1540: Thomas Cromwell Beheaded on Tower Hill for Treason Against Henry VIII
Thomas Cromwell, chief minister to King Henry VIII and chief architect of the English Reformation, was executed on Tower Hill on 28 July 1540. Read more →
1721: Matthew Clark Hanged at 24 for the Murder of a Maid Near Willesden Green
Matthew Clark, a footpad from St. Read more →
1791: James Chapman Hanged in Sydney for Burglary One Day After Sentencing
James Chapman arrived in New South Wales in June 1790 aboard a Second Fleet vessel, already a convicted burglar who had stolen fowls from a Hampshire farm in 1787 and been reprieved from death in exchange for transportation for life. Read more →
1794: The Fall of Robespierre: The Architect of the Terror Meets the Guillotine
Maximilien Robespierre, the lawyer turned revolutionary who came to embody the ruthless machinery of the French Revolution, was executed by guillotine in Paris on 28 July 1794. Read more →
1835: The Infernal Machine: Fieschi’s 25-Barrel Assassination Attempt on King Louis Philippe I
On 28 July 1835, Giuseppe Marco Fieschi fired a homemade 25-barrel volley gun, dubbed the ‘infernal machine’, from a third-floor window at 50 Boulevard du Temple in Paris, directly into the convoy of King Louis Philippe I of France. Read more →
