What was the longest battle in history?

Battle Of Verdun

What was the worst tragedy in history?

Ten deadliest natural disasters since 1900 excluding epidemics and famines

Rank	Death toll (estimate)	Event*
1.	1,000,000–4,000,000	1931 China floods
2.	500,000+	1970 Bhola cyclone
3.	100,000−316,000	2010 Haiti earthquake
4.	273,400	1920 Haiyuan earthquake

What is the biggest tragedy in America?

Over 400 deaths

Year	Type	Article
1900	Tropical cyclone	1900 Galveston hurricane
1936	Heat wave	1936 North American heat wave
1899	Tropical cyclone	1899 San Ciriaco hurricane
1906	Earthquake and fire (urban conflagration)	1906 San Francisco earthquake

What is worst year in history?

In 2018, medieval scholar Michael McCormick nominated 536 as “the worst year to be alive” because of the extreme weather events probably caused by a volcanic eruption early in the year, causing average temperatures in Europe and China to decline and resulting in crop failures and famine for well over a year.

What is the most deadly natural disaster in US history?

The tropical cyclone that racked Galveston, Texas is the deadliest natural disaster in US history taking the lives of an estimated 12,000 people on September 18th, 1900. The category 4 hurricane had winds blowing upwards of 145 mph killing 1 in 6 residents and utterly destroying 3,600 homes.

Which US state has no natural disasters?

Michigan

Which is worse earthquake or tornado?

Tornadoes are very destructive and are sometimes spawned by hurricanes. While they can be intense, they cover a much more limited area than a hurricane. Earthquakes cause widespread destruction, but usually are limited to a smaller area than either a hurricane or tornado.

What are the 5 natural disasters?

Hurricanes and tropical storms.
Landslides & debris flow.
Thunderstorms and lighting.
Tornadoes.
Tsunamis.
Wildfire.
Winter and ice storms.
Sinkholes.

What disasters happened in 2020?

A Running List of Record-Breaking Natural Disasters in 2020

Hurricanes. The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was a doozy.
Wildfires. Wildfires have taken an enormous toll on western U.S. communities, both from flames and harmful smoke. California bore the worst of it.
Rain and Flooding.
Heat.
Overall.

What are the top 10 accidents in the world?

The Perils of Industry: 10 Notable Accidents and Catastrophes

Bhopal.
Windscale.
Monongah.
Three Mile Island.
Fukushima.
Courrières.
Deepwater Horizon.
Honkeiko.

What is the most rare natural disaster?

From a climate-changing volcanic eruption to a mysterious explosion in Siberia, learn the stories behind six weird weather events that made their mark on history.

The Year Without a Summer.
The 1859 Carrington Event.
The 1874 “Year of the Locust”
The Dust Veil of 536 A.D.
The Great Smog of 1952.
The Tunguska Event.

Who is the greatest soldier of all time?

Audie Leon Murphy (20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971) was an American soldier, actor, songwriter, and rancher. He was one of the most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II….

Audie Murphy
Birth name	Audie Leon Murphy
Born	20 June 1925 Kingston, Texas, U.S.

Which is the longest war in the world?

The Longest Wars Ever To Be Fought In Human History

Rank	War or conflicts	Duration
1	Reconquista	781 years
2	Anglo-French Wars	748 years
3	Byzantine-Bulgarian wars	715 years
4	Roman–Persian Wars	681 years

How many died at Verdun?

300,000

How many artillery rounds were fired at Verdun?

From February through July, the Germans had used 43 divisions. French guns at Verdun fired over 10,000,000 rounds with the field artillery, over 1,000,000 medium-calibre rounds, and 600,000 large-calibre rounds.

Which country lost the most soldiers in World War 1?

Casualties of World War I

Country	Total mobilized forces	Killed or died 1
Allied Powers:
Russia	12,000,000	1,700,000
British Empire	8, 904,467	908,371
France 2	8,410,000	1,357,800

How many shells were fired at the Somme?

1.5 million shells