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,Event,Victims (low),Victims (high),Victims,Location,Starting year,End year,No idea,,
1,Mongol sacking after the Siege of Baghdad (1258),"200,000[74]","2,000,000[75]",831,Baghdad,158,-234443,12 days,,
2,Biological warfare at the Siege of Fort Pitt,?,?,1073,"Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania",663,-49815,"1 months, 18 days",,
3,Massacre of Salsipuedes,40,40,200,Uruguay,431,The same day,1 day,,
4,Lawrence massacre,204,204,700,"Douglas County, Kansas",863,-13280,1 day,,
5,Fort Pillow massacre,235,235,800,"Lauderdale County, Tennessee",464,-13045,1 day,,
6,Johnstown Flood,"2,209[citation needed]","2,209[citation needed]",106,Pennsylvania,589,-3865,1 day,,
7,Indian Ocean slave trade,,"17,000,000[393][394]",1073,"Africa, Middle East, South Asia",293,1900s,4400 years,,
8,Punic Wars,"1,250,000[45]",1850000,763,Medi­terranean,499,146 BC,118 years,,
9,Kalinga War,1500000,2000000,342,India,499,261 BC,2 years,,
10,Qin's wars of unification,2000000,"2,000,000[47]",1075,China,599,221 BC,9 years,,
11,Third Punic War,"150,000[192]","250,000[193]",330,Tunisia,899,146 BC,3 years,,
12,Gallic Wars,"400,000[citation needed]",1000000,731,France,1199,50 BC,9 years,,
13,Trans-Saharan slave trade,"3,500,000[390]","6,000,000[390]",1027,Africa,1299,1900s,2400 years,,
14,Jewish–Roman wars,350000,2000000,990,Roman Empire,300,136,70 years,,
15,Yellow Turban Rebellion,"3,000,000[31]","7,000,000[31]",846,China,700,205,22 years,,
16,Extermination of the Wu Hu,200000,200000,747,Northern China,1200,351,1 year,,
17,Muslim conquests in the Indian subcontinent,60000000,"400,000,000[2]",154919334,India,1001,1813,1170 years,,
18,Reconquista,7000000,7000000,565,Iberian Peninsula,1201,1492,781 years,,
19,An Lushan Rebellion,13020000,36000000,1229,China,102,763,8 years,,
20,Sack of Thessalonica (904),15000,"15,000[121]",141,Byzantine Empire,602,904,?,,
21,Crusades,"1,000,000[40][unreliable source?]","3,000,000[41][unreliable source?]",1075,"Holy Land, Europe",1202,1291,196 years,,
22,Deaths of Hindus by Muhammad of Ghor,100000,100000,1073,India,303,1202,29 years,,
23,Mongol conquests,"20,000,000[5][6][7]","57,000,000[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]",41352146,Eurasia,403,1405,199 years,,
24,Albigensian Crusade,200000,1000000,624,Southern France,403,1229,21 years,,
25,Albigensian Crusade,"200,000[169][unreliable source?]","1,000,000[169][unreliable source?]",624,"Languedoc, France",403,1229,20 years,,
26,"St. Lucia's flood, storm surge","50,000[citation needed]","80,000[citation needed]",273,"Netherlands, England",703,1287,?,,
27,Human sacrifice in Aztec culture,"20,000[472]","5,000,000[473]",1065,Mexico,703,1521,200 years,,
28,Human sacrifice in Shang dynasty China,"13,000[476][unreliable source?]",13000,835,China,703,1050 BC,250 years,,
29,Hundred Years' War,"2,300,000[36]","3,300,000[37]",1242,Western Europe,803,1453,116 years,,
30,Conquests of Timur,"8,000,000[19][unreliable source?][20][unreliable source?]","17,000,000[21][22]",232,"Central Asia, Middle East and South Asia",1003,1405,35 years,,
31,Witch trials in the early modern period,20000,100000,622,Europe,1003,1800,300 years,,
32,Slavery in the Ottoman Empire,"10,500,000[388][389]",11250000,157,"Eurasia, Middle East, North Africa",1203,1800,350 years,,
33,Conquests of Mehmed the Conqueror,873000,873000,390,Eastern Europe,1203,1481,30 years,,
34,Genocide of indigenous peoples in the Americas,"2,000,000[144]","145,000,000[145]",785,North and South America,104,1996[146][147][148][149],504 years,,
35,Italian Wars,300000,400000,648,Southern Europe,204,1559,65 years,,
36,Atlantic slave trade,"2,000,000[386]","60,000,000[387]",492,"Africa, the Americas, and the Atlantic",204,1700s,200 years,,
37,Barbary slave trade,245000,380000,535,"Italy, Spain, and Portugal",204,1600s,100 years,,
38,American Indian Wars of the United States,49000,64000,453,Now the United States,204,1890,389 years,,
39,Indian massacres in the United States frontiers,16349,16349,1044,What is now the United States,204,1890,379 years,,
40,Campaigns of Suleiman the Magnificent,200000,200000,747,"Eastern Europe, Middle East and North Africa",204,1566,25 years,,
41,German Peasants' War,100000,100000,1073,Germany,304,1525,1 year,,
42,"St. Felix's flood, storm surge","more than 100,000[citation needed]","more than 100,000[citation needed]",1073,Netherlands,304,1530,?,,
43,French Wars of Religion,2000000,"4,000,000[35][unreliable source?]",1243,France,404,1598,37 years,,
44,Spanish repressions of Dutch Protestants,100000,100000,1073,The Low Countries,404,1609,43 years,,
45,Eighty Years' War,230000,2000000,1256,"The Low Countries, South America, Caribbean Sea, East and Southeast Asia",404,1648,80 years,,
46,Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604),138285,138285,878,Europe and Americas,504,1604,19 years,,
47,Japanese invasions of Korea,"1,000,000[51]",1000000,1137,Korea,504,1598,7 years,,
48,Transition from Ming to Qing,"25,000,000[16]",25000000,947,China,604,1683,65 years,,
49,Thirty Years' War,"3,000,000[27]","11,500,000[28][unreliable source?]",781,"Holy Roman Empire, Europe",604,1648,30 years,,
50,Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659),200000,200000,747,Western Europe,604,1659,24 years,,
51,Wars of the Three Kingdoms,876000,876000,598,British Isles,604,1651,12 years,,
52,English Civil War,356000,735000,700,England,604,1651,9 years,,
53,War crimes of Zhang Xianzhong,1000000,"1,000,000[71]",1137,"Sichuan, China",704,1646,2 years,,
54,Cromwellian conquest of Ireland,200000,200000,747,Ireland,704,1653,4 years,,
55,Franco-Dutch War,220000,220000,502,Western Europe,704,1678,6 years,,
56,Mughal–Maratha Wars,5600000,5600000,432,India,804,1707,27 years,,
57,Great Turkish War,120000,120000,728,Eastern Europe,804,1699,16 years,,
58,Great Northern War,350000,350000,458,Northern and Eastern Europe,804,1721,21 years,,
59,War of the Spanish Succession,400000,1251000,1036,"Europe, North America, South America",804,1714,12 years,,
60,Maratha invasions of Bengal,400000,400000,295,India,1004,1751,10 years,,
61,War crimes during the Maratha invasions of Bengal,"400,000[77][78]","400,000[77][78]",295,Bengal and Bihar regions of Indian subcontinent,1004,1751,10 years,,
62,Dzungar genocide[N 7],"480,000
[57]","600,000
[57]",728,Qing Dynasty (Dzungaria),1004,1758,,,
63,Dzungar genocide,480000,600000,469,Dzungar Khanate,1004,1758,3 years,,
64,Seven Years' War,868000,1400000,218,Worldwide,1004,1763,7 years,,
65,All famines in India under British influence,"12,000,000[425]","51,000,000[425]",363,India,1004,1947,190 years,,
66,Great Bengal famine of 1770,"10,000,000[426]","10,000,000[426]",179,British Bengal,1104,1773,4 years,,
67,Massacres of European colonists during the rebellions of Túpac Amaru II and Túpac Katari,100000,100000,1073,Present day Peru,1104,1782,2 years,,
68,Captivity of Mangalorean Catholics at Seringapatam,10000,65000,1069,Canara,1104,1799,15 years,,
69,Australian frontier wars,22000,22500,1160,Australia,1104,1934,146 years,,
70,French Revolutionary Wars,1000000,1000000,1137,Worldwide,1104,1802,10 years,,
71,War crimes during the War in the Vendée,"100,000[88][89]","250,000[90][91]",1132,France during the French Revolution,1104,1796,3 years,,
72,Reign of Terror,"16,594[375]","41,594[376]",1271,France during the French Revolution,1104,1794,1 year,,
73,Selk'nam genocide,"2,500[325]","3,900[326]",708,"Tierra del Fuego, Chile",1204,Early 1900s,?,,
74,Saint-Domingue Expedition,135000,135000,869,Haiti,1204,1803,1 year,,
75,Napoleonic Wars,"3,500,000[29]","7,000,000[30]",1251,"Europe, Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean",1204,1815,13 years,,
76,Genocide of native Tasmanians,3000,15000,518,Australia,1204,1905,102 years,,
77,1804 Haiti massacre[N 31],"3,000[197]","5,000[197]",179,Haiti,1204,1804,,,
78,1804 Haiti massacre,3000,5000,810,Haiti,1204,-34950,?,,
79,Spanish American wars of independence,600000,600000,942,Americas,1204,1833,25 years,,
80,Venezuelan War of Independence,228000,228000,324,Venezuela,1204,1823,13 years,,
81,French invasion of Russia,540000,540000,678,Russia,1204,1812,"5 months, 2 weeks and 6 days",,
82,Sati ritual suicides,"7,941[478][unreliable source?]",7941,921,India,1204,1828,13 years,,
83,Mfecane,"1,500,000[43]","2,000,000[44]",591,Southern Africa,1204,1828,13 years,,
84,Carlist Wars,200000,200000,747,Spain,1204,1876,56 years,,
85,Black War,878,878,502,Australia,1204,1832,?,,
86,French conquest of Algeria,500000,1000000,1235,Algeria,1204,1875,48 years,,
87,French conquest of Algeria,300000,300000,521,Algeria,105,1847,18 years,,
88,Trail of Tears,2000,6000,609,United States,105,1850,20 years,,
89,Moriori Genocide[N 34],"1,900
[207][208]",1900,565,"Chatham Islands, New Zealand",105,1863,,,
90,Queensland Aboriginal genocide[N 28],"10,000
[177]","65,180
[178]",1229,"Queensland, Australia",105,1897,,,
91,California genocide[N 27],"9,492–16,094
[167][168][171]","120,000
[168][172]",621,"California, United States",105,1873,,,
92,Great Irish Famine,"750,000[446][447]","1,500,000[448]",1203,Ireland,105,1849,3 years,,
93,Caste War of Yucatán,200000,200000,747,"Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico",105,1901,54 years,,
94,Forced labor of Chinese contract workers in Peru,"40,000[415]","50,054[416]",722,Peru,105,1874,26 years,,
95,Taiping Rebellion,"10,000,000[12]","100,000,000[13][14][15]",380,China,105,1864,14 years,,
96,Punti–Hakka Clan Wars,1000000,1000000,1137,China,105,1867,17 years,,
97,Crimean War,356000,410000,146,Crimea,105,1856,3 years,,
98,Panthay Rebellion,"890,000[citation needed]",1000000,1282,China,105,1873,18 years,,
99,Deaths of Indians after the 1857 Indian Rebellion,100000,10000000,179,India,105,1867,10 years,,
100,Indian Rebellion of 1857,800000,3000000,1243,India,105,1858,1 year,,
101,Construction of the Suez Canal,30000,120000,883,"Egypt, and Sudan",205,1868,9 years,,
102,American Civil War,650000,1000000,490,South­eastern United States and Pennsylvania,205,1865,4 years,,
103,Dungan Revolt,8000000,12000000,1125,Qing dynasty,205,1877,15 years,,
104,Circassian genocide[N 3],"800,000
[34][35][36][37]","2,500,000
.[38][35][39][37]",380,Russian occupied Circassia (territories of present-day Russia),205,1867,,,
105,Paraguayan War,"300,000[54]","1,200,000[55]",942,Southern Cone,205,1870,7 years,,
106,Circassian genocide,400000,500000,624,Circassia,205,1867,3 years,,
107,Ten Years' War,241000,241000,1059,Cuba,205,1878,10 years,,
108,Conquest of the Desert,1300,1300,703,Argentina,205,1884,?,,
109,Aceh War,97000,107000,1278,Indonesia,205,1914,41 years,,
110,Deaths of indigenous children in the Canadian residential schools system,"3,201[312][313]",32010,348,Canada,205,1996,120 years,,
111,Northern Chinese Famine of 1876–1879,"9,000,000[citation needed]",13000000,1214,China,205,1879,3 years,,
112,Great Famine of 1876–1878,6100000,"10,320,000[429]",824,British India,205,1878,2 years,,
113,Atrocities in the Congo Free State,"3,000,000[b]","13,000,000[396]",398,Congo Free State,205,1908,23 years,,
114,1887 Yellow River (Huang He) flood,"900,000[citation needed]","2,000,000[citation needed]",473,China,305,1887,?,,
115,Persecution of Hazara people during the 1888–1893 Uprisings of Hazaras,"400,000[160]","2,500,000[161]",1137,Afghanistan,305,1893,5 years,,
116,Hamidian massacres,80000,300000,224,Ottoman Empire,305,1896,2 years,,
117,Cuban War of Independence,362000,362000,291,Cuba,305,1898,3 years,,
118,Cuban War of Independence Famine,300000,"300,000[459][460]",521,Cuba,305,1898,3 years,,
119,Indian famine of 1896–97 and the Indian famine of 1899–1900,8400000,"19,000,000[441]",409,British India,305,1900,4 years,,
120,Philippine–American War,234000,234000,840,Philippines,305,1912,13 years,,
121,Thousand Days' War,120000,120000,728,Colombia,305,1902,3 years,,
122,War crimes during the Philippine–American War,200000,250000,312,Philippines,305,1902,3 years,,
123,War crimes during Warlord Era China,910000,910000,691,China,305,1927,27 years,,
124,Genocide of indigenous peoples in Brazil,235000,800000,287,Brazil,305,1985,85 years,,
125,British concentration camps during the Second Boer War,26000,40000,488,Transvaal,305,1902,2 years,,
126,Hacienda peonage and chattel slavery,173000,2015000,716,Mexico,305,1920,20 years,,
127,Slavery in the French colonial empire,200000,13000000,914,Africa,305,1940,40 years,,
128,Slavery in Portugal,325000,325000,1089,Portuguese Empire,305,1925,25 years,,
129,Slavery during the Amazon rubber boom,250000,250000,684,"Amazon, Brazil",305,1912,12 years,,
130,Pogroms in the Russian Empire,52000,254500,1214,Russian Empire,305,1917–1922,19 years,,
131,Genocide in German South West Africa[N 25],"34,000
[155]","110,000
[156][157]",380,German South-West Africa,305,1908,,,
132,Herero and Namaqua genocide,34000,110000,667,German South-West Africa,305,1907,3 years,,
133,Mexican Revolution,"500,000[52]","2,000,000[52]",1137,"Mexico, United States",305,1920,10 years,,
134,1911 Yangtze river flood,"100,000[citation needed]","100,000[citation needed]",1073,China,305,1911,?,,
135,Balkan Wars,140000,140000,483,Balkans,305,1913,1 year,,
136,Greek genocide,289000,750000,974,Ottoman Empire,305,1922,9 years,,
137,Greek genocide including the Pontic genocide[N 6],"300,000
[52]","900,000
[53]",1229,"Ottoman Empire
(territories of present-day Turkey)",305,1922,,,
138,World War I,"17,500,000[17]","40,000,000+[18]",728,Worldwide,305,1918,"4 years, 3 months, 1 week",,
139,Armenian genocide,800000,1700000,911,Ottoman Empire,305,1918,4 years,,
140,Assyrian genocide,150000,300000,1080,Ottoman Empire,305,1920,6 years,,
141,Famine and disease caused by World War I,5411000,6100000,1029,Worldwide,305,1918,4 years,,
142,Armenian genocide[N 4],"700,000
[48]","1,800,000
[49]",947,"Ottoman Empire
(territories of present-day Turkey, Syria and Iraq)",305,1922,,,
143,"Assyrian genocide ܣܝܦܐ (Seyfo, ""Sword"")[N 9]","200,000
[69]","750,000
[70]",179,"Ottoman Empire(territories of present-day Turkey, Syria and Iraq)",305,1923,,,
144,Great Famine of Mount Lebanon,200000,200000,747,Mount Lebanon,305,1918,3 years,,
145,Great Famine of Mount Lebanon,200000,200000,747,"Mount Lebanon, Ottoman Empire",305,1918,3 years,,
146,Massacres of Kyrgyz people during the Central Asian revolt of 1916,3000,270000,1277,"Russian Empire, Kyrgyzstan",305,1916,7 months,,
147,Russian Civil War,"5,000,000[citation needed]","9,000,000[26]",666,Russia,305,1921,5 years,,
148,Decossackization,"5,000[253]","1,000,000[254]",893,Former Russian Empire,305,1933,16 years,,
149,White Terror (Russia),"20,000[362]","300,000[363]",112,Former Russian Empire,305,1923,6 years,,
150,Iranian famine of 1917–1919,"2,000,000[431][432]","10,000,000[433][434]",444,Iran,305,1919,3 years,,
151,Iraqi–Kurdish conflict,138800,320100,277,Iraq,405,2003,85 years,,
152,Red Terror,"10,000[360]","1,500,000[361]",435,Former Russian Empire during Russian Civil War,405,1922,4 years,,
153,Red and White terrors of the Finnish Civil War,11650,11650,1131,Finland,405,1918,"3 months, 2 weeks and 4 days",,
154,Population transfer in the Soviet Union,1000000,1500000,353,Soviet Union,405,1951,31 years,,
155,Kurdish rebellions in Turkey,100000,100000,1073,Middle East,405,Present,100 years,,
156,Kurdish Rebellions in Turkey,33835,357000,1100,Turkey,405,present,97 years,,
157,Russian famine of 1921 –22,"5,000,000[428]","10,000,000[428]",1259,Soviet Russia,405,1922,1 year,,
158,War crimes during the Second Italo-Senussi War,80000,125000,1073,Libya,405,1932,9 years,,
159,Italian Pacification of Libya,80000,80000,119,Libya,405,1932,9 years,,
160,Italian conquest of the Horn of Africa,1000000,1000000,1137,Horn of Africa,405,1940,16 years,,
161,War crimes during the Sheikh Said rebellion,"15,00020,000[114]","40,000250,000[115]",2449570711,Turkey,405,1925,1 month,,
162,Chinese Civil War,"8,000,000[24]","11,692,000[25]",579,China,405,1949,22 years,,
163,War crimes during the Chinese Civil War,1800000,"3,500,000[66]",272,China,405,1950,23 years,,
164,Gulag system,"1,053,829[399][400]","6,000,000[401]",884,Soviet Union,405,1950s,20 years,,
165,Japanese war crimes,"3,000,000 (lowest estimate to include soldier deaths, famine or disease caused by Japanese imperialism)[59]","14,000,000+[60]",843,"In and around East and South East Asia, Oceania and the Pacific",405,1945,14 years,,
166,Biological warfare and human experimentation by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II,400000,"580,000[76]",918,"Parts of Russia and China, especially Manchuria",405,1945,14 years,,
167,1931 China floods,"2,500,000[468]","3,700,000[468]",127,China,405,1931,?,,
168,Holodomor,2711000,7811000,199,Ukraine,405,1933,1 year,,
169,Kazakh famine of 1932–33,1500000,2300000,685,Kazakhstan,405,1933,1 year,,
170,Soviet famine of 1932–33,4400000,9100000,924,Soviet Union,405,1933,1 year,,
171,German suppression of the Freemasons,"80,000[359]","200,000[359]",446,German-occupied territory,405,1945,12 years,,
172,Romani genocide[N 12],"130,000
[81]","500,000
[82][83]",154919334,German-occupied Europe,405,1945,,,
173,Second Italo-Ethiopian War,278350,278350,262,Ethiopia,405,1936,1 year,,
174,War crimes during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War,"62,000[73][unreliable source?]","485,000[73][unreliable source?]",1074,Ethiopia,405,1941,6 years,,
175,1935 Yangtze flood,"145,000[citation needed]","145,000[citation needed]",1296,China,405,1935,?,,
176,Spanish Civil War,500000,1000000,1235,Spain,405,1939,4 years,,
177,Great Purge,"681,692[346]","1,704,230[347]",151,Soviet Union,405,1938,2 years,,
178,White Terror (Spain),"150,000[348]","400,000[349]",870,Spain during and after the Spanish Civil War,405,1945,9 years,,
179,Red Terror (Spain),"38,000[369]","72,344[370]",743,Spain during the Spanish Civil War,405,1939,3 years,,
180,Polish Operation of the NKVD (Polish genocide)[N 13],"111,091
[91]","250,000
[92]",85000000,Soviet Union,405,1938,,,
181,Second Sino-Japanese War,20000000,25000000,621,China,405,1945,8 years,,
182,The Rape of Nanking,"13,000[108]
(all victims)
5,000[108]
(civilian massacre victims)","400,000[109]
(all victims)
100,000[110]
(civilian massacre victims)",697,"Nanking, China",405,1938,1 year,,
183,War crimes during the Balochistan conflict,7628,7628,1120,"Balochistan, Pakistan",405,present,81 years,,
184,Polish Operation of the NKVD,110000,250000,154,Soviet Union,405,1938,1 year,,
185,Dersim rebellion,7594,40000,947,"Dersim, Turkey",405,1937,8 months,,
186,Famine and disease caused by Japanese imperialism,8136000,14936000,781,Japanese Empire,405,1945,8 years,,
187,Famine and disease caused by the Second Sino-Japanese War,5000000,10000000,1259,China,405,1945,8 years,,
188,1938 Yellow River (Huang He) flood,"500,000[citation needed]","700,000[citation needed]",1019,China,405,1938,?,,
189,Nazi genocide of ethnic Poles[8][9],"1,800,000
[10]","3,000,000
[11][12]",85000000,German-occupied Europe,405,1945,,,
190,World War II,60000000,"120,000,000[4]",85000000,Worldwide,405,1945,6 years and 1 day,,
191,Winter War,153736,194837,1173,Finland,405,1940,1 year,,
192,War crimes during World War II,29000000,30500000,102,Worldwide,405,1945,6 years,,
193,Generalplan Ost (World War II casualties of the Soviet Union),13684700,40000000,1256,German-occupied Europe and Russia,405,1945,6 years,,
194,Aktion T4,70273,93521,1221,Nazi Germany,405,1941,2 years,,
195,Forced labor of Koreans by Imperial Japan,270000,810000,580,Korea and Manchuria,405,1945,6 years,,
196,Forced labor of Allied POWs during World War II,35000,35000,1095,In and around the Pacific,405,1945,6 years,,
197,Famine and disease caused by World War II,19000000,28000000,350,Worldwide,405,1945,6 years,,
198,Three Alls Policy,2700000,2700000,592,China,405,1942,2 years,,
199,Three Alls Policy,2700000,2700000,592,China,405,1942,2 years,,
200,The Holocaust[N 1],"5,100,000
[3][4][5]","6,000,000
[6]",154919334,German-occupied Europe,405,1945,,,
201,Genocide by the Ustaše including the Serbian genocide[N 10],"200,000
[72][73]","500,000
[72][73]",1125,"Independent State of Croatia (territories of present-day Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Syrmia)",405,1945,,,
202,Genocide against Bosniaks and Croats by the Chetniks[N 23],"50,000
[147]","68,000
[147]",85000000,"Occupied Yugoslavia (territories of present-day Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro)",405,1945,,,
203,Continuation War,387333,387333,660,Northern Europe,405,1944,3 years,,
204,The Holocaust,"4,200,000[150]","7,400,000[151]",883,German-occupied Europe,405,1945,4 years,,
205,Nazi crimes against the Polish nation,2770000,2770000,1283,German-occupied Poland,405,1945,4 years,,
206,Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia,"200,000[175]","500,000[175]",1095,Independent State of Croatia,405,1945,4 years,,
207,Romani Genocide,220000,500000,108,Nazi occupied Europe,405,1945,4 years,,
208,Genocide against Bosniaks and Croats by the Chetniks,50000,68000,954,Kingdom of Yugoslavia,405,1945,4 years,,
209,Famine and disease during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines,336000,336000,1219,Philippines,405,1945,3 years,,
210,Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia,"60,000[218][219][220]","300,000[221]",467,Volhyn and Eastern Galicia,405,1944,1 year,,
211,Foibe Massacres,"11,000[266]","3,000[267]",915,Istria,405,1945,3 years,,
212,Construction of the Burma Railway,"102,621[412]","102,621[412]",1280,Burma,405,1947,4 years,,
213,Bengal famine of 1943,"3,000,000[citation needed]",4000000,584,British India,405,1944,1 year,,
214,"Aardakh[N 14]
(Soviet deportation of Chechens and other Vainakh populations)","100,000
[100]","400,000
[101]",41352146,Soviet Union (North Caucasus),405,1948,,,
215,Deportation of the Crimean Tatars[N 24],"34,000
[152]","195,471
[153]",41352146,Soviet Union ( Crimean ASSR),405,1948,,,
216,"Black War
(Genocide of Aboriginal Tasmanians)[N 35]","400
[215]","1,000
[215]",1073,"Van Diemen's Land, Australia",405,1832,,,
217,Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–1950),500000,3000000,353,Eastern Europe,405,1950,6 years,,
218,Deportation of the Crimean Tatars,100000,100000,1073,Soviet Union,405,1945,1 year,,
219,Famine and disease during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies,"2,400,000[445]",2400000,1270,Indonesia,405,1945,1 year,,
220,Vietnamese famine of 1945,"400,000[451]","2,000,000[452]",1148,Vietnam,405,1945,1 year,,
221,Kamikaze suicide pilots,"3,912[479]","3,912[479]",910,Pacific theatre,405,1945,1 year,,
222,Mass suicide at Masada,967[citation needed],967,802,Masada,405,Spring 73 CE,?,,
223,Manila Massacre,100000,500000,312,"Manila, Philippines",405,1945,1 month,,
224,Sétif and Guelma massacre,1020,45000,718,Algeria,405,1945,?,,
225,Laogai system,"1,500,000[43]","27,000,000[391]",1223,China,405,1976,31 years,,
226,First Indochina War,400000,400000,295,Southeast Asia,405,1954,8 years,,
227,Greek Civil War,158000,158000,832,Greece,405,1949,3 years,,
228,Soviet famine of 1946–47,1000000,1500000,353,Soviet Union,405,1947,1 year,,
229,Kashmir conflict,80000,110000,1056,"North India, Pakistan",405,Present,74 years,,
230,War crimes during the Kashmir Conflict,"47,000[106]","100,000[107]",987,Kashmir,405,present,71 years,,
231,Partition of India,200000,2000000,831,India,405,1957,10 years,,
232,Mass killings of landlords under Mao Zedong,"200,000[332]","28,000,000[333]",179,People's Republic of China,405,1951,5 years,,
233,February 28 incident,10000,30000,647,Taiwan,405,1947,?,,
234,La Violencia,192700,194700,430,Colombia,505,1958,10 years,,
235,Internal conflict in Myanmar,130000,250000,793,Myanmar,505,Present,73 years,,
236,Arab–Israeli conflict,116074,116074,1017,Middle East,505,Present,73 years,,
237,Annexation of Hyderabad,100000,500000,1073,India,505,1948,5 days,,
238,War crimes during La Violencia,"200,000[79]","300,000[79]",870,Colombia,505,1958,10 years,,
239,Annexation of Hyderabad,27000,200000,301,"Hyderabad State, India",505,1948,5 days,,
240,White Terror (Taiwan),3000,4000,609,Taiwan,505,1987,38 years,,
241,Korean War,"1,500,000[34]","4,500,000[34]",413,Korean Peninsula,505,1953,4 years,,
242,Occupation of Tibet,"144,000[172]","1,200,000[173]",238,Tibet,505,present,68 years,,
243,Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries,"712,000[344]","2,000,000[345]",367,People's Republic of China,505,1951,1 year,,
244,Bodo League massacre,"100,000[357]","200,000[358]",387,Korea,505,1950,?,,
245,Algerian War,350000,1500000,1083,Algeria,505,1962,"7 years, 4 months, 2 weeks, and 4 days",,
246,War crimes committed by South Vietnam during the Diem era and Vietnam War,57000,284000,548,Vietnam,505,1975,21 years,,
247,Land Reform in Vietnam,"13,500[373]","200,000[374]",442,North Vietnam,505,1956,2 years,,
248,Vietnam War,"966,000[38]","3,800,000[39]",624,Southeast Asia,505,1975,21 years,,
249,First Sudanese Civil War,500000,500000,1268,Sudan,505,1972,17 years,,
250,War crimes of the Viet Cong,"36,725[101]","227,000[102]",1249,Vietnam,505,1975,20 years,,
251,War crimes during the First and Second Sudanese Civil Wars,2000000,2000000,1075,Sudan,505,2005,49 years,,
252,Great Chinese Famine,"11,600,000[421]","55,000,000[422]",1155,China,505,1962,4 years,,
253,Rwandan and Burundian genocides,905000,1595000,279,"Burundi, Rwanda, and Zaire",505,1997,38 years,,
254,Racial violence during the Rwandan Revolution,,,902,Burundi and Rwanda,505,1962,3 years,*,
255,Congo Crisis,100000,100000,1073,Republic of the Congo,505,1965,5 years,,
256,Guatemalan genocide,35000,166000,908,Guatemala,505,1996,36 years,,
257,Angolan War of Independence,82991,102991,253,Angola,505,1974,13 years,,
258,Guatemalan genocide[N 26],"32,632
[165]","166,000
[166]",947,Guatemala,505,1996,,,
259,North Yemen Civil War,100000,200000,387,Yemen,505,1970,8 years,,
260,Atrocities against Harkis after the Algerian War,"50,000[244]","150,000[244]",237,Algeria,505,?,?,,
261,Papua conflict,150000,400000,870,New Guinea,505,Present,58 years,,
262,War crimes during the Papua conflict,"100,000[104]","100,000[105]",1073,West Papua,505,present,55 years,,
263,Colombian conflict,220000,220000,502,Colombia,505,Present,57 years,,
264,War crimes during the Colombian conflict,177307,177307,685,Colombia,505,present,54 years,,
265,War crimes of the National Islamic Front,100000,100000,1073,Sudan,505,1999,35 years,,
266,Massacres of Arabs and Indians during the Zanzibar Revolution,2000,20000,417,Zanzibar,505,1964,?,,
267,Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66,"500,000[337]","3,000,000[338]",353,Indonesia,505,1966,1 year,,
268,Nigerian Civil War,1000000,"3,000,000[42]",1075,Nigeria,505,1970,4 years,,
269,Cultural Revolution,"400,000[335]","10,000,000[336]",1075,People's Republic of China,505,1976,10 years,,
270,Famine and diseased caused by the Biafran Blockade during Nigeria's Civil War,"2,000,000[442]","3,000,000[443][444]",606,Nigeria,505,1970,3 years,,
271,Moro conflict,120000,120000,728,Philippines,505,Present,52 years,,
272,Genocide in Bangladesh[N 8],"300,000
[64]","3,000,000
[65][66]",232,East Pakistan (territories of present-day Bangladesh),505,1971,,,
273,Bangladesh Liberation War,26000,3000000,1268,East Pakistan,505,1971,1 year,,
274,Persecution of Biharis in Bangladesh,1000,"150,000[306][307]",733,Bangladesh,505,1971,?,,
275,Hanoi and Red River Delta flood,"100,000[citation needed]","100,000[citation needed]",1073,North Vietnam,505,1971,?,,
276,Genocide of Acholi and Lango people under Idi Amin[N 15],"100,000
[104]","300,000
[104]",380,Uganda,505,1978,,,
277,Ikiza[N 18],"80,000
[115][116]","300,000
[117]",1229,Burundi,505,,,,
278,1972 Genocide of Burundian Hutus,80000,210000,1154,Burundi,505,1972,?,,
279,Forced labor in North Korea,400000,1500000,1020,North Korea,505,ongoing,49 years,,
280,Ethiopian Civil War,500000,1500000,271,Ethiopia,505,1991,17 years,,
281,Indonesian occupation of East Timor,"60,000[213]","308,000[214]",372,East Timor,505,1999,25 years,,
282,Human rights violations in Pinochet's Chile,1200,3200,505,Chile,505,1990,16 years,,
283,Cambodian genocide[N 2],"1,386,734
[21][22]","3,000,000
[16][23]",41352146,Democratic Kampuchea,505,1979,,,
284,East Timor genocide[N 17],"85,320
[113]","196,720
[114]",621,"East Timor, Indonesia",505,1999,,,
285,Angolan Civil War,504158,504158,580,Angola,505,2002,27 years,,
286,Lebanese Civil War,120000,150000,467,Lebanon,505,1990,15 years,,
287,Insurgency in Laos,100000,100000,1073,Laos,505,2007,32 years,,
288,War crimes during the Angolan Civil War,500000,500000,1268,Angola,505,2002,27 years,,
289,Cambodian genocide,"1,386,734[157]","3,400,000[158]",145,Democratic Kampuchea,505,1979,4 years,,
290,Chinese genocide under Khmer Rouge,"215,000[159][unreliable source?]",225000,302,Democratic Kampuchea,505,1979,4 years,,
291,Cham genocide under Khmer Rouge,"90,000[159]","500,000[183]",1080,Democratic Kampuchea,505,1979,4 years,,
292,Vietnamese genocide by Khmer Rouge,"10,000[159]",10000,527,Democratic Kampuchea,505,1979,4 years,,
293,Thai Genocide by Khmer Rouge,"8,000[159]",8000,1121,Democratic Kampuchea,505,1979,4 years,,
294,Laotian genocide by Khmer Rouge,4000,4000,1210,Democratic Kampuchea,505,1979,4 years,,
295,Operation Condor,"50,000[365]","90,000[366]",883,South America,505,1983,8 years,,
296,Cambodian Holocaust Famine,"800,000[453]","950,000[454]",1186,Cambodia,505,1979,4 years,,
297,Dirty War,"9,000[378]","30,000[367]",1244,Argentina,505,1983,7 years,,
298,Destruction of Kurdish villages during the Iraqi Arabization campaign,87500,388100,704,Iraq,505,1991,14 years,,
299,Qey Shibir,30000,"750,000[351]",910,People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia,505,1978,1 year,,
300,Flight of the Boat People,"200,000[102][469]","560,000[102][469]",416,Gulf of Thailand and Pacific Ocean,505,1979,1 year,,
301,War crimes during the Soviet–Afghan War,500000,2000000,1137,Afghanistan,605,1989,10 years,,
302,Soviet–Afghan War,"600,000[50][unreliable source?]","2,000,000[50][unreliable source?]",399,Afghanistan,605,1988,9 years,,
303,Iran–Iraq War,"289,220[citation needed]","1,100,000[citation needed]",444,Iran–Iraq border,605,1988,8 years,,
304,War crimes during the Iran–Iraq War,61000,282000,259,Iran and Iraq,605,1988,8 years,,
305,War crimes during the Internal conflict in Peru,"61,007[111] [see notes]","77,552[see notes]",488,Peru,605,2000,20 years,,
306,Use of child soldiers in Iran during the Iran–Iraq War,6000,18000,628,Iran,605,1988,8 years,,
307,Ugandan Bush War,100000,500000,312,Uganda,605,1986,5 years,,
308,Second Sudanese Civil War,"1,000,000[46]",2000000,1271,Sudan,605,2005,23 years,,
309,Sri Lankan Civil War,80000,100000,1144,Sri Lanka,605,2009,26 years,,
310,War Crimes during the Sri Lankan Civil War,"7,000[118]",20000,1045,Sri Lanka,605,2009,26 years,,
311,Gukurahundi,"3,750[308]","30,000[309]",129,Zimbabwe,605,1987,5 years,,
312,Nellie massacre,2191,10000,1012,"Assam, India",605,"Six hours on February 18, 1983",6 hours,,
313,1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia,"400,000[455]","1,000,000[456]",831,Ethiopia,605,1985,2 years,,
314,Extermination of the Patriotic Union party,2000,5000,808,Colombia,605,1994,,,
315,Anfal genocide[N 22],"50,000
[141]","182,000
[142]",154919334,Iraq,605,1989,,,
316,Somali Civil War,300000,500000,560,Somalia,605,Present,35 years,,
317,War crimes of the Lord's Resistance Army,100000,100000,1073,"Uganda, Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of Congo",605,2009,23 years,,
318,Al-Anfal genocide[243],"50,000[243]","182,000[201]",361,Iraq[243],605,1989,3 years,,
319,Lord's Resistance Army insurgency,100000,500000,312,Central Africa,605,Present,34 years,,
320,Isaaq genocide[N 21],"50,000
[136][126]","200,000
[137]",232,Somalia,605,1991,,,
321,1988 Burundian massacre of Hutus,25000,25000,668,Burundi,605,1988,?,,
322,1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners,4482,30000,931,Iran,605,1988,5 months,,
323,1989 Tiananmen Square protests crackdown,241,"10,000[385]",304,"Tiananmen Square, People's Republic of China",605,1989,"1 month, 2 weeks and 6 days",,
324,1991 Iraqi uprisings in Iraq,85000,235000,1286,Iraq,605,1991,1 month and 4 days,,
325,Yugoslav Wars,130000,140000,569,Balkans,605,2001,10 years,,
326,Sierra Leone Civil War,50000,300000,435,Sierra Leone,605,2002,11 years,,
327,Bosnian War,97214,104732,476,Bosnia and Herzegovina,605,1995,4 years,,
328,Algerian Civil War,44000,200000,1056,Algeria,605,2002,11 years,,
329,Massacres during the Algerian Civil War,10000,10000,527,Algeria,605,2002,11 years,,
330,Bosnian Genocide and other ethnic cleansings during the Yugoslav Wars,52856,64917,560,Yugoslavia and successor states,605,2001,10 years,,
331,1991 uprisings in Iraq,25000,180000,883,Iraq,605,"April the 5th, 1991",1 month and 4 days,,
332,Famine and disease caused by Decommunization,"4,000,000+[437]","4,000,000+",851,Former States of the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc,605,2000,9 years,,
333,Bosnian genocide[N 30],"Just over 8,000
[191]","31,107–39,199
[192][193]",232,Bosnia and Herzegovina,605,1995,,,
334,Ethnic cleansing of Georgians in Abkhazia,17000,28000,959,Abkhazia and Georgia,605,1993,1 year,,
335,Massacre of protesters at the Demolition of the Babri Masjid,2000,2000,605,"Ayodhya, India",605,1993,1 year,,
336,Burundian Civil War,300000,300000,521,Burundi,605,2005,12 years,,
337,1993 ethnic violence in Burundi,50000,50000,1136,Burundi,605,1993,?,,
338,Rwandan genocide[N 5],"491,000
[50]","800,000
[51]",621,Rwanda,605,,,,
339,War crimes during the First and Second Chechen Wars,55000,330000,1168,Chechnya,605,2009,15 years,,
340,North Korean famine,"240,000[457]","420,000[457]",703,North Korea,605,1998,4 years,,
341,Massacres of Hutus during the First Congo War[N 11],"200,000
[76]","232,000
[77]",579,Zaire,605,1997,,,
342,First Congo War,250000,800000,624,Zaire,605,1997,1 year,,
343,Massacres of Hutus during the First Congo War,200000,"220,000[184]",474,Zaire,605,1997,1 year,,
344,Second Congo War,"2,500,000[32]","5,400,000[33]",959,Democratic Republic of the Congo,605,2003,6 years,,
345,Effacer le tableau,60000,70000,677,Democratic Republic of Congo,605,2003,5 years,,
346,Famine and disease caused by the Second Congo War,3800000,5400000,602,Africa,605,2004,6 years,,
347,1998 Sudan famine,"70,000[463]",70000,891,Sudan,605,1998,?,,
348,"Vargas Tragedy, landslide","10,000[citation needed]","50,000[citation needed]",361,Venezuela,605,1999,?,,
349,War on Terror,"480,000[56]","507,000[56]",251,Worldwide,605,Present,years,,
350,Bambuti genocide[N 19],"60,000
[120][118]","70,000
[120]",728,"North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo",605,2003,,,
351,Darfur genocide[N 16],"98,000
[107]","500,000
[108]",947,"Darfur, Sudan",605,Present,,,
352,Iraq War,"268,000[56]","461,000[57]",1297,Iraq,605,2011,8 years,,
353,War in Darfur,178258,461520,485,Sudan,605,Present,18 years,,
354,Darfur genocide,"63,000[204]
10,000 (Sudan)[205]","450,000[206]
300,000 (U.N.)[207]",1260,"Darfur, Sudan",605,present,15 years,,
355,Persecution of Shias by ISIL,Tens of thousands[329],Tens of thousands,527,"Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan",605,present,16 years,,
356,Suicide bombings during the Iraq War,12284,"18,000+[477]",833,Iraq,605,2019,Ongoing,,
357,Kivu conflict,100000,100000,1073,Democratic Republic of the Congo,605,Present,17 years,,
358,Mexican drug war,106800,106800,592,Mexico,605,Present,15 years,,
359,Syrian civil war,500000,570000,1064,Syria,705,Present,10 years,,
360,War crimes during the Syrian Civil War,106390,110218,696,Syria,705,present,7 years,,
361,FIFA World Cup related abuses of Human rights in Qatar,1200,1800,903,Qatar,705,ongoing,8 years,,
362,Rana Plaza Factory collapse,1134,,1073,"Dhaka, Bangladesh",705,,,,
363,Selk'nam genocide[N 32],"2,500
[198]","4,000
[199]",1125,"Chile, Tierra del Fuego",705,Early 20th century,,,
364,Genocide of Yazidis by ISIL[N 33],"2,100–4,400
[204]","10,000
[205]",579,Islamic State-controlled territory in northern Iraq and Syria,705,2019,,,
365,Yemeni Civil War (2014–present),"233,000+","233,000+",1237,Yemen,705,Present,6 years,,
366,Violations of Human rights in ISIL-controlled territory,Many tens of thousands,Many tens of thousands,1073,"Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Libya, Philippines, Nigeria and sporadic terrorism worldwide",705,present,7 years,,
367,War crimes during the War in Donbas,2000,2000,605,"Donbas, Ukraine",705,Present,7 years,,
368,Genocide of Yazidis by ISIL,"2,000[323][324]",5000,808,"Sinjar, Iraq and Syria",705,present,4 years,,
369,Persecution of Christians by ISIL,Thousands[331],Thousands,902,Worldwide,705,present,4 years,,*
370,Famine in Yemen (2016–present),"50,000 children[465]","50,000 children[465]",1136,Yemen,705,present,2 years,,
371,Rohingya genocide[N 29],"9,000–13,700
[185]","43,000
[186]",728,Myanmar,705,Present,,,
372,Great fire of Smyrna,"10,000[268][269]","100,000[270][271]",786,"Smyrna, Ottoman Empire",922,8303,15 days,,
373,1932 Salvadoran peasant massacre,10000,"40,000[377]",1054,El Salvador,132,11881,6 months and 20 days,,
374,Simele massacre,"5,000[317]","6,000[318][319]",1214,"Simele, Kingdom of Iraq",833,12277,4 days,,
375,Parsley massacre,"17,000[276][277]","35,000[276][277]",1066,Dominican Republic,1037,13796,6 days,,
376,Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush,"123,000[211]","200,000[212]",629,Soviet Union,244,16132,1 month,,
377,Massacres of Polish civilians during the Warsaw Uprising,50000,"60,000[262][263]",1249,Occupied Poland,844,16296,1 week,,
378,Direct Action Day,4000,4000,1210,India,846,17032,2 days,,
379,Noakhali riots,5000,10000,519,"Noakhali Region, Bengal, British India",1046,17107,1 month,,
380,1946 Bihar riots,2000,30000,321,"Bihar, British India",1046,17113,8 days,,
381,1950 East Pakistan riots,4803,4833,313,East Bengal,250,18323,1 month,,
382,"North Sea flood, storm surge","2,400[citation needed]","2,400[citation needed]",706,"Netherlands, Scotland, England, Belgium",153,19390,1 day,,
383,1964 East Pakistan riots,5590,5690,615,East Pakistan,164,23464,"2 months, 26 days",,
384,1966 anti-Igbo pogrom,10000,30000,647,Nigeria,566,24381,"4 months, 2 days",,
385,1971 Bangladesh genocide,"26,000[180]","3,000,000[181]",864,East Pakistan,371,26283,"8 months, 2 weeks and 3 days",,
386,"The failure of 62 dams in Zhumadian Prefecture, Henan, the largest of which was Banqiao Dam, caused by Typhoon Nina.","26,000[470]","230,000[471]",911,China,875,27607,?,,
387,"Peoples Temple Agricultural Project (""Jonestown"")",909,909,602,Guyana,1178,28812,,,
388,1982 Hama massacre,10000,40000,1054,"Hama, Syria",282,30010,26 days,,
389,Sabra and Shatila massacre,460[142],"3,500[143]",603,"West Beirut, Lebanon",982,30212,2 days,,
390,1984 anti-Sikh riots,2800,8000,1212,India,1084,30989,1 month,,
391,Palestinian suicide attacks,804,804,302,Israel and Palestine,789,42478,27 years,,
392,Vukovar massacre,260,260,900,Croatia,1191,33562,1 day,,
393,September 11 attacks,2977,2977,208,United States,901,37145,1 day,,
394,2002 Gujarat riots,1044,"2,977[328]",1004,"Gujarat, India",202,37316,1 month,,
395,War crimes during the Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war,"6,856[134]","8,651[135]",121,Syria,915,present,4 years,,
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