Lists of unusual deaths

These lists of unusual deaths consist of unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history and noted as being unusual by multiple sources.

• List of unusual animal deaths
• List of unusual deaths in antiquity
• List of unusual deaths in the Middle Ages
• List of unusual deaths in the Renaissance
• List of unusual deaths in the early modern period
• List of unusual deaths in the 19th century
• List of unusual deaths in the 20th century
• List of unusual deaths in the 21st century

This article includes a list of lists.

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  The death of Aeschylus, killed by a tortoise dropped onto his head by an eagle, illustrated in the 15th-century Florentine Picture-Chronicle by Baccio Baldini^[1]
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  Frederick Barbarossa's strange drowning gave rise to legends that he was still alive
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  Franz Reichelt, known as the "Flying Tailor", prior to his death testing an early wingsuit