On 10 November 1898, in Wilmington, North Carolina, a white supremacist mob overthrew the city's elected, biracial government and attacked Black residents in what is known as the Wilmington massacre. It followed a political campaign that stoked racial fear. The mob burned the office of a Black-owned newspaper, forced officials to resign and installed its own leaders, and killed at least dozens of Black residents, while hundreds fled the city. It is the only time a municipal government in the United States has been overthrown by force. No one was prosecuted.

Hampi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India, with more than 1,600 surviving remains spread over 4,100 hectares. It was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1336 to 1565. Travellers from Persia and Portugal described it as a prosperous, wealthy and grand city with temples, markets and farms along the Tungabhadra River. By 1500 it was estimated to be the world's second-largest city after Beijing, and probably India's richest at the time. In 1565 a coalition of Muslim sultanates defeated the Vijayanagara Empire, its capital was conquered and destroyed, and the city was left in ruins. Hampi remains a religious centre, with the active Virupaksha Temple at its heart.