Before 1900
| Name, age | Date | Species | Location, Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delano Wood, 15 | Summer 1895 | Bull shark | Killed by a 10-foot (3 m) long shark while swimming in the Trout River, Panama Park near Jacksonville, Florida. |
| Capt. George Jacob Hanscheldt | 1853 or 1854 | Unconfirmed | Knocked overboard and killed by a shark near Fernandina Beach, Nassau County, Florida. |
| Charles Chambers | 1852 | Unconfirmed | Killed while wading ashore from a capsized vessel in Mount Pleasant, Charleston County, South Carolina. |
| James Kinney | March 1851 | Tiger Shark | Killed while swimming in Honolulu Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii. |
| Crew member of a pilot boat | ca. 1840 | Unconfirmed, probably a Great white shark | Killed while treading water awaiting rescue after being accidentally thrown overboard in Charleston Harbor, Charleston County, South Carolina. Witnesses estimated the shark to be 25 feet (8 m) long. |
| Joseph Blaney | July 12, 1830 | Great white shark | While fishing from a dory 5 miles (8 km) east of Scituate, Massachusetts. |
| Unidentified male | 1828 | Unconfirmed, probably a tiger shark | The victim was riding surf near Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii at the time of the attack. The shark bit off most or all of the victim's limbs, while his torso was left floating in the water. The attack was reportedly witnessed "by a number of Hawaiian chiefs." |
| Nu'u-anu-pa'ahu | 1779 | Unconfirmed, presumed tiger shark | The victim was a young male who suffered a gash to one side of his buttocks following a shark attack at Maliu, Hawaii. The victim later died of his injuries at Pololū Valley. |
| Anthony Van Corlaer | 1642 | Unconfirmed, presumed bull shark | The victim was presumably killed and eaten by a shark on a stormy evening while attempting to swim across the Hudson River at the Spuyten Duyvil, Riverdale, New York City. A witness to Van Corlaer's death stated that "the devil" in the shape of a giant fish swam up and proceeded to "seize the sturdy Antony by the leg and drag him beneath the waves." This may be the earliest recorded shark attack in the New World. |
Read more about this topic: List Of Fatal, Unprovoked Shark Attacks In The United States