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This is a partial list of massacres in the United States; death tolls may be approximate.. For single-perpetrator events and shooting sprees, see List of rampage killers in the United States, Mass shootings in the United States, Category:Spree shootings in the United States, and Category:Mass shootings in the United States by year
The term did not necessarily imply a multitude of victims, e.g. Fénelon in Dialogue des Morts (1712) uses l'horride massacre de Blois ("the horrid massacre at [the chateau of] Blois") of the assassination of Henry I, Duke of Guise (1588), while Boileau, Satires XI (1698) has L'Europe fut un champ de massacre et d'horreur "Europe was a field of ...
The Sand Creek massacre (also known as the Chivington massacre, the battle of Sand Creek or the massacre of Cheyenne Indians) was a massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho people by the U.S. Army in the American Indian Wars that occurred on November 29, 1864, when a 675-man force of the Third Colorado Cavalry [5] under the command of U.S. Volunteers Colonel John Chivington attacked and destroyed a ...
For decades, the family of World War I veteran CL Daniel didn’t know where he was buried but believed he died in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. An investigation of unmarked graves recently solved ...
San Ysidro McDonald's massacre† San Diego, California: 22 19 1991 Luby's shooting† Killeen, Texas: 23 27 2007 Virginia Tech shooting† Blacksburg, Virginia: 32 22 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting† Orlando, Florida: 49 58 2017 Las Vegas shooting† Paradise, Nevada: 60 ≈ 867
2020 Williamsburg massacre: A mother killed her five children with a shotgun before killing herself. November 20, 2020 Wauwatosa, Wisconsin: 0 8 8: Mayfair Mall shooting: Eight people were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after a person opened fire at the Mayfair Mall. November 3, 2020 Henderson, Nevada: 4 [n 1] 1 5
Articles on massacres (mass killing of one group by another) in the United States NOTE: Only events meeting the definition of massacre are included in this category. For other similar but distinct events, see: Category:Mass murder in the United States .
A massacre is a specific incident which involves the killing of people, although not necessarily a crime against humanity. The numbers of killed range from just a few people to many millions. The numbers of killed range from just a few people to many millions.