DEATHS WHEN #### PLAGUES #### WHERE 100,000,000 1346:1353 Black Death [Hemorrhagic Plague] Asia, Europe, Africa 75,000,000 1918:1919 Spanish Flu [Influenza] Worldwide 70,000,000 540: 590 Bubonic Plague: Plague of Justinian Asia, Europe, Africa 12,000,000 1855:1959 Bubonic Plague: Third Pandemic Worldwide DEATHS WHEN #### WARS #### WHERE 56,000,000 1937:1945 World War II Worldwide 45,000,000 1207:1472 Mongol Invasions Asia & Europe 34,000,000 756: 763 An Shi Rebellion China 30,000,000 1914:1918 World War I Worldwide DEATHS WHEN #### FAMINES #### WHERE 36,000,000 1958:1961 Great Leap Forward China 24,000,000 1907 Chinese Famine of 1907 China 13,000,000 1769:1772 Bengal Famine of 1770 India 11,000,000 1876:1879 Great Northern Chinese Famine China DEATHS WHEN #### FLOODS #### WHERE 3,300,000 1931 Central China Floods China (Huai & Yellow Rivers) 1,300,000 1887 Yellow River (Huang He) Flood China (central) 600,000 1938 Yellow River (Huang He) Flood China (central) 200,000 1975 Banqiao Dam Failure China (east central) DEATHS WHEN #### EARTHQUAKES #### WHERE 830,000 1556 Shaanxi Earthquake China (east central) 300,000 1976 Tangshan Earthquake China (north east) 250,000 526 Antioch Earthquake Byzantine Empire (Turkey) 230,000 1138 Aleppo Earthquake Syria DEATHS WHEN #### CYCLONES #### WHERE 400,000 1970 Bhola Cyclone East Pakistan (Bangladesh) 300,000 1881 Haiphong Cyclone Vietnam 300,000 1839 Coringa Cyclone India 300,000 1737 Calcutta Cyclone India DEATHS WHEN #### TSUNAMIS #### WHERE 240,000 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake & Tsunami Sumatra Island, Indonesia 100,000 1908 Messina Earthquake & Tsunami Sicily Island, Italy 70,000 1755 Lisbon Earthquake & Tsunami Portugal, Spain & Morocco 30,000 1707 Hoei Era Earthquake & Tsunami Shikoku Island, Japan DEATHS WHEN #### VOLCANOES #### WHERE 74,000 1815 Mount Tambora Sumbawa Island, Indonesia 36,000 1883 Krakatoa Island Sunda Strait, Indonesia 31,000 1902 Mount Pelée Martinique Island, Caribbean 25,000 79 Mount Vesuvius Pompeii & Herculaneum, Italy DEATHS WHEN #### TORNADOS #### WHERE 1300 1989 Saturia-Manikganj Sadar Tornado Manikganj, Bangladesh 900 1969 East Pakistan Tornado East Pakistan (Bangladesh) 700 1973 Dhaka Tornado Dhaka, Bangladesh 700 1925 Tri-State Tornado United States (MO, IL, IN) [To exit, use browser "BACK" control or "Alt" + "<=" keys.]