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Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (French: [ʒozɛf iɲas ɡijɔtɛ̃]; 28 May 1738 – 26 March 1814) was a French physician, politician, and freemason who proposed on 10 October 1789 the use of a device to carry out executions in France, as a less painful method of execution than existing methods.
William Nelson (c. 1879 –1903), a General Electric employee, invented a new way to motorize bicycles. He then fell off his prototype bike during a test run. [2] Francis Edgar Stanley (1849–1918) was killed while driving a Stanley Steamer automobile. He drove his car into a woodpile while attempting to avoid farm wagons travelling side by ...
Nicolas Jacques Pelletier (c. 1756 [1] – 25 April 1792) was a French highwayman who was the first person to be executed by guillotine. [ 2 ] Robbery and subsequent sentencing
The guillotine used in Luxembourg between 1789 and 1821. A guillotine (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ l ə t iː n / GHIL-ə-teen / ˌ ɡ ɪ l ə ˈ t iː n / GHIL-ə-TEEN / ˈ ɡ i j ə t i n / GHEE-yə-teen) [1] is an apparatus designed for efficiently carrying out executions by beheading. The device consists of a tall, upright frame with a weighted and angled ...
Her first husband, the French politician Alexandre de Beauharnais, was killed by guillotine during the French Revolution, and Josephine herself was imprisoned for three months.
The 37-year-old blacksmith, self-proclaimed inventor, and American Civil War veteran killed himself with a makeshift guillotine. [31] [32] [33] Hague and another female servant October 1881: A British servant of one Mr. Birchall was instructed by his master to retrieve a four-chambered pistol. [34]
Image credits: famous_unicorn #5. Not the biggest, but: Molotov said he wasn't bombing Finland, he was bringing them food. In actuality, he was bombing them. Finns got cheeky and called the bombs ...
The Maiden (also known as the Scottish Maiden) is an early form of guillotine, or gibbet, that was used between the 16th and 18th centuries as a means of execution in Edinburgh, Scotland. The device was introduced in 1564 during the reign of Mary Queen of Scots , and was last used in 1716.