Attacks on official residences

July 2016 attempted military junta coup in Turkey

massacre

On 28 February 2026, Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, was assassinated in Tehran as part of a series of Israeli airstrikes aimed at high-ranking Iranian officials. Khamenei's death was confirmed by the Iranian government on 1 March. His death occurred as part of a wider joint operation by the United States and Israel, using strategic locations intelligence from the US's Central Intelligence Agency to determine the whereabouts of several leaders. Satellite imagery suggested that Khamenei's residence in the city was severely damaged during the attack.

event on 1 June 2001 in Kathmandu, Nepal in which Crown Prince Dipendra killed most of the royal family (including King Birendra and himself) with a gun

food riot and march by market-women during the French Revolution

insurrection and its outcome in French Revolution

1979 Soviet assassination of Afghan leader Hafizullah Amin

1864 rebellion against the Tokugawa shogunate

failed coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm

North Korean assassination attempt against the South Korean President Park Chung Hee in Seoul on 21 January 1968

1962 aerial attack in Saigon

2025 terrorist attack

assassination of Empress Myeongseong

1991 British Prime Minister and Cabinet assassination attempt

siege in 1184 in Japan

1965 coup d'état attempt in Burundi

attempted British coup in Egypt

also called the Battle of Daman, fought on August 2–3, 1990, during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait

assassination attempt on U.S. President Truman on 1 November 1950

2025 fire in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

1160 siege

1918 naval battle fought in the Adriatic Sea during the First World War

attack at the presidential palace