Target
Title
Date
Place
Country
Assassin or other entity
Ref
Rimush
King of Akkad
2270 BCE
Akkadian Empire
His courtiers.
[1]
Ashur-nadin-apli
King of Assyria
1194 BCE
Middle Assyrian Empire
Ashur-nirari III
[2]
Simbar-shipak
King of Babylon
1008 BCE
Babylonia
Ea-mukin-zeri
[3]
Ea-mukin-zeri
1008 BCE
Kashshu-nadin-ahi
[4]
Kashshu-nadin-ahi
1005 BCE
Eulmash-shakin-shumi
[5]
Titus Tatius
King of the Sabines
748 BCE
Rome
Roman Kingdom
Romulus
[6]
Ashur-nirari V
King of Assyria
745 BCE
Neo-Assyrian Empire
Tiglath-Pileser III
[7]
Nabu-nadin-zeri
King of Babylon
732 BCE
Babylonia
Killed in an insurrection by Nabu-suma-ukin II .
[8]
Nabu-suma-ukin II
732 BCE
Nabu-mukin-zeri
[9]
Nabu-mukin-zeri
729 BCE
Babylon
Killed during the Assyrian conquest of Babylon by Tiglath-Pileser III .
[10]
Shalmaneser V
King of Assyria
722 BCE
Neo-Assyrian Empire
Sargon II
[11]
Ashur-nadin-shumi
King of Babylon
694 BCE
Elam
Elamites , who installed Nergal-ushezib as King.
[12]
Mushezib-Marduk
689 BCE
Babylon
Murdered during Sennacherib 's sack of Babylon.
Sennacherib
King of Assyria
681 BCE
Nineveh
Arda-Mulissu
[13]
Lucius Tarquinius Priscus
King of Rome
579 BCE
Rome
Roman Kingdom
The sons of Ancus Marcius
Labashi-Marduk
King of Babylon
556 BCE
Neo-Babylonian Empire
Nabonidus and Belshazzar , in concert with the nobles of the court.
[14]
Phalaris
Tyrant of Agrigento
554 BCE
Agrigento
Acragas
Telemachus
Servius Tullius
King of Rome
535 BCE
Rome
Roman Kingdom
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
[15]
Hipparchus
Tyrant of Athens
514 BCE
Athens
Athens
Harmodius and Aristogeiton
[16]
Xerxes I
Achaemenid King of Kings
August 465 BCE
Persia
Achaemenid Persia
Artabanus , commander of the royal bodyguard
[17]
Xerxes II
424 BCE
Persepolis
Sogdianus , Xerxes' half-brother
[18]
Sogdianus
423 BCE
Darius II , Sogdianus' half-brother
[18]
Dion
Tyrant of Syracuse
354 BCE
Syracuse, Sicily
Syracuse
Calippus
[19]
Calippus
352 BCE
Leptines II
[20]
Philip II
King of Macedon
30 October 336 BCE
Aigai
Macedonia
Pausanias of Orestis (personal bodyguard)
[21]
Arses
Achaemenid King of Kings
336 BCE
Achaemenid Persia
Bagoas
[22]
Seleucus I Nicator
Seleucid Basileus
September 281 BCE
Lysimachia , Thrace
Seleucid Empire
Ptolemy Ceraunus
[23]
Antiochus II Theos
Seleucid Basileus
July 246 BCE
Anatolia
Laodice I
[24]
Lord Chunshen
Prime Minister of Chu
238 BCE
Shouchun
Chu
Li Yuan (李園 )
Seleucus III Ceraunus
Seleucid Basileus
June 223 BCE
Anatolia
Seleucid Empire
Members of his army
[26]
Nabis
King of Sparta
192 BCE
Sparta
Sparta
Aetolian League
[27]
Brihadratha Maurya
Mauryan Emperor
180 BCE
Pataliputra
Maurya Empire
Pushyamitra Shunga
[28]
Seleucus IV Philopator
Seleucid Basileus
3 September 175 BCE
Coele-Syria
Seleucid Empire
Heliodorus
[29]
Alexander Balas
August 145 BCE
Afrin River
Zabdiel
[30]
Antiochus VI Dionysus
142 BCE
Coele-Syria
Diodotus Tryphon
[31]
Hiempsal I
King of Numidia
117 BCE
Cirta
Numidia
Jugurtha
[32] [33]
Julius Caesar
Dictator of Rome
15 March 44 BCE
Rome
Roman Republic
Liberatores
[34]
Caligula
Emperor of Rome
24 January 41
Roman Empire
Praetorian Guard
[35]
Claudius
13 October 54
Agrippina the Younger
[36] [37]
Galba
15 January 69
Praetorian Guard under orders from Otho
Vitellius
22 December 69
Murdered by Vespasian 's troops.
[39]
Domitian
18 September 96
Stephanus, steward to Julia Flavia
[40]
Commodus
31 December 192
Narcissus
[41] [42]
Pertinax
28 March 193
Praetorian Guard
[43]
Didius Julianus
1 June 193
[44]
Geta
26 December 211
Centurions under orders of Caracalla
[45]
Caracalla
8 April 217
Near Carrhae
Justin Martialis, at instigation of Macrinus
[46]
Macrinus and Diadumenian
Co-Emperors of Rome
8 June 218
Cappadocia
Forces of Elagabalus
[47]
Elagabalus
Emperor of Rome
11 March 222
Rome
Praetorian Guard under orders of Julia Maesa and Julia Mamaea
[50]
Severus Alexander
19 March 235
Mainz , Germania Superior
Legio XXII Primigenia
[51]
Maximinus Thrax
May 238
Aquileia
Soldiers of the Legio II Parthica
[52]
Pupienus and Balbinus
Co-Emperors of Rome
29 July 238
Rome
Praetorian Guard
Gordian III
Emperor of Rome
20 February 244
Circesium
His own army
[53]
Philip the Arab and Philip II
Co-Emperors of Rome
September 249
Verona and Rome respectively
Philip I was betrayed by Decius and killed as a result of a Battle of Verona , Philip II was then murdered by the Praetorian guard.
[54] [55]
Volusianus and Trebonianus Gallus
August 253
Terni
Assassinated by their own centurions , in favour of Aemilian .
[56]
Aemilianus
Emperor of Rome
September 253
Spoleto
Assassinated by his own troops.
[56]
Saloninus
260
Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium
Revolting troops, led by Postumus
Gallienus
September 268
Mediolanum
Aurelius Heraclianus
[57]
Postumus
Emperor of Gall
269
Mainz
Gallic Empire
His own troops
[58] [59]
Marcus Aurelius Marius
Mid 269
Trier
Victorinus
[60]
Victorinus
Early 271
Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium
Attitianus , one of his soldiers.
[61]
Aurelian
Emperor of Rome
25 September 275
Çorlu
Roman Empire
Mucapor and members of the Praetorian Guard
Florianus
September 276
Tarsus
Centurions
Probus
September 282
Sirmium
His own soldiers
[64]
Numerian
20 November 284
Homs
Lucius Flavius Aper
[65]
Carinus
July 285
River Margus , Moesia
Titus Claudius Aurelius Aristobulus
[66]
Carausius
Emperor of Britannia
293
Britannia
Allectus
[67]
Bunseo
King of Baekje
304
Lelang Commandery
Baekje
Hwang-Chang-Lang
Constans
Emperor of Rome
February 350
Elne , Gaul
Roman Empire
Magnentius
[68]
Gratian
25 August 383
Lyon
Andragathius
[69] [70]
Magnus Maximus and Victor
Co-Emperors of Rome
28 August 388
Aquileia and Trier respectively
Theodosius I and Arbogast respectively
[71] [72]
Valentinian II
Emperor of Rome
15 May 392
Vienne
Arbogast
[73]
Eugenius
Western Roman Emperor
6 September 394
Frigidus River
Western Roman Empire
Theodosius I
[74]
Constantine III and Constans II
Co-Western Roman Emperors
c. 18 September 411
Ravenna and Vienne respectively
Constantius III and Gerontius respectively
[75] [76]
Joannes
Western Roman Emperor
June 425
Aquileia
Ardabur
[77]
Valentinian III
16 March 455
Rome
Followers of Flavius Aetius
Ankō
Emperor of Japan
456
Kofun Japan
Mayowa no Ōkimi
[79]
Majorian
Western Roman Emperor
7 August 461
Tortona
Western Roman Empire
Ricimer
[80]
Libius Severus
15 August 465
Rome
[81]
Anthemius
11 July 472
[82] [83]
Julius Nepos
22 June 480
Salona
Two retainers at the instigation of Glycerius
[84]
Odoacer
King of Italy
15 March 493
Ravenna
Kingdom of Italy
Theodoric
[85] [86]
Bahram Chobin
Sasanian Shahanshah
591
Fergana
Western Turkic Khaganate
Assassinated under order of Khosrow II .
[87]
Sushun
Emperor of Japan
592
Asuka Japan
Yamato no Aya no Ataikoma, under the orders of Soga no Umako
Yang
Emperor of China
April 11, 618
Danyang, Jiangsu
Sui China
Yuwen Huaji and other officials in a coup
Umar
Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate
November 3, 644
Medina , Arabia
Rashidun Caliphate
Abu Lulu
Uthman
June 17, 656
Egyptian rebels
Ali ibn Abi Talib
January 29, 661
Kufa
Abd-al-Rahman ibn Muljam
Wu Yuanheng
Chancellor of the Tang dynasty
July 13, 815
Chang'an
Tang China
Assassins sent by Li Shidao
John VIII
Pope
December 16, 882
Rome
Papal States
Clerics
Wenceslaus I
Duke of Bohemia
September 28, 935
Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav
Bohemia
Boleslaus I
Edmund I
King of the English
May 26, 946
Pucklechurch , Gloucestershire
England
Leofa, a convicted outlaw
Edward the Martyr
March 18, 978
Wareham, Dorset
Ælfthryth
Kenneth II
King of Alba
995
Fettercairn
Scotland
Finella
Brian Boru
High King of Ireland
April 23, 1014
Clontarf, Dublin
Ireland
Brodir and Ospak of Man
Boniface III
Margrave of Tuscany
May 6, 1052
Oglio
March of Tuscany
Scarpetta Carnevari
Nizam al-Mulk
Vizier of the Seljuk Empire
October 14, 1092
Nahavand
Seljuk Empire
Order of Assassins
Conrad
Bishop of Utrecht
April 14, 1099
Utrecht
Utrecht
A Frisian
William II
King of England
August 2, 1100
The New Forest
England
Henry I
Al-Afdal Shahanshah
Vizier of the Fatimid Caliphate
December 11, 1121
Fatimid Caliphate
Order of Assassins
Charles I
Count of Flanders
March 2, 1127
Bruges
Flanders
A group of knights answering to the Erembald family
Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah
Caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate
October 7, 1130
Cairo
Fatimid Caliphate
Order of Assassins
Al-Mustarshid
Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate
August 29, 1135
Hamadan
Abbasid Caliphate
Order of Assassins
Harald Gille
King of Norway
December 14, 1136
Bergen
Norway
Sigurd Slembe
Eric the Memorable
King of Denmark
September 18, 1137
Urnohoved
Denmark
Murdered by Sorte Plov during a Ting [88]
Ar-Rashid
Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate
June 6, 1138
Isfahan
Abbasid Caliphate
Order of Assassins
Imad ad-Din Zengi
Emir of the Zengid dynasty
September 14, 1146
Qal'at Ja'bar
Seljuk Empire
Yarankash
Raymond II
Count of Tripoli
1152
Tripoli
County of Tripoli
Order of Assassins
Sverker I
King of Sweden
December 25, 1156
Alvastra
Sweden
A trusted servant
Canute IV
Triachial King of Denmark
August 9, 1157
Roskilde
Denmark
Killed under the Roskilde Bloodbath[89]
Eric IX
King of Sweden
May 18, 1160
Uppsala
Sweden
Magnus II
Charles VII
April 12, 1167
Visingsö
Supporters of Knut Eriksson
Alaungsithu
King of Pagan
1167
Shwegugyi Temple
Pagan Kingdom
Narathu , his son
Conchobar Maenmaige Ua Conchobair
King of Connacht
1189
Clanconway
Kingdom of Connacht
Assassins instigated by Conchobar ua nDiarmata
Conrad of Montferrat
King of Jerusalem
April 28, 1192
Acre
Kingdom of Jerusalem
Order of Assassins
Han Tuozhou
Grand Chancellor of the Song Dynasty
1207
Hangzhou
Song Dynasty
Shi Miyuan
Philip of Swabia
King of Germany
June 21, 1208
Bamburg , Franconia
Kingdom of Germany
Otto VIII, Count Palatine of Bavaria
Csépán Győr
Palatine of Hungary
1209
Hungary
Tiba Tomaj
Minamoto no Sanetomo
Shōgun
February 13, 1219
Tsurugaoka Hachimangū
Kamakura shogunate
Kugyō
Eric Ploughpenny
King of Denmark
August 10, 1250
Gottorf Castle
Denmark
Abel of Denmark
Qutuz
Sultan of Egypt
October 24, 1260
Salihiyah [ar ]
Mamluk Sultanate
Baibars
Eric Klipping
King of Denmark
November 22, 1286
Finderup, Viborg
Denmark
unknown, believed to a conspiracy by Danish nobles
Ladislaus IV
King of Hungary
July 10, 1290
Körösszeg
Hungary
Three Cumans , named Árbóc, Törtel, and Kemence
Przemysł II
King of Poland
February 8, 1296
Rogoźno
Kingdom of Poland
Brandenburg assassins
Floris V
Count of Holland
June 27, 1296
Muiderberg
Holland
Gerard van Velsen
Wenceslaus III
Duke of Bohemia
August 4, 1306
Olomouc
Bohemia
Unidentified assassin
Albert I
King of Germany
May 1, 1308
Windisch
Further Austria
John Parricida
Gegeen Khan
Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty
September 4, 1323
Nanpo
Yuan dynasty
Tegshi
Yagi Basti
Ruler of Shiraz
1344
Tabriz
Chobanid realm
Malek Ashraf
Haidar Qassāb
Head of the Sarbadars
1356
Sarbadar state
Assassinated by a Turkish slave.
Peter the Cruel
King of Castile
March 23, 1369
Montiel
Toledo
Henry II
Murad I
Sultan of The Ottoman Empire
June 28, 1389
Kosovo Field
Serbia (Branković )
Lazar Hrebeljanović
Louis I
Duke of Orléans
November 23, 1407
Le Marais
Orléans
15 masked assassins under the orders of John the Fearless
Gian Maria Visconti
Duke of Milan
May 16, 1412
Milan
Milan
Guelphs and Ghibellines
John the Fearless
Duke of Burgundy
September 10, 1419
Montereau-Fault-Yonne
Burgundy
Tanneguy du Chastel
Ashikaga Yoshinori
Shōgun
July 12, 1441
Muromachi Japan
Ashikaga shogunate
Akamatsu Mitsusuke
Henry VI
King of England
May 21, 1471
Tower of London
England
Edward IV
Giuliano de' Medici
Lord of Florence
April 26, 1478
Florence Cathedral
Florence
Francesco de' Pazzi
James III
King of Scotland
June 11, 1488
Sauchieburn
Scotland
Rebels, led by James IV
Alessandro de' Medici
Lord of Florence
January 6, 1537
Florence
Florence
Lorenzino de' Medici
Francisco Pizarro
Governor of New Castile
June 26, 1541
Lima
Spanish New Castile
Diego de Almagro II
Worawongsathirat
King of Siam
November 11, 1548
Lopburi
Ayutthaya Kingdom
Maha Thammaracha
Tabinshwehti
King of Burma
April 30, 1550
Pantanaw
Toungoo dynasty
Smim Sawhtut
Ashikaga Yoshiteru
Shōgun
June 17, 1565
Nijō Castle
Ashikaga shogunate
Miyoshi Yoshitsugu
Eric XIV
King of Sweden
February 26, 1577
Örbyhus Castle
Sweden
Guards poisoned him on the orders of John III
Sokollu Mehmed Pasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
October 11, 1579
Istanbul
Ottoman Empire
Order of Assassins
William the Silent
Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht and Friesland
July 10, 1584
Delft
Dutch Republic
Balthasar Gérard
Henry III
King of France
August 1, 1589
Saint-Cloud
France
Jacques Clément
Michael the Brave
Prince of Wallachia
August 9, 1601
Turda
Wallachia
Giorgio Basta
Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak
Grand Vizier of the Mughal empire
August 12, 1602
Deccan
Mughal Empire
Vir Singh Deo
Henry IV
King of France
May 14, 1610
Paris
France
François Ravaillac
Concino Concini
Chief minister of France
April 24, 1617
Guards under orders of Louis XIII
Osman II
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
May 20, 1622
Yedikule Fortress , Istanbul
Ottoman Empire
Janissaries
Anaukpetlun
King of Burma
July 9, 1628
Bago, Myanmar
Toungoo dynasty
Minyedeippa , his son
Charles I
King of England
January 30, 1649
London
England
Rump Parliament
Daniel Parke
Governor of the Leeward Islands
December 7, 1710
Antigua
British Leeward Islands
Angry mob
Fernando Manuel de Bustillo Bustamante y Rueda
Governor-General of the Philippines
October 11, 1719
Palacio del Gobernador , Manila
Spanish Philippines
Francisco de la Cuesta
Nader Shah
Shah of Iran
June 20, 1747
Quchan
Persia
Salah Bey
Peter III
Czar of Russia
July 17, 1762
Ropsha
Russian Empire
Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov
Gustav III
King of Sweden
March 16, 1792
Stockholm
Sweden
Jacob Johan Anckarström
Louis XVI
King of France
January 21, 1793
Paris
France
French Revolution
Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar
Shahanshah of Iran
June 17, 1797
Shusha
Qajar Empire
A Georgian servant named Sadeq and a valet called Khodadad-e Esfahani, both of whom were due to be executed.
Paul I
Czar of Russia
March 23, 1801
St. Petersburg
Russia
Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen , Nikita Petrovich Panin , José de Ribas , Vladimir Mikhailovich Yashvil and Nikolay Zubov
Jean-Jacques Dessalines
Emperor of Haiti
October 17, 1806
Pont Rouge
Haiti
unknown
Spencer Perceval
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
May 11, 1812
Westminster
United Kingdom
John Bellingham
Shaka kaSenzangakhona
King of the Zulus
September 22, 1828
KwaDukuza
Zulu Kingdom
Dingane and Mhlangana , Shaka's younger brothers
Pedro Blanco Soto
President of Bolivia
January 1, 1829
Sucre
Bolivia
unknown
Ioannis Kapodistrias
Governor of the Hellenic State
October 9, 1831
Nafplion
Greece
Konstantis and Georgios Mavromichalis
Felipe Santiago Salaverry
President of Peru
February 18, 1836
Arequipa
Peru
Andrés de Santa Cruz
João Maria Ferreira do Amaral
Governor of Macau
August 22, 1849
Macau
Portuguese Macau
Seven Chinese men
Charles III
Duke of Parma
March 26, 1854
Parma
Parma
unknown
Danilo I
Prince of Montenegro
August 13, 1860
Kotor
Montenegro
Todor Kadić
José Santos Guardiola
President of Honduras
January 11, 1862
Comayagua
Honduras
personal body guard
Barbu Catargiu
Prime Minister of Romania
June 20, 1862
Bucharest
Romania
unknown
Radama II
King of Madagascar
May 12, 1863
Rova of Antananarivo
Merina Kingdom
Soldiers under orders of Rainivoninahitriniony
Abraham Lincoln
President of the United States
April 14, 1865 (d. April 15, 1865)
Washington, D.C.
United States
John Wilkes Booth
Maximilian I
Emperor of Mexico
June 19, 1867
Santiago de Querétaro
Mexico
Republicans and anti-monarchy forces
Venancio Flores
President of Uruguay
February 19, 1868
Montevideo
Uruguay
unknown assailants, presumably of Blanco political faction
Mihailo III
Prince of Serbia
June 10, 1868
Belgrade
Serbia
Pavle Radovanović, Kosta Radovanović
Juan Prim
Prime Minister of Spain
December 30, 1870
Madrid
Spain
unknown
Richard Bourke
Governor-General of India
February 8, 1872
Port Blair , Andaman Islands
British India
Sher Ali Afridi
José Balta
President of Peru
July 22, 1872
Lima
Peru
Tomás Gutiérrez
Tomás Gutiérrez
July 26, 1872
Military coup d'état
Gabriel García Moreno
President of Ecuador
August 6, 1875
Quito
Ecuador
Faustino Rayo
Juan Bautista Gill
President of Paraguay
April 12, 1877
Villarrica
Paraguay
Nicanor Silvano Godoi
Alexander II
Czar of Russia
March 13, 1881
St. Petersburg
Russia
Narodnaya Volya
James A. Garfield
President of the United States
July 2, 1881 (d. September 19, 1881)
Washington, D.C.
United States
Charles J. Guiteau
Ranodip Singh Kunwar
Prime Minister of Nepal
November 22, 1885
Kathmandu
Nepal
Khadga Shumsher, Chandra Shumsher , and Dambar Shumsher
Marie François Sadi Carnot
President of France
June 24, 1894
Lyon
France
Sante Geronimo Caserio
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar
Shah of Iran
May 1, 1896
Tehran
Iran
Mirza Reza Kermani
Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
Prime Minister of Spain
August 8, 1897
Mondragón
Spain
Michele Angiolillo
Juan Idiarte Borda
President of Uruguay
August 25, 1897
Montevideo
Uruguay
Avelino Arredondo
José María Reina Barrios
President of Guatemala
February 8, 1898
Ciudad de Guatemala
Guatemala
Edgar Zollinger
Ulises Heureaux
President of the Dominican Republic
July 26, 1899
Moca
Dominican Republic
Ramón Cáceres
Umberto I
King of Italy
July 29, 1900
Monza
Italy
Gaetano Bresci
William McKinley
President of the United States
September 6, 1901 (d. September 14, 1901)
Buffalo , New York
United States
Leon Czolgosz
Alexander I
King of Serbia
June 11, 1903
Belgrade
Serbia
May Overthrow
Dimitrije Cincar-Marković
Prime Minister of Serbia
Nikolay Bobrikov
Governor-General of Finland
June 16, 1904
Helsinki
Grand Duchy of Finland
Eugen Schauman
Xavier Coppolani
Governor of Mauritania
May 12, 1905
Adrar
French Mauritania
Gudfiyya brotherhood
Dimitar Petkov
Prime Minister of Bulgaria
March 11, 1907
Sofia
Bulgaria
anarchist
Carlos I
King of Portugal
February 1, 1908
Lisbon
Portugal
Alfredo Luís da Costa and Manuel Buíça
Itō Hirobumi
Prime Minister of Japan
October 26, 1909
Harbin
Qing China
An Jung-geun
Boutros Ghali
Prime Minister of Egypt
February 21, 1910
Cairo
Egypt
Watani Party member
Pyotr Stolypin
Prime Minister of Russia
September 18, 1911
Kiev
Russia
Dmitry Bogrov
Ramón Cáceres
President of the Dominican Republic
November 19, 1911
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
rebels
José Canalejas
Prime Minister of Spain
November 12, 1912
Madrid
Spain
Manuel Pardiñas
Manuel Enrique Araujo
President of El Salvador
February 9, 1913
San Salvador
El Salvador
Mulatilo Virgilio, Fermin Perez and Fabian Graciano
Francisco I. Madero
President of Mexico
February 22, 1913
Mexico City
Mexico
Francisco Cárdenas
George I
King of Greece
March 18, 1913
Thessaloniki
Greece
Alexandros Schinas
Mahmud Shevket Pasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
June 11, 1913
Istanbul
Ottoman Empire
Relative of Nazım Pasha
Vilbrun Guillaume Sam
President of Haiti
July 27, 1915
Port-au-Prince
Haiti
Numerous assailants
Karl von Stürgkh
Minister-President of Cisleithania
October 21, 1916
Vienna
Austria-Hungary
Friedrich Adler
Nicholas II
Czar of Russia
July 17, 1918
Yekaterinburg
Russian SFSR
Yakov Yurovsky
Sidónio Pais
President of Portugal
December 14, 1918
Lisbon
Portugal
José Júlio da Costa
Habibullah Khan
Emir of Afghanistan
February 20, 1919
Laghman
Afghanistan
Mustafa Seghir
Venustiano Carranza
President of Mexico
May 21, 1920
Tlaxcalantongo
Mexico
Rodolfo Herrero
Eduardo Dato
Prime Minister of Spain
March 8, 1921
Madrid
Spain
Lluís Nicolau , Pere Mateu, Ramon Casanelles
António Granjo
Prime Minister of Portugal
October 19, 1921
Lisbon
Portugal
Bloody Night
Hara Takashi
Prime Minister of Japan
November 4, 1921
Tokyo
Japan
Nakaoka Kon'ichi
Michael Collins
Chairman of the Provisional Government
August 22, 1922
County Cork
Ireland
Anti-Treaty forces
Nikolaos Stratos
Prime Minister of Greece
November 15, 1922
Athens
Greece
Coup
Petros Protopapadakis
Gabriel Narutowicz
President of Poland
December 16, 1922
Warsaw
Poland
Eligiusz Niewiadomski
Aleksandar Stamboliyski
Prime Minister of Bulgaria
June 14, 1923
Slavovitsa
Bulgaria
Military coup d'état
Lee Stack
Governor of Sudan
November 19, 1924
Cairo
Egypt
Egyptian students
Symon Petlyura
President of Ukraine
May 25, 1926
Paris
France
Sholom Schwartzbard
Zhang Zuolin
President of the Republic of China
June 4, 1928
Shenyang
China
Kwantung Army
Paul Doumer
President of France
May 7, 1932
Paris
France
Paul Gorguloff
Inukai Tsuyoshi
Prime Minister of Japan
May 15, 1932
Tokyo
Japan
May 15 Incident
Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro
President of Peru
April 30, 1933
Lima
Peru
Abelardo de Mendoza
Mohammed Nadir Shah
King of Afghanistan
November 8, 1933
Kabul
Afghanistan
Abdul Khaliq Hazara
Ion G. Duca
Prime Minister of Romania
December 30, 1933
Sinaia
Romania
Nicolae Constantinescu
Engelbert Dollfuss
Chancellor of Austria
July 25, 1934
Vienna
Austria
July Putsch
Alexander I
King of Yugoslavia
October 9, 1934
Marseille
France
Vlado Chernozemski
Louis Barthou
Prime Minister of France
Armand Călinescu
Prime Minister of Romania
September 21, 1939
Bucharest
Romania
Iron Guard members
Ahmad Maher Pasha
Prime Minister of Egypt
February 24, 1945
Cairo
Egypt
Mahmoud El Essawy
Benito Mussolini
Prime Minister of Italy
April 28, 1945
Giulino di Mezzegra
Italy
Italian resistance movement
Ananda Mahidol
King of Siam
June 9, 1946
Grand Palace , Bangkok
Thailand
Unknown
Gualberto Villarroel
President of Bolivia
July 21, 1946
La Paz
Bolivia
organized mob
Aung San
Premier of Burma
July 19, 1947
Rangoon
British Burma
U Saw
Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din
Imam of Yemen
February 17, 1948
Sanaa
Yemen
Al-Qardaei
Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha
Prime Minister of Egypt
December 28, 1948
Cairo
Egypt
Abdel Meguid Ahmed Hassan
Husni al-Za'im
President of Syria
August 14, 1949
Damascus
Syria
Coup
Muhsin al-Barazi
Prime Minister of Syria
Abdolhossein Hazhir
Prime Minister of Iran
November 5, 1949
Tehran
Iran
Fada'iyan-e Islam
Duncan Stewart
Governor of Sarawak
December 10, 1949
Sibu
British Sarawak
Rukun 13
Sami al-Hinnawi
President of Syria
October 31, 1950
Beirut
Lebanon
Hersho al-Barazi
Carlos Delgado Chalbaud
President of Venezuela
November 13, 1950
Caracas
Venezuela
Rafael Simon Urbina and Domingo Urbina.
Haj Ali Razmara
Prime Minister of Iran
March 7, 1951
Tehran
Iran
Fada'iyan-e Islam
Riad Al Solh
Prime Minister of Lebanon
July 17, 1951
Amman
Jordan
member of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party
Abdullah I
King of Jordan
July 20, 1951
East Jerusalem (occupied)
Mustapha Shukari Usho
Henry Gurney
High Commissioner for Malaya
October 6, 1951
Fraser's Hill
Malaya
Malayan Communist Party
Liaquat Ali Khan
Prime Minister of Pakistan
October 16, 1951
Rawalpindi
Pakistan
Saad Akbar Babrak
José Antonio Remón Cantera
President of Panama
January 2, 1955
Panama City
Panama
unknown
Anastasio Somoza García
President of Nicaragua
September 21, 1956
León
Nicaragua
Rigoberto López Pérez
Carlos Castillo Armas
President of Guatemala
July 26, 1957
Guatemala City
Guatemala
Romeo Vásquez Sánchez
Ibrahim Hashem
Prime Minister of Jordan
June 14, 1958
Baghdad
Iraq
Revolutionaries
Faisal II
King of Iraq
July 14, 1958
Baghdad
Arab Federation
Military coup d'état
Nuri al-Said
Prime Minister of Iraq
July 15, 1958
Baghdad
Iraq
14 July Revolution
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Prime Minister of Ceylon
September 26, 1959
Colombo
Ceylon
Talduwe Somarama
Abebe Aregai
Prime Minister of Ethiopia
December 17, 1960
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Failed military coup d'état
Hazza' al-Majali
Prime Minister of Jordan
August 29, 1960
Amman
Jordan
bomb explosion
Rafael Trujillo
President of the Dominican Republic
May 30, 1961
Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Juan Tomás Díaz, Antonio de la Maza , Amado García Guerrero , Antonio Imbert Barrera
Prince Louis Rwagasore
Prime Minister of Burundi
October 13, 1961
Bujumbura
Ruanda-Urundi
Jean (Ioannis) Kageorgis
Sylvanus Olympio
President of Togo
January 13, 1963
Lomé
Togo
Military coup d'état
Abd al-Karim Qasim
Prime Minister of Iraq
February 9, 1963
Baghdad
Iraq
Military coup d'état
Ngo Dinh Diem
President of the Republic of Vietnam
November 2, 1963
Saigon
South Vietnam
Military coup d'état
John F. Kennedy
President of the United States
November 22, 1963
Dallas
United States
Lee Harvey Oswald
Jigme Palden Dorji
Prime Minister of Bhutan
April 6, 1964
Phuntsoling
Bhutan
Royal Bhutan Army
Hassan Ali Mansur
Prime Minister of Iran
January 27, 1965
Tehran
Iran
Fada'iyan-e Islam
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Prime Minister of Nigeria
January 15, 1966
Lagos
Nigeria
Military coup d'état
Hendrik Verwoerd
Prime Minister of South Africa
September 6, 1966
Cape Town
South Africa
Dimitri Tsafendas
Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
Head of State of Nigeria
July 29, 1966
Lalupon
Nigeria
Military coup d'état
Abdirashid Ali Shermarke
President of Somalia
October 15, 1969
Las Anod
Somalia
personal bodyguards
Wasfi al-Tal
Prime Minister of Jordan
November 28, 1971
Cairo
Egypt
Black September
Abeid Karume
President of Zanzibar
April 7, 1972
Zanzibar City
Zanzibar
Four gunmen
Luis Carrero Blanco
Prime Minister of Spain
December 20, 1973
Madrid
Spain
ETA
Richard Ratsimandrava
President of Madagascar
February 11, 1975
Antananarivo
Madagascar
Republican Security Forces
Faisal I
King of Saudi Arabia
March 25, 1975
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Faisal bin Musaid
François Tombalbaye
President of Chad
April 13, 1975
N'Djamena
Chad
Military coup d'état
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
President of Bangladesh
August 15, 1975
Dhaka
Bangladesh
Bangladesh Army
Long Boret
Prime Minister of Cambodia
April 17, 1975
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Execution by shooting
Muhammad Mansur Ali
Prime Minister of Bangladesh
November 3, 1975
Dhaka
Bangladesh
Bangladesh Army
Murtala Mohammed
Head of State of Nigeria
February 13, 1976
Lagos
Nigeria
Buka Suka Dimka
Marien Ngouabi
President of the Republic of Congo
March 18, 1977
Brazzaville
Congo-Brazzaville
suicide commando
Ibrahim al-Hamdi
President of North Yemen
October 11, 1977
Sana'a
North Yemen
unknown
Mohammed Daoud Khan
President of Afghanistan
April 28, 1978
Kabul
Afghanistan
Saur Revolution
Ali Soilih
President of the Comoros
May 29, 1978
Moroni
Comoros
French Colonel Bob Denard
Ahmad al-Ghashmi
President of North Yemen
June 24, 1978
Sana'a
North Yemen
Military coup d'état
Salim Rubai Ali
Chairman of the Presidential Council
June 26, 1978
Aden
South Yemen
Coup
Francisco Mendes
Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau
July 7, 1978
Bissau
Guinea-Bissau
PAIGC dissidents
Nur Muhammad Taraki
Prime Minister of Afghanistan
September 14, 1979
Kabul
Afghanistan
Military coup d'état
Park Chung-hee
President of South Korea
October 26, 1979
Seoul
South Korea
Kim Jae-gyu (president's security chief)
Hafizullah Amin
President of Afghanistan
December 27, 1979
Kabul
Afghanistan
Operation Storm-333
William R. Tolbert Jr.
President of Liberia
April 12, 1980
Monrovia
Liberia
Military coup d'état
Sultan Ibraimov
Prime Ministers of Kyrgyzstan
December 4, 1980
Cholpon Ata
Kirghiz SSR
KGB (suspected)
Ziaur Rahman
President of Bangladesh
May 30, 1981
Chittagong
Bangladesh
faction of officers of Bangladesh Army
Mohammad-Javad Bahonar
Prime Minister of Iran
August 30, 1981
Tehran
Iran
People's Mujahedin of Iran
Mohammad-Ali Rajai
President of Iran
Anwar Sadat
President of Egypt
October 6, 1981
Cairo
Egypt
Khalid Islambouli
Maurice Bishop
Prime Minister of Grenada
October 19, 1983
St. George's
Grenada
coup
Indira Gandhi
Prime Minister of India
October 31, 1984
New Delhi
India
Satwant Singh and Beant Singh (personal bodyguards)
Haruo Remeliik
President of Palau
June 30, 1985
Koror
Palau
unknown
Olof Palme
Prime Minister of Sweden
February 28, 1986
Stockholm
Sweden
Official suspect: Stig Engström
Rashid Karami
Prime Minister of Lebanon
June 1, 1987
Beirut
Lebanon
Car bomb planted by unidentified militant
Thomas Sankara
President of Burkina Faso
October 15, 1987
Ouagadougou
Burkina Faso
Blaise Compaoré
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
President of Pakistan
August 17, 1988
Bahawalpur
Pakistan
Unknown
René Moawad
President of Lebanon
November 22, 1989
Beirut
Lebanon
car bomb
Ahmed Abdallah
President of the Comoros
November 26, 1989
Moroni
Comoros
coup
Nicolae Ceaușescu
President of Romania
December 25, 1989
Târgoviște
Romania
National Salvation Front
Samuel Doe
President of Liberia
September 9, 1990
Monrovia
Liberia
Prince Y. Johnson
Rajiv Gandhi
Prime Minister of India
May 21, 1991
Sriperumbudur
India
Thenmozhi Rajaratnam
Mohamed Boudiaf
President of Algeria
June 29, 1992
Annaba
Algeria
Lambarek Boumaarafi
Ranasinghe Premadasa
President of Sri Lanka
May 1, 1993
Colombo
Sri Lanka
LTTE
Melchior Ndadaye
President of Burundi
October 21, 1993
Bujumbura
Burundi
Military coup d'état
Juvénal Habyarimana
President of Rwanda
April 6, 1994
Kigali
Rwanda
Presidential aircraft shootdown
Cyprien Ntaryamira
President of Burundi
Agathe Uwilingiyimana
Prime Minister of Rwanda
April 7, 1994
Rwandan Armed Forces
Yitzhak Rabin
Prime Minister of Israel
November 4, 1995
Tel Aviv
Israel
Yigal Amir
Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara
President of Niger
April 9, 1999
Niamey
Niger
Military coup d'état
Vazgen Sargsyan
Prime Minister of Armenia
October 27, 1999
Yerevan
Armenia
Nairi Hunanyan
Laurent-Désiré Kabila
President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
January 16, 2001
Kinshasa
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Rashidi Muzele
Birendra
King of Nepal
June 1, 2001
Narayanhiti Palace , Kathmandu
Nepal
Dipendra
Zoran Đinđić
Prime Minister of Serbia
March 12, 2003
Belgrade
Serbia and Montenegro
Zvezdan Jovanović
Benazir Bhutto
Prime Minister of Pakistan
December 27, 2007
Rawalpindi
Pakistan
Unknown teenager of South Waziristan
João Bernardo Vieira
President of Guinea-Bissau
March 2, 2009
Bissau
Guinea-Bissau
Armed Forces of Guinea-Bissau
Muammar Gaddafi
Leader of Libya
October 20, 2011
Sirte
Libya
National Transitional Council forces