List of assassinations in Europe

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Assassinations which took place on the continent of Europe include the following.

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For the purposes of this article, an assassination is defined as the deliberate, premeditated murder of a prominent figure, often for religious or political reasons.

Albania

No.Name of victim(s)PortraitHighest position heldDate assassinatedName of assassin(s)Place of assassinationSuspected motive and description of the assassination
1 Hasan Rıza Pasha Hasan Riza Pasha.jpg General in the Ottoman-Albanian army of Scutari Vilayet 31 January 1913Osman Bali, Mehmet KavajaA remote street near Rozafa Castle, Shkodër Assailants were sent on the orders of Esad Toptani whose aim was to be the commander in charge of defending Shkodër from the invading Montenegrin forces.
2 Gjeto Çoku Gjeto Coku.jpg Prefect of Lezhë7 October 1913Prenk Kol Brunga Lezhë Brunga was paid by the House of Prenk Bib Doda to eliminate the Prefect of Lezhë. Brunga, a paid guard in the Gendarmerie of Lezhë at the time, assassinated Gjeto Çoku at dusk as the Prefect was taking an evening stroll with Franz Nopcsa.
3 Lodewijk Thomson Thomson, LWJK.jpg Dutch military commander during the governance of Turhan Pasha.15 June 1914UnknownUra e Dajlanit, Durrës Thomson made plenty of enemies during his short time of service in the country. The real motive of his murder has yet to be uncovered.
4 Nexhat Libohova Minister of Finance 26 May 1915Osman BaliShkallnur, Durrës Political dispute with Esad Toptani.
5 Çerçiz Topulli Cerciz Topulli.jpg Commander of the Gjirokastër military band17 July 1915Montenegrin soldiersShtoji field, Golem, Shkodër Revenge over the killing of the Greek bishop Photios in 1906.
6 Ded Gjo Luli Ded Gjo Luli (portrait).jpg Leader of the Albanian revolt of 1911 24 September 1915UnknownSheshëz, OroshKilled for nationalist motives.
7 Isa Boletini Isa Boletini.jpg Leader of the uprising to liberate Albanian lands23 January 1916Pero BuričRibnica bridge, Podgorica, Montenegro Killed to suppress the Albanian resistance.
8 Stath Melani Stathi Melani.jpg Orthodox priest24 December 1917Josif Soropulli, Josif Stërmbeci, Vangjel RadimishtiBalta e kuqe, Lipivan, Përmet Melani was killed by a group of Greek nationalists for insisting on the use of the Albanian language in the local Orthodox liturgy.
10 Prenk Bib Doda Prenk Bib Doda (portret).jpg Deputy Prime Minister 22 March 1919Prenk Gjeto ÇokuZejmen, Lezhë Bib Doda was killed in an ambush, while traveling from Durrës to Shëngjin in the company of British diplomat Eden, who was wounded. The motive was revenge for Bib Doda's ordering the assassination of Prenk Gjeto Çoku's father, Gjeto Çoku, the Prefect of Lezhë.
11 Xhelal Koprëncka Xhelal Koprencka.jpg Signatory of the Albanian Declaration of Independence 21 October 1919Syrja GuriDëllinjë, Qafa e Martës, Skrapar Murdered for personal revenge.
12 Sali Nivica Sali Nivica.jpg Journalist, Director of newspaper "Populli"11 January 1920Kolë AshikuA street near the Post Office, Shkodër Killed for personal reasons.
13 Abdyl Ypi Abdyl Ypi.jpg Prefect of Durrës15 January 1920Sulejman Haxhi Durrës Killed on the orders of Mustafa Kruja as one of the initiators of the Congress of Lushnjë.
14 Esad Toptani Essad Pasha Toptani.jpg Prime Minister 13 June 1920 Avni Rustemi Paris, France The murder was likely ordered by political rivals even though the widely accepted theory was treason.
15 Meleq Frashëri Meleq Frasheri.jpg General Commander of the Gendarmerie8 March 1922UnknownKodër-Kamëz, Tiranë Killed during clashes with the rebels against the government.
16 Enrico Tellini Enrico Tellini.jpg Head of the International Commission to survey the disputed border between Greece and Albania27 August 1923Organized Greek bandDelvinaq, Zhepë, Greece To prevent the defining of the new boundary in favor of Albania.
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6 April 1924Local banditsUra e Përroit, Mamurras The only conclusive motive for the murders was random burglary.
18 Avni Rustemi Avni Rustemi (portret).jpg Member of the Parliament20 April 1924 Jusuf Reçi Hoxha Tahsin St., Tiranë The motive of the assassination remains a mystery.
19 Azem Galica Azem Galica (portret).jpg Commander of a military band25 July 1924Yugoslavian forcesGalicë, Kosovo Galica was killed by Yugoslav forces to suppress the movement against incorporating Kosovo into the newly formed state of Yugoslavia.
20 Elez Isufi Elez Isufi (portrait).jpg Commander of the Dibër Band30 December 1924Unknown assailantsKazermat, Peshkopi The murder of Isufi was widely seen as a treasonous act.
21 Luigj Gurakuqi Luigj Gurakuqi (portrait).jpg Served as Minister of Education two months prior.2 March 1925Balto Stamolla Bari, Italy Stamolla was a close relative of the Albanian Counsel in Bari, Çatin Saraçi.
22 Zija Dibra Zija Dibra.jpg Served as Minister of Public Works in the Evangjeli I Cabinet 6 January 1925Unknown Harizaj, Kavajë Dibra was a fierce political opponent of prime minister Ahmet Zogu who came to power just two days after the assassination took place.
23 Bajram Curri Bajram Curri (portrait).jpg Served as Minister of War in 192129 March 1925UnidentifiedBy a cave in Dragobi, Tropojë Killed by assailants who were sent on the orders of Hysen Kryeziu, at the time serving as the Prefect of Kosovo.
24 Osman Bali Commander of the Presidential Guard5 September 1926 Myslim Peza, Islam LekaNear Ura e Tabakëve, Tiranë The killing was due to political revenge.
25 Isuf Dibra Served as Minister of War in the Toptani Cabinet 19 March 1927Unknown Tiranë Murdered by his assistant under unknown circumstances.
26 Ceno Kryeziu Ceno Kryeziu (portret).jpg Minister of Albania in Prague14 October 1927Alqiviadh Bebi Prague, Czechoslovakia Killed for having collaborated with the Yugoslavs. The assassin was a close relative to Andon Beça, an ally of Shefqet Vërlaci.
27 Llesh Topallaj Llesh Topallaj (portret).jpg Officer of the Republican Guard21 February 1931Ndok Gjeloshi, Azis ÇamiOperngasse St., Vienna, Austria The official motive that circulated in the media at the time was that the assailants were trying to assassinate Ahmet Zogu.
28 Mark Kapidani Member of the Parliament19 December 1932Geg Marka GegaInside the Officers' Hall, near the Royal Palace, Tiranë The assassin was a former officer in the Army Reserve, once sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for his attempts to overthrow the government.
29 Bajazid Doda Bajazid Elmaz Doda.jpg Photographer, Personal Secretary of Baron Nopcsa 25 April 1933 Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás Singerstrasse St., Vienna, Austria Killed for personal reasons.
30 Hasan Prishtina Hasan Prishtina (portret).jpg Former Prime Minister 13 August 1933Ibrahim Çelo Thessaloniki, Greece The assassin was apparently a former acquaintance but motives of the assassination remain unclear.
31 Leon De Ghilardi Officer of the Austro-Hungarian Army16 August 1933Xhevahir ArapiMulliri i Kashtës, Fier Killed during the anti-government revolt.
32 Qazim Bodinaku Qazim Bodinaku.jpg Served as Prefect of Vlorë and later Berat6 April 1939UnknownUnknownA Zog loyalist, he was murdered as he was trying to leave the country by 2 persons whom he had had a previous dispute with.
33 Daut Hoxha  [ sq ]Commander of the Chameria Band14 June 1940Sotir Demiri, Vangjel Pando, Dhimo Koçi, Kolo Sulioti, Sotir VangjeliSheshi i Rrahut, Konispol The victim had been sentenced to death by the Greek State because of his anti-Greek resurgence in the region.
34 Xhafer Ypi Xhafer Ypi.jpg Former Prime Minister17 December 1940UnknownUnknownKilled during aerial bombardments.
35 Sali Nijazi Dede Sali Nijazi Dede.jpg Dedebaba, Founder of the Bektashi Order 28 November 1941Italian agentsBektashi Headquarters, Tiranë Did not accept to sign the act of invasion by Fascist Italy.
36 Musa Puka Prefect of Elbasan2 October 1942Unknown Elbasan Killed on a roadside by communist rebels.
37 Skënder Çami  [ sq ]Police Superintendent for Korçë4 March 1942UnknownUnknownThe motives of the killing remain unknown.
38 Qemal Stafa Qemal Stafa (portrait).jpg Leader of the Communist Youth5 May 1942A local policeman Tiranë Stafa was killed in a house on the outskirts of Tirana by a local Carabinieri. Rumors say that he may have been betrayed by one or more of his comrades, possibly Enver Hoxha (the first secretary of the Albanian communist party & leader of Albania), because he gained much from his death.
39 Saverino Ricottini Member of the Fascist Upper Council25 March 1943Unknown Pejë, Kosovo The motives of the murder are unknown.
40 Qazim Koculi Qazim Koculi (side portrait).jpg Served as Acting Prime Minister2 January 1943Halil Alia Vlorë Murdered by the fascist mercenary battalion of Halil Alia for personal reasons.
41 Iljas Agushi  [ sq ] Iljas Agushi.jpg Deputy Prime Minister in the Merlika Cabinet 27 October 1943Bujar Hoxha, Shahin Gjashta Tiranë The motives of the assassination were due to Agushi's collaboration with the invading Nazi forces.
42 Hysen Myshketa  [ sq ]Member of the National Council8 October 1943Unknown Durrës Myshketa and his brother were murdered by three assassins as they were walking along the "Mussolini Boardwalk".
43 Idhomen Kosturi Idhomen Kosturi.jpg Chairman of the National Council5 November 1943Kolë Laku Tiranë Murdered under the orders of the Communist Guerrilla unit.
44 Aziz Çami Aziz Cami.jpg Military commander in the Vlora War 15 December 1943Communist forces Tiranë Murdered for being a member of the Balli Kombëtar.
45 Veli Vasjari Veli Vasjari.png Chief of State Police12 May 1944Unknown Korçë Killed by communist partisans near the region of Gabravicë.
46 Mustafa Gjinishi Mustafa Gjinishi (portret).jpg Board member of the National Liberation Council26 August 1944UnknownSllatinë, Dibër His death occurred during mysterious circumstances as he traveled to northern Albania.
47 Lefter Kosova  [ sq ]Minister of Public Works under the Biçakçiu Cabinet 6 September 1944Xhelal Staravecka Tiranë Murdered because of a previous political dispute.
48 Mark Kodheli  [ sq ] Mark Kodheli.jpg Consul of Albania in Bari, Italy 1944Unknown
49 Shaban Polluzha Shaban polluzha colorized.jpg Member of the Yugoslavian Parliament21 February 1945Yugoslavian soldiers Tërstenik, Drenicë, Kosovo He was killed for being an irredentist.
50 Miladin Popović Miladin Popovic 1985 Yugoslavia stamp.jpg Head of the Communist Yugoslav Mission in Albania13 March 1945Haki Taha Pristina, Kosovo Popović mediated plans of keeping the territory of Kosovo under Serbian supervision.
51 Ndrecë Ndue Gjoka Deputy chairman of the executive committee of Mirditë17 February 1946Members of the Mountains CommitteeQafë-Vorrëz, Kaçinar, Mirditë Killed for spreading educational leaflets.
52 Mark Gjon Marku  [ sq ] Mark Gjon Marku.jpg Minister of Interior in the Bushati Cabinet 14 June 1946Members of Armed ForcesPerlat Forest, Prosek, Mirditë Killed for personal reasons.
53 Baba Faja Martaneshi Baba Faja Martaneshi (portrait).jpg Deputy Leader of the National Liberation Front18 March 1947Dede Baba AbaziBektashi Headquarters, Tiranë Murdered due to political and religious differences.
54 Kostaq Kotta Koco Kotta.jpg Prime Minister1 September 1947Two prison guards Burrel Prison Murdered because he was considered a political enemy.
55 Nako Spiru Nako Spiru.png High ranking communist official in charge of the State Planning Commission20 November 1947Unknown Tiranë The murder was officially ruled a suicide but he was most likely killed under the orders of Koçi Xoxe.
56 Josif Papamihali Josif Papamihali.jpg Mission head of the Unity Church of Albania26 October 1948Labor camp guards Maliq He was considered an enemy of the state along with thirty-seven other priests.
57 Bardhok Biba Bardhok Biba.jpg Member of the People's Assembly9 August 1949Unknown Kaçinar, Lezhë Killed by the anti-communist resistance guerrilla unit "Komiteti i Maleve".
58 Pal Mëlyshi  [ sq ]Agent of the Sigurimi 12 April 1950UnknownUjë-Lurth, Mirditë His suspicious death was considered accidental.
59 Alush Lleshanaku  [ pl ] Alush Lleshanaku.jpg Legislative Member of the Corporative Fascist Upper Council24 December 1950Ilo Stojko Elbasan A staunch anti-communist resistance leader, Lleshanaku was assassinated by an agent of the Sigurimi.
60 Sali Ormeni Sali Ormeni.png Director of the Albanian State Police 2 March 1951Unknown Rrogozhinë Killed mysteriously a week after the bombing of the Soviet Embassy.
61 Omer Nishani Omer Nishani.jpg Former Head of State26 May 1954Unknown Tiranë His murder was officially ruled a suicide.
62 Teme Sejko Teme Sejko.jpg Commander of the Naval Fleet31 May 1961Qemal Birçe, Islam GjondedeMaminas, Durrës The perpetrators tied a rope around his neck and killed him for personal reasons.
63 Haxhi Hajdari  [ sq ]Member of the People's Assembly8 April 1963UnknownUnknownDenounced as the "People's Enemy" by the regime, he was killed by artillery gunfire.
64 Myslym Keta  [ sq ]Commander of the Tanks Regiment26 February 1966Unknown Fushë-Arrëz Keta was suspected to be an opponent of dictator Enver Hoxha.
65 Mehmet Shehu 1967-01 1966Nian A Er Ba Ni Ya Mu Han Mo De *Xie Hu Mehmet Ismail Shehu.jpg Prime Minister17 December 1981Unknown Tiranë The official death was ruled a suicide but Shehu was more than likely killed by the Sigurimi under Hoxha's orders.
66 Jusuf Gërvalla Jusuf Gervalla.jpg Member of the Movement for Liberation of Kosovo17 January 1982Agents of the UDB Stuttgart, Federal Republic of Germany To suppress the Albanian nationalist movement in Kosovo.
67 Mustafa Band Exiles27 September 1982Security ForcesZhamë, Rrogozhinë Prevented plot to assassinate dictator Enver Hoxha.
68 Jean Marie Massellin French Employee Club Med Corfu18 Jun 1984Albanian Border GuardsVrine, Butrinti Killed by Albanian border guards for accidentally straying in Albanian territorial waters.
69 Aleksandër Kondo  [ sq ]National Weightlifting Champion1 May 1987UnknownGas station, New York Likely assassination by Sigurimi agents to make it appear as an accident.
70 Josif Budo Local worker10 July 1990Luan AllajbeuMain street, Kavajë Killed for being an opponent of the regime.
71 Artan Lenja Wrestler24 February 1991Military patrolRruga "Ndre Mjeda", Tiranë Killed by a military patrol unit in charge of enforcing public order.
72 Arben Broci Engineer at a cigarette factory2 April 1991Unknown Shkodër Killed by a sniper to suppress public disorder.
73 Gazmend Muça Criminal7 April 1992Naim Zyberi, Franc KonomiXhamlliku, Tiranë Killed for personal reasons.
74 Remzi Hoxha Businessman21 October 1995Responsible: Arben Sefgjini, Ilir Kumbaro, Avni Koldashi, Budion MeçeKunë-Vain, Lezhë The speculative rumor was that Hoxha was a UDB agent. He died from the injuries sustained during his torture inside the SHIK facility.
75 Bujar Kaloshi General Director of Prisons26 July 1996UnknownFormer aviation field, Tiranë Kaloshi's murder was likely influenced by his position as head of the prison system.
76 Ahmet Krasniqi  [ sq ]Kosovo's Minister of Defence21 September 1998Unknown"Haxhi Dalliu" street, Tiranë The motives for his killing are not yet known.
77 Azem Hajdari Azem Hajdari 2008 stamp of Albania.jpg Member of the Assembly22 September 1998Fatmir Haklaj, Jaho Mulosmani, Naim Cangu Tiranë The suspected motive for Hajdari's assassination was political revenge.
78 Kleanthi Koçi Chief Justice of the Supreme Court21 February 1999UnknownNear Tirana International Hotel Motives for his killing have yet to be uncovered.
79 Arben Zylyftari  [ sq ] Arben Zylyftari Berat Albania 2018.1.jpg Police chief in Shkodër 2 August 2000Bahri TafiliLagja "Udhakryq", Shkodër Killed due to his position as chief of police.
80 Salih Tivari General Secretary of the Muslim Community of Albania 13 January 2002UnknownHeadquarters of the Muslim Community of AlbaniaTivari had raised doubts about financial contributions coming from anonymous Muslim organizations.
81 Gani Malushi  [ sq ]Chief of Police in Fushë-Krujë6 August 2003Agim Pepa Durrës The actual target in the killing was Malushi's personal chauffeur.
82 Gramoz Palushi Football fan4 September 2004Panajotis KladhisIsland of Zakinthos, Greece Killed because he celebrated the football victory of Albania over Greece.
83 Vajdin Lame Businessman28 February 2005Unknown Tiranë Lame was part owner of national television station Top Channel. He was killed from a bomb planted inside an elevator alongside his friend Artan Arsi.
84 Edmond Malollari President of Tomori Berat football club14 December 2005Unknown Tiranë The motive for the killing in broad daylight was likely because of unpaid debt.
85 Fatmir Xhindi  [ sq ]Member of the Assembly2 May 2009Unknown Roskovec, Fier Motives of his murder remain a mystery.
86 Fatos Xhani, Altin Dizdari, Sajmir Duçkallari, Kastriot Feskaj State Police officers7 August 2009 Dritan Dajti Iliria beach, Durrës The officers on duty were killed as Dajti was resisting arrest.
87 Remzi Veseli  [ sq ]Mayor of Tërthore Commune25 October 2010Unknown Kukës Motives for the killing remain unsolved.
88 Hekuran Deda, Faik Myrtaj, Ziver Veizi, Aleks Nika Participants in an anti-government protest 21 January 2011Ndrea Prendi, Agim Llupo"Dëshmorët e Kombit" Boulevard, Tiranë Randomly killed to warn protesters from entering the Prime Minister's Office building.
89 Skerdilajd Konomi Judge of the 1st Circuit Court in Vlorë9 September 2011Unknown"Vlorë-Skelë" street, Vlorë Motives for the killing have yet to be uncovered.
90 Arjan Selimi Drug trafficker26 September 2011Unknown Tiranë Selimi was the fiancé of television personality Inis Gjoni. His killing was a result of his past as a convicted drug trafficker.
91 Adem Tahiraj  [ sq ]Chief of Police in Shijak12 September 2012Ilir XhakjaKatund-Sukth, Durrës Shot and killed during an operation for the arrest of the suspect.
92 Dritan Lamaj Chief of Commissariat Nr.6 in Tiranë25 February 2013Arben Frroku Tiranë Frroku, a local businessman, had been physically assaulted by Lamaj a few months prior.
93 Artan Santo  [ sq ]Founder of Credins Bank 26 June 2014Unknown"Ibrahim Rugova" street, Tiranë Motives for his murder remain a mystery.
94Ibrahim BashaOfficer of RENEA 24 June 2015Unknown Lazarat, Gjirokastër Killed by sniper fire during a drug sting operation.
95 Artan Cuku Police chief of Vlorë8 April 2017Mikel ShallariRruga e Kosovarëve, Tiranë Killed for work related revenge.

Austria

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
1913 Franz Schuhmeier, socialist member of the Reichsrat Paul Kunschak
1916 Count Karl von Stürgkh, Minister-President of Austria Friedrich Adler Assassinated by Social Democratic politician in protest of World War I
1925 Hugo Bettauer, journalist and writer, critic of antisemitism Otto Rothstock, Austrian Nazi Party member
1934 Engelbert Dollfuss, Chancellor of Austria [1] Paul Hudl, Otto Planetta and other Austrian NazisPart of a failed coup d'état, the July Putsch.
1936 Moritz Schlick, German philosopher Johann Nelböck, studentShot at the University of Vienna
1975 Daniş Tunalıgil, Turkish ambassador Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide
1987 Hamid Reza Chitgar, exiled Iranian politicianAgents of the Ministry of Intelligence of the Islamic Republic of Iran
1989 Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou, dissident Kurdish Iranian political leaderIntelligence operatives of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence led by Mohammad Jafar SahraroudiKilled in Vienna during negotiations
2009 Umar Israilov, Former bodyguard of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov Chechen criminal group, ordered by Ramzan Kadyrov

Belarus

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
1943 Wilhelm Kube, German Nazi Generalkommissar for Weissruthenien (Belarus) Yelena Mazanik, a Soviet partisanKilled in Minsk during the Second World War
1948 Solomon Mikhoels, Chairman of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee [2] Police officers, led by Sergei Ogoltsov Ordered by Joseph Stalin

Belgium

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
1127 Charles I, Count of Flanders Hacked to death by knights with broadswoards in St. Donatian's Cathedral
1950 Julien Lahaut, chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium Belgian royalistsShot in his home town of Seraing.
1971 Maximiliano Gómez, Dominican communist leaderPoisoned by his lover in Brussels.
1990 Gerald Bull, Canadian developer of the Martlet cannon Shot outside his apartment in Brussels. Believed to have been assassinated by the Mossad for his work on the Project Babylon "supergun" in Ba'athist Iraq
1991 André Cools, former President of the Walloon Council, former Chairman of the Socialist Party and Minister of State Killed in Liège.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
1415 Pavle Radinović, nobleman Sandalj Hranić, Vukmir Zlatonosović and his men
1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie Gavrilo Princip Assassinated by the Serbian nationalist organization the Black Hand in Sarajevo. This assassination played a role in starting World War I [1]
1993 Hakija Turajlić, deputy prime minister Army of Republika Srpska Killed at a roadblock while under UNPROFOR escort during the Bosnian War

Bulgaria

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
1196 Ivan Asen I, Tsar of Bulgaria Ivanko
1895 Stefan Stambolov, former Prime Minister of Bulgaria Died in Sofia after being stabbed.
1907 Dimitar Petkov, Prime Minister of BulgariaKilled in Sofia by an anarchist.
1923 Aleksandar Stamboliyski, Prime Minister of BulgariaKilled in his home town of Slavovitsa during the 9 June coup d'état
1925 Stefan Nerezov, former Chief of the General Staff Was among 150 killed in the Saint Nedelya Church bombing
1943 Hristo Lukov, military officer, former Minister of War and leader of the far-right Union of Bulgarian National Legions Violeta Yakova Killed by the Bulgarian Resistance in Sofia.
1995 Vasil Iliev, insurance boss and owner of "VIS-2", former wrestlerShot while being driven in Sofia.
1996 Andrey Lukanov, former Prime Minister of Bulgaria [3] Shot outside his apartment in Sofia.
2003 Iliya Pavlov, president of Multigroup corporation and the wealthiest man in Bulgaria, former wrestlerShot outside his office in Sofia.
2005 Georgi Iliev, football club owner, brother of the assassinated Vasil IlievShot in a restaurant in Sunny Beach.
2005 Emil Kyulev, banker, ex-professional swimmer, voted Mr. Economics in Bulgaria for 2002Shot while driving along Bulgaria Boulevard, Sofia.
2006Ivan "Doktora" Todorov, businessman accused of smuggling
2008Borislav Georgiev, CEO of "Atomenergoremont" nuclear plant repair company

Croatia

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
480 Julius Nepos, Roman emperorAssassinated near Salona (modern Solin).
1931 Milan Šufflay, nationalist writer
1933 Josip Predavec, politician and vice-president of the Croatian Peasant Party
1991 Ante Paradžik, politician and founder of the Croatian Party of Rights
2008 Ivo Pukanić, journalistSee Assassination of Ivo Pukanić

Cyprus

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
1970 Polykarpos Giorkatzis, government ministerShot in Mia Milia
1974 Rodger Paul Davies, United States Ambassador to Cyprus Killed by EOKA B sniper fire during an anti-American demonstration in Nicosia denouncing the Turkish invasion of Cyprus

Czech Republic

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
921 Saint Ludmila, wife of Duke Bořivoj, grandmother of Duke Václav I Tunna and GomonStrangled by Viking warriors hired by Ludmila's daughter-in-law Drahomíra I.
935 Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (Saint Wenceslaus)Stabbed to death in Stará Boleslav by noblemen affiliated with Boleslaus I
1306 Wenceslaus III, King of Bohemia Killed in Olomouc.
1634 Albrecht von Wallenstein, Bohemian Generalissimo during the Thirty Years' War Walter DevereuxStabbed to death in Cheb.
1923 Alois Rašín, Finance Minister of Czechoslovakia Josef ŠoupalShot in Prague.
1923 Rayko Daskalov, Bulgarian politician and former cabinet minister Yordan Tsitsonkov Shot by the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization in Prague
1927 Ceno Kryeziu, Albanian ambassador to CzechoslovakiaAlqiviadh BebiShot in Prague.
1942 Reinhard Heydrich, General in the Nazi German Schutzstaffel , major organizer of the Holocaust and governor of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia Jan Kubiš, Jozef Gabčík Died after being wounded by a bomb thrown at him as he was being driven through Libeň near Prague, as part of Operation Anthropoid organized by the Czechoslovak government-in-exile and the British Special Operations Executive. The Lidice Massacre followed as retribution by the Nazis. A legend has it that he deliberately put the Crown of Bohemia on his head beforehand, meaning an untimely death.
2006 František Mrázek, controversial entrepreneurShot in the heart by a sniper

Denmark

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
1086 Canute IV, King of Denmark Killed in a peasant revolt
1286 Erik V Klipping, King of Denmark Killed in a conspiracy by members of the nobility

Estonia

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
1924 Jaak Nanilson, member of the Riigikogu Unknown (suspects were acquitted due to lack of evidence)The assassination was endorsed by local pro-communist MPs and in the Soviet media
1924 Karl Kark, Minister of TransportationShot by communist insurgents during the 1924 Estonian coup d'état attempt.
1930 Johan Unt, military major-generalUnknown

Finland

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
1904 Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland Eugen Schauman Killed by a Finnish nationalist for implementing Russification in Finland. Happens on day described in James Joyce's novel Ulysses , is briefly mentioned in the book.
1905 Eliel Soisalon-Soininen, Chancellor of Justice Lennart HohenthalShot in his apartment in Helsinki.
1911 Valde Hirvikanta, President of the Turku Court of AppealBruno Forsström
1922 Heikki Ritavuori, Minister of the Interior Ernst Tandefelt Shot at his home in Helsinki.

France

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
1354 Charles d'Espagne, constable of FranceJean de Soult
1358 Étienne Marcel, Parisian merchant
1407 Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans
1419 John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy Tanneguy du Chastel and Jean Louvet Killed during a parley with the Dauphin (the future Charles VII of France)
1572 Gaspard de Coligny Besme Killed during the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
1589 Henri III, King of France Jacques Clément Killed due to religious-political antagonism.
1610 Henri IV, King of France François Ravaillac Killed due to religious-political antagonism.
1617 Concino Concini, chief minister to King Louis XIII
1789 Jacques de Flesselles, Provost of Paris
1793 Jean-Paul Marat, revolutionary Charlotte Corday Stabbed in his bathtub. Later seen as a patriotic act.[ by whom? ]
1820 Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, younger son of the future King Charles X Louis Pierre Louvel
1894 Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of France Sante Geronimo Caserio, anarchistStabbed to death after a speech in Lyon.
1902 Emile Zola, novelist and journalistPossibly killed in relation to the Dreyfus Affair and his publishing of his letter J'Accuse…!
1914 Jean Jaurès, Socialist politician and pacifist [4] Raoul Villain Killed in Paris. The assassin was tried and acquitted in 1919.
1920 Essad Toptani, former Prime Minister of Albania Avni Rustemi
1926 Symon Petlyura, exiled President of Ukraine Sholom Schwartzbard Killed in Paris. The jury acquitted the murderer. [5]
1930 Noe Ramishvili, former Prime Minister of Georgia Cheka agentsKilled in Paris
1932 Paul Doumer, President of France Paul Gorguloff Shot by a Russian emigre at a book fair at the Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild in Paris. [1]
1934 Alexander I of Yugoslavia, king of Yugoslavia Vlado Chernozemski, member of the IMRO Killed in Marseille during a state visit. [6]
1938 Ernst vom Rath, German diplomat Herschel Grynszpan Killed in Paris. His murder was used as an excuse by the Nazis to commit the Kristallnacht in Germany
1941 Marx Dormoy, socialist and former Interior Minister of France Killed by a bomb believed to have been placed by the far-right organization La Cagoule
1944 Constant Chevillon, head of FUDOFSI Killed by the Gestapo in Lyon
1944 Philippe Henriot, State secretary for Information and Propaganda of Vichy France Killed by French resistants in Paris
1944 Georges Mandel, former radical-socialist Interior Minister and French resistant Killed by miliciens in the forest of Fontainebleau
1944 Eugène Deloncle, milicien and former leader of clandestine far-right organisation La Cagoule Killed by the Gestapo
1961 Camille Blanc, Mayor of Évian-les-Bains Organisation armée secrète Killed for hosting negotiations between the French government and the FLN
1965 Mehdi Ben Barka, Moroccan socialist leader and Third-World Tricontinental leader Disappeared in Paris
1972Mahmoud Hamshari, Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) representative in Paris Mossad, Israeli Secret ServiceKilled in his apartment by a bomb planted in his telephone as he answered a call in retribution for Munich Massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics, the second of a number of attacks pursuant to Operation Wrath of God.
1973 Outel Bono, Chadian medical doctor and critic of Chadian President François Tombalbaye Shot while climbing into his car in Paris.
1973Basil al-Kubaissi, professor and member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Mossad Shot dead
1973 Mohammad Boudia, Algerian-born director of operations for Black September in France Mossad Killed in Paris by a pressure-activated bomb packed with heavy nuts and bolts placed under his car seat as part of Operation Wrath of God.
1975 İsmail Erez, Turkish ambassador to France Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia
1976 Jean de Broglie, former minister and one of the French negotiators of the Évian Accords
1978 François Duprat, neofascist writerJewish Remembrance commando
1978 Henri Curiel, Egyptian-born anticolonialist activistShot in Paris
1978 Bruno Bušić, dissident Croatian/Yugoslav writer Yugoslav secret police
1978 José Miguel Beñaran Ordeñana "Argala", Basque leaderKilled by a bomb in Anglet, allegedly planted by the Batallón Vasco Español.
1978 Ezzedin Kalak, chief of the PLO's Paris bureauKilled in his Paris office alongside his deputy Hamad Adnan in the Arab League building
1979 Pierre Goldman, left-wing activistShot in Paris
1979 Robert Boulin, Minister of LaborOfficially suicide, but a lot of anomalies revealed since.
1979 Zuhair Muhsin, leader of the As-Sa'iqa faction within the PLO
1979Shahriar Shafiq, Imperial Iranian Navy Captain Shot on the Rue Pergolese in Paris
1980 Joseph Fontanet, former Education Minister Killed in Paris.
1980 Salah al-Din Bitar, exiled former Prime Minister of Syria Killed in Paris.
1980 Yehia El-Mashad, Egyptian atomic scientistShot at the Le Méridien hotel in Paris.
1982 Jean-Pierre Maïone-Libaude, right-wing activist and criminalShot at Argent-sur-Sauldre soon after being released from prison.
1982Fadl Dani, deputy director of the PLO office in Paris Mossad Killed in Paris by a car bomb as part of Operation Wrath of God.
1982 Yaakov Barsimantov, Israeli diplomat, Mossad agentJacqueline Esber a.k.a. Rima, member of the Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Factions Shot in the lobby of his home in the 16th arrondissement of Paris
1985 René Audran, senior official of the Ministry of Defence Action directe Shot in Paris
1986 Georges Besse, Renault executiveShot while emerging from his car in Paris by far-left activists of Action directe
1988 Dulcie September, African National Congress representativeKilled in Paris
1990 Joseph Doucé, activist for sexual minoritiesCorpse found in Rambouillet forest; murder remains unsolved
1991 Shapour Bakhtiar, exiled former Prime Minister of Iran Stabbed to death at his residence in Suresnes along with his secretary.
1992 Atef Bseiso, Palestine Liberation Organization head of intelligence Mossad Killed in Paris
1995 Abdelbaki Sahraoui, co-founder of the Algerian Islamic Salvation Front Killed in Paris.
1998 Claude Érignac, prefect of Corsica Yvan Colonna Shot in Ajaccio by a Corsican nationalist.
2013 Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Söylemez, Kurdish nationalistsShot at Rue La Fayette in Paris.
2015 Cabu, Elsa Cayat, Charb, Philippe Honoré, Bernard Maris, Mustapha Ourrad, Tignous and Georges Wolinski, cartoonists working for Charlie Hebdo Chérif and Saïd Kouachi See Charlie Hebdo shooting
2016 Jacques Hamel, Roman Catholic priest of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray Adel Kermiche and Abdel Malik PetitjeanStabbed to death during mass. See 2016 Normandy church attack.

Georgia

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
555 Gubazes II of Lazica, King of Lazica Stabbed by two Byzantine generals
19 June 1920 Fatali Khan Khoyski, former Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan Aram Yerganian Killed by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation as part of Operation Nemesis due to his role in the Armenian genocide
21 July 1922 Djemal Pasha, former Ottoman Navy MinisterKilled by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation as part of Operation Nemesis
3 December 1994 Giorgi Chanturia, opposition politicianShot along with his wife by four gunmen in their car
20 May 2007 Guram Sharadze, historian and nationalist politicianAssassinated in Tbilisi

Germany

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
235 Alexander Severus, Roman emperor Killed near Moguntiacum (present-day Mainz) by his troops.
268 Postumus, Gallic emperorKilled in Mainz
268 Laelianus, Gallic emperorKilled in Mainz
997 Adalbert of Prague, Czech Bishop Prussian heathenTortured to death near the Baltic Sea near present-day Elbląg, Poland
1208 Philipp von Hohenstaufen, Holy Roman Emperor Killed in Bamberg
1225 Engelbert I. von Köln, Archbishop of Cologne
1233 Konrad von Marburg, inquisitor
1819 August von Kotzebue, dramatist Karl Ludwig Sand
German Reich (1871–1945)
1919 Rosa Luxemburg, socialist writer Hermann Souchon (ordered by Waldemar Pabst)Shot in Berlin in the wake of the Spartacist uprising
1919 Karl Liebknecht, socialist lawyer and politician Horst von Pflugk-Harttung, Heinrich Stiege, Ulrich von Ritgen and Rudolf Liepmann (ordered by Waldemar Pabst)Shot in Berlin in the wake of the Spartacist uprising
1919 Kurt Eisner, socialist Minister-President of Bavaria Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley Killed in Munich.
1919 Leo Jogiches, Marxist revolutionaryErnst Tamschick, Detective Sergeant of the Prison MoabitShot in Berlin Prison Moabit
1919 Hugo Haase, socialist politician and leader of the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany Johann VoßDied of sepsis from gunshot wounds
1921 Talaat Pasha, former Ottoman Minister of Interior Affairs Soghomon Tehlirian Killed in Berlin in retaliation for his role in the Armenian Genocide
1921 Matthias Erzberger, former Vice-Chancellor of Germany and Minister of Finance Members of Organisation Consul Shot at Bad Griesbach.
1922 Bahattin Şakir, Ottoman suspect in the Armenian Genocide Armenian Revolutionary Federation
1922 Walther Rathenau, Foreign Minister of Germany [4] Ernst Werner Techow, Erwin Kern and Hermann FischerShot as he was being driven through Berlin by assassins in another car.
1930 Horst Wessel, Sturmführer of the SS in Berlin Albrecht HöhlerShot at point blank range in Karl-Marx-Allee, Berlin.
1934 Kurt von Schleicher, former Chancellor of Germany SS officers (ordered by Adolf Hitler)Murdered at Babelsberg by the SS during the Night of the Long Knives along with his wife, Elisabeth
1934 Gregor Strasser, politician and former Nazi Party member SS officersKilled in a prison cell in Berlin during the Night of the Long Knives
1934 Erich Klausener, Catholic politician Kurt Gildisch, SS officerShot at his office in Berlin during the Night of the Long Knives
1934 Ernst Röhm, leader of the Sturmabteilung (SA) Michael Lippert, SS officerShot in Stadelheim Prison by SS officers during the Night of the Long Knives.
Federal Republic of Germany (1949–present)
1954 Abdurrahman Fatalibeyli, Soviet Army defector and chief of the Azerbaijani desk for Radio Liberty
1957 Lev Rebet, exiled Ukrainian nationalist leader Bohdan Stashynsky, a KGB agentPoisoned by cyanide gas in Munich.
1959 Stepan Bandera, exiled Ukrainian nationalist leaderPoisoned by cyanide gas in Munich.
1961 Salah Ben Youssef, Tunisian politicianShot in a hotel in Frankfurt.
1970 Krim Belkacem, exiled former Vice President of Algeria Shot in a hotel in Frankfurt.
1977 Siegfried Buback, Public Prosecutor General of West Germany Red Army Faction membersShot while driving his car near Karlsruhe.
1977 Jürgen Ponto, CEO of Dresdner Bank Killed in Frankfurt.
1977 Hanns-Martin Schleyer, president of the German employers' organizationKidnapped and later killed.
1986 Karl Heinz Beckurts, physicist and research manager.Killed by a bomb near Strasslach in Munich
1989 Alfred Herrhausen, Deutsche Bank CEOKilled by a bicycle bomb as his car passed by in Bad Homburg.
1991 Detlev Karsten Rohwedder, director of Treuhandanstalt for the former East Germany Killed in Düsseldorf.
1992 Sadeq Sharafkandi, Fattah Abdoli, Homayoun Ardalan, Nouri Dehkordi, dissident Kurdish Iranian political leadersAgents of the Ministry of Intelligence of the Islamic Republic of Iran Killed in Berlin (see Mykonos restaurant assassinations).
1992 Fereydoun Farrokhzad, exiled Iranian cultural figureAgents of the Ministry of Intelligence of the Islamic Republic of Iran Believed to have been killed as part of the Chain murders of Iran
2019 Walter Lübcke, CDU politician and president of the Regierungsbezirk of Kassel Stephan Ernst Shot outside his home in Istha by a neo-Nazi terrorist
2019 Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, exiled Chechen military commander Vadim Krasikov Shot by an agent of the GRU

Greece

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
514 BC Hipparchus (son of Peisistratos), Tyrant of Athens Harmodius and Aristogeiton
461 BC Ephialtes, leader of the radical democracy movement in Athens
404 BC Alcibiades, Athenian general and politician
October, 336 BC Philip II of Macedon, king of Macedon Pausanias of Orestis Assassinated in the theatre of ancient Aegae (present-day Vergina).
314 BC Alexander, regent of Macedonia Alexion, a Siyconian Killed in Sicyon.
281 BC Seleucus I Nicator, founder of the Seleucid dynasty Killed near Lysimachia.
251 BC Abantidas, tyrant of Sicyon
192 BC Nabis, Tyrant of Sparta Aetolian League
1831 Ioannis Kapodistrias, first President of Greece Konstantinos Mavromichalis and Georgios Mavromichalis Killed outside Nafplio church in revenge for the imprisonment of the assassins' patriarch Petrobey Mavromichalis. Konstantinos was thrown over a cliff by the citizens of Nafplio while Georgios was executed by firing squad.
1905 Theodoros Deligiannis, Prime Minister of Greece Antonios GherakarisStabbed outside the Hellenic Parliament.
1907 Marinos Antypas, socialist politicianKilled at Pyrgetos in Thessaly.
1912 Andreas Kopasis, governor of Samos
1913 George I of Greece, King of Greece [3] Alexandros Schinas Shot while walking in Thessaloniki as part of a possible conspiracy.
1948 George Polk, American journalist critical of US aid to rightist Greek government
1963 Grigoris Lambrakis, leader of the anti-fascist movement in GreeceEmannouel Emannouilides and Spyro GotzamanisKilled with a club in Thessaloniki.
1975 Richard Welch, CIA Station ChiefShot as he was being driven through Athens.
1983George Tsantes; U.S. military attaché in Athens & deputy chief of the Joint United States Military Aid Group to Greece Revolutionary Organization 17 November Killed in Athens.
1988 Hagop Hagopian, leader of the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia Killed in Athens.
1988 William Nordeen, U.S. military attaché in Athens Revolutionary Organization 17 November Killed in Athens.
1989 Pavlos Bakoyannis, New Democracy parliamentarian Revolutionary Organization 17 November Shot outside his office in Athens.
2000 Stephen Saunders, Brigadier and British military attaché in Athens Revolutionary Organization 17 November Killed by a motorcycle gunman as he was driving in Athens.
2013 Pavlos "Killah P" Fyssas, musicianGiorgos RoupakiasKilled by Neo-Nazi organization Golden Dawn
2021 Giorgos Karaivaz, investigative journalistPossibly killed by an organised crime group. [7]

Hungary

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
904 Kurszán, Chieftain of Hungary Forces of Louis the Child
1044Suspected conspirators against King Samuel Aba [8] Forces loyal to Samuel Aba 50 suspected lords arrested and executed
1044 Samuel Aba, [9] King of Hungary Fled after losing the Battle of Ménfő but was captured and assassinated
1209 Csépán Győr, Palatine of Hungary Tiba Tomaj
1213 Gertrude of Merania, queen consortGroup of Hungarian nobles led by Peter, son of Töre Stabbed for her blatant favoritism towards her German kinsmen and courtiers
1272 Béla, Duke of Macsó Henry Kőszegi
1290 Ladislaus IV, King of Hungary Three Cumans – Árbóc, Törtel and Kemence
1311 Amadeus Aba, Oligarch Residents of Košice
1386 Charles III, King of Naples [10] [11] Balazs Forgach, Elisabeth of Bosnia, Nador Garai Charles (II of Hungary, III of Naples) deadly wounded and died some days later. [12]
1386 Elisabeth of Bosnia, Queen of Hungary [13] John Horvat
1397 Stephen II Lackfi, lord [14] Hermann I of Celje Assassinated on the orders of the Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund
1456 Ulrich II, Count of Celje [15] [16] Forces of Ladislaus Hunyadi
1534 Imre Czibak, [17] Bishop of Varad Lodovico Gritti
1551 George Martinuzzi, Governor of Transylvania Marco Aurelio Ferrari
1613 Gabriel Báthory, Prince of Transylvania Hajduks Killed after he was accused of planning to hand over Várad (now Oradea) to the Ottomans
1661 Ákos Barcsay, Prince of Transylvania Janos Kemeny
1918 István Tisza, Prime Minister of Hungary [4] Assassinated by soldiers

Iceland

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
1241 Snorri Sturluson, historian and politician Gissur Þorvaldsson

Ireland

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
1186 Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath Gilla-Gan-Mathiar O'Maidhaigh Durrow, County Offaly
1189 Conchobar Maenmaige Ua Conchobair, King of Connacht Manus mac Flann Ua Finaghty, Aodh mac Brian, Muircheartach mac Cathal mac Dermot mac Tadhg, Giolla na Naomh Ua MulvihillAssassination instigated by Conchobar ua nDiarmata, a rival for the title of King of Connacht. The victim's son Cathal Carragh Ua Conchobair later killed Conchobar ua nDiarmata in revenge.
1882 Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish, Chief Secretary for Ireland Irish National Invincibles
1920 Tomás Mac Curtain, Lord Mayor of Cork Auxiliaries and RIC menShot in his home by a group of masked men, likely members of the Royal Irish Constabulary.
1920 Cairo Gang Irish Republican Army 12 British intelligence agents, assassinated on the morning of 21 November 1920 in coordinated attacks.
1922 Seán Hales, Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin Teachta Dála Anti-Treaty IRA Killed as he left Dáil Éireann; fellow TD Pádraic Ó Máille was injured in the same attack, which was in reprisal against executions of anti-Treaty prisoners
1922 Michael Collins, Chairman of the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State Anti-Treaty IRA Ambushed outside Cork
1927 Kevin O'Higgins, Minister of Home Affairs and Justice of the Irish Free State [4] Timothy Coughlin, Bill Gannon and Archie Doyle Killed while on his way to Mass by three anti-Treaty members of the IRA.
1932 Patrick Reynolds, Cumann na nGaedheal TDJoseph LeddyShot dead during the 1932 election campaign by an ex-RIC policeman who had a personal grudge against him. [18] [19]
1936 Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville, Vice Admiral in the Royal Navy Anti-Treaty IRA Assassinated for providing assistance to Royal Navy recruits.
1976 Christopher Ewart-Biggs, British ambassador to Ireland IRA Killed by a land mine
1979 Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet, last Viceroy of India [3] IRA Killed by a bomb on board his boat along with three other people, including his grandson.
1991 Eddie Fullerton, Sinn Féin county councillor Ulster Defence Association Shot at his home in Buncrana
1994 Dominic McGlinchey, Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) leaderShot 14 times while making a call in a phone box.
1996 Veronica Guerin, journalistShot in a contract killing for her reporting on organized crime

Italy

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
748 BC Titus Tatius, Sabine KingKilled in Rome.
579 BC Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, Etruscan king of RomeKilled in Rome by the sons of Ancus Marcius.
554 BC Phalaris, tyrant of Agrigento Killed in an uprising led by Telemachus (Acragas) Killed in Sicily. Said to be burned in his own brazen bull.
534 BC Servius Tullius, Etruscan king of Rome Tarquin II Killed in Rome.
439 BC Spurius Maelius, wealthy Roman plebeian Gaius Servilius Ahala
354 BC Dion of Syracuse, tyrant of Syracuse Calippus of Syracuse Killed in Sicily
352 BC Calippus of Syracuse, tyrant of Syracuse revolting mercenaries led by Leptines II and Polyperchonreputedly was stabbed to death with the same sword he assassinated Dion less than two years earlier.
133 BC Tiberius Gracchus, Roman tribuneKilled in Rome by Roman senators.
91 BC Marcus Livius Drusus, Roman tribuneResulted in the Social War.
44 BC Julius Caesar, Roman general and dictator Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, and other members of the Roman Senate Resulted in a series of civil wars and indirectly in the end of the Roman Republic.
43 BC Cicero, Roman oratorKilled near Formiae under orders from Mark Antony and with the approval of the Second Triumvirate.
41 Caligula, Roman Emperor Cassius Chaerea, Marcus Vinicius, Lucius Annius Vinicianus, members of the Praetorian Guard, and others
54 Claudius, Roman EmperorUncertain, reputed to be Agrippina the Younger on behalf of Nero Rumored to be killed by poison mushrooms supplied by Locusta.
62 Claudia Octavia, Roman Empress Nero Executed on the orders of Nero on the island of Pandateria off the coast of Italy in an attempt to quell the public outcry of their divorce.
69 Vitellius, Roman EmperorKilled in Rome by the Flavian army.
69 Galba, Roman EmperorKilled in Rome by the Praetorian Guard under orders from Otho.
96 Domitian, Roman EmperorStephanus, steward to Julia Flavia Killed in Rome
192 Commodus, Roman Emperor Narcissus, wrestlerKilled in Rome
193 Pertinax, Roman EmperorKilled in Rome by the Praetorian Guard.
193 Didius Julianus, Roman EmperorKilled in Rome by the Praetorian Guard.
212 Publius Septimius Geta, Roman EmperorKilled in Rome by centurions under orders of Caracalla.
217 Caracalla, Roman EmperorMartialisKilled between Edessa and Carrhae (modern-day Sanli Urfa and Harran), possibly under orders of Macrinus.
222 Elagabalus, Roman EmperorKilled in Rome by the Praetorian Guard under orders of Julia Maesa and Julia Mamaea.
238 Maximinus Thrax, Roman EmperorKilled outside Aquileia by his troops.
238 Pupienus, Roman EmperorKilled in Rome by the Praetorian Guard. See Year of the Six Emperors.
238 Balbinus, Roman EmperorKilled in Rome by the Praetorian Guard. See Year of the Six Emperors.
253 Volusianus, Roman EmperorKilled near Interamna by his troops
253 Trebonianus Gallus, Roman EmperorKilled near Interamna by his troops
275 Aurelian, Roman EmperorMucapor and members of the Praetorian Guard Killed near Caenophrurium (modern-day Corlu)
276 Florianus, Roman EmperorKilled near Tarsus
882 Pope John VIII
1052 Boniface III, Margrave of Tuscany
1345 Andrew, Duke of Calabria
1412 Gian Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan [20]
1478 Giuliano de' Medici, co-ruler of Florence Francesco de' Pazzi and Bernardo BandiniStabbed 19 times in the Pazzi conspiracy. Lorenzo de' Medici was also attacked, but escaped with his life.
1497 Giovanni Borgia, Duke of Gandia, son of Pope Alexander VI
1537 Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence Lorenzino de' Medici
1848 Pellegrino Rossi, Papal States Minister of Justice
1900 Umberto I, King of Italy [21] Gaetano Bresci Shot four times with a revolver due to the royal decoration of general Fiorenzo Bava Beccaris, who ordered a bloody repression in Milan in 1898. Influenced Leon Czolgosz to kill United States President William McKinley in 1901.
1921 Said Halim Pasha, former Ottoman Prime Minister Arshavir Shirakian Killed in Rome due to his role in the Armenian genocide.
1924 Giacomo Matteotti, socialist politician [4] Kidnapped and killed by Fascists after denouncing them for electoral fraud in the 1924 Italian general election
1925 Luigj Gurakuqi, Albanian independence leaderBaltjon StambollaKilled in Bari
1945 Benito Mussolini, fascist and former Prime Minister of Italy [22] Band of Communist partisans led by Walter Audisio Shot in the village of Giulino di Mezzegra in Lombardy. His lover Clara Petacci was also killed. See Death of Benito Mussolini
1962 Enrico Mattei, head of the oil company Eni and supporter of Algerian independence Died in a plane crash allegedly caused by a bomb near Bascapè in Lombardy
1972 Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, publisher and partisan of leftist guerrilla movementsDied in a bomb attack, probably with the involvement of the Italian secret service
1975 Pier Paolo Pasolini, writer, poet and film directorGiuseppe PelosiDied in Ostia after being run over by his own car which Pelosi had stolen.
1977 Taha Carım, Turkish Ambassador to the Holy See Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide
1978 Aldo Moro, former Prime Minister of Italy Red Brigades Kidnapped and later killed. See Kidnapping of Aldo Moro.
1978 Giuseppe Impastato, anti-mafia activist Sicilian Mafia Killed by a charge of TNT placed under his own body.
1979 Cesare Terranova, magistrateon orders of Sicilian Mafia Commission Shot along with his driver as he was being driven through Palermo
1980 Piersanti Mattarella, President of Sicily Sicilian Mafia
1982 Pio La Torre, Communist politician Sicilian Mafia
1982 Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, General of the Carabinieri Corps Giuseppe Greco, Giuseppe Lucchese and members of the Mafia Shot along with his wife and driver while being driven through Palermo while investigating the Mafia
1983 Rocco Chinnici, magistrate Giuseppe Greco, Michele Greco and members of the Mafia Killed by a car bomb in Palermo.
1992 Giovanni Falcone, anti-mafia judge Giovanni Brusca, a member of the Sicilian MafiaKilled in a motorway bombing near Palermo.
1992 Paolo Borsellino, anti-mafia judge Salvatore Riina and members of the MafiaKilled along with five police officers by a car bomb in Palermo. See Massacre of Via D'Amelio.
1992 Salvo Lima, Member of the European Parliament for the Italian Islands Sicilian MafiaShot as he exited his car in Palermo.
1995 Maurizio Gucci, businessmanHitman hired by his ex-wife, Patrizia Reggiani Reggiani was convicted of ordering his murder in 1998
2002 Marco Biagi, Labor Ministry advisorNew Red Brigades Killed in Bologna.

Kosovo

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
1389 Murad I, Third Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Miloš Obilić Assassinated by a Serbian knight during the Battle of Kosovo.
1888 Ali Pasha of Gusinje, one of the leaders of the League of Prizren Assassinated in Rugova Canyon near Peć.
1903 Grigoriy Schterbina, Russian consulAlbanian Ottoman officerAssassinated in Mitrovica
2003 Tahir Zemaj, general in the Kosovo Liberation Army Assassinated in Peć.
2014 Elvis Pista, parliamentary candidateAssassinated in Rahovec. [23]
2018 Oliver Ivanović, former State Secretary for the Serbian Ministry for Kosovo and Metohija Assassinated in North Mitrovica.

Latvia

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
2018 Mārtiņš Bunkus, bankruptcy administratorUnknown, under investigationAssassinated near Brothers' Cemetery in Riga. Was shot dead from a moving truck, while driving.

Lithuania

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
1263 Mindaugas, King of Lithuania Daumantas of Pskov and Treniota Assassinated after taking his deceased wife Morta's sister as his new bride. She was however, already married to Daumantas. Treniota was Mindaugas' nephew.
1264 Treniota, Grand Duke of LithuaniaCourtiers loyal to Vaišvilkas, son of Mindaugas
1267 Vaišvilkas, Grand Duke of Lithuania Leo I of Galicia
1440 Sigismund Kęstutaitis, Grand Duke of LithuaniaSupporters of his cousin, Švitrigaila

Malta

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
1995 Fathi Shaqaqi, Secretary-General of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine Mossad Shot outside a hotel in Sliema.
2017 Daphne Caruana Galizia, journalist and bloggerUnknown (investigation underway)Killed by a car bomb near her home in Bidnija.

Moldova

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
2023 Oleg Khorzhan, leader of the Transnistrian Communist Party.Stabbed to death at his office in Sucleia, Transnistria (recognized internationally as part of Moldova).

Montenegro

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
1860 Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro Killed in Kotor (then Austria-Hungary) by a member of Bjelopavlici tribe.
1945 Sekula Drljević, Montenegrin nationalist and President of the Governing Committee of Italian governorate of Montenegro during World War II Killed by Chetniks at a Displaced Persons camp in Austria

Netherlands

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
754 Saint Boniface, Christian missionaryKilled by Frisian bandits
1099 Conrad, Bishop of Utrecht
1296 Floris V, Count of Holland Gerard van Velsen
1425 Duke John of Straubing-Holland
1584 William I of Orange, leader of the Dutch war of independence from Spanish rule (Eighty Years' War) Balthasar Gérard Shot by a supporter of the Spanish cause
1649 Isaac Dorislaus, diplomat
1672 Johan de Witt, republican politicianMurdered by an Orangist lynch mob in The Hague.
1672 Cornelis de Witt, republican politicianMurdered by an Orangist lynch mob in The Hague.
1938 Yevhen Konovalets, Ukrainian nationalist Pavel Sudoplatov, agent of the NKVD Explosive placed in a box of chocolates.
1943 Folkert Posthuma, Nazi collaboratorResistance group CS-6Shot in front of his home in Vorden. [24]
1945 Hannie Schaft, underground Resistance fighterDutch Nazi officialsExecuted in the dunes of Bloemendaal.
1979 Richard Sykes, British Ambassador to the Netherlands Provisional Irish Republican Army Shot in The Hague.
1987 Gerrit Jan Heijn, top manager of Ahold Ferdi ElsasKidnapped and later killed.
2002 Pim Fortuyn, critic of Islam, immigration and multicultural policy and leader of the Pim Fortuyn List Volkert van der Graaf Shot in Hilversum by a left-wing critic and animal rights advocate. See Assassination of Pim Fortuyn
2004 Theo van Gogh, film director, writer and critic of Islam Mohammed Bouyeri Shot and stabbed in Amsterdam by an Islamic extremist
2005 Louis Sévèke, leftwing journalistMarcel TheunissenShot with a rifle in Nijmegen.
2014 Els Borst, former Deputy Prime Minister Stabbed at her home in Bilthoven.
2019 Derk Wiersum, lawyerUnknown, under investigationShot to death in Amsterdam.
2021 Peter R. de Vries, investigative journalist and crime reporterShot in Amsterdam

Norway

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
1136King Harald IV Gille of NorwaySigurd SlembeKilled by a pretender to the throne

Poland

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
997 Adalbert of Prague, Bishop of Prague, missionary, saintpagan Prussians led by Sicco Assassinated in his efforts to convert the Baltic Prussians to Christianity
1079 Stanislaus of Szczepanów, Bishop of Kraków (now a saint) Bolesław II the Bold
1227 Leszek the White, High Duke of Poland Assassinated at the Gąsawa massacre
1296 Przemysł II, king of Poland
1922 Gabriel Narutowicz, President of Poland [4] Eligiusz Niewiadomski Killed five days after his inauguration while attending the opening of an art exhibit at the Zachęta Gallery in Warsaw.
1927 Pyotr Voykov, Soviet Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Poland Boris Kowerda Killed by a White émigré
1934 Bronisław Pieracki, Minister of Interior of Poland Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists
1931 Tadeusz Hołówko, Prometheist politician and diplomat Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists
1941 Igo Sym, actor and Nazi collaboratorBohdan Rogoliński, Roman Rozmiłowski, and Wiktor Klimaszewski of the Union of Armed Struggle (ZWZ)
1942 Marceli Nowotko, Communist activist and first secretary of the Polish Workers' Party
1943 Wilhelm Krüger, German chief of Gestapo operations in Nazi-occupied Poland three fighters of the Polish resistance Killed in Kraków.
1943 Franz Bürkl, German Sicherheitspolizei officer Jerzy Zborowski and members of the Szare Szeregi See Operation Heads.
1943 Helmut Kapp, German Gestapo member Armia Krajowa See Operation Heads.
1944 Karl Freudenthal, German officer of the SS, Kreishauptmann of powiat Garwolin Armia Krajowa See Operation Heads.
1944 Franz Kutschera, German SS general and chief of police Armia Krajowa See Operation Kutschera.
1947 Karol Świerczewski, Army general Ukrainian Insurgent Army
1984 Jerzy Popiełuszko, Roman Catholic priestKilled by the communist political police.
1992 Piotr Jaroszewicz, former Prime Minister of Poland
1998 Marek Papała, Chief of the Police Believed to have been killed by the Polish mafia.
1999 Andrzej Kolikowski, leader of the Pruszków mafia Ryszard BoguckiShot in Zakopane
2005 Zdzisław Beksiński, painter, photographer, sculptorRobert KupiecStabbed 17 times
2011 Jolanta Brzeska, social activistUnknown Burned alive
2019 Paweł Adamowicz, Mayor of Gdańsk [25] Stefan Wilmont Stabbed to death at a charity event.

Portugal

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
139 BC Viriathus, leader of the Lusitanian people that resisted Roman expansion over the regions of Western Iberia Audax, Ditalcus and Minurus
1355 Inês de Castro, posthumously declared Queen of PortugalPêro Coelho, Álvaro Gonçalves, and Diogo Lopes Pacheco
1908 Carlos I of Portugal, King, and Luiz Filipe of Portugal, Crown Prince [4] Manuel Buíça and Alfredo Luís da Costa Shot by assassins sympathetic to Republican interests and aided by anti-monarchic society Portuguese Carbonária. See Lisbon Regicide
1910 Miguel Bombarda, member of the Chamber of Deputies of Portugal Aparício Rebelo dos SantosShot by a mental patient just before the 5 October 1910 revolution, of which he was a proponent
1918 Sidónio Pais, President of Portugal José Júlio da Costa Shot at Rossio railway station in Lisbon. See Assassination of Sidónio Pais.
1921 António Joaquim Granjo, Prime Minister of Portugal See Bloody Night (Lisbon, 1921)
António Machado Santos, Naval officer and leader of the National Republican Federation
José Carlos da Maia
Freitas da Silva
Botelho de Vasconcelos
1965 Humberto Delgado, general, presidential candidate and critic of the Estado Novo Lured by Portuguese intelligence into an ambush near the Spanish border
1983 Issam Sartawi, senior member of the Palestine Liberation Organization Shot in a hotel.

Romania

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
1601 Mihai Viteazul, Ruler of Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania Militants on order of General Giorgio Basta Assassinated near Câmpia Turzii after the victory at the Battle of Guruslău.
1862 Barbu Catargiu, Prime Minister of Romania Killed in Bucharest after a parliamentary meeting.
1933 Ion Duca, Prime Minister of RomaniaNicolae Constantinescu
Ion Caranica
Doru Belimace
Shot at Sinaia railway station by members of the Iron Guard.
1938 Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, far right politician and leader of the Iron Guard Members of the Romanian Gendarmerie Killed in Tâncăbeşti.
1939 Armand Călinescu, Prime Minister of Romania [22] Iron Guard Shot while being driven through Bucharest.
1940 Nicolae Iorga, former Prime Minister of Romania, historian Iron Guard Kidnapped and later killed.
1940 Gheorghe Argeșanu, former Prime Minister Iron Guard Murdered in Jilava prison with 63 other political prisoners. See Jilava massacre
1940 Virgil Madgearu, politician and theorist of the National Peasants' Party Iron Guard Kidnapped and later killed
1945 Constantin Tănase, actorPossibly killed by the invading Red Army after satirizing them.
1989 Danny Huwé, Belgian journalistShot by a sniper during the Romanian Revolution.

Russia

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
Russian Empire
1682 Artamon Matveyev, statesman, diplomat and reformer Streltsy Killed during the Moscow uprising of 1682
1682 Grigory Romodanovsky, boyar, general and diplomat Streltsy Killed during the Moscow uprising of 1682
1762 Peter III of Russia, Emperor of Russia UnknownPossibly organized by Catherine the Great
1762 Ivan VI of Russia, deposed Emperor of Russia UnknownExecuted on prior instructions from Catherine the Great during an attempt to rescue him from imprisonment in Shlisselburg Fortress by Vasily Mirovich
1801 Paul I of Russia, Emperor of Russia Band of dismissed officers led by Levin August, Count von Bennigsen, Vladimir Mikhailovich Yashvil, Nikolay Zubov and othersOrganized by Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen, Nikita Petrovich Panin and José de Ribas
1825 Mikhail Miloradovich, military Governor of Saint Petersburg Pyotr Kakhovsky Killed during the Decembrist revolt
1878 Nikolay Mezentsov, executive director of the Third Section Sergey Stepnyak-Kravchinsky Killed by a revolutionary belonging to the group Zemlya i volya
1881 Alexander II of Russia, Tsar of All the Russias [1] Ignacy Hryniewiecki Killed in bombing organized by the revolutionary group Narodnaya Volya
1893 Nikolay Alekseyev, Mayor of Moscow AndrianovKilled by a deranged visitor in Moscow City Hall
1902 Dmitry Sipyagin, Russian Interior Minister [4] Stepan Balmashov Killed by a member of the SR Combat Organization
1904 Vyacheslav von Plehve, Russian Interior MinisterYegor SazonovKilled by a bomb thrown by a member of the SR Combat Organization
1905 Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich Romanov, former Governor-General of Moscow Ivan Kalyayev Organized by the SR Combat Organization
1911 Pyotr Stolypin, Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Bogrov Killed in a theater in Kiev by a member of the Socialist Revolutionary Party [4]
1916 Grigori Rasputin, influential mystic, adviser to the Russian Imperial Family [21] Group of nobles led by Felix Yusupov, Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, Vladimir Purishkevich and Vasily Maklakov Killed for his undue influence on the Russian Imperial Family
Provisional Government
1917 Ivan Logginovich Goremykin, former Prime MinisterKonstantin X Kotev
Bolshevik Russia
1918 Andrei Shingarev, Kadet politician
1918 Fyodor Kokoshkin, Kadet politician
1918 Tsar Nicholas II and his family: Tsarina Alexandra, Tsarevich Alexei, Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia, physician Eugene Botkin, maid Anna Demidova, footman Alexei Trupp and cook Ivan Kharitonov Cheka officers led by Yakov Yurovsky Order given by Yakov Sverdlov on behalf of Vladimir Lenin
1918 Elizabeth of Hesse, Grand Duchess of Russia, Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich, Princes John Constantinovich, Constantine Constantinovich and Igor Constantinovich, poet and prince Vladimir Paley and nun Varvara Yakovleva Cheka officers
1918 V. Volodarsky, revolutionaryGrigory Ivanovich SemyonovKilled by a member of the Socialist Revolutionary Party
1918 Wilhelm von Mirbach, German Ambassador in Moscow Yakov Blumkin Assassinated by the Left Socialist-Revolutionaries at the start of the Left SR uprising in an attempt to damage German-Soviet relations
Russian SFSR in the Soviet Union
1934 Sergey Kirov, Bolshevik party leader in Leningrad [4] Leonid Nikolaev
1939 Zinaida Reich, theatre actressNKVD
1990 Alexander Men, dissident Russian Orthodox priestUnknown
1991 Igor Talkov, singer-songwriter, anti-Soviet activistAllegedly Valeriy Schlyafman
Russian Federation
1994 Andrey Aizderdzis, Member of the State Duma Unknown
1994 Nikolay Suleimanov, Chechen mafia boss
1995 Vladislav Listyev, journalist and head of the ORT TV Channel Unknown
1996 Dzhokhar Dudayev, first Chechen separatist President and anti-Russian guerrilla leader Russian military
1996 Choe Deok-geun, South Korean diplomat stationed in Vladivostok North Korean agents suspected
1998 Valeriy Hubulov, former Prime Minister of South Ossetia Unknown
1998 Galina Starovoytova, Member of the State Duma Yuri Kolchin and Vitali Akishin
1998 Larisa Yudina, Kalmyk journalist
2002 Valentin Tsvetkov, Governor of Magadan Oblast Alexander Zakharov, Martin Babakekhyan and othersKilled in Moscow
2003 Sergei Yushenkov, Member of the State Duma and founder of the Liberal Russia partyMikhail Kodanev and othersKilled in Moscow [26]
2003 Yuri Shchekochikhin, journalistUnknownKilled in Moscow [27]
2004 Paul Klebnikov, editor of the Russian edition of Forbes magazine
2004 Akhmad Kadyrov, Kremlin-backed President of the Chechen Republic Presumed to be Chechen IslamistsKilled along with about 30 others in a football stadium during a Victory Day parade by a bomb that had been built into the concrete of one of the stadium's supporting columns.
2005 Aslan Maskhadov, President of separatist Chechnya
2005 Anatoly Trofimov, former deputy director of the FSB
2005 Magomed Omarov, deputy Interior Minister of Dagestan
2006 Abdul-Khalim Sadulayev, President of separatist Chechnya Killed by pro-Russian forces
2006 Anna Politkovskaya, journalist and human rights campaignerUnknown; many theoriesShot in the elevator block of her apartment in Moscow. See Assassination of Anna Politkovskaya.
2008 Vitaly Karayev, mayor of Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia–Alania
2008 Kazbek Pagiyev, former mayor of Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia–Alania
2008 Nina Varlamova, mayor of Kandalaksha, Murmansk Oblast
2009 Anastasia Baburova, journalist
2009 Stanislav Markelov, human rights lawyer
2009 Adilgerei Magomedtagirov, interior minister of Dagestan
2009 Aza Gazgireyeva, deputy chair of the Ingushetia Supreme Court
2009 Bashir Aushev, former deputy prime minister of Ingushetia
2009 Natalia Estemirova, human rights activist
2011 Yuri Budanov, army officer and convicted war criminal
2011 Gadzhimurat Kamalov, journalist
2015 Boris Nemtsov, former Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Shot while walking on a bridge near the Moscow Kremlin. See Assassination of Boris Nemtsov
2020Vladimir "Sausage King" Marugov, oligarchShot on 2 November with a crossbow in the sauna of his countryside estate outside Moscow. [28]
2022 Darya Dugina, ultranationalist journalist and writer National Republican Army Killed in car bomb explosion. [29]
2023 Vladlen Tatarsky, blogger Killed with a bomb disguised as an award statue. [30]

Serbia

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
Roman Empire
268 Gallienus, Roman emperorKilled near Naissus.
282 Probus, Roman emperorAssassinated at Sirmium.
285 Carinus, Roman emperorAssassinated at Margus.
Medieval Serbia
1352 Branko Rastislalić, Lord of Podunavlje and Domestikos under King Stefan Dušan Assassinated at Upper Drina on the orders of Vuk Kosača.
1359 Vuk Kosača, magnate and noblemanKilled or ordered so by a member of the Rastislalić family.
Ottoman period
180472 notable Serbs Dahije Slaughter of the Knezes
1815 Kara-Marko Vasić, revolutionaryOrdered by Miloš Obrenović.
1816 Melentije Nikšić, revolutionaryOrdered by Miloš Obrenović.
1817 Karađorđe Petrović, leader of the First Serbian Uprising Nikola NovakovićKilled along with his secretary, Naum Krnar in the village of Radovanje by a henchman of Vujica Vulićević and Miloš Obrenović.
Serbian monarchy
1868 Mihailo Obrenović, Prince of SerbiaPavle Radovanović and Kosta RadovanovićShot in Košutnjak park in Belgrade as part of a conspiracy.
1885 Čakr-paša, hajdukToma Stanković
1903 Aleksandar Obrenović, King of Serbia, and Draga Mašin, Queen ConsortArmy officers led by Dragutin Dimitrijević Killed in the royal palace as part of the May Overthrow.
1903 Lazar Petrović, Adjutant to King Aleksandar ObrenovićKilled as part of the May Overthrow.
1903 Dimitrije Cincar-Marković, Prime Minister of Serbia
Yugoslavia
1921 Milorad Drašković, Yugoslav interior minister Alija Alijagić Killed by a Bosnian communist
1928 Velimir Prelić, legal adviser in Skoplje Mara Buneva Shot on "Ratomir Putnik" Street in Skoplje
1928 Đuro Basariček, Member of Parliament for the Croatian Peasant Party Puniša Račić Shot by a Serbian radical deputy in the Yugoslav Parliament in Belgrade.
1928 Stjepan Radić, Member of Parliament for the Croatian Peasant Party Serbian radical politician Puniša Račić.Shot a Serbian radical deputy in the Yugoslav Parliament in Belgrade.
1983 Galip Balkar, Turkish Ambassador to YugoslaviaHarutyun Krikor Levonian and Alexander Elbekyan.Shot by Armenian nationalists. See Assassination of Galip Balkar
FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro
1994 Dada Vujasinović, journalist
1994 Goran Vuković, criminal
1999 Slavko Ćuruvija, journalist
2000 Željko Ražnatović "Arkan", mobster and warlordDobrosav Gavrić
2000 Pavle Bulatović, defense minister
2000 Žika Petrović, Jat Airways executive
2000 Boško Perošević, Chairman of the Executive Council of Vojvodina Milivoje GutovićAssassinated at Novi Sad Fair.
2000 Ivan Stambolić, former President of Serbia Special Operations Unit Ordered by Slobodan Milošević.
2001 Milan Pantić, journalistUnknown
2003 Zoran Đinđić, Prime Minister of Serbia Zvezdan Jovanović Killed with a sniper rifle by a paramilitary linked to the Zemun Clan. See Assassination of Zoran Đinđić.
2004 Branko Bulatović, Football Association general secretaryUnknown
Republic of Serbia
2006 Radoljub Kanjevac, criminalUnknown
2014 Rade Rakonjac, Arkan's bodyguardUnknown

Slovakia

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
1999 Ján Ducký, former Minister of Industry
2018 Ján Kuciak, journalistMiroslav Marček and Tomáš SzabóShot dead along with his fiancée while investigating the activities of various individuals connected to Slovak government led by Robert Fico.

Slovenia

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
1992 Ivan Kramberger, inventor and politicianPeter Rotar (presumed)Shot dead during his campaign to become an MP.

Spain

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
1369 Peter the Cruel, King of Castile Henry II of Castile
1485 Pedro de Arbués, a prominent member of the Spanish InquisitionAssassinated while praying in La Seo Cathedral of Zaragosa. His death allowed Grand Inquisitor Tomás de Torquemada to massively expand the Spanish Inquisition.
1870 Juan Prim, Prime Minister of Spain and Governor of Puerto RicoShot in Madrid by unknown hand.
1897 Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, Prime Minister of Spain Michele Angiolillo Shot in a spa in Mondragón, Guipúzcoa by an anarchist.
1912 José Canalejas, Prime Minister of Spain Manuel Pardiñas Shot in Madrid by an anarchist.
1920 Francesc Layret, Catalan left-wing politicianShot in Barcelona
1921 Eduardo Dato Iradier, Prime Minister of SpainLluís Nicolau, Pere Mateu, and Ramon CasanellesShot in Madrid by Catalan anarchists.
1923 Juan Cardinal Soldevilla y Romero, Roman Catholic archbishop of Zaragoza Los Solidarios
1936 José Castillo, Spanish Socialist Workers' Party lieutenant in the Assault Guards Falangist gunmenKilled in Madrid
1936 José Calvo Sotelo, right-wing politician and former Finance MinisterKilled in a police vehicle in Madrid. His murder helped trigger the Spanish Civil War.
1936 Federico García Lorca, poet and dramatist Nationalists Shot at Alfacar by fascists
1936 Raoul Villain, assassin of Jean Jaurès Shot on the island of Ibiza
1937 Camillo Berneri, Italian anarchist
1937 Andrés Nin, Communist revolutionaryTaken to a camp by the Spanish Government and probably killed there (this is disputed)
1940 Lluis Companys, President of Catalonia Gestapo officers on the orders of Francisco Franco.Shot in Barcelona
1967 Mohamed Khider, exiled Algerian politician and former Secretary-General of the FLN Killed in Madrid
1968 Melitón Manzanas, secret police officer and state torturer ETA Killed at Irún, Guipúzcoa
1969 Vjekoslav Luburić, exiled Croatian Ustaše official and fugitive war criminal Believed to have been killed either by Yugoslav agents or rivals in the Croatian émigré community
1973 Luis Carrero Blanco, Prime Minister of Spain [31] ETA Killed by a bomb which threw his car over a building. His murder was, according to ETA, then to intensify existing divisions within Francoist Spain between the "openness" and "purists". See Assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco
1976 Juan María de Araluce Villar, President of the Provincial Deputation of Gipuzkoa ETA Killed at San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa
1977 Augusto Unceta Barrenechea, President of the Provincial Deputation of Biscay ETA Killed at Guernica, Biscay
1984 Santiago Brouard, Basque nationalist Grupos Antiterroristas de Liberación
1996 Francisco Tomás y Valiente, former President of the Constitutional Court ETA Shot in his office at the Autonomous University of Madrid
1997 Miguel Ángel Blanco, Basque municipal councillor ETA Kidnapped and later killed
2000 Fernando Buesa, former Vice Lehendakari of the Basque Country ETA Car bombing in Vitoria.
2000 Ernest Lluch, former Minister of Health ETA Shot in Barcelona
2014 Isabel Carrasco, Governor of León and provincial leader of the People's Party Shot in León by a disgruntled government employee

Sweden

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
1156King Sverker I of Sweden Killed by a servant
1160King Eric IX of Sweden Killed during a rebellion
1167King Charles VII of Sweden Killed by supporters of Knut Eriksson
1436 Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Regent of Sweden Magnus Bengtsson
1577King Eric XIV of Sweden Killed on orders of his half-brother King John III of Sweden
1792King Gustav III of Sweden Jacob Johan Anckarström Shot at a masquerade ball and died two weeks later.
1810Count Axel von Fersen, Marshal of the Realm Four members of the lynching mob were charged for the killing, among them the Finnish nobleman Otto Johan Tandefelt Killed by a mob in Stockholm after being blamed for the death of Crown Prince Carl August. Army soldiers were present at the scene, but were ordered not to interfere.
1971 Vladimir Rolović, Yugoslav Ambassador to Sweden Croatian National Resistance
1986 Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden [3] Unknown Shot on his way home from a cinema in Stockholm accompanied only by his wife
2003 Anna Lindh, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden Mijailo Mijailović Stabbed while visiting the NK department store in Stockholm and died a day later. She was prominently featured in the "Yes" campaign during the Euro referendum, which took place later in the same weekend. She did not have any protective detail assigned to her, because the Swedish Security Police had not received, or perceived there to be no specific threats made against her.

Switzerland

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
1308 Albert I of Habsburg, German King and Duke of Austria John Parricida Killed by his nephew, whom he had deprived of his inheritance, at Windisch on the Reuss.
1621 Pompeius Planta, politician Jörg Jenatsch
1639 Jörg Jenatsch, politicianKilled in Chur by an assailant dressed as a bear.
1898 Empress Elisabeth of Austria Luigi Lucheni Stabbed in the heart with a sharp needle file by an anarchist on the street in Geneva. Due to her extremely tight corset, she had no idea she has been wounded and collapsed suddenly after walking 100 yards (91 m). She died two hours later due to slow internal hemorrhaging.
1923 Vatslav Vorovsky, Soviet diplomatMaurice ConradiKilled by a White emigre
1936 Wilhelm Gustloff, leader of the Swiss Nazi Party David Frankfurter Killed by a Yugoslav Jewish student
1960 Félix-Roland Moumié, Cameroonian anti-colonialist activist and leader of the Union of the Peoples of Cameroon Assassinated by the SDECE (French secret services).
1990 Kazem Rajavi, exiled Iranian opposition leaderBelieved to have been killed by agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran as part of the Chain Murders
20013 members of the Cantonal Government and 11 cantonal councilors of Zug Friedrich LeibacherSee Zug massacre

Turkey

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
1579 Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Grand Vizier of Ottoman Empire
1622 Osman II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
1651 Kösem Sultan, Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Chief Black Eunuch Lala Süleyman, Hoca Reyhan Agha, Hajji Ibrahim Agha and Ali AghaAssassinated at Topkapı Palace during a palace coup
1913 Mahmud Şevket Pasha, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire [4]
2016 Andrei Karlov, Russian Ambassador to Turkey. [4] Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş. Assassination of Andrei Karlov
2018 Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalistkilled by agents of the Saudi government at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul

United Kingdom

DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
293 Carausius, usurper of the Western Roman Empire Allectius who Carausius appointed treasurer coup d'état
946 Edmund I, King of EnglandLeofaStabbed at a banquet
978 Edward the Martyr, King of EnglandÆlfthryth
995 Kenneth II, King of Scotland
1100 William Rufus, King of England Walter Tirel Shot in the heart with an arrow by a nobleman, supposedly by accident, but the circumstances remain unclear.
1170 Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury Four knightsStabbed to death in Canterbury Cathedral on the orders of Henry II of England
1306 John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch Robert the Bruce, Roger de Kirkpatrick
1346 Raghnall Mac Ruaidhrí William III, Earl of Ross Killed at Elcho Priory while attending a royal muster on the eve of a Scottish invasion of England.
1381 Robert Hales, Lord High Treasurer Beheaded at Tower Hill by rebels during the Peasants' Revolt.
1381 Simon of Sudbury, Lord Chancellor, Archbishop of Canterbury and Bishop of London Beheaded at Tower Hill by rebels during the Peasants' Revolt.
1381 John Cavendish, Chief Justice of the King's Bench, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge Beheaded in Bury St Edmunds by rebels during the Peasants' Revolt.
1437King James I of Scotland Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl (coup leader), Sir Robert Graham (dealt lethal blow)Killed at Perth in a failed coup by his kinsman and former ally Walter Stewart.
1452 William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas James II of Scotland
1471 Henry VI of England, King of EnglandKilled in the Tower of London likely on the orders of Edward IV of England.
1488King James III of Scotland Killed by rebels.
1566 David Rizzio, private secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, husband of Mary, Queen of Scots Stabbed 57 times in front of the Queen by a mob led by her husband out of jealousy over their friendship
1567 Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, husband of Mary, Queen of Scots Killed in an explosion at Kirk o' Field, Edinburgh
1570 James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, Regent of Scotland James Hamilton The first assassination carried out with a firearm.
1628 George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, Lord High Admiral/royal favourite John Felton Stabbed in Portsmouth as he planned a second expedition to La Rochelle.
1679 James Sharp, Archbishop of St Andrews Killed in Fife.
1812 Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom John Bellingham Killed by a disgruntled merchant. The only British prime minister to be assassinated. See Assassination of Spencer Perceval. [32]
1812 Louis-Alexandre de Launay, French diplomatStabbed to death with a stiletto along with his wife by a former servant at his home in Barnes.
1922 Henry Hughes Wilson, British field marshal, retired Chief of the Imperial General Staff and Conservative politician Reginald Dunne and Joseph O'Sullivan Killed outside his house in Eaton Square, London, by members of the Irish Republican Army. [4]
1940 Michael O'Dwyer, former Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab Udham Singh, a Punjabi revolutionaryKilled during a speech at Caxton Hall, London over his involvement in the Amritsar Massacre
1973 Paddy Wilson, former General Secretary of the Social Democratic and Labour Party Stabbed to death in Belfast, along with his friend Irene Andrews. See Paddy Wilson and Irene Andrews killings.
1975 Ross McWhirter, co-author of the Guinness Book of Records and right-wing political activistHarry Duggan and Hugh Doherty Killed outside his home in Bush Hill Park, London, by members of the Balcombe Street Gang, both of whom were Irish Republican Army volunteers.
1977 Kadhi Abdullah al-Hagri, former Prime Minister of North Yemen Killed in London.
1978 Georgi Markov, Bulgarian dissidentDied in London after being attacked with ricin fired from a gun disguised as an umbrella on Waterloo Bridge by suspected KGB agents.
9 July 1978 Abdul Razak al-Naif, former Prime Minister of Iraq Killed in London
1979 Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, former Governor-General of India Thomas McMahon Killed while on a fishing trip along with three others by a bomb planted onto his boat by a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
1979 Airey Neave, Conservative Member of Parliament for Abingdon and Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Car bombing outside Palace of Westminster, by members of the Irish National Liberation Army [33]
1980 John Turnley, SDLP and Irish Independence Party politician Ulster Defence Association Killed on the way to a political meeting.
1981 Sir Norman Stronge, aristocrat and Northern Irish politician, and his son, Sir James Stronge, aristocrat and Northern Irish politician Provisional Irish Republican Army Killed at their ancestral home, Tynan Abbey in County Armagh, which was then set on fire.
1981 Robert Bradford, Unionist Member of Parliament for Belfast South IRAMurdered during a speech at Finaghy, Belfast. [33]
1982 Shlomo Argov, Israeli Ambassador to the Court of St. James's Abu Nidal Organization Although Argov survived this assassination attempt, the injuries he sustained in the attack resulted in his death in 2003. His shooting triggered the 1982 Israeli Invasion of Lebanon
1983 Edgar Graham, Ulster Unionist Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (1982) Shot by an IRA gunman outside Queen's University Belfast. [33]
1984 Anthony Berry, Conservative Member of Parliament for Enfield Southgate IRAKilled in the Brighton hotel bombing.
1987 George Seawright, Unionist Northern Ireland politicianKilled by the Irish People's Liberation Organisation in Shankill, Belfast.
1989 Pat Finucane, solicitorKen BarrettKilled in Belfast by Ulster Loyalists.
1990 Ian Gow, Conservative Member of Parliament for Eastbourne IRAKilled by a car bomb near his house in East Sussex. [33]
1997 Billy Wright, Loyalist Volunteer Force leaderINLA prisonersKilled in Maze Prison. [34]
2006 Alexander Litvinenko, former FSB officer and critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin Russia's FSB agents Andrei Lugovoi and Dmitry Kovtun Acute radiation syndrome via ingestion of polonium-210. See Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko. [35]
2016 Jo Cox, Labour Member of Parliament for Batley and Spen Thomas MairShooting and stabbing incident before a constituency surgery. See Murder of Jo Cox. [36]
2021 Sir David Amess, Conservative Member of Parliament for Southend West Ali Harbi AliStabbed during a constituency surgery. See Murder of David Amess.

Ukraine

YearVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes
Ukrainian SSR
1921 Mykola Leontovych, composerSoviet state security agent Afanasy Grishchenko.Shot in his home after a robbery
1949 Yaroslav Halan, anti-fascist writer [37] Mykhailo Stakhur and Ilariy LukashevychKilled with an axe at his home office in Lviv by members of the OUN (according to the Soviet official version, ordered by the Vatican)
1979 Volodymyr Ivasiuk, composerFound hanged in a forest outside of Lviv.
Independent Ukraine
1993 Yuri Osmanov, Crimean Tatar civil rights activistBrutally beaten by unidentified assailants and died the next day.
1995 Akhat Bragin, businessman and president of the Shakhtar Donetsk football clubKilled by a bomb at the Shakhtar Stadium in Donetsk.
1996 Yevhen Shcherban, People's Deputy of Ukraine Shot dead along with his wife and bodyguard while departing a plane at Donetsk International Airport.
1998 Vadym Hetman, former Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine Shot by a contract killer in Kyiv.
2000 Georgiy Gongadze, journalistAgents of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Disappeared, found decapitated and doused in dioxine 2 months later near Tarashcha.
2005 Stepan Senchuk, former Governor of Lviv Oblast Shot while in his car.
2014 Oleh Babaiev, Mayor of Kremenchuk Shot in front of his home
2015 Oles Buzina, pro-Russian writerShot near his home in Kyiv.
2016 Pavel Sheremet, Belarusian journalistDied in a car explosion in Kyiv.
2017 Denis Voronenkov, former member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Pavel Parshov, veteran of Ukraine's volunteer battalion. [38] Shot dead in Kyiv while on his way to meet a fellow exiled parliamentarian, Ilya Ponomarev.
2017 Maksym Shapoval, Intelligence officer and head of the special forces of the Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine Killed in a car bombing in Kyiv
2018 Alexander Zakharchenko, pro-Russian separatist and Head of the Donetsk People's Republic, concurrent Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic Killed in a bomb explosion in a cafe in Donetsk
2021 Vitaly Shishov, exiled Belarusian dissidentFound hanging in a forest after being reported missing the previous day
2022 Volodymyr Struk, Mayor of Kreminna Abducted and killed during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
2022 Yuriy Prylypko, Mayor of Hostomel Killed during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
2022 Olga Sukhenko, Village Head of Motyzhyn Killed during the Russian occupation of Bucha
24 August 2022Ivan Sushko, Russian-appointed head of Mykhailivka in Zaporizhzhia OblastKilled in a car bombing during the Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
28 August 2022 Oleksiy Kovalov, Member of the Verkhovna Rada Shot during an attack on his residence in Zaliznyi Port.
19 July 2024 Iryna Farion, linguist, politician, and former People's Deputy of UkraineShot by an unknown assailant in the head in Lviv, pending investigation.

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The Battle of Mogyoród took place on 14 March 1074. It was an internal conflict between Solomon, King of Hungary and his cousins duke Géza and Ladislaus, who were claiming rights to the throne.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mafilm</span> Hungarian film production company

Mafilm was established in 1948. It has been the largest and most significant film studio in Hungary and a strategic base for the Hungarian film industry. Mafilm's history has seen days of glory, just as it has survived severe agonies. The roots of its birth go back to Kolozsvár, and its ancestors include Europe's third-largest silent film factory. Ever since Korda Sándor founded the predecessor of Mafilm, film production has been going on uninterrupted. The importance of the place is also enhanced by the fact that there are almost no Hungarian filmmakers who have not learned the basics of film profession here. Mafilm's history with its predecessors covers more than 100 years of Hungarian film history.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Battle of Zsibó</span> 1705 battle in Rákóczis War of Independence

Battle of Zsibó was fought on 15 November 1705 between the Kuruc (Hungarian) army and forces of the Habsburg Empire, Denmark-Norway and Vojvodian Serbs in Zsibó, Principality of Transylvania. The Austrian marshal Ludwig Herbeville marched against Transylvania. Although the Kuruc-French army was equal in size to the combined Austrian, Danish and Serbian forces, Francis II Rákóczi went on the defense due to the inferior training of his troops. The Danes and Austrians launched a powerful attack on the French and Kuruc infantry. Although the Kuruc infantry held its ground, the Kuruc cavalry could not launch an attack due to a lack of leadership and an overly muddy battlefield. The Austrian cavalry was thus capable of flanking the Hungarians on the left, forcing the Hungarians to retreat and crushing their cavalry in the process. After the battle, the combined Austrian-Danish army bought Transylvania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Záh (gens)</span>

Záh was the name of a gens in the Kingdom of Hungary. The clan was one of the 108 gentes during the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin and located in Nógrád County along with the Kacsics, Kartal, Kökényesradnót and Tomaj clans.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jozsef Wolfner</span> Hungarian publisher

Jozsef Wolfner was a Hungarian publisher, founder of the publishing house Singer and Wolfner.

The Katpol, an abbreviation for Katonapolitikai Osztály, and it was the main security agency of the Ministry of Defence in Hungary from January 1945 until its break-up in 1950.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bocskai uprising</span> Rebellion against the Holy Roman Empire

The Bocskai uprising, known in Hungary as Bocskai's War of Independence was a revolt which took place in Hungary, Transylvania and modern Slovakia during the Long Turkish War against Emperor Rudolf II. The rebel leader was Stephen Bocskai, a Protestant Hungarian nobleman. The Ottoman wars had burdened the Kingdom of Hungary for years, causing famine and disease, and the armies of the Christian states had been weakened by losses to Ottoman and Tatar forces.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Simon Szécsényi</span> Hungarian baron

Simon Szécsényi, was a Hungarian baron and military leader, who was a staunch supporter of King Sigismund of Luxembourg since the 1380s. Joining a magnate conspiracy in 1401, he played a key role in the arrest of the king, but later was pardoned and retained his political influence until his death.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Galileo Circle</span> Former student organization

The Galileo Circle was an atheist-materialist student organization that functioned in Budapest between 1908 and 1919. Their center was located at the Anker Köz in Terézváros, Budapest. The circle had several subgroups with four different world views: the radical liberals, the Marxists, the anarcho-syndicalists and the socialists. However they had common goals, which included the protection of free scientific research and thinking at universities, the cultivation of social sciences, the social assistance of poor students, the spread of anti-clericalist and atheist views, the support of anti-nationalism and promoting internationalism, the propagation of anti-alcoholism, the opposition to large estates and the "reorientation of Hungarian social perception".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Magvető</span>

Magvető is a Hungarian book publishing company based in Budapest. It primarily publishes domestic and international works of literary fiction.

Vata or Vatha was a Hungarian noble, lord of the castle of Békés and chief of a tribe in Körösvidék. He is known for being the leader of the Vata pagan uprising.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">House of Nyáry</span> Hungarian noble house

The House of Nyáry or Nyáry of Bedegh and Berencs is a Hungarian aristocratic family.

Pongrác the Second Szent-miklós served as the archdeacon of Liptov and was one of Hungary's captains-in-chief. A supporter of John Hunyadi and King Matthias, he was also known as a robber baron, frequently changing allegiances for personal gain. He earned the nickname "King of Trenčín".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Siege of Kanizsa (1664)</span>

The siege of Kanizsa was an unsuccessful military operation carried out by Miklós Zrínyi to capture the Ottoman fortress of Kanizsa, the combined Hungarian-Austrian-German army on hearing of the incoming Turkish reinforcements had to withdraw after a month-long siege.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Battle of Zsarnóca</span>

The Battle of Zsarnóca took place on May 16, 1664, between an Austrian division commanded by General Jean-Louis Raduit de Souches with 11,000 troops and an Ottoman division commanded by Kücsük Mehmed Pasha with 15,000 troops. The battle ended in an Austrian victory and death of Kücsük Mehmed Pasha who fell in battle.

Gábor Rappert–Vencz is a Romanian actor, freelance performer, musician, and presenter of Hungarian ethnicity.

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