Lists of unusual deaths
<table><thead><tr><th>Lists of unusual deaths</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Antiquity</td><td>Middle Ages</td><td>Renaissance</td><td>Early modern period</td></tr><tr><td>19th century</td><td>20th century</td><td>21st century</td><td>Animal deaths</td></tr></tbody></table>
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Lists of unusual deaths
<table><thead><tr><th>Lists of unusual deaths</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Antiquity</td><td>Middle Ages</td><td>Renaissance</td><td>Early modern period</td></tr><tr><td>19th century</td><td>20th century</td><td>21st century</td><td>Animal deaths</td></tr></tbody></table>
These are a series of incomplete lists of unusual deaths, unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources.
• 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 • Frederick Barbarossa's strange drowning gave rise to legends that he was still alive • Franz Reichelt, known as the "Flying Tailor", prior to his death testing an early wingsuit