List of terrorist incidents


The following is a list by date of acts and failed attempts that can be considered terrorism.

Note: there is no single official definition of terrorism in common use. Events listed here are commonly called terrorism, or meet some of the commonly used parts of the definition.

17th century

19th century

1910s–1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

See also: aircraft hijacking, IRA, suicide bombing, assassinations, Dupont Plaza Hotel