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The following is a list of people who were beheaded, arranged alphabetically by country or region and with date of decapitation. Special sections on "Religious figures" and "Fictional characters" are also appended. These individuals lost their heads intentionally (as a form of execution or posthumously).
She was the first person to be killed by a tiger in British history. [17] [18] [19] Frederick, Prince of Wales: 31 March 1751: The son of George II of Great Britain and father of George III died of a pulmonary embolism, but was commonly claimed to have been killed by being struck by a cricket ball. [20]: 105 [21] Professor Georg Wilhelm Richmann
He killed his eight-month-old sister, his nine-month-old cousin, and an unrelated six-month-old baby. He was not charged due to his age, but instead sent to a remand home in Munger. [9] Unnamed girl 8 years July 4, 1867 United States: Cassville, Missouri: 1 0 She killed her four-year-old brother and was declared insane. [10] Unnamed boy 8 years
13 Italian immigrants (nine men, four women) who robbed and killed people with clubs and cleavers in Provence, often for little actual profit. The leader, Joseph Fontana, died of tuberculosis before trial. The two most violent members, Antoine Galetto (grandson of serial killer Giorgio Orsolano) and Louis Garbarino, were guillotined in 1872.
Wilford Berry Jr. (1999) first post-Gregg execution in Ohio; Bhabani Prasad Bhattacharya (1935) Manoranjan Bhattacharya (1932) Pradyot Kumar Bhattacharya (1933) Kenneth Biros (2009) also rape, robbery, and sexual penetration; Jesse Bishop (1979) first post-Gregg execution in Nevada; Ramakrishna Biswas (1931) Hippolyte Visart de Bocarmé (1851)
Shot with muskets on October 7, 1661. He was accused of causing the demonic possession of a girl, although his Protestantism and selling alcohol to the First Nations people were also factors. The only person to be executed for witchcraft in New France. [21] Anna Roleffes: c. 1600-1663: Brunswick-Lüneburg: Decapitated and burned on December 30 ...
Joseph Meister (1940), French caretaker who was the first person to be inoculated against rabies, gas furnace [861] Kitty Melrose (1912), English stage actress and singer, carbon monoxide poisoning [862] Meng Tian (210 BC), Chinese general, administrator and inventor [466] Adolf Merckle (2009), German entrepreneur and billionaire, train [863]
This is a list of successful assassinations, sorted by location.For failed assassination attempts, see List of people who survived assassination attempts.. For the purposes of this article, an assassination is defined as the deliberate, premeditated murder of a prominent figure, often for religious, political or monetary reasons.