Editing Lists of poisonings (section)

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*[[Socrates]] (d. 399 BC), Greek philosopher; according to [[Plato]], he was sentenced to kill himself by drinking [[poison hemlock]]
*[[Artaxerxes III]] (d. 338 BC), Persian king; possibly poisoned by his vizier [[Bagoas]]
*[[Artaxerxes IV]] (d. 336 BC), Persian king; poisoned by his vizier [[Bagoas]]
*[[Bagoas]] (d. 336 BC), Persian vizier and king-maker; poisoned by [[Darius III]]
*[[Demosthenes]] (d. 322 BC), Athenian [[politician]]
*[[Xu Pingjun]] (d. 71 BC), first empress of [[Emperor Xuan of Han]].
*[[Antipater the Idumaean]] (d. 43 BC), father of [[Herod the Great]]
*[[Drusus Julius Caesar]] (d. 23), son of [[Tiberius]]
*[[Claudius|Emperor Claudius]] (d. 54), allegedly poisoned by his wife [[Agrippina the Younger|Agrippina]] with mushrooms or with the poisoned feather used to provoke vomiting
*[[Emperor Zhi of Han]] (d.146)
*[[Emperor Hui of Jin China]] (d. 304)
*[[Ali ibn Abi Talib]] (d. 661), fourth caliph of the [[Rashidun Caliphate]] and first of the [[Twelve Imams]] of [[Shia]] Islam
*[[Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz]] (d. 720), eighth caliph of the [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
*[[Muhammad al-Baqir]] (d. 733), fifth [[Shia Imam|Imam]] of [[Twelver]] Shia Islam; supposedly died after being given a poisoned saddle
*[[Musa al-Kazim|Mūsá al-Kāẓim]] (d. 799), seventh [[Shia Imam|Imam]] of [[Twelver]] Shia Islam
*[[Beorhtric of Wessex]] (d. 802), unintentionally poisoned by his wife, [[Eadburh]]
*[[Muhammad al-Jawad]] (d. 835), ninth [[Shia Imam|Imam]] of [[Twelver]] Shia Islam; supposedly poisoned by his wife on orders from the new caliph
*[[Romanus II]] (d. 963), [[Byzantine emperor]] of the [[Macedonian dynasty]]
*[[Alan III, Duke of Brittany]] (d. 1040)
*[[Constantine II, Prince of Armenia|Constantine II of Armenia]] (d. 1129)
*[[Alphonse I of Toulouse|Alphonse I]], [[Count of Toulouse]] (d. 1148)
*[[Baldwin III of Jerusalem]] (d. 1162)
*[[Blanche of Bourbon]] (d. 1361), first wife of King [[Pedro of Castile]]
*[[Louis of Durazzo|Louis, Count of Gravina]] (d. 1362)
*[[Robert IV of Artois, Count of Eu|Robert, Count of Eu]] (d. 1387)
*[[Ladislaus of Naples|Ladislaus, King of Naples]] (d. 1414)
*[[Dmitry Shemyaka]] (d. 1453), Grand Duke of Moscow; poisoned with [[arsenic]] by [[Vasily II of Moscow|Vasily Tyomniy]]'s agents in [[Great Novgorod]]
*[[Giovanni Pico della Mirandola]] (d. 1494)
*[[Margaret Drummond (mistress)|Margaret Drummond]] (d. 1502), mistress of King [[James IV of Scotland]]
*[[Timoji]] (d. 1512), Hindu privateer and Portuguese ally
*[[Juan Ponce de León]] (d. 1521), Spanish [[conquistador]]; died after being wounded by a [[poisoned arrow]]
*[[Mikhail Skopin-Shuisky]] (d. 1610), Russian general and statesman
*[[Pocahontas]] (d.1617) while it is not known what she died from poisoning is one theory.
*[[Yamada Nagamasa]] (d. 1630), Japanese adventurer
*[[Marcy Clay]] (d. 1665), English thief and [[Highwayman|highwayrobber]]
*[[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor]] (d. 1740), ate poisonous mushrooms
*[[Johann Schobert]] (d. 1767), German composer; ate poisonous mushrooms believing them to be edible
*[[Sverdlovsk anthrax leak]] at least 68 people died on April 2nd 1979 after [[anthrax]] was accidentally released from a Soviet military research base 
*[[Elixir sulfanilamide]] Elixir sulfanilamide caused mass poisoning in the United States in 1937 causing 105 adults and children's death's[[List of human-made mass poisoning incidents]]
*[[1998 Delhi oil poisoning]] 60 people died in 1998 in Delhi after consuming adulterated mustard oil[[List of human-made mass poisoning incidents]]
*[[Swill milk scandal]] over 8,000 [[infants]] died in the 1850's after drinking milk containing [[swill]]
*[[Elks National Home]] 9 men died in 1923 [[List of human-made mass poisoning incidents]] after drinking apple cider containing [[Pesticide]]
*[[Esing Bakery incident]] 700 people were poisoned after eating bread containing [[Arsenic]]. 0 people were killed immediately but 3 people died from long-term effects
*[[1900 English beer poisoning]] in 1900 over 6,000 people were poisoned by tainted beer containing contaminated [[sulphuric acid]] and [[arsenic]] causing at least 70 to die
*[[Bradford sweets poisoning]] (1858); 21 people died and more than 200 others became ill when confections accidentally made with [[arsenic trioxide]] were sold from a market stall in [[Bradford, England]]
*[[Chicago Tylenol murders]] (1982) Several people aged 12 - 35 died from a potassium cyanide poisoning after consuming contaminated Tylenol capsules containing paracetamol [[Capsule (pharmacy)]] [[Paracetamol]] 
*[[Charles Francis Hall]] (d. 1871), American [[Arctic exploration|Arctic explorer]] poisoned with arsenic by members of the [[Polaris expedition]].
*Nine children killed on 28 May 1879 in [[Newark, Vermont]] after drinking from a polluted stream.<ref>{{cite news |title=Newark, VT Accidental Poisoning, May 1879 |url=http://www.gendisasters.com/vermont/17177/newark-vt-accidental-poisoning-may-1879 |accessdate=24 October 2020 |publisher=Stevens Point Daily Journal (Wisconsin) |date=7 June 1879}}</ref>
*[[Guangxu Emperor]] (d. 1908), Emperor of the Qing dynasty; poisoned with arsenic by unidentified persons
*[[Olive Thomas]] (d. 1920), American silent film actress; accidentally ingested a large dose of [[mercury(II) chloride]]
*Between six and eight killed and 400 became ill after eating spoiled ice cream in [[Meppel]], [[Netherlands]] in July 1921.
*[[Sinasa massacre]]  Mangayanon Butaog, a religious leader who poisoned 69 members causing 64 to die while the other 5 spit out the poisoned gruel Butaog gave them.<ref>https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:De_apotheek_van_burgemeester_J_Knopper_van_Meppel,_het_centrale_punt_vanwaar_de_vergiftiging_van,_SFA022006453.jpg {{Bare URL image|date=August 2024}}</ref><ref>https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19210713.2.68 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>
*[[Madge Oberholtzer]] (d. 1925), rape victim of Ku Klux Klan leader [[D.C. Stephenson]]; died after attempting to commit suicide with mercury(II) chloride
*Nine killed by apple cider contaminated by a pesticide at [[Elks National Home]] in [[Bedford, Virginia]] in November 1923.
*[[Nestor Lakoba]] (d. 1936), [[Abkhaz people|Abkhaz]] Communist leader; poisoned by [[NKVD]] chief [[Lavrenti Beria]]
*[[Abram Slutsky]] (d.1938), head of Soviet spy service; poisoned with [[hydrogen cyanide]] by [[NKVD]]
*[[Nikolai Koltsov]] (d. 1940), Russian biologist; poisoned by [[NKVD]] [[secret police]]
*[[Erwin Rommel]] (d. 1944), German general; opted to commit suicide with cyanide after facing trial for his involvement in the [[20 July plot]]
*[[Eva Braun|Eva Hitler (née Braun)]] (d. 1945), wife of [[Adolf Hitler]]; committed suicide by cyanide capsule at Hitler's side
*The six [[Goebbels children]] (d. 1945); poisoned by their parents [[Magda Goebbels|Magda]] and [[Joseph Goebbels]], who then killed themselves by poison and gunshots shortly afterwards
*[[Heinrich Himmler]] (d. 1945), leader of the [[Nazi Germany|Nazi]] [[Schutzstaffel]] (SS); suicide by cyanide capsule after being captured
*[[Odilo Globocnik]] (d. 1945)
*[[Hermann Göring]] (d. 1946), leader of the Nazi [[Luftwaffe]]; suicide by cyanide capsule, long after being captured and only hours before his sentenced [[hanging]] was to take place
*[[Theodore Romzha]] (d. 1947), [[bishop]] of the [[Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church]]; poisoned by NKVD agents, who injected him with [[curare]] on orders from [[Nikita Khrushchev]]
*[[Alan Turing]] (d. 1954), [[United Kingdom|British]] mathematician; apparently committed suicide by injecting an apple with [[cyanide]] and taking a bite, though it has also been speculated that the poisoning was accidental
*[[Muhammad Zarqtuni]] (d. 1954), Moroccan [[Nationalism|nationalist]]; swallowed a [[cyanide]] tablet while in prison
*[[Stepan Bandera]] (d. 1959); poisoned by a cyanide capsule shot from a gun by [[KGB]] agents
*[[1971 Iraq poison grain disaster]]; at least 650 people died after eating [[methylmercury]]-treated grain intended for seeding
*[[Bandō Mitsugorō VIII]] (d. 1975), Japanese [[kabuki]] actor; ate four livers of [[fugu]] fish
*Nine killed in [[Denver City, Texas]] due to an accidental release of [[hydrogen sulfide]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eCwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA66 |first1=Howard |last1=Swindle |title=The Deadly Smell of Success |magazine=[[Texas Monthly]] |accessdate=December 14, 2010 |date=June 1975 |pages=64–68, 96–97 }}</ref>
*[[Jayanta Hazarika]] (d. 1977), [[Assamese people|Assamese]] singer and musician
*[[Georgi Markov]] (d. 1978), [[Bulgaria]]n dissident; assassinated in London with [[ricin]]
*[[Peoples Temple]] members (1978); over 900 died by cyanide-laced punch at [[Jonestown]]
*[[Love Canal]] (up to 1978); buried toxic waste was covered and used as a building site for housing and a school in [[Niagara Falls, New York]], resulting in claims of chronic poisoning that led to a massive environmental cleanup
*[[Bhopal disaster]] (1984); accidental release of poisonous gas from a pesticide plant in [[India]] that killed over 10,000 people and injured many more
*[[Vypin alcohol poisonings]] (1982) 77 people died after drinking liquor containing [[Methanol]]
*[[Paraquat murders]] (1985) 35 people were poisoned including 12 fatally after drinking beverages contaminated with [[Paraquat]] and [[Diquat]] from tampered vending machines in central and western Japan from April until November of 1985
*[[Matsumoto incident]] (1994); [[Sarin]] gas attack carried out by members of the [[Aum Shinrikyo]] group killed 8 people and injured at least 500 others
*[[Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway]] (1995); attack carried out by members of the Aum Shinrikyo group killed 14 and injured 1,050
*[[Marshall Applewhite]] (d. 1997)
*Hamaichi Junior High School Daifuku Mochi Incident 浜一中大福餅事件[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B5%9C%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AD%E5%A4%A7%E7%A6%8F%E9%A4%85%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6] or in English Hamaichi Junior High School Daifuku Mochi Incident occurred when over 2,000 people became ill and 44 died after contracting [[food poisoning]]
*[[2011 West Bengal alcohol poisonings]] 167 people died in West Bengal in December of 2011 after drinking spurious liquor mixed with [[Methanol]] 
*[[Moscow theater hostage crisis]] (2002); to end the crisis, the Federal Security Service (FSB) pumped an undisclosed chemical agent into the building's ventilation system, killing 40 militants and 132 hostages
*[[Ibn al-Khattab]] (d. 2002), Sunni [[jihadi]] fighter; died from a poisoned letter sent by Russian [[FSB (Russia)|FSB]] agency
*[[Koodathayi Cyanide Murders]] (d. 2002–2016); 6 people were allegedly killed by Jolly Joseph using potassium cyanide
*[[Roman Tsepov]] (d. 2004), Russian businessman; poisoned by unspecified radioactive material
*[[2006 Ivory Coast toxic waste dump]] killed seventeen
*[[Alexander Litvinenko]] (d. 2006), Russian ex-spy and investigator; died three weeks after being poisoned by radioactive [[polonium-210]]
*[[Zamfara State lead poisoning epidemic]] (2010); at least 163 people died in [[Zamfara State]], [[Nigeria]]
*[[Murder of Garnett Spears]] (2014), a boy in New York whose mother suffered from [[Munchausen syndrome by proxy]], eventually leading her to give her son a fatal amount of [[table salt]]
*[[2016 Punjab sweet poisoning]] (2016) 33 people died after consuming contaminated [[laddu]] containing [[insecticide]] and [[chlorfenapyr]]
*[[Slobodan Praljak]] (d. 2017), former [[Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnian Croat]] retired general in the [[Croatian Army]] and the [[Croatian Defence Council]]; upon hearing of the guilty verdict upheld in his trial for war crimes, he drank poison in the courtroom and died a few hours later
*[[Assassination of Kim Jong-nam]] (d. 2017), using a nerve agent at [[Kuala Lumpur International Airport]]
*[[2017 Malawat poisoning]] (d. 2017) Aasia Bibi, her alleged boyfriend Muhammad Shahid and her aunt poisoned her husband's milk with rat poison. The milk was later used to make [[lassi]] which was later used in a family gathering. 17 people were fatally poisoned
*[[2018 Amesbury poisonings|Dawn Sturgess]] (d. 2018), accidentally poisoned with the same [[Novichok]] nerve agent used in the [[poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal]]
*[[Shady Habash]] (d. 2020), Egyptian filmmaker; his cause of death was officially ruled as [[alcohol poisoning]], with the prosecutor-general further elaborating that Habash had mistakenly drunk alcohol-based [[hand sanitizer]]
*[[2021 Tribistovo poisoning|Tribistovo poisoning]] (2021); carbon monoxide leak from a power generator killed eight teenagers in the [[New Year's Eve]] night