what was the largest number of people to die at one time ?(during war or peacetime.)when?and where?

Answer 1

Some battles beat Hiroshima
552,000 - Battle of Gallipoli (1916)
260,000 - Battle of Verdun (1916)

Some natural disaters beat the Tsunami
1,000,000–3,700,000 - 1931 Huang He flood (China, 1931)
900,000–2,000,000 - 1887 Huang He flood (China, 1887)
500,000-900,000 - 1938 Huang He flood (China, 1938)
830,000 - Shaanxi earthquake (China, 1556)
500,000 - Bhola cyclone (Bangladesh, 1970)
287,000 - Indian Ocean earthquake & tsunamis (outside Indonesia, 2004)

Answer 2

During the Peace Time it would have to be the Black Plague in the Middle Ages at a cost of over a little more than half of the population of all of Europe.
War time would be the Bomb being dropped on Hiroshima.

Answer 3

There have been several earthquakes that have killed 300,000 people. I can't remember which ones, but I read abt it in the NYTimes right after the 2004 tsunami. I believe the one w/ the most deaths was in Iran or Iraq, but I could be wrong...but, I know the # was higher than the tsunami (they listed the top 10 and I think the tsunami was #4 or #5).

Answer 4

The Bubonic or Black Plague during the Middle Ages was said to have killed off over ONE HALF of Europe's population at the time, over a relatively short period of time.

Answer 5

Hiroshima
80,000+ dead
August 6, 1945

Answer 6

The 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake which killed over 275,000 people.

Answer 7

The atomic bomb named "Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima by the Enola Gay, a Boeing B-29 bomber, at 8:15 in the morning of August 6, 1945.

Here's a pic of a victums clock stoped at that time: http://www.lclark.edu/~history/HIROSHIMA/photo3-4.html\

"Little Boy" is the nick name given to the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. It was Monday morning. Little Boy was dropped from the Enola Gay, one of the B-29 bombers that flew over Hiroshima on that day.

"A bright light filled the plane," wrote Lt. Col. Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the Enola Gay, the B-29 that dropped the first atomic bomb. "We turned back to look at Hiroshima. The city was hidden by that awful cloud...boiling up, mushrooming." For a moment, no one spoke. Then everyone was talking. "Look at that! Look at that! Look at that!" exclaimed the co-pilot, Robert Lewis, pounding on Tibbets's shoulder. Lewis said he could taste atomic fission; it tasted like lead. Then he turned away to write in his journal. "My God," he asked himself, "what have we done?" (special report, "Hiroshima: August 6, 1945")
note: Paul Tibbets was Colonel, not "Lt. Colonel," when he was the pilot of the Enola Gay.

The Little Boy generated an enormous amount of energy in terms of air pressure and heat. In addition, it generated a significant amount of radiation (Gamma ray and neutrons) that subsequently caused devastating human injuries.

The people who saw the Little Boy often say "We saw another sun in the sky when it exploded." The heat and the light generated by the Little Boy were far stronger than bombs which they had seen before. When the heat wave reached ground level it burnt all before it including people.

The strong wind generated by the bomb destroyed most of the houses and buildings within a 1.5 miles radius. When the wind reached the mountains, it was reflected and again hit the people in the city center. The wind generated by Little Boy caused the most serious damage to the city and people.

The radiation generated by the bomb caused long-term problems to those affected. Many people died within the first few months and many more in subsequent years because of radiation exposure. Some people had genetic problems which sometimes resulted in having malformed babies or being unable to have children.

It is believed that more than 140,000 people died by the end of the year. They were citizens including students, soldiers and Koreans who worked in factories within the city. The total number of people who have died due to the bomb is estimated to be 200,000.

Just three days after the bomb was dropped to Hiroshima, the second atomic bomb called "Fat Man" was dropped to Nagasaki. Though the amount of energy generated by the bomb dropped to Nagasaki was significantly larger than that of the Little Boy, the damage given to the city was slighter than that given to Hiroshima due to the geographic structure of the city. It is estimated that approximately 70,000 people died by the end of the year because of the bombing.

Answer 8

in hirashima and yamasaki in japan by nuke,2 city instantly destroyed with death of 130,000 people
japanese and nazi in ww2 launch endless holocaust with number more than thousands
9.11 is also example
and endless holocaust today like combodia and ugenda

Answer 9

Volcanic erupton at Pompeii?

Answer 10

The 2004 Asian Tsunami.On Boxing Day . 200,000++ dead.