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1879 Joe Hill, Jevla Sweden, organizer, IWW, songwriter, Union Scab, martyr
1770 Christopher Snider, 11, Boston, becomes 1st martyr of U.S. Revolution 1567 Pereguin de la Grange, French minister/martyr of Reform, dies 1540 Edmund Campion, London, saint/Jesuit martyr, Decem Rationes 1528 Patrick Hamilton, Scottish protestant martyr, burned at stake 1524 Henry Van Zutphen, Dutch protestant martyr, burned at stake 1489 Thomas Cranmer, England, archbishop/reformer/martyr 1412 Joan of Arc, Domremy, martyr 1401 William Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London 1252 Peter of Verona, Peter Martyr, Italian inquisitor/st, dies at 45 978 Edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15 309 Pamphilus van Caesarea, Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded 155 Pius I, bishop of Rome (approx 140-155)/saint/martyr, dies |
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