The following is a list of terrorist incidents that were not carried out by a state or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism). Assassinations are presented in List of assassinations and unsuccessful attempts at List of people who survived assassination attempts and List of heads of state and government who survived assassination attempts.

Definitions of terrorism vary, so incidents listed here are restricted to those that are notable and described as "terrorism" by a consensus of reliable sources.

Scholars dispute what might be called terrorism in earlier periods. The modern sense of terrorism emerged in the mid-19th century.[1]

1800–1899

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1900–1929

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1930–1949

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1950–1969

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1970–present

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Number of terrorist incidents worldwide[41][42]

By country

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Terrorism deaths per year by country

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "BBC – History – The Changing Faces of Terrorism". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  2. ^ Jonathan M. Bryant: Ku Klux Klan in the Reconstruction Era Archived 19 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine, The New Georgia Encyclopedia, 3 October 2002
  3. ^ Fettman, Eric (20 January 2008). "The Bloody Shirt Terror After Appomattox by Stephen Budiansky Viking Press". New York Post. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  4. ^ "1892 : l'attentat anarchiste du commissariat des Bons-Enfants". RetroNews - Le site de presse de la BnF (in French). 19 November 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  5. ^ Gayraud, Jean-François; Sénat, David (2009). "Histoire du terrorisme en France". Que sais-je ? (in French). 2 (1768): 114–122. ISSN 0768-0066.
  6. ^ PITTORESQUE, LA FRANCE (29 November 1999). "12 février 1894 : attentat au café Terminus de la gare Saint-Lazare". La France pittoresque. Histoire de France, Patrimoine, Tourisme, Gastronomie (in French). Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  7. ^ Ferragu, Gilles (29 January 2019). "L'écho des bombes : l'invention du terrorisme « à l'aveugle » (1893-1895)". Ethnologie française (in French). 49 (1): 21–31. doi:10.3917/ethn.191.0021. ISSN 0046-2616.
  8. ^ "This Day In History: An Anarchist Bombs Café Terminus In Paris". History Collection. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  9. ^ Bloxham, Donald. The Great Game of Genocide: Imperialism, Nationalism, and the Destruction of The Ottoman Armenians. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005, p. 53. ISBN 0-19-927356-1
  10. ^ "PERDICARIS AND VARLEY ARE IN GRAVE DANGER; An American Resident of Tangier Tells of the Situation". The New York Times. 22 May 1904. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  11. ^ "L'attentat contre le roi d'Espagne à Paris". RetroNews - Le site de presse de la BnF (in French). 5 March 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  12. ^ "History News Service". H-net.org. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  13. ^ a b "BOMB WARFARE RAGING IN ITALY". The New York Times. 15 October 1920. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  14. ^ Austin Sarat (1 January 2009). When Law Fails: Making Sense of Miscarriages of Justice. NYU Press. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-8147-6225-7. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  15. ^ "PALACE BOMBED, 100 KILLED; Bessarabian Conspirators Accused of Outrage at Bolgard". The New York Times. 14 December 1921. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  16. ^ "Reactionary murders in Ireland". Come Here To Me!. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  17. ^ "Sofia Church Terror Attack Vie for Bulgaria Top Event". The Free Library. 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  18. ^ "POLICE DIE IN BLAST; Timed Device Explodes After it is Taken out of Pavilion". The New York Times. 5 July 1940. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  19. ^ "Mad Bomber,' Now 70, Goes Free Today; Mad Bomber,' Now 70, Goes Free Today 37 Blasts Set Initials 'F.P.' Explained Institute Assailed". The New York Times. 13 December 1973. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  20. ^ Clarke, Thurston. By Blood and Fire, G. P. Puttnam's Sons, New York, 1981
  21. ^ Pistole, John S. (3 March 2011). "Administrator Pistole's remarks before the American Bar Association's 6th Annual Homeland Security Law Institute". TSA. Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  22. ^ Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre, 'O Jerusalem'.History Book Club. 1972. pages 191-195
  23. ^ Joseph, Dov (1960). The faithful city: the siege of Jerusalem, 1948. Simon and Schuster. p. 37. LCCN 60-10976. OCLC 266413. ... it was possible ... [that the] drivers [were] from the more than two hundred deserters who had already joined the Arab force [as opposed to being officially sanctioned by the British Army]
  24. ^ "Pair Admits Planting Bomb That Killed 13". The Telegraph-Herald. 3 June 1949. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  25. ^ Israel's Border Wars, 1949–1956, p. 309, Benny Morris, Oxford University Press, 1997
  26. ^ Gilroy, Harry (22 March 1954). "Exploiting of Negev's Resources May Be Slowed by Bus Slayings; Security Moves May Act as a Brake on Developing Area Vital to Israel". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  27. ^ Chaves, Gonzalo Leonidas (2003). La masacre de Plaza de Mayo: el 16 de junio de 1955. Colección Campana de palo. La Plata [Argentina]: De La Campana. ISBN 978-987-9125-41-0.
  28. ^ Cichero, Daniel E. (2005). Bombas sobre Buenos Aires: gestación y desarrollo del bombardeo aéreo sobre la Plaza de Mayo del 16 de junio de 1955 (1ra ed.). Buenos Aires: Vergara, Grupo Zeta. ISBN 978-950-15-2347-8.
  29. ^ Bigart, Homer (17 June 1956). "U.S. Vice Consul Is Killed By Cyprus Terrorist Bomb". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  30. ^ Brewers, Sam Pope (16 August 1958). "TERRORIST'S BOMB KILLS 3 IN BEIRUT". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  31. ^ "Violence erupts in Paarl". South African History Online. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  32. ^ "16th Street Baptist Church bombing". know1radio.wordpress.com.
  33. ^ Aguirre, Facundo (29 September 2016). "El Operativo Cóndor en Malvinas" [The Condor Operative in Malvinas]. La Izquierda Diario (in Spanish).
  34. ^ "Crash Off Turkey Kills All 66 on Jet". The New York Times. 12 October 1967. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  35. ^ Feron, James (5 September 1968). "Fatal Bombing in Tel Aviv Stirs Mob Attack on Arabs". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  36. ^ Marcus, Itamar (8 December 2016). "Rasmieh Odeh is responsible for murder of two, her accomplice tells PA TV". Palestinian Media Watch.
  37. ^ Pharr, Jasper (25 January 2016). Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Terrorist on U.S. Soil. Dorrance Publishing. ISBN 9781480966468.
  38. ^ "Bomb Blast at RTÉ". RTÉ Archives. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  39. ^ a b "When loyalists bombed O'Connell". Come Here To Me!. 27 September 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  40. ^ "Blast in Milan Kills 13, Hurts 85; 3 More Bombs Injure 16 in Rome". The New York Times. 13 December 1969. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  41. ^ National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. (2018). Global Terrorism Database (globalterrorismdb_0718dist.xlsx Archived 10 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine). Retrieved from https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd University of Maryland
  42. ^ National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. (2018). Global Terrorism Database (gtd1993_0718dist.xlsx Archived 10 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine). Retrieved from https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd University of Maryland
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