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2004 Margaret Hassan, humanitarian, director of Care in Iraq who was murdered by terrorists, dies at 59

2004 Theo van Gogh, controversial Dutch director murdered by terrorists, Submission

2004 Theo van Gogh, director, Dutch filmmaker murdered by a terrorist, dies at 47

2004 Paul Klebnikov, journalist, Forbes writer murdered in Russia after writing about corruption, dies at 41

2002 Nearly 200 tourists murdered by Islamist terrorist bombs in Bali

2002 Daniel Pearl, journalist, Wall Street Journal bureau chief kidnapped and murdered by terrorists, dies at 38

1999 Two disaffected students brought guns to their high school in Columbine, Colorado and murdered twelve students, one teacher and then killed themselves

1998 Twenty nine murdered by Irish terrorists in Omagh, Northern Ireland

1997 Innis Cosby, son of Bill Cosby, murdered on LA highway at 29

1996 Jack Nance, actor (Meatballs 4, Whore, Voodoo), murdered at 53

1996 Jon Benet Ramsey, Colorado child beauty queen, murdered at 6

1996 Matthew Eappen, born in Boston, Massachusetts, baby murdered by nanny Louise Woodward

1995 Rachida Hammadi, Algerian TV journalist, murdered at 32

1995 Ernest Kabushemeye, Burundese minister of Mijnbouw, murdered

1995 Vladislav Listyev, Russian TV-journalist, murdered at 38

1995 Nabila Diahnine, Algerian architect/feminist, murdered at 33

1995 Abdelhafid Said, Algerian student leader, murdered

1995 Azeddine Medjoubi, head Algerian nationally theater, murdered at 49

1995 Onat Kutlar, Turkish screenplay/producer (Hazal), murdered at 59

1994 Said Mekbel, Algerian editor in chief (Le Matin), murdered at 57

1994 Gamini Dissanayake, Sri Lankain presidential candidate, murdered

1994 Dmitri Cholodov, Russian journalist, murdered at 27

1994 52 members of Zonnetempel, murdered

1994 Cheb Hasni, Algerian singer, murdered at 26

1994 Mehmet Topac, Turkish minister of Justice, murdered

1994 Jose Francisco Ruiz Massieu, Mexican PRI-politician, murdered at 48

1994 John Newman, Australian parlement member (Lab), murdered at 47

1994 Jean-Marie Vincent, Haitian pater, murdered

1994 Ramdas Nayak, Indies hindu leader/politician, murdered at about 52

1994 Rabah Stambouli, Algerian sociologist/politician, murdered at 65

1994 Leendert-John Schalm, Dutch banker on Curaeao, murdered at 58

1994 Francisco Veguillas, Spanish general, murdered at 68

1994 Nicole Brown Simpson, ex-wife of OJ, murdered at 35 (probably by OJ)

1994 Ron Goldman, waiter, murdered with wife of OJ Simpson at 27

1994 Joseph Ruzindana, Rwandian bishop of Bjumba, murdered

1994 Thadde Nsengiyumva, Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda, murdered during the Rwandan genocide

1994 Juan J H Rovira, Spanish general, murdered

1994 Frederik baron van Pallandt, Danish singer (Nina and F), murdered at 61

1994 Cassidy Clinton Cremer, author (John Cremer), murdered at 30

1994 Selometsi Baholo, vice-premier of Lesotho, murdered

1994 Taleb Ali al-Suheil, Iran sheik, murdered in Lebanon at 64

1994 Raouf Khayrat, Egyptian general-major, murdered

1994 Constantine Koukouchkine, Russ diplomat. murdered in Algeria at 41

1994 Giuseppe Diana, Italian anti-mafia priest, murdered

1994 Abdelkader Alloula, Algerian playwright, murdered

1994 Yann Piat, French MP (FN/PR), murdered at 44

1994 Andrei Tsjikatilo, [Rostov Ripper], Russian mass murdered, executed

1994 Michalis Vranopoulos, head of Greek state bank, murdered at 48

1993 Youssef Sebti, Algerian scholar/poet, murdered at 50

1993 Bentri Seddik, Algerian court judge, murdered at 46

1993 Rouaz Lakhdar, Algerian supreme court justice, murdered

1993 Winnie Mandela's driver/bodyguard murdered in Johannesburg

1993 Mouin Shabaita, Palestinian al-Fatah commandant, murdered

1993 Basuki Abdullah, Indonesian painter, murdered at 78

1993 Hernan Heleno Castro, El Salvadorian guerilla leader, murdered

1993 Francisco Velis, El Salvador guerilla leader (FMLN), murdered

1993 Ben Scholtens, historian (Gaama Duumi), murdered at 39

1993 Assad Saftawi, Palestinian co-founder of al-Fatah, murdered at 58

1993 Dionisio Herrero, Spanish air force general, murdered

1993 Dionisio Herrero, Spanish air force general, murdered at 63

1993 Smail Yefsah, Algerian TV journalist, murdered at 31

1993 Guy Malary, Haitian lawyer/minister of Justice, murdered at 50

1993 Mustafa Abada, Algerian TV director, murdered

1993 Djillali Belkhenchir, Algerian doctor, murdered at 52

1993 Ghuslam Wyne, premier of Lahore Pakistan, murdered at 60

1993 Antoine Izmery, Haitian businessman/advisor to President Aristide, murdered

1993 Mehmet Sincar, Turkish/Kurd MP, murdered

1993 Amy Biehl, U.S. activist in South-Africa, murdered at 26

1993 Anatoli Koretski, Russian major general, murdered

1993 Viktor Polyanitshko, governor of Kaukasus, murdered

1993 Jordan, father of Michael Jordan, murdered

1993 M'hammed Boukhozba, Algerian sociologist, murdered at 52

1993 Mahfoud Boucebi, Algerian psychiatrist, murdered

1993 Lalith Athulathmudali, Sri Lankan minister, murdered at 59

1993 Mohammed el-Himi, brigade-general of Egyptian police, murdered

1993 Laadi Flici, Algerian MP, murdered

1993 Djilalli Lyabes, Algerian minister of Higher Education, murdered

1993 Mohammed Hussein Nagdi, Iran diplomat/resistance fighter, murdered

1993 Hakija Turajlic, Bosnian vice-premier, murdered

1993 Nyamuisi Muvingi, Zaire minister of Culture, murdered

1992 Andre de Villiers, South African, murdered

1992 Tavio Amorin, Togolese politician, murdered

1992 Khaled Mahmoud Saeed, asst to Palestine terrorist Abu Nidal, murdered

1992 Paolo Borsellino, Italian anti-mafia judge, murdered by mafia

1992 Farag Foeda, Egyptian writer/publicist, murdered

1992 Giovanni Falcone, anti-mafia judge (Palermo), murdered

1992 Salvo Lima, mayor (Palermo)/MP (chr-dem), murdered

1992 Manuel De Dios Unanue, U.S. anti-drug journalist, murdered at 48

1991 Sam Ntuli, South African ANC-writer, murdered

1991 Andre Cools, Belgian budget minister, murdered at 63

1991 Hitoshi Igarashi, Japanese interpreter (Satanic Verses), murdered

1991 Klas Bruinsma, leader criminal organization, murdered

1991 Robert-Jan Akkerman, Dutch diplomat (to Tunis), murdered

1990 Rifaat El-Maghub, Egyptian MP leader, murdered

1990 Rifaat Maghub, president Egyptian MP, murdered

1990 George Adamson, British conservationist (Born Free), murdered in Kenya

1990 Jon Benet Ramsey, little beauty queen, murdered in 1996

1990 Ian Gow, British Conservative parliament leader, murdered

1990 Moelvi Mohammed Farouk, Indian spiritual leader, murdered

1990 Mari Mejia, Guatemalian feminist, murdered

1990 10 Israeli tourists murdered near Cairo

1989 Alfred Herrhausen, German CEO (Deutsche Bank), murdered at 59

1989 Barry Sadler, singer (Green Berets), murdered at 49 in Murfreesboro Tn

1989 Joseph Wybran, Belgian physician/Jews foreman, murdered

1989 Pavlos Bakoyannis, Greek parliament leader, murdered in Rome

1989 Anton Lubowski, Namibian attorney/SWAPO, murdered at 37

1989 Luis Carlos Galan, Colombian presidential candidate, murdered

1989 Abdul Rahman Qassemlu, Iran Kurds leader, murdered

1989 Hassan Khaled, sheik of Lebanon, murdered

1989 David Webster, South African white anti-apartheids activist, murdered

1989 Stephane Steinier, Belgian journalist, kidnapped and murdered

1988 Abu Jihad, [Khalil al-Wazzir], PLO-leader, murdered

1987 Gerrit John Heijn, senior executive (Ahold), kidnapped/murdered

1987 Ben Linder, development worker, murdered by Contras in Nicaragua

1987 Survivors of a black man murdered by KKK members awarded $7 M damages

1986 Georges Besse, French president-director of Renault, murdered

1986 Rolando Olalia, Philippines worker's union leader, murdered

1986 Karl-Heinz Beckurts, West german Siemens manager, murdered

1986 Harold Arlen, [Hyman Arluck], U.S. composer, murdered at 81

1986 Zafer Masri, mayor of Nablus, murdered

1986 Abdel Fattah Ismail, president of South-Yemen (19??-80), murdered

1985 Dian Fossey, zoologist (Gorillas in the Mist), murdered at 53

1985 Fernando Pereira, military activist, murdered

1984 Jerzy Popieluszko, Polish priest/dissident, kidnapped and murdered

1983 Maurice Bishop, premier of Grenada (1979-83), murdered in coup

1983 Sun Suk Joon, South Korean vice premier, murdered

1983 Kerwin Duinmeijer, Antillean boy, murdered by racist at 15

1983 Vicki Morgan, mistress (Beautiful Bad Girl), murdered at 30

1983 Issam Sartawi, PLO ambassador to Portugal, murdered

1983 Ana Maria, Salvador guerilla leader, murdered

1982 Andre Kamperveen, Suriname minister, murdered

1982 Bram Behr, Suriname revolutionary, murdered

1982 Cyrill Daal, Suriname worker's union leader, murdered

1982 Frank Wijngaarde, Suriname journalist, murdered

1982 Harald Riedewald, Suriname attorney, murdered

1982 John Baboeram, Suriname lawyer, murdered

1982 Jozef Slagveer, Suriname journalist, murdered

1982 Kenneth Goncalves, Deacon of Surinamese order of advocate, murdered

1982 Leckie, Suriname scholar, murdered

1982 Leslie Rahman, Suriname journalist, murdered

1982 Surendre Rambocus, Suriname army lieutenant, murdered

1982 Dominique Dunne, actress (Poltergeist), murdered by boyfriend at 23

1982 Della Chiesa, Italian general/mafia fighter, murdered

1982 Hans ter Laag, Dutch sound technician, murdered in El Salvador

1982 Jan Kuiper, Dutch news editor (IKON), murdered in El Salvador

1982 Joop Willemsen, Dutch cameraman, murdered in El Salvador

1982 Koos Koster, Dutch newscaster (IKON), murdered in El Salvador

1981 Griffiths Mxenge, South Afr's anti-apartheid advocate, murdered

1981 Robert Peci, Italian brother of Red Brigade leader, murdered

1981 Mohammed Hussein Beheshti, Iran ayatollah/politician, murdered

1981 Humphrey Keervelt, director (Suriname Planning Bureau), murdered

1981 Naim Chadir, PLO-representative in Brussels, murdered

1981 Peter Sutcliffe admits he is the Yorkshire Ripper (murdered 13 women)

1981 Munabi, assistant to Uganda president Obote, murdered

1980 Oscar Romero, archbishop of El Salvador, murdered

1980 Dick Kallman, actor (Hank Dearborn-Hank), murdered at 47

1980 Dorothy Stratten, Playmate, murdered by boyfriend Paul Snider

1980 Oscar Romero, archbishop of San Salvador, murdered during mass

1979 Hafizullah Amin, president of Afghanistan (1979), murdered

1979 Prince Chahryar Shafik, Shah of Iran's nephew, murdered in Paris

1979 Nicholas Mountbatten, Lord Mountbatten's grandson, murdered at 14

1979 ... Sykes, British ambassador in The Hague, murdered

1979 Adolph Dubs, U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, murdered

1978 Ezzedin Kalak, Palestinian PLO representative in Paris, murdered

1978 Abdul Razak al-Naif, premier of Iraq, murdered

1978 Bob Crane, actor (Hogan's Heroes), murdered at 59

1978 Hussein al-Ghasjmi, president of North-Yemen, murdered

1978 Mohammed Daud, premier/president of Afghanistan, murdered

1977 Jurgen Ponto, West German banker, murdered

1977 Mohammed al-Zahaby, Egyptian minister, murdered

1977 Siegfried Buback, German FR procureur-genl, murdered attorney-general

1977 Marien Ngouabi, president of Congo-Brazzaville, murdered

1977 Kamal Joemblat, Lebanese politician, murdered

1977 5 lawyers murdered by fascist in Madrid

1976 John Roselli, hired by CIA to kill Castro, found murdered

1976 J Anaya, Bolivian military/ambassador to France, murdered

1975 Ross McWhirter, Guinness Book of Records keeper, murdered

1975 Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian poet/author/director, murdered at 53

1975 Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, king of Saudi-Arabia (1964-75), murdered at 68

1974 ... Davies, U.S. ambassador on Cyprus, murdered

1974 Mrs Park Chung Hi, wife of South Korean president, murdered

1973 Arabi El Goni, VP/Chad parliament, murdered

1973 Amilcar L Cabral, fought for Guinea Bissau independence, murdered 51

1972 Josef Romano, Israeli olympian, murdered

1972 Mosje Weinberg, Israeli olympic wrestling coach, murdered

1972 Ntare V, king of Burundi, murdered

1972 Abeid Karume, Tanzanian sheik/president, murdered

1971 King Curtis, [Curtis Ousley], U.S. musician, murdered at 37

1970 Rene Schneider, Chilean general/supreme commander, murdered

1970 Anna Casati, Italian marchesa, murdered at 41

1970 Joseph A Yablonski, candidate for United Mine Workers pres, murdered

1969 Fred Hampton, U.S. Black-Panther leader, murdered

1969 Shermake, president of (Somalia), murdered

1969 Abigail Folger, U.S., coffee magnate (Folgers), murdered

1969 Voyteck Freykowski, U.S. director, murdered

1969 Sharon Tate, murdered by the Manson family at 26

1969 Eduardo C Mondlane, president of Mozambique, murdered

1967 Joe Orton, English actor and playwright (Leaf, Murdered), dies at 34

1965 Mehdi Am Barka, Moroccan socialist leader, murdered in Paris

1965 Ben Barka, Moroccan opposition leader, kidnapped and murdered in Paris

1965 Dipa Nusantara Aidit, Indonesian leader (PKI 1951-65), murdered at 42

1965 Viola Gregg Liuzzo, U.S. civil rights activist, murdered

1965 James Reeb, U.S. vicar/civil rights activist, murdered

1965 Ali Mansoer, premier of Persia, murdered

1965 Pierre Ngendandumwe, premier of Burundi, murdered

1964 Andrew Goodman, U.S. civil rights activist, murdered at 20

1964 James Chaney, U.S. civil rights activist, murdered at 21

1963 Karyn Kupcinet, actress (Carol-Gertrude Berg Show), murdered at 23

1963 Ngo Dinh Diem, president of South Vietnam (1955-63), murdered at 62

1963 Lambrakis, Greek EDA-parliament leader, murdered

1961 Rafael L Trujillo Molina, dictator Dom Rep (1930-61), murdered at 69

1961 Patrice Lumumba, 1st premier Congo, murdered at 34

1961 Patrice Lumumba, African revolutionary, murdered at 36

1960 Inejiro Asanuma, leader Japanese Socialist Party, murdered at 61

1960 Friedrich Adler, Austria soc-dem, murdered PM Sturgkh, dies at 80

1959 Nicole Brown Simpson, Frankford Germany, Mrs. OJ Simpson, murdered

1959 Abdel Wahab Shawwaf, Iraqi colonel/putschist, murdered

1958 Abdoel Illah, crown prince of Iraq, murdered

1958 Noeri el-Said, premier of Iraq, murdered

1958 Nasni Matni, Lebanese journalist, murdered

1957 Carlos Castillo Armas, president of Guatemala, murdered

1957 Willie Edwards, U.S. black, murdered by KKK at 25

1955 Jacques Lemaigre-Dubreuil, French industrialist, murdered

1954 Dr. Sam Sheppard's wife Marilyn is murdered (he is accused of crime)

1953 Azzedine Bey, Tunisian heir to the throne, murdered

1951 De Raymond, French High Director of Cambodia, murdered

1950 Julien Lahaut, chairman Belgian Communist Party, murdered

1948 Christos Ladas, Greek minister of Justice, murdered

1948 Jorge Elecier Gaitan, Colombian politician, murdered

1948 Jan Masaryk, Czech Foreign minister, commits suicide or is murdered

1948 Mahatma Ghandi, murdered by Hindu extremists in India

1946 Fawzi Husseini, Arabic High Director for Palestine, murdered

1945 289 anti-fascists murdered by nazis in Rombergpark Dortmund

1944 Lord Moyne, British prefect (Middle-East), murdered

1944 Jaap P Musch, Dutch resistance fighter, murdered by Nazis

1944 Robert Lejour, Belgian lawyer/resistance fighter, murdered

1944 2,000 Jews are murdered in Kaunas Lithuania

1943 Andrew Goodman, civil rights worker, murdered in 1964

1943 Michael Schwerner, civil rights worker, murdered in 1964

1943 Adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's youth), murdered at 55

1943 Adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's youth), murdered

1943 Harry Oakes, Canadian ruler of Bahamas, murdered

1943 Frieda Reiss, French 11 month old baby, murdered in Auschwitz

1943 Carlo Tresca, New York's Italian newspaper editor/anti-fascist, murdered

1942 Jean LXF Darlan, French admiral, murdered by gaullists

1942 1,800 Czechs murdered by Nazis during attack on Heydrich

1942 Hitler orders 10,000 Czechs murdered

1942 Yves Paringaux, French chief of staff, murdered

1941 Joseph Schmidlin, German church historian, murdered at 67

1940 Nicolae Iorga, author/president of Romania, murdered by fascist

1940 Samuel H Chang, U.S. newspaper magnate, murdered in Shanghai

1939 Armand Calinescu, premier of Romania, murdered

1938 Earnest von Rath, German antifascist/diplomat, murdered

1936 Baron De Borchgrave, Belgian ambassador, murdered in Madrid

1936 Federico Garcia Lorca, Spanish poet/composer, murdered at 37 or 38

1936 Jose Calvo Sotelo, Spanish minister of Finance, murdered at 43

1935 Abe Landau, U.S. gangster, murdered

1935 Dutch Schultz [Arthur Flegenheimer], U.S. gangster, murdered at 33

1935 Otto "Aba Daba" Berman, U.S. gangster, murdered

1934 J-Louis-F Barthou, French writer/premier/foreign minister, murdered

1934 Gregor Strasser, German pharmacist/NSDAP-leader, murdered at 42

1934 Karl Ernst, German SA-leader, murdered

1934 Kurt von Schleiger, German chancellor (1932-33), murdered at 52

1933 Joh Georghe Duca, premier of Romania, murdered

1933 Jan Erik/Eric Jan Hanussen, Berlin astrologist/illusionist, murdered

1933 Anton J Cermak, U.S. mayor of Chicago, murdered

1932 Ki Imukai, premier of Japan (1931-32), murdered

1932 Ki Inukai, premier Japan (1931-32), murdered

1932 Takuma Dan, Japanese baron/financier/industrial, murdered

1932 Junnosuke Inouye, Japanese minister of Finance, murdered

1931 John T "Legs" Diamond, U.S. gangster, murdered at 35

1929 Albert Anselmi, U.S. gangster, murdered by Al Capone

1929 John Scalise, U.S. gangster, murdered by Al Capone

1929 Joseph "Top Toad" Giunta, U.S. gangster, murdered by Al Capone

1929 Julio Antonio Mella, Cuban revolutionary, murdered at about 28

1928 Chiang Tsolin, Chinese warlord of North-China, murdered

1927 Voikov, Soviet ambassador to Warsaw, murdered

1926 Symon Petljoera, President Ukraine (pogroms), murdered in Paris

1924 Lee Stack, British sirdar in Egypt/gov-gen of Sudan, murdered

1923 Pancho Villa, [Doroteo Arango], Mexican rebel, murdered at 55

1922 Djemal Pasha, dictator of Turkey, murdered

1922 Henry H Wilson, Field Marshal, murdered in London

1921 Takasji Hara, premier of Japan, murdered

1921 Antonio Granjo, premier (Portugal), murdered

1921 Matthias Erzberger, German min of Finance, murdered at 45

1921 "Big Jim" Colisimo, U.S. gangster, murdered by Al Capone

1920 Essad Pasja, Albanian military man/minister, murdered at peace confer

1920 Venustiano Carranza, president Mexico (1915-20), murdered at 60

1920 Matthias Enzberger, German minister of finance, murdered

1919 Hugo Haase, German MP (SPD), murdered at 56

1919 Emiliano Zapata, Mexican leader, murdered at 39

1919 Habib Ullah Chan, emir of Afghanistam (1901-19), murdered at 46

1919 Kurt Eisner, premier Bayern (soc), murdered at 51

1919 Karl Liebknecht, Marxist revolutionary, murdered at 47

1919 Rosa Luxemburg, Marxist revolutionary, murdered

1918 Sidonio Pais, prince of Portugal, murdered

1918 Michail V Alekseyev, Russian general (WW I), murdered at 60

1916 Grigori J Rasputin, Russian faith healer/intriguer, murdered at 45

1916 Grigori Rasputin, a powerful Russian monk, murdered

1914 A J Jean Jaures, French socialist (L'Humanite/Les Preuves), murdered=

1914 Delmira Augustini, Uruguayan poet, murdered at 27

1913 Machmud Shevket Pasha, Turks grand vizier, murdered

1912 Jose Canalejas bon Mendez, premier of Spain (1910-12), murdered at 58

1912 Jose Canalejas Y Mendez, premier Spain, murdered

1911 Ramon Caceres, President (Dominican Republic), murdered

1911 Pjotr A Stolypin, premier Russia (1906-11), murdered at 49

1910 Boyd Alexander, English explorer (Niger to the Nile), murdered at 37

1910 Boetros Ghali, Egyptian premier, murdered

1907 Manuel Estrada Vabrera, president Guatemala, murdered

1907 Nikola Petkow, premier (Bulgaria), murdered

1905 Theodoros Delyannis, premier Greece, murdered

1905 Serge Alexandrovich, Governor-General Moscow, murdered

1903 Draga Masin, wife of Serbian king Aleksandar I, murdered at 35

1900 Ferdinand Hamet, Dutch missionary in Mongolia, murdered at 59

1897 Antonio Canovas del Castillo, PM of Spain, murdered at 69

1897 Antonio Canovas del Castillo, premier of Spain, murdered at 69

1896 Nasr-ed-Din, shah of Persia (184.-96), murdered at 65

1894 M F Sadi Carnot, president of France (1887-94), murdered at about 56

1892 ? de Bruyne, Belgian sergeant in Congo, murdered

1892 Joseph Lippens, Belgian lieutenant in Congo, murdered

1892 Mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer, murdered at 52

1892 Arthur Hodister, British ivory seller (Heart of Darkness), murdered

1889 Belle Starr, U.S. female gangster, murdered at 40

1888 Catherine Eddowes, English, murdered by Jack the Ripper at 45

1888 Elizabeth Stride, Long Liz, English, murdered by Jack the Ripper at 45

1885 James Hannington, English missionary, murdered in Uganda

1882 Jules-Nicolas Crevaux, French explorer, murdered at 35

1879 Joseph Stalin, Russian dictator; murdered 11,000,000

1879 Nathan C. Meeker, U.S., poet and writer, murdered

1876 Black landowner murdered in Hamburg, South Carolina

1875 JWW Birch, 1st British resident of Perak Malakka, murdered

1872 Helena Beeloo, Hague's maid, murdered by Henry Jut

1872 W T van der Kouwen-ten Cate, Hague's Dame, murdered by Henry Jut

1870 ... Prim, Spanish general, murdered

1870 William F Brantly, Confederate, murdered at about 40

1869 Alexandrine Tinne, Dutch explorer/photographer, murdered at 30+

1868 Michael Obrenovic, ruler of Sweden, murdered

1864 Lean Bear, Cheyenne chief, murdered

1862 William "Bull" Nelson, Union general-major, murdered at 38

1853 Joaquin Murietta, Chilian/U.S. military man, murdered

1848 P Rossi, Italian, murdered

1838 Pieter L Uys, South African pioneer (Great Pull), murdered at 40

1837 Elijah P Lovejoy, publisher, murdered by pro-slavery mob at 34

1833 Kaspar Hauser, German son of grand duke Karel of Bathe, murdered at 21

1831 Joannis Capodistrias, President of Greece (1829-31), murdered

1831 Joannis Capodistrias, Greek governor of Troezen, murdered at 55

1820 Charles F, Duke of Berry, murdered at 42

1815 Michel Ney, French marshal (Waterloo), murdered at 46

1803 Arthur Wolfe, 1st viscount Kilwarden/Chief Justice of Ireld, murdered

1800 Jean-Baptiste Kleber, French general/architect, murdered at 47

1793 Jean Paul Marat, French revolutionary, murdered by Charlotte Corday

1779 James Cook, explorer, murdered by natives in Hawaii

1769 Pontiac, indian chief to Ottawa, murdered

1768 Charlotte Corday d'Armont, murdered Jean-Paul Marat in bath

1764 Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia (1740-41), murdered at 23

1762 Peter III Feodorovich, tsar of Russia (1761-62), murdered at 34

1747 Nadir, shah of Persia (1736-47), murdered

1703 Kiva Yoshinaka, Japanese monarch, murdered

1692 MacDonald clan murdered on orders of King William III

1688 Cornelis van Aerssen, governor of Suriname (1683-88), murdered at 50

1686 Francois Tak, Dutch diplomat on Java, murdered

1682 Alessandro Stradella, Italian violist/composer, murdered at 37

1652 Adriaan W. "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary, murdered at 35

1649 Isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered

1648 10,000 Jews of Polannoe murdered in Chmielnick massacre

1647 Massaniello, [Tommaso Aniello], Napolitan rebel, murdered

1636 John Oldham, trader in Massachusetts, murdered by indians

1634 Albrecht WE baron von Wallenstein, German duke, murdered at 50

1617 Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered

1610 Forges Dimitri 2, czar of Russia, murdered

1610 Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56

1606 Forges Dimitri #1, czar of Russia (1605-06), murdered

1606 2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia

1593 Christopher Marlowe, British dramatist (Tamburlaine the Great), murdered

1591 Dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9

1588 Hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37

1578 Juan de Escobedo, sec of Spanish land guardian Don Juan, murdered

1573 Claude II, of Lotharingen, duke of Aumale/murdered adm Coligny, dies

1572 Cornelis Musius, Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at 72

1572 Charles de Feligny, French officer/huguenot, murdered

1571 Earl of Lennox, regent of Scotland, murdered

1570 Baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered

1567 Lord Darnley Stuart, husband of English queen Mary, murdered

1567 Henry Stuart, earl of Darnley/Consort of Mary Queen of Scots, murdered

1566 David Riccio, Italian singer/secretary of Mary Stuart, murdered

1547 Pierlugi Faraese, Italian son of Pope Paul III, murdered

1546 Cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St. Andrews, murdered

1546 Cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St. Andrews, murdered

1541 Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima

1536 Ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45

1533 Atahualpa, last Inca King of Peru, murdered by Spanish conquerors

1490 Adriaan Vilain II of Rassegem, peace of Tours, murdered at about 39

1484 Diogo, duke of Viseu, murdered

1483 Edward V, king of England (Apr 9-Jun 25, 1483), murdered

1478 Giuliano de' Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24

1476 Galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered

1419 Jan zonder Vrees, duke of Burgundy/count of Flanders, murdered

1419 John the Fearless, Burgundy/French warrior, murdered at 48

1407 Louis, duke of Orleans, murdered

1400 Richard II, British King (1377-99), murdered at Pontefract Castle

1400 Richard II, king of England (1377-99), murdered at 33

1392 Aleid van Poelgeest, lover of earl Albrecht of Bavaria, murdered at 22

1392 Willem Cuser, earl Albrecht of Beierens, murdered

1389 Everhard Tserclaes, sheriff of Brussels, murdered

1387 French Ackerman, Ghent rebel/leader of Reisers, murdered at about 57

1369 Pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile and Leon, murdered

1349 60 Jews murdered in Breslau Silesia

1345 Jacob van Artevelde, statesman, murdered

1308 Albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered

1306 Vaclav III, last Premysliden-king of Bohemia (1305-06), murdered

1298 Rindfleish-140 Jews of Heilbron Germany are murdered

1286 Erik V Klipping, king of Denmark, murdered

1260 Koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered

1250 Erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered

1250 Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered

1225 Engelbert I, the Saint, archbishop of Cologne, murdered at 40

1208 Peter of Castelnau, French nobleman, murdered

1204 Boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered

1204 Alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered

1146 Imad ad-Din Zengi, Governor of Basra, murdered

1137 Erik II Eimune, [Onvergetelijke], king of Denmark (1134-37), murdered

1136 Harald IV, "Gylle Krist", king of Norway, murdered

1132 Floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered

1127 Charles, the Good, Count of Vlanderen, murdered

1124 Balak, Emir of Aleppo, murdered

1086 Knut IV, the Saint, king of Denmark (1080-86), murdered

1079 Stanislaus, Polish bishop of Cracow, murdered

1076 Godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Neth-Lutherian, murdered

1072 Sancho II, king of Castilie (1065-72), murdered

1072 Sancho II, king of Castilie/bro of Alfonso VI, murdered at about 35

978 Edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15

969 Nicephorus II Phocas, Byzantine co-Emperor (963-69), murdered

965 Aboe a-Taia-H al-Moetanabbi, Arabic royal poet (Diwan), murdered

929 Wenceslaus I, duke of Bohemia, murdered

924 Berengarius I, Emperor of Italy, murdered

820 Leo V, the Armenian, Byzantine gen/Emperor (813-20), murdered

813 al-Amin, Arabic kalief of Islam (809-813), murdered

754 Eoda, English speaking bishop of Utrecht, murdered

695 "Black Ewald", helper of Willibrord, murdered

695 "White Ewald", helper of Willibrord, murdered

679 Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered

661 Ali ibn Abu Talib, kalief of Islam (656-61), murdered

656 Osman ibn Affan, 3rd kalief of Islam (644-56) murdered

644 Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered

644 Omar I, Arabic 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered

628 Chosroes II, emperor of Persia (579..628), murdered by his son

535 Amalaswintha, queen of Ostrogoten, murdered

404 Telemachus, Roman monk, murdered

392 Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21

383 Flavius Gratianus, Emperor of Rome (375-383), murdered at 25

276 Mark Annius Florianus, emperor of Rome (276), murdered

238 Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered

235 Marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered

222 Varius A Bassianus, Syrian emperor of Rome (218-22), murdered at 18?

217 Caracalla, [Marcus Antoniius], Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at 29

193 Didius Julianus, ship owner/emperor of Rome (193), murdered at 61

192 Lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31

96 Titus Flavius Domitianus, emperor of Rome (81-96), murdered at 45

69 Aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine and 7th emperor, murdered

69 Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered



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