Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

1860s

Shark attacks in the 1860s. Browse 68 documented incidents.

68

Total Incidents

37

Fatal Attacks

All Incidents

🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1869
📍 Cape Elizabeth, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1869
📍 Unknown Location
🔴 Fatal Wading Attack - 1868
📍 Ghat, Hoogly River, INDIA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1868
📍 Trieste, Adriatic Sea, ITALY
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1868
📍 Belfast (now Port Fairy), South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1868
📍 South Aroo Island, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1868
📍 Cohong, VIETNAM
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1868
📍 Brickfield Bay, Auckland Harbour, North Island, NEW ZEALAND
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1867
📍 Vera Cruz Harbor, Veracruz , MEXICO
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1867
📍 Remedios, Villa Clara Province, CUBA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1867
📍 Port Said, EGYPT
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1867
📍 Queenscliff, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1867
📍 Matanzas, Matanzas Province (north coast), CUBA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1866
📍 Mobile Bay, Alabama, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1866
📍 Off De Grey river, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1865
📍 Brazos, Texas, USA
🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 1865
📍 St. Helena Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1865
📍 Semaphore, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1865
📍 Greenport Sound, Long Island, New York, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1864
📍 Antibes, Alpes Maritime, FRANCE
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1864
📍 Mahattan, New York, USA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1864
📍 Cedar Island, Carteret County, North Carolina, USA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1864
📍 MADAGASCAR
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1864
📍 Granton, Edinburgh, SCOTLAND
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1864
📍 Badalona, Eastern Catalona, SPAIN
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1864
📍 Stewart Island, Foveaux Strait, NEW ZEALAND
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1864
📍 MAURITIUS
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1864
📍 Aspinwall (Colón), Colón Province, PANAMA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1864
📍 Macao Harbor, CHINA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1864
📍 Brickfield Bay, Auckland Harbour, North Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1864
📍 Corio Bay, Port Phillip, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1864
📍 Off Acheen Head, Sumatra, INDONESIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1864
📍 300 miles east of Mauritius, MAURITIUS
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1863
📍 Stono Inlet, near Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1863
📍 Palama, Hawaii, USA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1863
📍 Caloundra Heads, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1863
📍 Ile de Loss, Conakry Region, GUINEA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1863
📍 Brighton, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1863
📍 Back Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1863
📍 "Bellynahinch" on the Manning River, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1863
📍 ANDAMAN ISLANDS
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1863
📍 Corfu, GREECE
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1863
📍 CEYLON
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1863
📍 CEYLON
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1862
📍 Lyttleton?, South Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1862
📍 A Spanish port, SPAIN
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1862
📍 Soldier's Point, Brick Bay, Auckland, North Island, NEW ZEALAND
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1862
📍 Off Algeciras, Cádiz, SPAIN
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1862
📍 San Andres Beach, Malaga, SPAIN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1862
📍 Fuengirola, Malaga, SPAIN
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1862
📍 Brisbane River, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1862
📍 Durban Harbor, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1862
📍 Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1862
📍 Off Algeciras, Cádiz, SPAIN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1862
📍 Puna, Hawaii, USA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1862
📍 Bonin Islands, JAPAN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1861
📍 60 miles off Trinidad de Cuba, CUBA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1861
📍 SINGAPORE
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1861
📍 Wynyard Wharf, Auckland Harbor, North Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1861
📍 Cleveland, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1861
📍 Fernando Po Island, EQUATORIAL GUINEA / CAMEROON
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1860
📍 St. George's Bay, Auckland Harbor, North Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1860
📍 Brooklyn, New York, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1860
📍 Princes Wharf, Auckland Harbor, North Island, NEW ZEALAND
🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 1860
📍 Cape Canso, Nova Scotia, CANADA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1860
📍 The Domain, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1860
📍 Nassau, New Providence Island, BAHAMAS
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1860
📍 Mangaia Island, COOK ISLANDS