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The following is a timeline of acts and failed attempts that can be considered [[terrorism]].

''Note: there is no single accepted definition of terrorism in common use.  Incidents listed here are commonly called terrorism, or meet some of the commonly used criteria.''

==17th century==
* [[1605]] - Failed [[Gunpowder Plot]] to blow up [[England|English]] [[Parliament]] while King [[James I of England]] was there.

==19th century==
* [[1856]], [[1858]], [[1859]], raids by [[John Brown (abolitionist)|John Brown]] in his fight against [[slavery]].
* [[1865]] - [[1882]]  [[Jesse James 1847|Jesse James]] and his gang attack "Northern" [[railroad]]s and [[bank]]s in personal continuation of the [[American Civil War]]
* [[1881]] Tzar [[Alexander II of Russia]] is [[assassinate]]d by a "People's Will" (Narodnaya volya) terrorist.
* [[1881]]-[[1884]] Waves of [[pogrom]]s against the [[Jewish people|Jews]] sweep southern Russia. The word ''pogrom''--meaning "destructive, often murderous riot"--becomes known internationally.
* [[1886]] Bomb at [[Haymarket Riot|Haymarket Square]], Chicago during a labor rally kills 12.

==1910s-1960s==
* [[1910]] A bomb at the [[Los Angeles Times]] newspaper building in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] killed 21 workers.
* [[1914]] [[Assassination]] of [[Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria]], starts [[World War I]].
* [[1920]] [[Jerusalem pogrom of April 1920]] incited by [[Haj Amin Al-Husseini]] (later the Grand Mufti of [[Jerusalem]]).
* [[1920]] [[Wall Street Bombing]] - A bomb exploded on [[Wall Street]] in [[New York City]], killing 40 people and wounding 300 others.
* [[1929]] The ancient Jewish community of [[Hebron]] is destroyed in the [[Hebron massacre]]. [1]
* [[1946]] [[Bombing of King David Hotel]], the [[British Army]] HQ, by the right-wing [[Zionism|Zionist]] terrorist group [[Irgun]].
* [[1963]] [[16th Street Baptist Church bombing]]. A member of the [[Ku Klux Klan]] bombed a Church in [[Birmingham, Alabama]], killing four girls.
* [[1966]] Ulster Volunteer Force declares war on the then-quiet [[IRA]]; June 26 engage in 3 sectarian murders
*[[1967]]  [http://crimemagazine.com/05/sirhansirhan,0906-5.htm Sirhan Sirhan], a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian  Palestinian] assassinates Robert F. Kennendy in [[Los Angeles, California]]
* [[1969]] A bomb in a bank killed 16 people in [[Milan]]

==1970s==

* [[1970]] [[October Crisis]] ([[Quebec]]): [[FLQ]] murder of [[Pierre Laporte]], kidnapping of [[James Cross]]
* [[1970]] [[Nahariya/Avivim]] School Bus Attack by [[Palestinian]] [[PLO]] terrorists
* [[1971]] Dec. 4: [[UVF]] bomb in McGurk's bar in [[Belfast]]'s North Queen Street kills 15 people.
* [[1972]] [[Lod Airport Massacre]] by the [[Japanese Red Army]] terrorists
* [[1972]] [[Munich Olympic Massacre]] by [[Black September]]
* [[1972]] [[Bloody Friday]] nine are killed and many injured as [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] (IRA) set off 22 bombs.
* [[1973]] December 20th, [[Euskadi Ta Askatasuna|ETA]] [[Basque Country|Basque]] terrorist group kills Spanish Prime Minister Admiral Carrero Blanco bombing his car in Madrid, one more person dead.
* [[1974]] [[Guildford]] pub bombing by the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]] leaves 5 dead and 44 injured.
* [[1974]] [[Birmingham pub bombing]] by the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]] kills 19, 182 people are injured.
* [[1974]] [[Kiryat Shmona Massacre]] at an apartment building by the [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine]] [[Palestinian]] terrorists
* [[1974]] [[Maalot Massacre]] at the Maalot High School in Northern Israel by [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine]] [[Palestinian]] terrorists
* [[1974]] [[UVF]] detonate 3 car bombs in [[Dublin]] and one in [[Monaghan]]; 33 dead - the deadliest toll of any one day in [[Ireland]]'s 'Troubles'.
* [[1974]] [[TWA Flight 841]]
* [[1974]] September 13th, [[Euskadi Ta Askatasuna|ETA]] [[Basque Country|Basque]] terrorist group bombs the "Rolando" cafeteria in Madrid, kills 12.
* [[1975]] [[Tel Aviv Savoy Hotel]] guest attacked by [[Palestinian]] [[PLO]] terrorists
* [[1975]] July 31: Three members of Ireland's popular Miami Showband killed in [[UVF]] gun attack.
* [[1976]] Hijacking of [[Air France]] [[Air France Flight 139|Flight 139]] (Tel-Aviv-Paris) and the following [[Operation Entebbe]]
* [[1976]] [[Orlando Letelier]] assassinated in Washington by [[Chile]]an government
* [[1976]] 73 died when a [[Cubana]] aircraft was bombed while flying from [[Barbados]] to [[Havana]].
* [[1977]], [[April 7]] Federal Prosecutor [[Siegfried Buback]] and his driver were shot by two [[Red Army Faction]] members.
* [[1977]], [[July 30]] [[Jürgen Ponto]], then head of the [[Dresdner Bank]], was shot and killed by the [[Red Army Faction]] in a kidnapping failed.
* [[1977]], [[September 5]] [[Hanns Martin Schleyer]] was kidnapped by the [[Red Army Faction]]. He was murdered by the [[Red Army Faction]] on [[October 19]] [[1977]].
* [[1977]], [[October 13]] [[Lufthansa]] flight LH 181 was kidnapped by a group of four [[Arabs]] around the leader "Captain Martyr Mahmud".
* [[1978]]-[[1995]] The [[Theodore Kaczynski|Unabomber]] kills three and injures 29 in a string of anti-technology bombings
* [[1978]] A bomb is detonated outside the [[Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting|CHOGM]] meeting in [[Sydney]] [[Australia]], killing 2 people. 3 [[Ananda Marga]] members are later arrested and jailed for the attack. They were then proven innocent of any crime by the supreme court.
* [[1978]] [[Palestinian]] [[Fatah]] terrorists on the [[Tel Aviv]] -  [[Haifa]] highway kill 34 [[Israel]]is.
* [[1979]] Aug. 27th: [[Lord Mountbatten]] and three others are killed by [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]] bomb on board his boat off Mullaghmore. The same day two [[IRA]] bombs kill 18 British Soldiers near Warrenpoint.
* [[1979]] July 29th, [[Euskadi Ta Askatasuna|ETA]] [[Basque Country|Basque]] terrorist group bombs two railway stations in Madrid, kills 7.

==1980s==

* [[1980]] [[Oscar Romero]] assassinated by [[Death squad]]s in [[El Salvador]]
* [[1980]] Four United States nuns killed by [[death squad]]s in [[El Salvador]]
* [[1980]] December U.S. trained Salvadoran Army unit executes 800 civilians at the village of El Mozote
* [[1980]] [[Neo-Fascist]] bomb kills more than 80 people in [[Bologna]] railway station
* [[1980]] ''[[Iranian Embassy siege]]'': Iraqi agents took over the Iranian Embassy in [[London]], gaining hostages. After a number of days, one hostage was killed by the Iraqis, and the [[Special Air Service]] assaulted the building to rescue the remaining hostages. One hostage died during the assault.
* [[1982]] Two bombs in [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]] and [[Regent's Park]], [[London]] by the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]] killl 8 members of the [[Household Cavalry]] and the [[Royal Green Jackets]]. Seven horses are also killed.
* [[1983]] [[April 1983 US Embassy bombing|United States Embassy Bombing]] in [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]] kills 63.
* [[1983]] [[Marine Barracks Bombing]] in [[Beirut]] kills 241 U.S. [[United States Marine Corps|Marines]].
* [[1983]] [[Harrods]] bomb by the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]]. Six are killed (including three police officers) and 90 wounded during [[Christmas]] shopping at the West [[London]] [[department store]].
* [[1983]] [[Gulf Air Flight 771]]
* [[1984]] [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]] bomb in the Grand Hotel [[Brighton]] 5 are killed in an attempt to kill members of the [[British]] [[Cabinet (government)|cabinet]].
* [[1985]] [[TWA Flight 847]] hijacking
* 1985 [[Achille Lauro]] [[cruise ship]] hijacking by [[Palestinian Liberation Front]]
* 1985 IRA [[mortar (weapon)|mortar]] attack kills nine soldiers in [[Newry]]
* 1985 [[Air India flight 182]] is blown up by a bomb put onboard the flight from [[Canada]] by [[Sikh]] nationalists. All 329 passengers are killed. The single most deadly terrorist attack prior to September 11, 2001.
* 1985  [[EgyptAir Flight 648]] hijacked by [[Abu Nidal]] group, flown to [[Malta]], where Egyptian commandos storm plane; 60 are killed by gunfire and explosions.
* 1985 [[Rome and Vienna Airport Attacks]]
* 1985 Investigators associated with the [[WHO]] reported that U.S.-funded [[Contras]] repeatedly destroyed health-care facilities and murdered health-care workers in Nicaraqua.
* [[1986]] New Year's Eve fire at the [[Dupont Plaza Hotel]] in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]], claimed 97 lives, mainly in the casino area. Fire set by 3 hotel workers, trying to make tourists stay away from Puerto Rico as a protest to their working wages.
* [[1986]] [[TWA Flight 840]] bombed on approach to Athens airport; 4 Americans, including an infant, are killed.
* [[1986]] July 15th, [[Euskadi Ta Askatasuna|ETA]] [[Basque Country|Basque]] terrorist group bombs a Guardia Civil police truck, kills 12.
* [[1986]] [[1986 Berlin discotheque bombing|Berlin discotheque bombing]] On [[April 6]], the La Belle discotheque, a known hangout for U.S. soldiers, was bombed, killing 3 and injuring 230 people, for which [[Libya]] is held responsible.
* [[1986]] [[Pan Am Flight 73]] is hijacked; 22 people die when plane is stormed in [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]].
* [[1987]] [[Enniskillen]] massacre. [[Remembrance Day]] parade in Enniskillen, County [[Fermanagh]] is bombed by the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]] and 11 are killed and 63 injured
* [[1987]] June 19th, [[Euskadi Ta Askatasuna|ETA]] [[Basque Country|Basque]] terrorist group bomb in Hipercor Mall's parking in Barcelona, kills 21, 45 injured.
* [[1987]] [[KAL Flight 858]] bombed by [[North Korea]].
* [[1987]] December 11th, [[Euskadi Ta Askatasuna|ETA]] [[Basque Country|Basque]] terrorist group bomb a Guardia Civil police bedrooms in Zaragoza, kills 11, 40 injured.
* [[1988]] [[Pan Am Flight 103]] bombing (Lockerbie)
* [[1989]] Ten [[Royal Marines]] bandsmen are killed and 22 injured when base in [[Deal, Kent]] is bombed by the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]].
* [[1989]] [[UTA Flight UT-772]]
* [[1989]] [[Avianca Flight 203]] bombed over [[Colombia]]

==1990s==

* [[1990]] A series of [[car bomb]]ings directed by the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]] in Northern Ireland leave 7 people dead and 37 wounded.
* [[1991]] Two [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]] members are killed by their own bomb in [[St Albans]].
* [[1991]] May 29th, [[Euskadi Ta Askatasuna|ETA]] [[Basque Country|Basque]] terrorist group bombs the Guardia Civil police barracks in Vic (Barcelona), kill 10.
* [[1992]] [[Israeli Embassy Attack in Buenos Aires|Israeli Embassy bombing]] in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]; 29 die.
* [[1992]] Eight [[Protestant]] builders killed by an [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]] bomb on their way to work at an Army base near [[Omagh]].
* [[1993]] [[World Trade Center bombing]]
* [[1993]] Failed [[New York City landmark bomb plot]]
* [[1993]] June 21st, [[Euskadi Ta Askatasuna|ETA]] [[Basque Country|Basque]] terrorist group bombs a militar truck in Madrid, kills 7, 36 injured.
* 1993 [[1993 Mumbai bombings|Mumbai car bombings]] in [[India]]
* 1993 [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]] bomb in [[Warrington, England|Warrington]] kills two children.
* 1993 [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]] detonate a huge truck bomb in the [[City of London]] at [[Bishopsgate]], killing two and causing approximately £350m of damage.
* 1993 Oct 23: A bomb at a [[fish]] shop on the [[Protestant]] Shankill Road, [[Belfast]] kills 10 people, including two children.
* [[1993]] Oct. 30: Seven people killed in a Loyalist [[UFF]] gun attack in a bar in Greysteel, Co Derry.
* [[1994]] [[AMIA Bombing|Bombing of Jewish Center]] in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 86 and wounds 300.
* [[1994]] [[Baruch Goldstein]] kills 29 Arabs in machine gun attack on mosque in [[Hebron]].
* [[1994]] [[Air France]] [[Air France Flight 8969|Flight 8969]] is hijacked by [[GIA]] members who planned to crash the plane on Paris but did not succeed.
* [[1994]] A small bomb explodes on board [[Philippine Airlines]] [[Philippine Airlines Flight 434|flight 434]], killing a [[Japan]]ese businessman. Authorities found out that [[Ramzi Yousef]] planted the bomb to test it for his planned terrorist attack.
* [[1994]] June 18: Six Catholic men shot dead by Loyalists in a pub in Loughinisland, Co Derry.
* [[1995]] [[Operation Bojinka]] is discovered on a laptop computer in a [[Manila, Philippines]] apartment by authorities after an apartment fire occurred in the apartment.
* 1995 [[Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway]]
* [[1995]] April 19, [[Euskadi Ta Askatasuna|ETA]] [[Basque Country|Basque]] terrorist group tries to kill [[Jose Maria Aznar]] (then leader of the Popular Party, later Spanish Prime Minister) bombing his car, kills 1 woman.
* 1995 [[Oklahoma City bombing]]
* [[1995 islamist terror bombings in France]] by a [[GIA]] unit ([[Khaled Kelkal]] being one of the operational leaders)
* 1995 Bombing of military compound in [[Riyadh]], [[Saudi Arabia]]
* [[1995]] December 11th, [[Euskadi Ta Askatasuna|ETA]] [[Basque Country|Basque]] terrorist group bombs a militar truck in Madrid, kills 6 civilian public servants.
* 1996 [[Central Bank Bombing]] in [[Sri Lanka]] kills 90 and wounds 1,400.
* [[1996]] A series of four [[suicide bombing]]s in Israel leave 67 dead and 161 wounded within 10 days.
* 1996 [[Centennial Olympic Park bombing]], killing one and wounding 111.
* 1996 [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]] break their cease-fire and kill two in a bomb at the [[Canary Wharf]] towers in [[London]].
* 1996 [[Manchester bombing by IRA]]
* 1996 [[Khobar Towers bombing]]
* 1997 Islamic terrorists attack tourists in [[Luxor]], [[Egypt]], killing 71 people, most of them European and Japanese vacationers.
* [[1997]] A terrorist opened fire on tourists at an observation deck atop the [[Empire State Building]] in [[New York City]], killing a [[Denmark|Danish]] national and wounding visitors from the [[United States]], [[Argentina]], [[Switzerland]] and [[France]] before turning the gun on himself. A handwritten note carried by the gunman claimed this was a punishment attack against the "enemies of [[Palestine]]".
* 1997 [[December 22]].  46 killed while praying in [[Acteal]], [[Chiapas]], [[Mexico]]. A paramilitary group associated with ex-president Salinas is held responsible.
* [[1998]] [[1998 U.S. embassy bombings|U.S. embassy bombings]]
* 1998 [[Omagh bombing]] by the so-called "[[Real IRA]]" kills 29.
* [[1999]] Gunmen opened fire on [[Shi'a]] Muslims worshipping in an [[Islamabad]] mosque killing 16 people injuring 25.
* 1999 [[David Copeland]]'s [[nail bomb]] attacks against ethnic minorities and gays in [[London]].
* 1999 [[Ahmed Ressam]] is arrested on the [[United States]]-[[Canada]] border in [[Port Angeles, Washington]]; he confessed to planning to bomb the [[Los Angeles International Airport]] as part of the [[2000 celebration terrorist attacks plot]]
* 1999 [[Jordan]]ian authorities foil a plot to bomb United States and Israeli tourists in Jordan and pick up 28 suspects as part of the [[2000 celebration terrorist attacks plot]]
* 1999 [[Indian Airlines Flight 814]], which just took off from [[Kathmandu]], [[Nepal]] for [[Indira Gandhi International Airport]] in [[Delhi]], [[India]] is hijacked, one passenger is killed and some hostages are released. After negotiations between the [[Taliban]] and the [[India]]n government, the last of the remaining hostages on board Flight 814 are released
* 1999 [[Russian Apartment Bombings]] lead Russia into [[Second Chechen War]].
*[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-%20Obstacle%20to%20Peace/Palestinian%20terror%20before%202000/Fatal%20Terrorist%20Attacks%20in%20Israel%20Since%20the%20DOP%20-S Fatal Terrorist Attacks in Israel Since the DOP (Sept 1993)]

==2000s==
* 2000 The last part of the [[2000 celebration terrorist attacks plot]] fails, as the boat meant to bomb [[USS The Sullivans (DDG-68)|USS ''The Sullivans'']] sinks
* 2000 Beginning of a campaign of attacks on civilians in [[Israel]] - see [[Terrorism against Israel in 2000]].
* 2000 [[USS Cole bombing|USS ''Cole'' bombing]]
* 2000 [[Germany|German]] police foil [[Strasbourg cathedral bombing plot]]
* [[2001]] [[September 11, 2001 attacks]] ("9/11") kill thousands in [[New York City]], [[New York]], and hundreds in [[Arlington, Virginia|Arlington]], [[Virginia]] and [[Pennsylvania]].
* 2001 [[Paris embassy terrorist attack plot]] foiled
* 2001 [[2001 anthrax attacks|Anthrax attacks]] on the offices the United States Congress and New York State Government offices, and on employees of television networks and tabloid.
* 2001 [[December 13]], 2001 Terrorist attack on [[Indian Parliament]].
* 2001 [[Palestinian]] attacks against Israeli civilians continue - see [[Terrorism against Israel in 2001]].
* 2001 [[Richard Reid]], attempting to destroy [[American Airlines Flight 63]], is subdued by passengers and flight attendants before he could detonate his shoe bomb
* [[2002]] [[Singapore embassies terrorist attack plot]] foiled
* 2002 [[Ghriba Synagogue Attack]] in [[Tunisia]]
* 2002 [[May 8 Bus Attack in Karachi]]
* 2002 [[2002 Karachi consulate attack|June 14 attack outside U.S. Consulate in Karachi]]
* 2002 [[Limburg tanker bombing]] in [[Yemen]]
* 2002 Kidnapping and murder of journalist [[Daniel Pearl]]
* 2002 [[2002 Bali terrorist bombing|Bali car bombing]] of holidaymakers
* 2002 [[Zamboanga bombings]] in the [[Philippines]]
* 2002 [[Moscow theatre siege]]
* 2002 Most deadly year of Palestinian terror campaign against Israel, including the [[Passover Massacre]] in which 30 people are killed - see [[Terrorism against Israel in 2002]].
* 2002 [[Kenyan hotel bombing]]
* 2002 [[Beltway sniper attacks]]
* [[2003]] Palestinian terror attacks against Israel continue, including the [[Maxim restaurant massacre]]. See [[Terrorism against Israel in 2003]].
* 2003 [[Chechnya|Chechen]] militants carry out several deadly suicide bombings across Russia and nearby provinces, killing more than 250 people.
* 2003 [[Riyadh Compound Bombings]]--bombings of [[United States]] expat housing compounds in [[Saudi Arabia]] kill 26 and injure 160.  [[Al-Qaeda]] blamed.
* 2003 [[Casablanca Attacks]] in [[Casablanca]], [[Morocco]] leaves 41 dead.  The attack involved 12 bombers and 5 targets.  The targets were "Western and Jewish".  Attack attributed to a Moroccan [[al-Qaeda]]-linked group.
* 2003 [[Canal Hotel Bombing]] in [[Baghdad]], [[Iraq]] kills 22 people including the top UN representative, [[Sergio Vieira de Mello]].
* 2003 In response to the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]], terrorists in that country stage dozens of [[suicide bombings]] targeting Iraqi and Coalition targets.
* 2003 [[Istanbul Bombings]]: Within five days, truck bombs go off at two synagogues, the British Consulate, and the HSBC Bank in [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]].
* 2003 [[October 15]] - A bomb is detonated by [[Palestinians]] against a United States diplomatic convoy in the [[Gaza Strip]].
* [[2004]] [[Violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 2004]]
* 2004 109 Kurds are killed in 2 suicide bombings in [[Arbil]], [[Iraq]].
* 2004 Bomb on [[Moscow]] subway kills 41.
* 2004 Suicide bombings at [[Shia]] holy sites in [[Iraq]] kill 181 and wound more than 500.
* 2004 Attack on procession of [[Shia]] Muslims in Pakistan kills 43 and wounds 160.
* 2004 [[March 9, 2004 attack of Istanbul restaurant]]
* 2004 [[11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings|Bombing of Spanish commuter trains]] kills 191 people and injures more than 1,400.
* 2004 [[21 April 2004 Basra bombs]]
* 2004 April 21 bombing of a security building in [[Riyadh]], [[Saudi Arabia]] kills 5.
* 2004 Islamic militants seize hostages at a compound housing foreign oil workers; at least 25 are killed.

See also: [[aircraft hijacking]], [[Palestinian terrorism]], [[American terrorism]], [[Israeli terrorism]], [[Irish Republican Army|IRA]], [[suicide bombing]], [[List of massacres]], [[assassination]]s, [[Dupont Plaza Hotel]], [[GIA]]

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