1546: Scholar and Printer Etienne Dolet Hanged and Burned for Heresy in Paris
Etienne Dolet, born in Orleans in 1509, was a French scholar, translator and printer whose humanist convictions put him on a collision course with the French Inquisition. Read more →
1807: Aaron Burr on Trial for Plotting the Secession of New England
Aaron Burr, former Vice President of the United States, stood trial beginning 3 August 1807, accused of conspiring to engineer the secession of New England and carve out an independent empire in the American west. Read more →
1864: William Carver Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for Armed Bank Robbery at Fitzroy
On 14 July 1864, four men, Samuel Woods, William Carver, Jeremiah Phillips, and James Anderson, stormed the Fitzroy branch of the English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank. Read more →
1864: Samuel Woods Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for Armed Robbery and Shooting at Fitzroy Bank
On the morning of 14 July 1864, four men, Samuel Woods, William Carver, Jeremiah Phillips, and James Anderson, stormed the Fitzroy branch of the English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank. Read more →
1864: Christopher Harrison Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for Shooting His Business Partner
Christopher Harrison and James Marsh held a government contract to clear Section No. Read more →
1869: James Ritson Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the Murder of a Prison Chaplain
James Ritson, a prisoner at Pentridge Stockade already serving time for shooting a market inspector, killed the Reverend William Hill inside his solitary confinement cell in July 1869. Read more →
1916: Knighted Diplomat Hanged for Treason After Failed Easter Rising Mission
Sir Roger Casement, the British consul who had been honoured for exposing colonial atrocities in the Congo and Peru, was hanged at Pentonville Prison in London on 3 August 1916. Read more →
