1945 Death Hans von Dohnanyi, "July 20th plotter", hanged 1945 Death Roland Freisler, German Nazi judge (July 20th plotter case), dies 1944 Death Helmuth J von Moltke, German earl (July 20th plotter), executed 1944 Death Henning von Tresckow, General-Major, "July 20th plotter", commits suicide 1944 Death Friedrich Olbricht, German general (July 20th plotter), executed 1944 Death Mertz, German colonel (July 20th plotter), executed 1944 Death Werner von Haeffen, German lieutenant (July 20th plotter), executed 1888 Birthday Hans Oster, German major general/spy/July 20th plotter 1687 Death Edmund Waller, English poet/plotter (Waller's plot), dies 1683 Death Algernon Sidney, English Whig politician/plotter, beheaded 1683 Death Lord William Russell, English plotter against Charles II, beheaded 1642 Death Cinq Mars, French plotter, executed 1632 Death Henri de Montmorency, French duke/plotter, beheaded 1610 Death Robert Parsons, English jesuit leader/plotter, dies at 63
