WebThe phrase was initially used by European colonists to describe attacks by indigenous Americans which resulted in mass colonial casualties. While similar attacks by colonists on Indian villages were called "raids" or "battles", successful Indian attacks on white settlements or military posts were routinely termed "massacres".

WebThis list of genocides by death toll includes estimates of all deaths which were directly or indirectly caused by genocide, as it is defined by the UN Convention on Genocide. A broader list of genocides, ethnic cleansing and related mass persecution is available. Genocides in history include cases where there is less consensus among scholars as to …

Web2010 – Riots in Indian Kashmir, 50 people killed in seven weeks of clashes with Indian forces. 2010 – Riots in Karachi, Pakistan, 90 dead. 2010 – Prison riot in Mexico, 14 dead. 2010 – Prison riot in Kazakhstan, at least 2 killed, 80 injured. 2010 – Farmers riot in Uttar Pradesh, India, at least 2 killed.

WebDefinition. Massacre is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as "the indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of people or (less commonly) animals; carnage, butchery, slaughter in numbers". It also states that the term is used "in the names of certain massacres of history". The first recorded use in English of the word massacre in the name of an event is due to …

WebThe following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Sri Lanka and its predecessors (numbers may be approximate): Massacres in chronological order [ edit ] Main articles: List of attacks on civilians attributed to Sri Lankan government forces , List of attacks on civilians attributed to the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna , and List of attacks ...

WebSee also: List of massacres during the Syrian civil war: War crimes of the Lord's Resistance Army: 100,000: 100,000: ... Encomienda system, Mexican Indian Wars, List of Indian massacres. Generalplan Ost (World War II civilian casualties of the Soviet Union) 7,420,135 [citation needed] 13,684,448 10,076,728 German-occupied Europe and Russia …

WebAmerican Indian Wars are the numerous armed conflicts between European empires or colonists, and later by the American and Canadian settlers or American and Canadian governments, and the indigenous peoples of North America.These conflicts occurred across the country beginning with the Tiguex War in 1540 within present-day New Mexico and …

Web1840–1850. The Gippsland massacres, many led by the Scots pastoralist Angus McMillan, saw between 300 and 1,000 Gunai (or Kurnai) people murdered.; 1840–1860. The Eumeralla Wars between European settlers and Gunditjmara people in south west Victoria included a number of massacres resulting in over 442 Aboriginal deaths.; 1840. On 8 March. Known …

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WebA natural disaster is a sudden event that always causes widespread destruction, major collateral damage or loss of life, brought about by forces other than the acts of human beings. A natural disaster might be caused by earthquakes, flooding, volcanic eruption, landslide, hurricanes etc. To be classified as a disaster, it will have profound …