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Year Location Type #deaths
856 Iran Earthquake 200,000
893 Iran Earthquake 150,000
1138 Syria Earthquake 230,000
1181 Japan Famine 100,000
1201 Egypt and Syria Earthquake 1,100,000
1228 Netherlands Flood 100,000
1287 Netherlands Flood 50,000
1290 China Earthquake 100,000
1350 Europe, Asia, Africa Bubonic Plague 25,000,000
1556 China Earthquake 830,000
1642 China Flood 300,000
1649 Spain Plague 80,000
1665 England Plague 100,000
1667 Caucasia Earthquake 80,000
1727 Iran Earthquake 77,000
1730 Japan Earthquake 137,000
1737 Indian Typhoon 300,000
1755 Portugal Earthquake, Tsunami 100,000
1769 Indian Famine 10,000,000
1775-82 North America Smallpox 130,000
1780 Iran Earthquake 200,000
1780 Caribbean Hurricane 22,000
1783 Iceland Earthquake 9,350
1792 Japan Earthquake 14,300
1815 Indonesia Volcano 10,000
1826 Japan Tsunami 27,000
1831-32 England, France, Egype Cholera 25,000
1840 Mississippi, USA Tornado 317
1845-48 Ireland Famine 1,000,000
1870 United States, France, Germany Smallpox 500,000
1871 Wisconsin, USA Forest Fire 1500
1877 Ecuador Volcano 1,000
1876-1879 China Drought 9,000,000
1883 Java, Sumatra Volcano, Tsunami 50,000
1886 South Carolina, USA Earthquake 60
1887 China Flood 1,000,000
1896 Japan Tsunami 28,000
1900 Texas, USA Hurricane 8,000
1902 West Indies, Caribbean Volcano 30,000
1906 San Francisco, USA Earthquake (7.7) 3000
1908 Sicily Earthquake (7.2), Tsunami 123,000
1911 China Flood 100,000
1915 Avezzano, Italy Earthquake (7.5) 30,000
1918-19 World Influenza 75,000,000
1920 China Famine 500,000
1920 China Earthquake (8.6) 200,000
1923 Japan Earthquake (8.3) 200,000
1927 China Earthquake (7.9) 200,000
1931 China Flood 3,000,000
1932 China Earthquake (7.6) 70,000
1933 China Flood 18,000
1933 California, USA Earthquake 117
1935 China Flood 140,000
1935 Pakistan Earthquake (7.5) 30,000
1939 Chile Earthquake (8.3) 28,000
1939 China Flood 200,000
1939 Turkey Earthquake (7.9) 32,000
1942-43 China Famine 1,000,000
1948 Turkmenistan Earthquake (7.3) 110,000
1950 India Earthquake (8.6) 30,000
1957 World Asian Flu 100,000
1958 China Famine 20,000,000
1960 Chile Earthquake (9.5) 2000
1964 Alaska, USA Earthquake (9.2), Tsunami 117
1970 Peru Earthquake (7.9) 20,000
1970 Bangladesh Cyclone 300,000
1971 Vietnam Flood 100,000
1972 Nicaragua Earthquake 6,000
1976 China Earthquake (8.0) 255,000
1978 Iran Earthquake (7.7) 25,000
1981-84 Africa Famine 1,000,000
1985 Mexico Earthquake (8.1) 25,000
1985 Colombia Volcano 25,000
1988 Armenia Earthquake (6.9) 100,000
1990 Iran Earthquake (7.7) 50,000
1991 Bangladesh Tsunami 139,000
1991 China Floods 2000
1992 Florida, USA Hurricane 58
1993 India Earthquake (6.0) 10,000
1993 USA, Canada Blizzard 243
1996 Africa Meningites 25,000
1998 Central America Hurricane 10,000
1999 South America Floods 10,000
2001 India Earthquake (7.7) 20,000
2003 Iran Earthquake 26,271
2003 France Heatwave 15,000
2004 South Asia Earthquake (9.0), Tsunami 225,000
2005 Iran Earthquake (6.2) 270
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