1908    The Tunguska event occurs in remote Siberia.

1914    Jina Guseva attempts to assassinate Grigori Rasputin at his home town in Siberia.

1918    Japan announces that it is deploying troops to Siberia in the aftermath of World War I.

1994    Aeroflot Flight 593 crashes in Siberia when the pilot's fifteen-year old son accidentally disengages the autopilot, killing all 75 people on board.

1997    Comet Hale-Bopp: Observers in China, Mongolia and eastern Siberia are treated to a rare double feature as an eclipse permits Hale-Bopp to be seen during the day.

1997    A Russian Antonov An-124 transport cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67.

2002    The Vitim event, a possible bolide impact in Siberia, Russia.

2006    At least 122 people are killed after a Sibir Airlines Airbus A310 passenger jet, carrying 200 passengers veers off the runway while landing in wet conditions at Irkutsk Airport in Siberia.