · Bombing & explosion
- 2021–2022 social unrest in the French West Indies
Nov 13, 2021–Mar 31, 2022 · Martinique · Riot & unrest
- Shia militia attacks on Turkish forces in Iraq (2021–2022)
Jan 1, 2021–Jan 1, 2022 · Iraq · War & armed conflict
- 2021 South Sudan Supreme Airlines Let L-410 crash
Mar 2, 2021 · South Sudan · Aviation accident
- 2021 eastern Australia floods
Mar 18, 2021–Mar 29, 2021 · Australia · Natural disaster
- 2021 Nigerian Air Force Beechcraft King Air crash
May 21, 2021 · Nigeria · Aviation accident
- Tamarack Fire
from Jul 4, 2021 · United States · Fire
- 2021 Bulgaria bus crash
Nov 23, 2021 · Bulgaria · Road accident
- 2021 Mala earthquake
Jun 22, 2021 · Peru · Earthquake
- Covaxgate
Jun 16, 2021 · India · Crime & justice
- Mexico City Metro PCCI fire
Jan 9, 2021 · Mexico · Fire
- 2021 Baghdad hospital fire
Apr 24, 2021 · Iraq · Fire
- 2021 Yakutia wildfires
Aug 1, 2021 · Fire
- 2021 Dunedin supermarket stabbing
May 10, 2021 · New Zealand · Attack (other)
- 2021 Uptown Minneapolis unrest
from Jun 3, 2021 · United States · Riot & unrest
- Islamist insurgency in Northern Benin
from Nov 18, 2021 · Benin · War & armed conflict