Download Excel File List of Major Famines

SNo,Date,Event,Location,Death toll (estimate)1,ca. 1890 BC,"Seven year famine in Egypt and ""in all other lands."" Famine in Canaan caused the sons of Jacob to go to Egypt and buy food.","Egypt, Canaan",2,441 BC,,Ancient Rome,3,400800 AD,"Famine in Western Europe associated with the Fall of Rome and its sack by Alaric I. Between 400 and 800 AD, the population of the city of Rome fell by over 90%, mainly because of famine and plague.",Western Europe,4,639,Famine in Arabia during the Caliphate of Umar ibn al-Khattab,Arabia,5,750's,,Spain,6,8001000 AD,Severe drought killed millions of Maya people due to famine and thirst and initiated a cascade of internal collapses that destroyed their civilization,Maya Empire,7,809,,Frankish Empire,8,875884,Peasant rebellion in China inspired by famine; Huang Chao captured capital,China,9,927928,Caused by four months of frost,Byzantine Empire,10,1005,,England,11,1016,Famine throughout Europe,Europe,12,"1022, 1033, 1052","Great famines in India, in which entire provinces were depopulated",India,13,10641072,Seven years' famine in Egypt,Egypt,14,1051,Famine forced the Toltecs to migrate from a stricken region in what is now central Mexico,Mexico (present day),15,1097,Famine and plague,France,"1,00,000"16,1230,Famine in the Republic of Novgorod,Russia,17,12291232,"The Kangi famine, possibly the worst famine in Japan's history. Caused by volcanic eruptions.",Japan,18,1235,"Famine in England, 20,000 died in London alone",England,19,1255,,Portugal,20,12751299,"Collapse of Anasazi civilization, widespread famine occurred",United States (present day),21,13151317,Great Famine of 13151317,Europe,22,13331337,,China,23,13441345,Great famine in India,India,24,1387,"After Timur the Lame left Asia Minor, severe famine ensued",Anatolia,25,13961407,The Durga Devi famine,India,26,1441,Famine in Mayapan,Mexico,27,14501454,"Famine in the Aztec Empire, interpreted as the gods' need for sacrifices.",Mexico (present day),28,14601461,Kansh? famine in Japan,Japan,29,1504,,Spain,30,1518,Venice,Italy (present day),31,1528,Famine in Languedoc,France,32,1535,Famine in Ethiopia,Ethiopia,33,15671570,"Famine in Harar, combined with plague. Emir of Harar, died.",Ethiopia,34,1586,Famine in England which gave rise to the Poor Law system,England,35,16011603,"One of the worst famines in all of Russian history; famine killed as many as 100,000 in Moscow and up to one-third of Tsar Godunov's subjects; see Russian famine of 16011603. Same famine killed about half Estonian population.",Russia,2 million36,16181648,Famines in Europe caused by Thirty Years' War,Europe,37,1619,"Famine in Japan. During the Tokugawa period, there were 154 famines, of which 21 were widespread and serious.",Japan,38,16301631,"Deccan Famine of 163032 (Note: There was a corresponding famine in northwestern China, eventually causing the Ming dynasty to collapse in 1644)",India,2 million39,16481660,"Poland lost an estimated 1/3 of its population due to wars, famine, and plague",Poland,40,1649,Famine in northern England,England,41,16501652,Famine in the east of France,France,42,16511653,Famine throughout much of Ireland during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland,Ireland,43,1661,"Famine in India, when not a drop of rain fell for two years",India,44,1669,Famine in Bengal,India,45,1670s and 1680s,Plague and famines in Spain,Spain,46,1680,Famine in Sardinia,Italy (present day),"80,000"47,1680s,Famine in Sahel,,48,1690s,Famine throughout Scotland which killed 15% of the population,Scotland,49,16931694,,France,2 million50,16951697,"Great Famine of Estonia killed about a fifth of Estonian and Livonian population (70,00075,000 people). Famine also hit Sweden (80,000100,000 dead)","The Swedish Empire, of which Swedish Estonia and Swedish Livonia were dominions at that time",51,16961697,Great Famine of Finland wiped out almost a third of the population,"Finland, then part of Sweden proper",52,17021704,Famine in Deccan,India,2 million53,17081711,"Famine in East Prussia killed 250,000 people or 41% of its population",East Prussia,"2,50,000"54,17091710,,France,55,1722,,Arabia,56,17271728,Famine in the English Midlands,England,57,17381756,"Famine in West Africa, half the population of Timbuktu died of starvation",West Africa,58,1740-1741,Great Irish Famine (17401741),Ireland,59,17501756,Famine in the Senegambia region,,60,1764,Famine in Naples,Italy (present day),61,17691773,"Bengal famine of 1770, 10 million dead (one third of population)",India,10 million62,17701771,Famines in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands people,Czech Republic (present day),63,17711772,Famine in Saxony and southern Germany,Germany,64,1773,Famine in Sweden,Sweden,65,1779,Famine in Rabat,Morocco,66,1780s,Great Tenmei famine,Japan,"20,000 - 920,000"67,1783,Famine in Iceland caused by Laki eruption killed one-fifth of Iceland's population,Iceland,68,178384,Chalisa famine,India,11 million69,1784,Widespread famine throughout Egypt,Egypt,70,17841785,Famine in Tunisia killed up to one-fifth of all Tunisians,Tunisia,71,1788,"The two years previous to the French Revolution saw bad harvests and harsh winters, possibly because of a strong El Nio cycle or caused by the 1783 Laki eruption in Iceland.",France,72,1789,"Famine in Ethiopia afflicted ""amhara/tigray north""",,73,178992,Doji bara famine or Skull famine,India,74,"1810, 1811, 1846, and 1849",Four famines in China,China,45 million.75,18111812,Famine devastated Madrid,Spain,"20,000"76,1815,"Eruption of Tambora, Indonesia. Tens of thousands died in subsequent famine",Indonesia,77,18161817,Year Without a Summer,Europe,"65,000"78,18301833,Claimed to have killed 42% of the population,Cape Verde,"30,000"79,1830s,Tenpo famine,Japan,80,18371838,Agra famine of 183738,India,81,18451857,Highland Potato Famine,Scotland,82,18451849,Great Famine in Ireland killed more than 1 million people and over 1.52 million emigrated,Ireland,1.5 million83,1846,"Famine led to the peasant revolt known as ""Maria da Fonte"" in the north of Portugal",Portugal,84,18491850,"Demak and Grobogan in Central Java, caused by four successive crop failures due to drought.",Indonesia,"83,000"85,18501873,"As a result of Taiping Rebellion, drought, and famine, the population of China dropped by more than 60 million",China,86,1866,Orissa famine of 1866,India,1 million87,18661868,Finnish famine of 18661868. About 15% of the entire population died,"Finland, northern Sweden","150,000+"88,1869,Rajputana famine of 1869,India,1.5 million89,18701871,Famine in Persia,Iran (present day),2 million[unreliable source?]90,18731874,Famine in Anatolia caused by drought and floods,Turkey (present day),91,1879,"1879 Famine in Ireland. Unlike previous famines, this famine mainly caused hunger and food shortages but little mortality.",Ireland,92,187374,Bihar famine of 187374. Mortality was avoided in a massive relief campaign,India,093,18761879,"ENSO Famine in India, China, Brazil, Northern Africa (and other countries). Famine in northern China killed 13 million people. 5.25 million died in the Great Famine of 187678 in India","India, China, Brazil, Northern Africa (and other countries).",94,1878-1880,"Famine in St. Lawrence Island, Alaska",United States,95,18881892,"Ethiopian Great famine. About one-third of the population died. Conditions worsen with cholera outbreaks (188992), a typhus epidemic, and a major smallpox epidemic (188990).",Ethiopia,96,18911892,,Russia,"375,000500,000"97,18961897,ENSO famine in northern China leading in part to the Boxer Rebellion,China,98,18961902,ENSO famine in India,India,99,"1907, 1911",Famines in east-central China,China,100,19141918,Mount Lebanon famine during World War I which killed about a third of the population,Lebanon,101,19161917,Famine caused by the British blockade of Germany in WWI,Germany,102,19161917,Winter famine in Russia,Russia,103,19171919,Famine in Persia. As much as 1/4 of the population living in the north of Iran died in the famine,Iran (present day),104,19171921,A series of famines in Turkestan at the time of the Bolshevik revolution killed about a sixth of the population,Turkestan,105,1921,Russian famine of 1921,Russia,5 million106,19211922,19211922 famine in Tatarstan,Russia,107,19211922,Famine in Volga German colonies in Russia. One-third of the entire population perished,Russia,108,19281929,"Famine in Ruanda-Burundi, causing large migrations to the Congo",Rwanda and Burundi (present day),109,19281930,Famine in northern China. The drought resulted in 3 million deaths,China,3 million110,19321933,Soviet famine of Ukraine and North Caucasus area.,Ukraine,710 million111,1936,,China,5 million112,19401945,"Famine in Warsaw Ghetto, as well as other ghettos and concentration camps (note: this famine was the result of deliberate denial of food to ghetto residents on the part of Nazis).",Occupied Poland,113,194144,"Leningrad famine caused by a 900-day blockade by German troops. About one million Leningrad residents starved, froze, or were bombed to death in the winter of 194142, when supply routes to the city were cut off and temperatures dropped to ?40C (?40F).",Russia,1 million114,19411944,Famine in Greece caused by the Axis occupation.,Greece,"3,00,000"115,1943,Bengal famine of 1943,"Bengal, India",1.5-7 million116,1943,"Famine in Ruanda-Urundi, causing migrations to the Congo",Rwanda and Burundi (present day),117,1944-45,Java during World War II,Indonesia,2.4 million118,1944,Dutch famine of 1944 during World War II,Netherlands,"20,000"119,1945,Vietnamese Famine of 1945,Vietnam,"400,0002 million"120,1947,Soviet Famine of 1947,Soviet Union,11.5 million121,1958,Famine in Tigray,Ethiopia,"1,00,000"122,19591961,"The Great Chinese Famine. According to government statistics, there were 15 million excess deaths.",China,1543 million123,19661967,"Lombok, drought and malnutrition, exacerbated by restrictions on regional rice trade",Indonesia,"50,000"124,19671970,Biafran famine caused by Nigerian blockade,Nigeria,125,19681972,Sahel drought created a famine that killed a million people,"Mauritania, Mali, Chad, Niger and Burkina Faso",126,19721973,Famine in Ethiopia caused by drought and poor governance; failure of the government to handle this crisis led to the fall of Haile Selassie and to Derg rule,Ethiopia,"60,000"127,1974,Bangladesh famine of 1974,Bangladesh,128,19751979,"Khmer Rouge. An estimated 2 million Cambodians lost their lives to murder, forced labor and famine",Cambodia,129,19801981,Caused by drought and conflict,Uganda,"30,000"130,19841985,19841985 famine in Ethiopia,Ethiopia,131,19911992,Famine in Somalia caused by drought and civil war,Somalia,"3,00,000"132,1996,"North Korean famine. Scholars estimate 600,000 died of starvation (other estimates range from 200,000 to 3.5 million).",North Korea,"200,000 to 3.5 million"133,1998,1998 Sudan famine caused by war and drought,Sudan,"70,000"134,19982000,Famine in Ethiopia. The situation worsened by EritreanEthiopian War,Ethiopia,135,19982004,"Second Congo War. 3.8 million people died, mostly from starvation and disease",Democratic Republic of the Congo,136,2011-2012,"Famine in Somalia, brought on by the 2011 East Africa drought",Somalia,137,2012,"Famine in West Africa, brought on by the 2012 Sahel drought","Senegal, Gambia, Niger, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso",,,,,For other more formats kindly visit www.downloadexcelfiles.com,,,,,,,,Original source : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_famines,,,,