1,027 notable events from 2023 — massacres, wars and murders. Page 2 of 11.
- Trial of Scot Peterson
2023 · United States · Crime & justice
- Storm Daniel
Sep 4, 2023–Sep 13, 2023 · Greece · Natural disaster
- 2023 Monterey Park shooting
Jan 21, 2023 · United States · Shooting
- Death of Nicola Bulley
Jan 27, 2023–Feb 20, 2023 · United Kingdom · Disappearance
- Allegations of genocide in the October 7 attacks
Jan 1, 2023 · Israel · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Alaska Airlines Flight 2059
Oct 22, 2023 · United States · Aviation accident
- Tornado outbreak of March 24–27, 2023
Mar 24, 2023–Mar 27, 2023 · United States · Natural disaster
- Kfar Aza massacre
Oct 7, 2023 · Palestine · Massacre
- 2023 Gabonese coup d'état
Aug 30, 2023 · Gabon · War & armed conflict
- Ural Airlines Flight 1383
Sep 12, 2023 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Gaza war
Oct 11, 2023 · Palestine · War & armed conflict
- Murder of Ana Walshe
Jan 1, 2023 · United States · Disappearance
- Banjska attack
Sep 24, 2023 · Kosovo · War & armed conflict
- Murder of Heaven Awot
Aug 1, 2023 · Ethiopia · Murder & homicide
- 2023 shooting of Fargo police officers
Jul 14, 2023 · United States · Shooting
- ICJ case on Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories
Jan 1, 2023 · Crime & justice
- Al-Ahli Arab Hospital explosion
Oct 17, 2023 · Palestine · War & armed conflict
- 2023–2024 Japanese slush fund scandal
Dec 2023 · Japan · Scandal & controversy
- Murder of Narumi Kurosaki
Dec 16, 2023 · France · Crime & justice
- Attempted assassination of Fumio Kishida
Apr 15, 2023 · Japan · Bombing & explosion
- Attacks on US bases during the Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)
Oct 18, 2023–Feb 4, 2024 · Iraq · War & armed conflict
- Murder of Lina Delsarte
Sep 23, 2023 · France · Disappearance
- Murder of Zayn Rayyan
Dec 5, 2023 · Malaysia · Murder & homicide
- Discord Leaks
2023 · United States · Scandal & controversy
- Tornado outbreak of March 31 – April 1, 2023
Mar 31, 2023–Apr 1, 2023 · United States · Natural disaster
- 2023 Michigan State University shooting
Feb 13, 2023 · United States · Shooting
- Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip (2023–present)
from Oct 9, 2023 · Palestine · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Killing of Leonard Cure
Oct 16, 2023 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Guyana–Venezuela crisis (2023–2024)
Oct 23, 2023–Apr 3, 2024 · Guyana · Crisis
- 2023 Pylos migrant boat disaster
Jun 14, 2023 · Greece · Maritime disaster
- Constance Marten and Mark Gordon
Jan 5, 2023–Mar 1, 2023 · United Kingdom · Disappearance
- Nigerien crisis (2023–2024)
from Jul 29, 2023 · Niger · Crisis
- Nahal Oz attack
Oct 7, 2023 · Palestine · Massacre
- 2023 United States banking crisis
from Mar 8, 2023 · United States · Crisis
- 2023 Qaraqosh wedding fire
Sep 26, 2023 · Iraq · Fire
- Antisemitism during the Gaza war
2023 · War & armed conflict
- Rubiales case
Aug 20, 2023 · Australia · War & armed conflict
- Mediador case
2023 · Spain · Crime & justice
- 2023 University of Nevada, Las Vegas shooting
Dec 6, 2023 · United States · Shooting
- 2023 Japan military facility shooting
Jun 14, 2023 · Japan · Shooting
- Gaza Strip evacuations
from Oct 13, 2023 · Palestine · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Kidnapping of Emily Damari
Oct 7, 2023–Jan 19, 2025 · Palestine · Kidnapping & hostage
- 2023 Louisville bank shooting
Apr 10, 2023 · United States · Shooting
- Murder of Lilie James
Oct 25, 2023 · Australia · Murder & homicide
- July–August 2023 Moscow drone attack
Jul 30, 2023–Aug 23, 2023 · Russian Federation · War & armed conflict
- 2023 Israeli judicial reform protests
Oct 12, 2023 · Israel · Riot & unrest
- 2023 French pension reform strikes
until 2023 · France · Riot & unrest
- 2023 Dublin riot
Nov 23, 2023–Nov 24, 2023 · Ireland · Attack (other)
- Missile strike on the Black Sea Fleet headquarters
Sep 22, 2023 · Ukraine · War & armed conflict
- Shakahola Forest incident
Mar 1, 2023 · Kenya · Suicide & execution
- Kidnapping of Mia Schem
Oct 7, 2023 · Palestine · Kidnapping & hostage
- Goudelin striker affair
from 2023 · France · Scandal & controversy
- 2023 Dnipro residential building airstrike
Jan 14, 2023 · Ukraine · War & armed conflict
- 30 December 2023 Belgorod shelling
Dec 30, 2023 · Russian Federation · War & armed conflict
- Kidnapping of Liri Albag
Oct 7, 2023 · Palestine · Kidnapping & hostage
- Derna dam collapses
Sep 11, 2023 · Libya · Industrial & structural disaster
- 2023 Hamburg shooting
Mar 9, 2023 · Germany · Shooting
- Effect of the Gaza war on children in the Gaza Strip
Oct 1, 2023 · Palestine · War & armed conflict
- 2023 Emilia-Romagna floods
May 2, 2023–Jun 5, 2023 · Italy · Natural disaster
- Masalit genocide
from Apr 24, 2023 · Sudan · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Nigel Farage Coutts bank scandal
Jun 2023 · United Kingdom · Scandal & controversy
- Loafers Lodge fire
May 16, 2023 · New Zealand · Fire
- Reddit API controversy
Jun 12, 2023–Jun 14, 2023 · Riot & unrest
- Toronto Pearson International Airport heist
Apr 17, 2023 · Canada · Crime & justice
- 2023 Gold Coast mid-air collision
Jan 2, 2023 · Australia · Aviation accident
- 2023 Henryetta killings
May 1, 2023 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 2023–2025 Sundhnúkur eruptions
from Dec 18, 2023 · Iceland · Natural disaster
- Death of Thomas Perotto
Nov 19, 2023 · France · Murder & homicide
- Amagoyama Tunnel fire
Sep 5, 2023 · Japan · Fire
- 2023 Miyakojima helicopter crash
Apr 6, 2023 · Japan · Aviation accident
- Death of Ana Clara Benevides
Nov 17, 2023 · Brazil · Scandal & controversy
- 2023 Calabria migrant boat disaster
Feb 26, 2023 · Italy · Maritime disaster
- PDVSA-Cripto affair
Jan 17, 2023 · Venezuela · Scandal & controversy
- 2023 Yakumo bus crash
Jun 18, 2023 · Japan · Road accident
- Shooting of Ralph Yarl
Apr 13, 2023 · United States · Shooting
- Murder of Kaylin Gillis
Apr 15, 2023 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 2023 Black Sea drone incident
Mar 14, 2023 · Ukraine · Aviation accident
- Israeli government response to the October 7 attacks
2023 · Palestine · Attack (other)
- Battle of Re'im
Oct 7, 2023 · Palestine · War & armed conflict
- 2023 Annecy stabbing
Jun 8, 2023 · France · Attack (other)
- Murder of Wadea al-Fayoume
Oct 14, 2023 · United States · Attack (other)
- Akita body-in-concrete case
May 9, 2023 · Japan
- Japan Cosmetic Industry Association and University of Tokyo Medical School bribery scandal
Feb 2023 · Japan · Scandal & controversy
- Killing of Paul Kessler
Nov 5, 2023 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Killing of Alon Shamriz, Yotam Haim, and Samer Talalka
Dec 15, 2023 · Palestine · War & armed conflict
- Torture during the Gaza war
Oct 7, 2023 · Israel · War & armed conflict
- 2023 Crimean Bridge explosion
Jul 17, 2023 · Russian Federation · War & armed conflict
- 30 May 2023 Moscow drone strikes
May 30, 2023 · Russian Federation · War & armed conflict
- 2023 Brokstedt train stabbing
Jan 25, 2023 · Germany · Attack (other)
- 2023 Gaza war ceasefire
Nov 24, 2023 · Palestine · War & armed conflict
- Murder of Elianne Andam
Sep 27, 2023 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- 2023 Hozu River boat capsizing
Mar 28, 2023 · Japan · Maritime disaster
- Rankin County torture incident
Jan 24, 2023 · United States · Crime & justice
- Al-Shifa Hospital siege
Nov 2023–Apr 1, 2024 · Palestine · War & armed conflict
- 2023 Quran burnings in Sweden
Jan 21, 2023 · Sweden · Crisis
- Siege of Gaza City
from Nov 2, 2023 · Palestine · War & armed conflict
- 2023 Greece wildfires
2023 · Greece · Fire
- 2023 Brussels shooting
Oct 16, 2023 · Belgium · Shooting
- Swimsuit photo session cancellation controversy
Jun 6, 2023–Jun 14, 2023 · Japan · Industrial & structural disaster
- Trial of Sam Bankman-Fried
Oct 3, 2023 · United States · Crime & justice