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Assassinations in history
Assassinations recorded in Wikidata, placed where they happened and dated to the day. Most are from the last 120 years.
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- Each assassination as a politics mark, sized by the number killed where the record gives it (about two in three do).
- A page for each, with its date and its Wikipedia summary.
- Opened from this page, the map plays 1850 to today.
Where the data comes from
- WikidataItems that are assassinations, with a date and a place.
Taken from Wikidata when the set is imported; it grows as Wikidata does.
Good to know
- A small set, about 170 events: far from every assassination in history.
- The United States and Japan have the most here: the set is what Wikidata records, not a complete count.
- Nearly half are placed only at an area, not the exact spot.
The deadliest recorded here
- 2024 Hezbollah headquarters strike27 Sep 2024 · Assassination · Deaths 33
- Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus1 Apr 2024 · Assassination · Deaths 16
- assassination of Anwar Sadat6 Oct 1981 · Assassination · Deaths 12
- August 2025 Israeli attack on Sanaa28 Aug 2025 · Assassination · Deaths 12
- execution of the Romanov family16 Jul 1918 · Assassination · Deaths 11
- killing of Ahmed Yassin22 Mar 2004 · Assassination · Deaths 10
- assassination of Qasem Soleimani3 Jan 2020 · Assassination · Deaths 10
- Assassination of Roel Degamo4 Mar 2023 · Assassination · Deaths 9
- Night Time Operation16 Feb 1992 · Assassination · Deaths 8
- Operation Nemesis1920 · Assassination · Deaths 7
The first recorded here in each century
- assassination of Ali29 Jan 661 · Assassination · Deaths 1
- assassination of Prince Boris of Rostov30 Jul 1015 · Assassination
- Assassination of Mawdud ibn al-Tuntakin17 Jul 1113 · Assassination · Deaths 1
- assassinat de Charles de La Cerda16 Jan 1354 · Assassination
- Kakitsu Incident1441 · Assassination
- Moriyama Kuzure8 Jan 1536 · Assassination
- Assassination of Henry IV14 May 1610 · Assassination · Deaths 1
- assassination of Gustav III of Sweden16 Mar 1792 · Assassination · Deaths 1
- assassination of Spencer Perceval11 May 1812 · Assassination · Deaths 1
- King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the Italo-American anarchist Gaetano Bresci in Monza29 Jul 1900 · Assassination
- Assassination of Laurent-Désiré Kabila16 Jan 2001 · Assassination · Deaths 2
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