Explore 1542 historical events from 2010–2019.
The Russo-Ukrainian war began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied Crimea and annexed it from Ukraine. It then supported Russ…
Russo-Ukrainian War: Forty-eight people were killed during a confrontation between pro-Russian protesters and pro-Ukrain
On 2 May 2014, a pair of mudslides occurred in Argo District, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. The death toll is uncertain, the number of deaths is believed to be at least 350 and…
Two mudslides in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, killed at least 350 people
On 13 May 2014, blasting at Eynez coal mine in Soma, Manisa, Turkey, caused an underground mine fire, which burned until 15 May. In total, 301 people were killed, making it the wor…
The worst mining disaster in Turkish history took place when an explosion caused an underground mine fire at a coal mine
On 17 May 2014, an Antonov An-74 transport aircraft of the Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force crashed while en route to Xiangkhouang Province, northern Laos, killing all but on…
A military plane crash killed 17 people and left one survivor in northern Laos
On 16 May 2014, two improvised explosive devices were detonated simultaneously in the Gikomba market in Nairobi, Kenya, killing at least 12 people and injuring 70. The first blast …
At least 12 people were killed and 70 others injured when two bombs exploded in a market in Nairobi, Kenya
On 21 May 2014, a Taiwanese man carried out a stabbing spree targeting random civilians on a Taipei Metro C321 train near Jiangzicui Station, resulting in four deaths and 24 injuri…
A Taiwanese man carried out a stabbing spree on a Taipei Metro train, killing four people and injuring 24 others
Prayut Chan-o-cha is a Thai former politician and military officer who became the 29th prime minister of Thailand after seizing power in the 2014 coup d'état and served until 2023.…
Prayut Chan-o-cha (pictured), the commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army, launched a coup d'état against the caretake
Islamic extremism is characterised by extremist beliefs, behaviors and ideologies adhered to by some Muslims within Islam. The term 'Islamic extremism' is contentious, encompassing…
A gunman involved in Islamic extremism opened fire at the Jewish Museum of Belgium in Brussels, killing four people
Telangana is a state in southern India on the Deccan Plateau bordering Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh to the north and Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka to the south. It is the eleventh l…
The Indian state of Telangana was officially formed, with K
The war in Donbas, also called the Donbas war, was a phase of the Russo-Ukrainian war in the eastern Donbas region of Ukraine. The war began in April 2014, when Russian-backed para…
War in Donbas: An Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down by forces of the self-procl
On 24 April 2013, ethnic clashes occurred in Marelbeshi (Bachu), Xinjiang, China. The violence left at least 21 people dead, including 15 police and officials.
Violence in Bachu County, Kashgar Prefecture, of China's Xinjiang results in death of 21 people
Willem-Alexander is the current King of the Netherlands, having reigned since 30 April 2013.
Willem-Alexander is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands following the abdication of Beatrix
The 2013 Reyhanlı car bombings took place on 11 May 2013, when two car bombs exploded in the Turkish town of Reyhanlı, a town of 64,000 people, 5 km from the Syrian border and the …
Fifty-two people are killed in a bombing in Reyhanlı, Turkey
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The Baga massacre began on 16 April 2013 in the village of Baga, Nigeria, in Borno State, when as many as 200 civilians were killed, hundreds wounded, and over 2,000 houses and bus…
The 2013 Baga massacre is started when Boko Haram militants engage government soldiers in Baga
On April 17, 2013, an ammonium nitrate explosion occurred at the West Fertilizer Company storage and distribution facility in West, Texas, United States, while emergency services p…
An explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas, kills 15 people and injures 160 others
The Boston Marathon bombing, sometimes referred to as simply the Boston bombing, was an Islamist domestic terrorist attack that took place during the 117th annual Boston Marathon o…
Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is killed in a shootout with police
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The 2013 Hawija clashes relate to a series of violent attacks within Iraq, as part of the 2012–2013 Iraqi protests and Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013). On 23 April, an army raid again…
At least 111 people are killed and 233 injured as violence breaks out in Hawija, Iraq
From 15 to 21 May 2013, a series of deadly bombings and shootings struck the central and northern parts of Iraq, with a few incidents occurring in towns in the south and far west a…
An upsurge in violence in Iraq leaves more than 389 people dead over three days
Naxalism is the communist ideology of the Naxalites or Naxals, a grouping of political and insurgent groups from India. It is influenced by Maoist political sentiment and ideology.
Suspected Maoist rebels kill at least 28 people and injure 32 others in an attack on a convoy of Indian National Congres
United States v. Manning was the court-martial of Chelsea Manning, a former United States Army Private First Class.
The trial of United States Army private Chelsea Manning for leaking classified material to WikiLeaks begins in Fort Mead
The Rana Plaza collapse occurred on 24 April 2013 in Savar Upazila, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, when the eight-story Rana Plaza commercial building collapsed due to a structural failur…
A building collapses near Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing 1,134 people and injuring about 2,500 others
On April 29, 2013 at around 10:00am CEST, an explosion occurred in a building in the centre of Prague, Czech Republic. The incident occurred in a townhouse belonging to the Air Nav…
A powerful explosion occurs in an office building in Prague, believed to have been caused by natural gas, and injures 43