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Here's some numbers for you...
Selected pre-20th century democides.
Selected pre-20th century democides. From Death by Government, Rummel, 1987 [1]. Events ↓ Dates ↓ Est. Deaths ↓
The Crusades 1095–1272 1,000,000
Albigensian Crusade 1208–1249 200,000
By Mongols 14th–15th Century 29,927,000
By Aztecs Centuries >1,000,000
Thirty Years' War 1618–1648 5,750,000
Witch Hunt 15th–17th Century 100,000
Spanish Inquisition 16th–18th Century 350,000
In China 221 BC–19th Century 33,519,000
In Iran 5th–19th Century >2,000,000
In Russia 10th–19th Century >1,007,000
In Ottoman Empire 12th–19th Century >2,000,000
In India 13th–19th Century >4,511,000
Slavery of Africans 1451–1870 17,267,000
In Japan 1570–19th Century >1,500,000
Native Americans 16th–19th Century 13,778,000
French Revolution 1793–1794 263,000
[edit] Bloodiest dictators for the millennium.
Bloodiest dictators for the millennium.Rummel, [2]. Dictator ↓ Dates ↓ Est. Deaths ↓
Qing Dynasty,
mainly Empress Dowager Cixi 1859-64,
Tai Ping Rebellion 12,000,000
Genghis Khan 1215–1233 4,000,000
Adolf Hitler 1933–1945 20,946,000
Chiang Kai-shek 1921–1948 10,000,000
Kublai Khan 1252–1279 19,000,000
Vladimir Lenin 1917–1924 4,000,000
Leopold II of Belgium 1885–1908 10,000,000
Pol Pot 1968–1987 2,000,000
Joseph Stalin 1929–1953 43,000,000
Hideki Tojo 1941–1945 4,000,000
Mao Zedong 1923–1976 77,000,000