The most deadly days in the history of warfare killed far fewer than a catastrophic event that unfolded some 500 years ago.

The "deadliest day in history" can be interpreted in various ways, depending on the context, such as wars, natural disasters, or pandemics. Some of the deadliest days in history include the bombing of ...

This was the 1556 Shaanxi Earthquake, which occurred on January 23, 1556, in the Shaanxi and Shanxi provinces of China. The earthquake, estimated to be of magnitude 8, is considered the deadliest ...

On January 23 1556, Shaanxi, a province in northwestern China, was struck by a major earthquake, estimated to have killed a staggering 830,000 people. Though accurate casualty counts are difficult ...

The massive earthquake mainly jolted the Minshan and Qionglai mountains in Sichuan and Gansu as well as the Qinling mountains in Shaanxi, the main habitat area of giant pandas and one of the world's ...